CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM THE ORIGINS TO LULLY -- FROM LULLY TO RAMEAU -- THE AGE OF RAMEAU -- GLUCK TO REVOLUTION -- REVOLUTION TO ROMANTICISM -- THE AGE OF GRAND OPÉRA -- FRENCH OPERA UNDER THE SECOND EMPIRE -- FROM CARMEN TO PELLÉAS -- FROM THE BELLE ÉPOQUE TO THE ANNÉES FOLLES -- CRISIS AND RENEWAL -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.