Foreword: Maestro Riccardo Muti (Music Director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Foreword: Patrick McGinn (MOLA President) Foreword: F. Paul Driscoll (Editor in Chief, Opera News) Introduction Opera Ignites: Forging the Union between Librarians, Conductors, Répétiteurs, and Prompters in Arts; Hsu Wei-En Chapter 1. Peter Conover, Principal Librarian, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chapter 2. Lawrence Tarlow, Principal Librarian, New York Philharmonic OPEN ACCESS Chapter 3. Robert Sutherland, Chief Librarian (retired), The Metropolitan Opera (post-retirement interview) Chapter 4. The Metropolitan Opera's 50th Anniversary Gala: A Conversation with Robert Sutherland, Chief Librarian OPEN ACCESS Chapter 5. Peter Clark, Director of Archives, Metropolitan Opera Chapter 6. Joshua Luty, Music Librarian, Houston Grand Opera Chapter 7.
Shelley Friedman, Orchestra Librarian, Washington National Opera Chapter 8. Jay Rozendaal, Coach/Accompanist and Orchestra Librarian, Seattle Opera Chapter 9. Melisandra Dunker, Music Librarian, Los Angeles Opera Chapter 10. Carrie Weick, Orchestra Librarian, San Francisco Opera Chapter 11. Clinton F. Nieweg, Orchestra Repertoire Proofreader/Editor/Researcher, Principal Librarian (retired), The Philadelphia Orchestra Chapter 12. Karen Schnackenberg, Principal Librarian, Dallas Symphony Orchestra Chapter 13. Jesse Levine, Music Librarian, Personnel Manager, Production Manager, Handel and Haydn Society Chapter 14.
Kira Wharton, Chief Librarian and Historian, "The President's Own" United States Marine Band Chapter 15. Kristen Butcher, Orchestra Librarian, The Glimmerglass Festival Chapter 16. Lisa Dempsey Kane, Principal Orchestra Librarian, The Juilliard School Chapter 17. Elaine Li, Orchestra Librarian, Curtis Institute of Music Chapter 18. Mallory Sajewski, Head of the Fennell Music Library, Interlochen Center for the Arts Chapter 19. Nick Jack Agliata III, Bassoonist and National Youth Orchestra of the United States Librarian Apprentice (2018) Chapter 20. Jane Cross, Music Archivist, Music Division, Library of Congress Chapter 21. Wayne Vogan, Music Librarian, Canadian Opera Company Chapter 22.
Lucie Brosseau, Music Librarian, Les Violons du Roy (chamber orchestra) and La Chapelle de Québec (chamber choir) Chapter 23. Michel Léonard, Principal Librarian, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Chapter 24. Marcos Escalante, Orchestra Librarian, National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico) Chapter 25. Maria Elisa Pasqualini, Music Library Manager, Municipal Theatre of São Paulo Conclusion.