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OPERA AND OPERETTA

OPERA & OPERA AND OPERETTA LIBRETTI

Miscellaneous libretti, filed alphabetically by title, in 5 boxes (3 linear feet). Each folder contains at least one English translation, but many have multiple and varied versions.
BOX 1    
TITLE MUSIC LIBRETTO
Acis and Galatea Handel, George Frideric Gay, John, Alexander Pope and John Hughes
L'Africaine Meyerbeer, Giacomo Scribe, Eugene
Aida Verdi, Giuseppe Ghislanzoni, A.
Alcestis Gluck, Christoph Willibald von Calzabigi, Ranieri de
Alcina Handel, George Frideric Marchi, A.
Amahl and the Night Visitors Menotti, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Gian-Carlo
L'Amore dei Tre Re Montemezzi, Italo Benelli, Sem
Andrea Chenier Giordano, Umberto Illica, Luigi
Arabella Strauss, Richard Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
Un Ballo in Maschera Verdi, Giuseppe Somma, Antonio
The Barber of Seville Rossini, Gioacchino Sterbini, Cesare
The Bartered Bride Smetana, Friedrich Jones, Graham
The Bells of Corneville Planquette, Robert Gabat, Clairville and Charles
La Boheme Puccini, Giacomo Giacosa, G. and Luigi Illica
The Bohemian Girl Balfe, M.W. Bunn, Alfred
The Bostonians Offenbach, Jacques Weil, Oscar
BOX 2    
TITLE MUSIC LIBRETTO
Candide Bernstein, Leonard Wilbur, Richard, John Latouche and Dorothy Parker
Carmen Bizet, George Meilhac, Henri and Ludovic Halevy
Cavalier Americana Souvaine, Henry McEvoy, J.P.
Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni, Pietro Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni and Guido Menasci
Cleopatra Massenet, Jules Payen, Louis
Conchita Zandonai, Riccardo Vaucaire, Maurizio and Carlo Zangarini
Les Contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach, Jacques Barbier, Jules
Le Coq D'Or Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Bielsky, V.
The Daughter of the Regiment Donizetti, Gaetano Saint Georges, J.H.Vernoy de and F. Bayard
Dejanire Saint-Saens, Camille Gallet, Louis
Dido and Aeneas Purcell, Henry Tate, Nahum
Dinorah Meyerbeer, Giacomo Barbier, Jules and  Michael Carre
Don Pasquale Donizetti, Gaetano Donizetti, Gaetano and Giacomo Ruffini
Elegy for Young Lovers Henze, Hans Werner Auden, W.H. and Chester Kallman
Eugene Oneghin Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch and Konstantin Shilovsky
BOX 3    
TITLE MUSIC LIBRETTO
Faust Gounod, Charles Barbier, Jules and Michael Carre
La Favorita Donizetti, Gaetano Royer, Alphonse and Gustave Vaez
Fidelio Beethoven, Ludwig van Sonnleithner, Joseph and Georg Friedrich Treitschke
La Fiera di Sorocinzi Moussorgsky, M. Gogol. N.V.
Die Fledermaus Strauss, Johann Haffner, Carl and Richard Genee
La Forza Del Destino Verdi, Giuseppe Piave, Francesco Maria
Gianni Schicchi Puccini, Giacomo Forzano, Gioacchino
La Gioconda Ponchielli, A. Gorrio, Tobia
Girofle and Girofla Le Cocq, Charles Le Cocq, Charles
Herodias Massenet, Jules Milliet, M.M.P., H.Gremont and A. Zanardini
Les Huguenots Meyerbeer, Giacomo Scribe, Eugene
Iris Mascagni, Pietro Illica, Luigi
Konigskinder Humperdinck, Engelbert Rosmer, Ernst
Lodoletta Mascagni, Pietro Forzano, C.
Lohengrin Wagner, Richard Wagner, Richard
Loreley Catalani, A. D'Ormeville, Carlo and Zanardini, A.
Louise Charpentier, Gustave Charpentier, Gustave
Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti, Gaetano Cammarano, Salvatore
Madame Butterfly Puccini, Giacomo Illica, Luigi and G. Giacosa
Madame Sans-Gene Giordano, Umberto Simoni, Renato
The Magic Flute Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Schikaneder, Emanuel and Carl Ludwig Giesecke
Les Mamelles de Tiresias Poulenc, Francis Apollinaire, Guillaume
Manon Massenet, M. Meilhac, H. and Ph. Gille
BOX 4    
TITLE MUSIC LIBRETTO
The Marriage of Figaro Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Ponte, Lorenzo aa
Martha Flotow, F. von Friedrich, W.
The Master Singers of Nuremberg Wagner, Richard Wagner, Richard
The Medium Menotti, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Gian-Carlo
Mefistofele Boito, Arrigo Boito, Arrigo
Mignon Thomas, Ambroise Barbier, Jules and Michel Carre
Monna Vanna Fevrier, Henry Maeterlinck, Maurice
Mourning Becomes Electra Levy, Marvin David Butler, Henry
Norma Bellini, Vincenzo Romani, Felice
Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Ponte, Lorenzo da
L'Oracolo Leoni, Franco Zanoni, Camillo
Pagliacci Leoncavallo, R. Leoncavallo, R.
Parsifal Wagner, Richard Wagner, Richard
Pelleas and Melisande Debussy, Claude Debussy, Claude
La Perichole Offenbach, Jacques Meilhac, Henri and Ludovic Halevy
Peter Ibbetson Taylor, Deems Collier, Constance and Deems Taylor
The Postillion of Lonjumeau Adam, Adolphe Adam, Adolphe
Princess Snowflake Wareing, Herbert W. Postgate, Isa  J.
The Rape of Lucretia Britten, Benjamin Duncan, Ronald
Rigoletto Verdi, Giuseppe Piave, Francesco Maria
Der Rosenkavalier Strauss, Richard Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
BOX 5    
TITLE MUSIC LIBRETTO
Salome Strauss, Richard Strauss, Richard
Samson Handel, George Frideric Handel, George Frideric
Schirin und Gertraude Graener, Paul Hardt, Ernst
Siegfried Wagner, Richard Wagner, Richard
Simon Boccanegra Verdi, Giuseppe Piave, F.M. and Boito, A.
The Song of Hiawatha Stoepel, Robert Longfellow, Henry Wardsworth
La Sonnambula Bellina,Vincenzo Romani, Felice
Tannhauser Wagner, Richard Wagner, Richard
Thais Massenet, Jules Gallet, Louis
Tosca Puccini, Giacomo Sardou, V., L. Illica and G. Giacosa
La Traviata Verdi, Giuseppe Piave, Francesco Piave
Tristan und Isolde Wagner, Richard Wagner, Richard
The Trojans Berlioz, Hector Dent, Edward J.
Il Trovatore Verdi, Giuseppe Commarano, S.
The Vagabond Leroux, Xavier Richepin, Jean
The Vagabond King Friml, Rudolf Post, W.H. and Brian Hooker
Die Versellte Einfalt Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Rudolph, A.
Victor, The Blue Stocking Bernicat-Messager Weil, Oscar
Die Walkuere Wagner, Richard Wagner, Richard
Werther Massenet, Jules Blau, M. Edouard, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann
Willie Stark Floyd, Carlisle Floyd, Carlisle
Zaza Leoncavallo, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Ruggiero
     

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University of Florida
George A. Smathers Libraries
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(352) 273-2759
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