Opera

Scribe's libretto to Verdi's A Masked Ball concerns the real-life assassination of King Gustave III of Sweden at a masked ball in 1792 but adds a love story to what was probably a political murder. Th...

Les vepres siciliennes' (The Sicilian Vespers) was first performed at the Académie Impériale de Musique in Paris on June 13, 1855, to great critical acclaim. However, in travelling to then-conservativ...

English Only. Translated by Machlis.

Italian/English. Translated by Ducloux.

English Only. Translated by Martin.

English Only.

For string orchestra (3-1st Violin, 3-2nd Violin, 2-3rd Violin, 1-1st Viola, 2-2nd Viola, 4-Cello/Bass).

Italian/English.

French/English.

French/English. Standard Version.

Italian/English.

German/English.

English Only.

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...

This latest entry in Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos features the extraordinary new opera by the eminent Chinese-American composer Tan Dun that explores the mysterious relationship between Ea...