Table of Contents

1. Les Troyens: mostly questions Colin Davis; 2. Biographical introduction Ian Kemp; 3. Synopsis Ian Kemp; 4. Composition Hugh Macdonald; 5. Berlioz the poet? A. R. W. James; 6. Berlioz and Virgil David Cairns; 7. Les Troyens as 'grand opera' Ian Kemp; 8. On the nature of 'grand opera' David Charlton; 9. The unity of Les Troyens Ian Kemp; 10. The musical structure Julian Rushton; Commentary and analysis Ian Kemp and Julian Rushton; 12. Performance history and critical opinion Louise Goldberg.

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This is a series of studies of individual operas written for the opera-goer or record-collector as well as the student or scholar.