G. Schirmer

Libretto to Bellini's opera set in a Swiss village.

The libretto for this work, by playwright Henri Meilhac and journalist Philippe Gille, is based on L'histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. Retaining the novel's eightee...

Lucia di Lammermoor' was one of the biggest triumphs of Donizetti's career, and remains as his outstanding masterpiece. The libretto was written by Salvatore Cammarano based on Sir Walter Scott's nove...

Libretto to Richard Strauss's 'Salome', based on Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of Oscar Wilde's play of the same name. When 'Salome' premiered at Dresden in 1905, it was at once condemned by co...

Menotti's 'The Medium' is something of a cautionary tale, which had its genesis in a séance attended by the composer himself. The plot of the libretto (by Menotti himself) runs as follows: Living in c...

This opera was written when Bellini had established a name for himself with Norma and La Sonnambula and had just moved to Paris. The libretto is by Count Carlo Pepoli after the play Roundheads and Cav...

La Favorita, written in France by the Italian composer Donizetti is a tragedy, built around the ill-fated love affair between the king's mistress, Léonor, and a young novice monk, Fernand, who, not kn...

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Dedicated to his wife, these five Romantic Songs by Richard Hervig are settings of poems by Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth and Tennyson.

Eaton's 1985 opera based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. The libretto is by Andrew Porter.

2 CDs full of all the Piano accompaniments to support the songs in the The First Book Of Mezzo-Soprano/ Alto Solos Part 2.

This wonderful new American opera, based on the unforgettable Tennessee Williams play, has been broadcast around the world and recorded live on Deutsche Grammaphon, and it's been a big hit ever since...

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French/English.

French/English. Standard Version.

Italian/English.

German/English.

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Italian/English.

English Only.

French/English.

English Only.

Kirke Mechem's revision of Moliere's opera 'Tartuffe'. Book does include a recap of the opera and extensive program notes by Mechem. This is classified as a COMIC OPERA.

New York's Metropolitan Opera ushers in the new millennium with the world premiere of John Harbison's splendid opera, The Great Gatsby, with a libretto based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Amon...