Details

Subject(s)

• Operas—Librettos [Browse]

Related name

• MacMurray, Jessica M. [Browse]
• Franzetti, Allison Brewster [Browse]

Summary note

• "The most comprehensive one-volume collection of unabridged opera lyrics ever published. It features virtually all of the operas that are being performed in the foremost opera houses and concert halls today. The text is presented in its original language as well as in an English translation. To enrich the experience, a short synopsis precedes each libretto. 101 Opera Librettos is indispensable for opera lovers and everyone curious about the literary richness of the worlds most beloved vocal musical performances." - from the publisher
• Contrary to the title and publisher's notes, the original Russian texts of the operas of Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky are not included, French or German or Italian having been substituted; the original Czech text of Smetana's Bohemian opera The Bartered Bride is also not included but substituted with a German version. - TNH Cataloging

Notes

Includes indexes.

Contents

Includes operas by Beethoven, Bellini, Bizet, Boito, Borodin, Catalani, Charpentier, Cimarosa, Debusy, Delibes, Donizetti, Giordano, Gluck, Gounod, Handel, Humperdinck, Leoncavallo, Ravel, Reyer, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Saint-Saens, Smetana, Spontini, Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Thomas, Verdi, Wagner, Weber.

Other title(s)

• Book of one hundred one opera librettos
• Book of one hundred and one opera librettos
• 101 opera librettos
• One hundred one opera librettos
• One hundred and one opera librettos

ISBN

• 1884822797
• 9781884822797

LCCN

96032543

OCLC

35174927

RCP

C - S

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