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101 Opera Librettos: Complete Texts, with English Translations, of the World's Best-Love Operas
101 Opera Librettos: Complete Texts, with English Translations, of the World's Best-Love Operas
by Jessica M Macmurray
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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... (read more)

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Three Mozart Libretti: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte, Complete in Italian and English
Three Mozart Libretti: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte, Complete in Italian and English
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Ideal for following a recorded performance, or for familiarizing oneself with a libretto before a live performance, this volume contains the complete libretti of three of Mozart's most popular operas. Excellent line-for-line English translations... (read more)

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Die Zauberflote Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflote Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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"Wie oft kann man nicht z. B. das Gerede hören, der Text der Zauberflöte sei gar zu jämmerlich, und doch gehört dieses Machwerk zu den lobenswerten Opernbüchern. Das Reich der Nacht, die Königin, das Sonnenreich, die... (read more)

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The Ring of the Nibelung
The Ring of the Nibelung
by Richard Wagner
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Richard Wagner's vast Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle comprises four full-length operas (Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung) and is arguably the most extraordinary achievement in the history of opera. His own libretto to the operas... (read more)

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Opera Guide #17: The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze de Figaro): English National Opera Guide 17
Opera Guide #17: The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze de Figaro): English National Opera Guide 17
by Nicholas John
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The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera,... (read more)

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Mozart's DON GIOVANNI / Opera Journeys Libretto Series
Mozart's DON GIOVANNI / Opera Journeys Libretto Series
by Burton D. Fisher
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A complete, newly translated libretto featuring foreign/English translation side-by-side, plus music examples.... (read more)

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Tristan and Isolde
Tristan and Isolde
by Nicholas John
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English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. "A Landmark in Musical History" is John Luke Rose's title for the... (read more)

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Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin
by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. This tender, lyrical and passionate story of unrequited love holds... (read more)

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Idomeneo (Overture Opera Guides)
Idomeneo (Overture Opera Guides)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Mozart wrote Idomeneo when he was 24 years old, and the opera was described by Albert Einstein as "one of those works that even a genius like Mozart could write only once in his life." It is one of most astonishing achievements of an altogether... (read more)

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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
by Arthur Sey Sullivan
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Gilbert's verses for Sullivan's music are the most fastidiously turned and inventively rhymed in all lyric comedy. As the Savoy Operas enter their second century on a swell of renewed popularity, Gilbert's reputation as the supreme wordsmith of light... (read more)

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Musical Theatre Classics
Musical Theatre Classics
by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
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A fantastic series featuring the best songs from Broadway classics. Collections are organized by voice type and each book includes recorded piano accompaniments on CD. 11 songs, including: Being Alive * On the Street Where You Live * Younger That... (read more)

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Seven Mozart Librettos: A Verse Translation
Seven Mozart Librettos: A Verse Translation
by J D Mcclatchy
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A landmark event in the world of music, Mozart's seven major librettos have finally been translated in verse with a sparkling poetic quality that matches the magnificence of the originals. Beginning this epic endeavor with his translation of The Magic... (read more)

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English National Opera Guide #8: Der Rosenkavalier: English National Opera Guide 8
English National Opera Guide #8: Der Rosenkavalier: English National Opera Guide 8
by Richard Strauss
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The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera,... (read more)

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Masked Ball
Masked Ball
by Giuseppe Verdi
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The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera,... (read more)

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La Boheme
La Boheme
by Giacomo Puccini
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The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera,... (read more)

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Seven Verdi Librettos
Seven Verdi Librettos
by Giuseppe Verdi
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The listener, to understand the opera fully, should understand the situations, the shades of emotion, the nuances of characterization described in the music. William Weaver's translations of seven of the greatest Verdi operas are designed for maximum... (read more)

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H. M. S. Pinafore (Dover Thrift Editions)
H. M. S. Pinafore (Dover Thrift Editions)
by W S Gilbert
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Although written to be sung and acted on the stage, the sparkling lyrics and dialog of this comic gem shine no less brightly from the printed page. Deliciously satirical tale, full of saucy banter and inventive rhymes, of the captain's daughter and the... (read more)

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Playscript #43: Oedipus Rex/The Rake's Progress: English National Opera Guide 43
Playscript #43: Oedipus Rex/The Rake's Progress: English National Opera Guide 43
by Igor Stravinsky
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The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera,... (read more)

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Opera Guide #15: Rigoletto: English National Opera Guide 15
Opera Guide #15: Rigoletto: English National Opera Guide 15
by Giuseppe Verdi
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Each Opera Guide contains the complete text of an opera in the original, with a parallel English translation, introductory essays, numerous musical examples and illustrations. 'The subject cannot fail!' exulted Verdi, when recommending Victor Hugo's play,... (read more)

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English National Opera Guide #3: The Magic Flute: English National Opera Guide 3
English National Opera Guide #3: The Magic Flute: English National Opera Guide 3
by John Nicholas
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The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera,... (read more)

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