Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Table of Contents IX
4. I. Grand Opera: A Union of Art and Business 1
5. II. The Administration of the Opera 8
6. III. Veron, the Director 19
7. IV. The Personnel of the Opera. Auguste and the Claque 34
8. V. The Mise en Scene 49
9. VI. Scribe, the Librettist 70
10. VII. The Libretto. Subject Matter. Characters and Action 82
11. VIII. Meyerbeer and the Opera. The Music of Grand Opera 106
12. IX. Epilogue 129
13. Notes 133
14. Bibliography 148
15. Index 157