184, 185Night, Queen of the, Nilsson as,146Nilsson, Christine, as Marguerite,82;in London,129,131,132,137,169,173,235;as Martha,145;voice of,146,147;superstition of,165,166;in opera with,169;Sir Michael Costa and,170;at Buckingham Palace,184;friend of,190;reference to,196,239,252,261,294,295,326,329Noces de Jeannette, Les,29,62;libretto of,68Nordica, Lillian,309,310;Nevin's song and,322;in Russia with,337,341,347,348Norma, Grisi as,158;reference to,252Nozze di Figaro, Le,170,171,174,197,198,249,261Oh, had I Jubal's Lyre!172Okakura,219-222,281Oldenburg, Prince,346Olin, Mrs. Stephen Henry,276,277Opera, The Beggar's,258Opéra bouffe,90Opéra comique,90,91,97;of Paris,236Opera, traditions of,12,77,79,263,277;necessities of,34;effect of war on,55,56;houses in America for,68;early customs of,84;innovations of,87;benefit custom of,91;Her Majesty's,120,129,136,171,178,235;French,140,141;English,254-258,260-303;translations of,255,256,260,261;Strakosch and,303;Imperial,326;in Petersburg,334-342;preparation for,367;province of Italian,370Ophelia, Modjeska as,282;Kellogg as,293Othello, Salvini as,283;in Munich307Oudin, Eugene,277Oxenford,262Palace, Buckingham,176-179;concerts at,179-186,302Palace, Crystal,172,174, 209Palmer, Anna,11Paloma, La,249Parker, Minnie,276,277Parodi,294Pasquale, Don,96Patey, Mme.,174Patti, Adelina,5;early appearance of,15;as Marguerite,82;voice of,129,130,132,323;in London77,129,132,135,184,185,195-198,235;sister of,129;in Paris with,308;comparison with,330;questioning of,365Patti, Carlotta,295Paul and Virginia,295Peakes,257Pease, Miss Alta,358Pergolese, opera ofLa Serva Padronaby,14Peto, Sir Morton, banquet of,99Petrelli,272Petrovitch,338Phillips, Adelaide, as Maddalena,41;as Pierotto,41,248Photography, new effects in,208Piccolomini,14,74Pinchot, Gifford, sister of,353Pine, Louisa,13Pitch, absolute,4,165,267;standard of,231Plançon,312Plantagenet, Lady Edith,297Poliuto,62;plot of,71;Faustand,88Polka, Clara Louise,88Pond, Major,360,361Pope Pius IX.,160Porter, Ella,11;in Paris,84Porter, General Horace,19,20,57Prascovia, Minnie Hauck as,102,103Press, criticisms of the,27,35,39,42,68,70,75,78,88,89,94,97,133,135,164,200,211,215,239,240,250,252,256,258,271,279,291,358;standing of the,328;in Vienna,331;censorship in Russia of the,336;interview,366Public, English,136,194,237;American,229,230,238;rival factions of the,250;characteristics of the,264,296;Petersburg,339;Boston,358;charm of the,365, 372Puritani, I, Brignoli in,29;Kellogg in,54,62,63Quinn, Dr.,168,191,235Rachel,16Racine,306Rampolla, Cardinal,161Ramsay, Captain,357Ramsay, Col.,300Randegger,195Rathbone, General,300Reed, Miss Fanny, in Boston,45;in New York,277,278Reeves, Sims,174,175Reggimento, La Figlia del,56,58,62;at close of Civil War,114;Lucca in,249Renaud in opera,40,265Rice brothers,94Rigoletto,29,34,36;opinion of Boston of,36;origin of,36,62;meaning of,81,167;Masini as,341Ristori,16Rivarde,11Robert le Diable,86,201,332Robertson, Agnes,15Robertson, Madge (Mrs. Kendall),284Robin, Theodore,304-306Rockitanski,170Ronalds, Mrs. Peter,276,277,279Ronconi,94;The Czar and,95;inFra Diavolo,95;anecdote of,96Rosa, Carl,101Rosa, Euphrosyne Parepa,101,209,262Rosina,91,93,96,97,137Rossini,13,97;reference to,133;English and,136;traditions of,277;Nordica and,310Rossmore, Lady,192,198Rota,261Rothschild, Baron Alfred de,194,198,235Rovere,94Roze, Marie,236,261,289,290,292,293,298Rubenstein,246,248Rudersdorf, Mme. Erminie,165Ryan, Mr.,305Ryloff, 269Salome, suppression of,69,254Salvini,283Sampson, Mr.,190,198Sandford, Wright,126,203Santley, Ronconi and,95;as Valentine,132;kindness of,134;as Almaviva,137,167,168,170,173,174,184,198Sanz,248,249Sargent,281Sbriglia,310-313;Jean de Reszke and,313,314,367-369Scalchi, Sofia,172,185;in Petersburg,337Scarborough, Bishop,300Scola, lessons in acting from,29,38Scott, Sir Walter,261Sebasti,161Seguin, Stella,257,258Seguin, Ted,258Sembrich, Marcella,337Semiramide,171,277,342Senta,263-265,292Serenade, The Persian,223Shakespeare in music,141Sherman, General, in Chicago,114Siebel, Miss Sulzer as,87Singing, methods of,5;Grisi and,158,159;prime donneand,231;early,307;Nordica and,310;Sbriglia and,311-321,367-369;traditions of,366Sinico, Mme.,137Sinnett, A. P.,189Slezak,312Smith, Mark,246Society, Arion,206Somerset, Duchess of,121-124;letters by,125;beadwork of,126,137,144,197,168,188,197Sonnambula, La,54,62-64;teaching of,65,66;ariafrom67;Murska in,296Sonnenthal,330Southern, the elder,15Spofford, Harriet Prescott,50Stabat Mater,310Stackpoole, Major,192,197,198Stage, attitude toward,11;Italian attitude toward,12;English precedent of,12;superstitions of,24,36,165;primitive conditions of,25,27,28,37,38,87;in France, 140Stanley,189Star of the North, The,102;flute song of,173;in English,257,266;quartette in,267Star, The Evening,230Stebbins, Colonel Henry G.,10;daughters of,11;home of,16;sister of,33;Faustand,85;in England,122-124,137;in Scotland,131;in France,155,158;daughter of,160;friendship of,171,173,174,197,198Stevens, Mrs. Paran, in Boston,44,45,278;sister of,277Stewart, Jules,306Stigelli,33,71,294Stowe, Harriet Beecher,46,49Strakosch, Maurice,130,148;Napoleon and,149;at Covent Garden with,194,198;Patti and, advice of,294;methods of,302Strakosch, Max,200,201,204,205,240,289,292,294-296,300,303,359Strauss,79,254Sulzer, Miss,87Summer, The Last Rose of,135Susanna, Kellogg as,170,240Susini, name of,22;as the Baron inLinda,41;wife of,41;sense of humour of,42;salute of Grant and Sherman by,115;mention of,294Tadema, Alma,191Tagliapietra,358Talisman, The,261,297Talleyrand, Marquis de,157,158Tannhäuser,140,230Tennants,189Terry, Ellen,234,248;opinion of,283,284Thalberg,106;Strakosch and,294Theatre, in England,131;in France,140,141;Her Majesty's189,235;traditions of the,366Theatre, Booth's,267Théâtre Comique,307Théâtre Français,265,306Théâtre Lyrique,145Thomas, Ambrose, 146Thomas, Theodore, at the Academy,40;in Chicago,321Thomaschewski, Dr.,337,347Thompson troupe, Lydia,69Thorough-base,2Thursby, Emma,298Tilton, Mrs. Elizabeth,214Titjiens, in London,77,129,132,137,139,170,173;pet of,168,169,178,179,185,196,235,239,302Traviata, Piccolomini in,14;the part of Violetta in,15,62;libretto of,68;public opinion of,69,70;Patti in,130;at Her Majesty's,135,164;costume in,136;rehearsal of,163;success of,164;Lucca in,249;interpretation of,291;Kellogg in329,338,342;solo from,357Trebelli-Bettini,236Trentini, Emma, superstition of,166Trobriand, Baron de, opinions and stories of,16Trollope, Anthony,46,48Trovatore, Mme. de la Grange in,13;Marie Willt in,153;Lucca in,179;Kellogg in,201,249,260,261,329;