Cather and opera

Wagner and church choirs : opera in America in Cather's time

Rustic chivalry : opera in Cather's early fiction

Cather and her artists : evolving short fiction

Entr'acte : Alexander's bridge

Prose operas : O pioneers! and My Ántonia

Bitter contempt : The song of the lark and Cather's Wagnerism

Opera incognita : later novels

Conclusion

Appendix 1: A list of operas and oratorios mentioned in fiction by Willa Cather

Appendix 2: Operas and oratorios in Cather's work.