Abstract
This chapter discusses the history of opera. The creative contributions of the English-speaking world to opera, when compared to those of Italy, Germany, and Austria and France are very meager. Those who had not big enough voices devoted themselves to oratorio and ballad concerts, and usually secured for themselves a longer and more lucrative career than the overworked and underpaid touring opera singers. An opera stands or falls by the intrinsic quality and dramatic truth of its music. Great works of art in music can stand almost any treatment and survive. The days of the one-way traffic of European opera singers to English-speaking countries are over; the traffic continues to flow but is no longer one-way. Opera houses are large buildings, and the most successful performers in them are extroverts with outsize personalities.
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