Herve Lacombe teaches at the University of Metz. He is working on another book about Bizet. Edward Schneider lives in New York and is a translator specializing in works about music and food.

• List of Illustrations Preface to the English Edition Introduction Part 1 Genesis, Performance, and Reception1 The Genesis of an Opera 2 Performance 3 Reception Part 2 Drama, Poetry, and Music 4 The Construction of a Drama 5 Space and Time 6 Poetic Expression and Musical Expression Part 3 French Opera: Society, Genre, and Aesthetics7 The Parisian Operatic World 8 Genre 9 The Aesthetic Foundations of Nineteenth-Century French Opera Conclusion Appendix 1 The Sources of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 2 The Versions of Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 3 Several States of the Beginning of the Act 2 Finale Appendix 4 Passages Cut in the Course of Performance Appendix 5 Performances and Daily Box-Office Receipts of the Théâtre-Lyrique,September 27–November 28, 1863 Appendix 6 The Staging of Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 7 Symmetrical Versification and Reformulation of the Text Biographical Notes on Composers Notes Index

Herve Lacombe teaches at the University of Metz. He is working on another book about Bizet. Edward Schneider lives in New York and is a translator specializing in works about music and food.

• List of Illustrations Preface to the English Edition Introduction Part 1 Genesis, Performance, and Reception1 The Genesis of an Opera 2 Performance 3 Reception Part 2 Drama, Poetry, and Music 4 The Construction of a Drama 5 Space and Time 6 Poetic Expression and Musical Expression Part 3 French Opera: Society, Genre, and Aesthetics7 The Parisian Operatic World 8 Genre 9 The Aesthetic Foundations of Nineteenth-Century French Opera Conclusion Appendix 1 The Sources of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 2 The Versions of Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 3 Several States of the Beginning of the Act 2 Finale Appendix 4 Passages Cut in the Course of Performance Appendix 5 Performances and Daily Box-Office Receipts of the Théâtre-Lyrique,September 27–November 28, 1863 Appendix 6 The Staging of Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 7 Symmetrical Versification and Reformulation of the Text Biographical Notes on Composers Notes Index

Herve Lacombe teaches at the University of Metz. He is working on another book about Bizet. Edward Schneider lives in New York and is a translator specializing in works about music and food.

• List of Illustrations Preface to the English Edition Introduction Part 1 Genesis, Performance, and Reception1 The Genesis of an Opera 2 Performance 3 Reception Part 2 Drama, Poetry, and Music 4 The Construction of a Drama 5 Space and Time 6 Poetic Expression and Musical Expression Part 3 French Opera: Society, Genre, and Aesthetics7 The Parisian Operatic World 8 Genre 9 The Aesthetic Foundations of Nineteenth-Century French Opera Conclusion Appendix 1 The Sources of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 2 The Versions of Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 3 Several States of the Beginning of the Act 2 Finale Appendix 4 Passages Cut in the Course of Performance Appendix 5 Performances and Daily Box-Office Receipts of the Théâtre-Lyrique,September 27–November 28, 1863 Appendix 6 The Staging of Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 7 Symmetrical Versification and Reformulation of the Text Biographical Notes on Composers Notes Index