A Book of Operas is a classic music history text that contains these units and introduction: Il barbiere de Siviglia -- Le nozze di Figaro -- Die Zauberfl?te -- Don Giovanni -- Fidelio -- Faust -- Mefistofele -- La damnation de Faust -- La traviata -- A?da -- Der Freisch?tz -- Tannh?user -- Tristan und Isolde -- Parsifal -- Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg -- Lohengrin -- H?nsel and Gretel. The history of what is popularly called Italian opera begins...