Libretto of _Nabucco_, 42; of _Luisa Miller_, 94, 98; of _I Due Foscari_, 70; of _Rigoletto_, 105; of _Forza del Destino_, 148; of _Aïda_, 170-172.
Lind, Jenny, 75; in _Masnadieri_, 84, 86, 87, 88, 91.
_Lombardi_, 45, 46; _dramatis personæ_ of, etc., 51; produced at the Milan Theatre, 54; compared with _Nabucco_, 56; produced in Paris, 58; 197, 204; political influence of, 206.
London, _Aïda_ in, 170; _Otello_ in, 180, 182; _Falstaff_ in, 194, 196.
Lord Chamberlain and _La Traviata_, 133, 136.
Lucca and Verdi, 92; purchases _Il Corsaro_, 93.
_Luisa Miller_, libretto of, 94; produced at Naples, London, and Paris, 96; opinions on, 96, 99-103; at Her Majesty's, 97; at the Théâtre Italien, Paris, 103; place in Verdi's development, 229, 230.
Lumley, Mr., on _Nabucco_, 40; revives _Nino_, 46; produces _I Lombardi_, 56; on _Ernani_, 60; on _Due Foscari_, 74; produces _Attila_, 78; produces _Masnadieri_, 84; his faith in Verdi, 92; on _Luisa Miller_, 97; on _La Traviata_, 129-135; 264.
_Macbeth_, 81; produced at Florence, Milan, and Venice, 83; at Florence, 211.
Mackenzie's, Sir A.C., lectures on _Falstaff_, 298.
Maini, Signor, and Verdi's _Requiem_, 153.
_Maledizione, La_, 105 (see _Rigoletto_).
Mario, Signor, in _I Lombardi_, 56; in _Due Foscari_, 74; in _Rigoletto_, 107; in _Falstaff_, 192.
Masini, Signor, and Verdi's _Requiem_, 154.
_Masnadieri_, 81; written for England, 84; at Her Majesty's, 84-86; story of, 86; a failure, 88, 92; opinions on, 88-91.
Maurel, M., in _Otello_, 179, 180; in _Falstaff_, 187, 191, 194; _À propos de la mise-en-scène du drame lyrique_ "_Otello_," 298.
Mazzucato, Signor, and the Rossini mass, 152.
Medini, Signor, and Verdi's _Requiem_, 154; in _Aïda_, 169.
Mendelssohn and Verdi's _Requiem_, 157; his _oratorii_, 159; 266.
Mercadante, 49, 68; jealous of Verdi, 116; 227, 267.
Merelli, Bartolomeo, and _Oberto_, 30; engages Verdi to write three operas, 32; tears Verdi's agreement up, 34; produces _Nabucco_, 35, 38; his generosity, 39; agreement with Verdi for the _opera d'obbligo_, 50.
_Messe Solennelle_, Rossini's, and Verdi's _Requiem_ mass, 158.
Meyerbeer, 124, 163, 239, 245, 259, 263, 264, 267, 281, 284, 285.
Milan, excitement in, over _Otello_, 177; _Falstaff_ in, 196, 198.