Physiology of the Opera

Published in 1852, this work presents an amusing yet accurate picture of the opera. The writer pursues the physiological discussion of the subject, and the various phenomena involved in its consideration, unveiling the operatic existence to the reader. Content includes: The Opera in the Abstract Of the Tenore Of the Primo Basso Of the Prima Donna Of the Barytone Of the Suggeritore or Prompter Before the Curtain Of the Opera in Concrete Apres