Adam, Adolphe, onErnani,69.Aïda, and Wagner,46,82;167;genesis of,168;produced at Cairo,169;an admitted masterpiece in Milan, Paris, and England,170;Athenæumon,173-176,197;first performance,211;place of,237,238,239;Verdi's view in composing,241;orchestration of,242;peculiarly Verdinian,245-247;249,250,251,286.---- and operatic development,284,286;---- a masterpiece,291.Albani,235.Albert Hall, Verdi'sRequiemat,154.Alboni, Mme., inLuisa Miller,97,98,99.---- andTrovatore, 118n.Alceste, Gluck's,278.Alziraproduced at Naples,76,81,96.Anatoat the Lyceum,47.Angelini, Signor, inForza del Destino,148.Anti-Verdians and Verdians,57;and Verdi's music,131.Argentine Theatre, Rome,Due Foscariat,74.Arimondi, Signor, inFalstaff,191,194.Armandi, Signor, inFalstaff,191,194.Aroldo,76.Athenæum, musical critic of,44;onErnani,67-69;onAttila,79;onMasnadieri,90;onLuisa Miller,100;onRigoletto,108;onTrovatore,122;andLa Traviata,135,142;onAïda,173,180;onOtello,180;onFalstaff,196-200;andTraviata,236;andAïda,243;andNabucco,244;256,265,290,291,298.Attila, produced at the Fenice,76;well received,77;in London,78;opinions on,79-82;political influence of,206.Auber,124.----Gustave III.,145,146,163,259,281.Ave Maria, Verdi's,162.Bach,226.Bach'soratorii,159.Bagasset, violinist,9.Baistrocchi, organist,14.Balderi, Signor, inTrovatore,115.Balfe, M.W., succeeds Costa at Her Majesty's,93.Ballo in Maschera, Un,144;produced at Rome,145;at the Lyceum,145;opinion on,145-148.---- place of,237.Barbieri-Nini inMacbeth,83.Barbot, Mme., inForza del Destino,148.Barezzi, Antonio, grocer,5,17,21;helps Verdi to Milan,23,26;his eldest daughter,27.Basevi, critic, on Verdi,207.---- onLa Traviata,234,300.Basili, Francesco, and Verdi's rejection by the MilanConservatoire,24.Battaglia di Legnano, La, produced at Rome,93,207.Baucarde, Signor, inTrovatore,115.Beethoven mass,159,226,232.Beletti, inAttila,79.Bellini,54,82,105,122,226,227,229,241;and the growth of opera,279.Beneventano, inLuisa Miller,99.---- inLa Traviata,132.Bennett, Mr. Joseph,299.---- Sterndale,163.Berlin,Falstaffin,196.Berlioz,243.Bermani,300.Bertoni,214.Bertrand's, Gustave,Verdisme et Wagnerisme,298.Bey, Mariette, andAïda,168.Bibliography (Verdi),293-300.Birth of Verdi,1.Birthplace of Verdi,3.Boito andSimon Boccanegra,143.---- and libretto ofOtello,178.---- andOtello,184;andFalstaff,187,188,190,287.Bonnehée, M. inVêpres Siciliennes,140.Borio, Mme. Rita, inErnani,63.Bosio, inLuisa Miller,103;inRigoletto,107.Botelli, Signor, inErnani,63.Bottesini, conductor inAïda,169.Bouche, inMasnadieri,84.Boulo, M., inVêpres Siciliennes,140.Brigands, Les, 92 (seeMasnadieri).Bülow, Dr. von, and Verdi'sRequiem,153,156.Buononcini and the growth of opera,277.Busseto Hospital and Verdi,216.Cairo, Italian theatre at,168.Caldara and the growth of opera,277.Caldara's church music,161.Calzolari, Signor, inLa Traviata,132.Cammerano, M.,94,113.Campana, Fabio,234.Capecelatro, Verdi's evil genius,96.Capponi, Signor, and Verdi'sRequiem153.---- inAïda,172.Carducci and Verdi,215.Casimir-Perier and Verdi,210.Castelli, inLuisa Miller,99.Cataneo, Signora, inOtello,180.Cavaletti, Stephen,13.Cavour and Verdi,208.Cerito,290.Certificate of Verdi's birth,3.Chorley, H.F.,44;onNabucco,45;onLuisa Miller,102;La Traviata,138;176,255,263,265,266,270.Church music,158.Cocle, M.C. du, andAïda,168.Coletti, Signor, inDue Foscari,74;inMasnadieri,84.Coquelin, the elder,187.Corbari, Mlle., inNabucco,41.Corsaro, Il, produced at Trieste,93.Corsi, inNino,47.Cortesi,287.Costa, Signor,92;inAïda,169.---- Sir Michael and Verdi's cantata,164.Coulon, M., inVêpres Siciliennes,140.Critics, musical,256,270.Cruvelli, Sophie, inAttila,78;inLuisa Miller,103.---- andLes Vêpres Siciliennes,139,141.Cuzzani, inAttila,79.Dafne, the first opera,275.Daily GraphicandFalstaff,189-191,299.Daily Telegraph,299.Danton's bust of Verdi,211.Davison, J.W.,44,270.Debassini, Signor, inForza del Destino,148.Decazes, Duke, and Verdi,210.Dejeau, Julienne, inBallo in Maschera,145.Delair, Paul,187.Delna, Mlle., andFalstaff,194.Derivis, inI Lombardi,55.Development of Verdi,228-255.Didiée, Mlle., inRigoletto,107.Don Carlos, place of,237;its models,282.Donatelli, Signora, inLa Traviata,128.Donizetti andNabucco,38,49,54,65,68,82,105,122,136,226,227,229,241,267;and the growth of opera,279,282.Dramatis personæofI Lombardi,51.Drury Lane,Arsinöeat,294.Due Foscari,70;produced at Rome, Paris, and London,74,108,109;place in Verdi's development,229.Dumas'sDame aux CameliasandLa Traviata,126,135.Elson'sRealm of Music,297.England, Italian opera first introduced into,294.English, indifference of the, to Italian opera,295.Ernani,39,45,46;produced,58;in England,60-69,108,146,147,197;political influence of,206.Euridice, second opera,276.Exhibition of 1862 and Verdi's cantata,163.Faccio, conductor inOtello,178,287.Fagotti, Signor, inVêpres Siciliennes,140.Falstaff,82,168;produced at La Scala,187,189;and Wagner'sDer Meistersinger,189,199;in Paris,193;in London,194;most "taking" pieces in,195;music in,196;score of,200;a rehearsal at Milan,213;place in Verdi's development,239,241,249,250-255;and operatic development,286;a masterpiece,291;lectures on,298.Faust, Gounod's,90.Feitlinger, M., inAïda,172.Fenice Theatre,Ernaniat,58;Rigolettoat,105,106.Ferris'sLives of the Celebrated Composers,297.Festa, music master,273.Filippi, critic,221.Finto Stanislas, Il,103.Foreign journals and Verdi,299.Fornasara, Signor, inNabucco,41;inI Lombardi,56;inErnani,63;inOtello,179.Forza del Destino, produced at St. Petersburg, Milan,and Paris,148;shows Verdi's Third style,149;place of,237.Foscari, Francisco,70.Fouque's, Octave,Histoire du Théâtre,298.Franco-German opera in England,264.Fraschini, Signor, inDue Foscari,75;inBallo in Maschera,145.French President and Verdi,210.Frezzolini, Erminia, inI Lombardi,55;inGiovanna d'Arco,75.Fugue, Germans indebted to Italians for,161.Garbon, Signor, inFalstaff,191.Garden, Verdi's,220.Gardoni, inI Lombardi,55;inAttila, 79inMasnadieri,84,86,88,91;inLuisa Miller,101.Gasparini and the growth of opera,277.Gazette Musicale,231.Gazzaniga, Mme., inLuisa Miller,96.German opera in England,263.Germans indebted to Italians for the fugue,161.Ghislanzoni andAïda,168.Gindale, Ernestina, inAïda,172.Giovanna d'Arco, at La Scala,75.Giovanna di Guzman,140.Giraldoni, Signor, inBallo in Maschera,145.Giuglini, Signor, inLuisa Miller,98,99;in Verdi's cantata,164.Globe, The, on Verdi,219.Gluck and Piccini feud,57-60.---- and the growth of opera,278.Goggi, Signora, inTrovatore,115.Goñi, Peña y,300.Gordigiani, Luigi,234.Gounod,90.Graphic, Daily,38.Graziani, Signor, inTrovatoreandErnani,119,124;inLa Traviata,128;inForza del Destino,148;inAïda,172.Grisi, inI Lombardi,56;inDue Foscari,74;290.Grossi, Signor, inTrovatore,115.---- Mme., inAïda,169.Grove'sDictionary of Music,297.Guasco, Signor, inI Lombardi,55;inErnani,59.Guerrini, Virginia, inFalstaff,191.Gueymard, M., inVêpres Siciliennes,140.Guicciardi, Signor, inTrovatore,115.Gustave III., 144 (seeBallo in Maschera).Guttierez andTrovatore,113.Gye, Mr., producesAnatoat the Lyceum,47;producesRigoletto,107.Halévy,281.Handel'soratorii,159.Haydn,226.---- mass,159.Her Majesty's Theatre,Nabuccoat,39;I Lombardiat,56;Ernaniat,60;Due Foscariat,74;Attilaat,78;Masnadieriat,84;La Traviataat,129,291;Verdi's cantata at,164.Hugo, Victor,105.Hullah and musical education,121.Humbert, King, congratulates Verdi,192.Illustrated London News,44;onErnani,63-67;onAtilla,79;onMasnadieri,88;onRigoletto,107,108;onTrovatore,124;onTraviata,132;andVêpres Siciliennes,141;andSimon Boccanegra,143;on Verdi's cantata,164;258,268,289,298.Inno delle Nazionicantata,163.Italian and Teuton in instrumental music,165.---- church music,158.---- opera, introduction of, to England,294.---- school of music,273.Italians and music,8.Jacovacci andUn Ballo in Maschera,144.Jerusalem, 58 (seeLombardi).Jerusalemme, 58 (seeLombardi).Joan of Arc, 76 (seeGiovanna d'Arco).Jommelli and the growth of opera,277.Journals, foreign, and Verdi,299.Khedive of Egypt and Verdi,168,169,209.Kitzu, Signora, inFalstaff,194.Kuhe's, Wilhelm,Musical Recollections,299.Lablache, Signor, inMasnadieri,84,86,88.La Scala Theatre,25,30,34,35;direction of, choose Verdi to compose theopera d'obbligo,50;Giovanna d'Arcoat,75;Forza del Destinoat,148;Verdi'sRequiemat,154;Aïdain,170;Montezumain,177;Otelloin,178;Falstaffat,187,192.Lasina, agreement with Verdi,105.Lavigna, Vincenzo,25.Libretto ofNabucco,