Synopses & Reviews
Foreword by Jost HermandThe libretti of the greatest German operas: Mozart's The Magic Flute, Beethoven's Fidelio, Wagner's Parsifal, Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, and Schoenberg's Moses and Aron.
Synopsis
Foreword by Jost Hermand
The libretti of the greatest German operas: Mozart's The Magic Flute, Beethoven's Fidelio, Wagner's Parsifal, Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, and Schoenberg's Moses and Aron.
Synopsis
Foreword by Jost Hermand
The libretti of the greatest German operas: Mozart's The Magic Flute, Beethoven's Fidelio, Wagner's Parsifal, Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, and Schoenberg's Moses and Aron.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Jost Hermand Wolfgang Amadeus MozartTHE MAGIC FLUTELibretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Translated by Michael Geliot (lyrics) and Anthony Besch (dialogue); adapted by the editor Ludwig van BeethovenFIDELIOLibretto from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly by Joseph Sonnleithner, Stephanvon Breuning, and Georg Friedrich Treitschke
Translated by Paul Csonka and Ariane Theslöf (lyrics) and James Steakley (dialogue) Richard WagnerPARSIFAL
Translated by Andrew Porter Richard StraussTHE ROSE CAVALIERLibretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Translated by Alfred Kalisch; adapted by the editor Arnold SchönbergMOSES AND ARON
Translated by Allen Forte with revisions by Paul Hamburger; adapted by the editor