Opera (Bookshelf)
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Opera is a form of musical and dramatic work in which singers convey the drama. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. An opera performance incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes incorporates dance. The performance is usually given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.
—Excerpted from Opera on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
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Opera Librettos
- by Gay, John, 1685-1732
- The Beggar's Opera
(English)
- by Gay, John, 1685-1732
- La Bohème (English)
- by Giacosa, Giuseppe and Illica, Luigi
- by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir, 1836-1911; and Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
- Tristan and Isolda : Opera in Three Acts (English)
- by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
- Zanetto and Cavalleria Rusticana (English, Italian)
- by Mascagni, Pietro; Menasci, Guido; and Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni
- L'Endimione (Italian)
- by Metastasio
- Il sogno di Scipione (Italian)
- by Metastasio
Opera Excerpts (Recordings)
- Ah! Fors' é Lui (from La Traviata)
(Italian) (Music recording)
- by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Bori, Lucrezia (soprano) [Performer]
- La Gioconda (excerpt) (Italian) (Music recording)
- by Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886; Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918; Benedetti, Preste [Performer]; Koraleck, Paola [Performer]
- Höchstes Vertrauen (from Lohengrin) (German) (Music recording)
- by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; Knote, Heinrich [Performer]
- M'appari (from Martha) (Italian) (Music recording)
- by Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883; Friedrich, W., 1820-1879; Bonci, Alessandro, 1870-1940 [Performer]
- Ride of the Valkyries (from Die Walküre) (Music recording)
- by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; performed by the American Symphony Orchestra
- Sei Forse L'Angelo Fedele (from Eugene Onegin) (Italian) (Music recording)
- by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893; Muzio, Claudia (soprano) [Performer]
- William Tell Overture, Pt. 2 (Music recording)
- by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868; Sodero's Band [Performer]
Opera Plot Summaries, etc.
- by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923
- A Second Book of Operas (English)
- by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923
- Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande : A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score (English)
- by Gilman, Lawrence
- Opera Stories from Wagner (English)
- by Akin, Florence, 1878-
- by Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke, 1870-1934
- Parsifal : A Mystical Drama By Richard Wagner Retold In The Spirit Of The Bayreuth Interpretation (English)
- by Huckel, Oliver, 1864-1940
- by Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901
- by Annesley, Charles, pseud.
- by Upton, George P. (George Putnam), 1834-1919
- Stories of the Wagner Opera (English)
- Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline), 1859-1929
Opera History and Commentary
- by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923
- by Runciman, John F., 1866-1916
- by Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander), 1866-1919; and Fuller-Maitland, J. A. [Commentator]
- by Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950
- Richard Wagner : Composer of Operas (English)
- by Runciman, John F., 1866-1916
- Some Forerunners of Italian Opera (English)
- by Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937
- by Hight, George Ainslie, 1851-
Opera Fiction
- by Pearce, Charles Edward, -1924
- The Phantom of the Opera (English)
- by Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927
- The Song of the Lark (English)
- by Cather, Willa Sibert, 1873-1947
Plays adapted as operas
- Alcestis by Euripides (English translation)
- Gluck: Alceste
- Boris Godunov: a drama in verse by Pushkin
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
- La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais (French)
- Mozart: Nozze di Figaro
- Kabale und Liebe (German) by Frederich Schiller
- Verdi: Luisa Miller
- Macbeth by Shakespeare
- Verdi: Macbeth
- Pélléas and Mélisande by Maeterlinck (English translation)
- Debussy: Pélléas et Mélisande
- The Robbers by Frederich Schiller
- Verdi: I masnadieri
- Le Roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo
- Verdi: Rigoletto
- La Tosca : Drame en cinq actes (French) by Victorien Sardou
- Puccini: Tosca
- El trovador (Spanish) by Antonio García Gutiérrez
- Verdi: Il Trovatore
- The Two Foscari found in The Works of Lord Byron, Volume V.
- Verdi: I due Foscari
- Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (German)
- Alban Berg: Wozzeck
Novels adapted as operas
- La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils
- Verdi: La traviata
- Hernani by Victor Hugo
- Verdi: Ernani
- Massenet: Thaïs
- Die Leiden des jungen Werther Band 1 Band 2 (German) The Sorrows of Young Werther (English) by Goethe
- Massenet: Werther
- Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost (French)
- Puccini: Manon Lescaut and Massenet: Manon
- Scènes de la vie de bohème (French) Bohemians of the Latin Quarter (English) by Henry Murger
- Puccini: La Bohème
- The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco
- Puccini: La fanciulla del West
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw
- The Borough (Peter Grimes section) by George Crabbe
- Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
- Carmen by Prosper Merimee
- Bizet: Carmen
- Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
- The Queen Of Spades by Pushkin
- Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
- Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti
- Léo Delibes: Lakmé
- The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
- Ambroise Thomas: Mignon
- L'ami Fritz (French) by Erckmann-Chatrian
- Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz
- Jerusalem Delivered (English translation) by Torquato Tasso
- Operas by Niccolò Jommelli, Rossini, Antonio Sacchini and Haydn
- Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
- Niccolò Piccinni: La buona figliuola
