Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
2. Columbia University Music & Arts Library Libretto Collection. NNC

Description

1. 60 volumes

Subject

1. Operas -- Librettos
2. Opéras -- Livrets

Genre/Form

1. librettos (documents for music)
2. Librettos.
3. Livrets (Musique)

Contents

1. [1] Aida / libretto, Antonio Ghislanzoni ; translation, Walter Ducloux (7 versions) -- [2] Un ballo in maschera = The masked ball / libretto, Antonio Somma ; translation, T.T. Barker (3 versions). Don Carlos / libretto, Joseph Me̹ry and Camille du Locle ; translation, Frances Winwar (2 versions). I due foscari = The two foscari / libretto, [Francesco Maria Piave] (1 version) -- [3] Ernani / libretto, Francesco Maria Piave ; translation, Mary Ellis Peltz (5 versions) -- [4] Falstaff / libretto, Arrigo Boito ; translation, W. Beaty Kingston, also, Andrew Porter (2 versions). Luisa Miller / libretto, Salvatore Cammarano ; translation, Henry C. Watson, also, William Weaver (2 versions) -- [5] La forza del destino = The force of destiny / libretto, Francesco Maria Piave ; translation, Frederick H. Martens, also, Ruth and Thomas Martin, also, Charles Fonteyn Manney (5 versions) -- [6] Macbeth / libretto, [Francesco Maria Piave] (3 versions). Nabucco / libretto, Temistocle Solera ; translation, Glen Sauls (1 version). Otello / libretto, Arrigo Boito ; translation, Walter Duclox (3 versions) -- [7] Rigoletto / libretto, Francesco Maria Piave ; translation, Charles and Mary Jane Matz, also, Edward J. Dent, also, Frederick H. Martens (5 versions). Simon Boccanegra / libretto, Francesco Maria Piave and A. Boito ; translation, Frances Winwar (1 version). I vespri siciliani = Sicilian vespers / libretto, [Eugene Scribe, Charles Duveyrler] (1 version) -- [8] Traviata / libretto, Francesco Maria Piave ; translation, Frances Winwar; also, Edward J. Dent; also, T.T. Barker (8 versions) -- [9] Il trovattore = The troubadour / libretto, Salvadore Cammarano ; translation, T.T. Barker, also, Edward J. Dent, also, Glen Sauls (9 versions)

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. Title devised by the cataloger
2. Some librettos do not indicate translators
3. Publishers: Oxford University Press, F. Rullman, Oliver Ditson, G. Schirmer, Edwin Kalmus, Charles E. Burden, Theatre Tickets Office, Century Publishing Co., S. French, G. Ricordi, New York Academy of Music
4. Some librettos include handwritten casts of the particular performance, or dated playbill casts
5. Forms part of: Columbia University Music & Arts Library Libretto Collection

Language (note)

1. Most librettos include both the original language and the English translation