Opera libretto collection, 1830-1910.

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Opera libretto collection, 1830-1910.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86130162

Librettos for operas by Donizetti, Mercadante, Ponchielli, Puccini, Rossini, and Verdi. The were printed primarily in 19th century Italy, though a few are from France. The collection was split up with some 41 items staying in Stanford University's Music Library; the 22 that came to Special Collections were particularly fragile. This is the summary catalog record for the collection; each libretto is cataloged individually as well.

.5 linear ft. (22 items)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8341460

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], to "il principe di Colobrano" in Naples, 1841 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565897 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Vienna, 13 June 1843], to [Gaetano] Cobianchi in Paris, 1843 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565892 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 13 October 1831, to his father, Andrea Doniz...

Puccini, Giacomo

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An Italian opera composer, Giacomo Puccini at the time of this letter was overseeing the production of La Fanciulla del West at the Teatro Grande, Brescia. The recipient, Antonio Bettolacci, was Puccini's personal business agent. From the guide to the ALS, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Bettolacci, Torre del Lago, 1911 Aug. 19, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the description of ALS, 1911 Aug. 19, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Be...

Rees, T. A. L.,

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Rees is a British researcher and writer about theatre, particularly about Sir Arthur Sullivan. From the description of Opera libretto collection, 1830-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130162 ...

Mercadante, Saverio, 1795-1870

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000141 Composed for first performance at Naples, 3, 6 and 8 April 1843.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture on motifs of G. Rossini's Stabat Mater / Saverio Mercadante. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52973362 Italian composer and teacher. From the description of Autog...

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000089 Opera with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Friedrich von Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe, premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on December 8, 1849. From the description of Luisa Miller : melodramma tragico in tre atti / sinfonia musica del Sigr. Mo. Giuseppe Verdi. [ca. 1850] (Yale University). WorldCat record id...

Ponchielli, Amilcare

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Italian composer. From the description of [Draft of Suor Teresa]. [ca. 1880s?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270989968 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Cremona, 26 August 1869, to [Emanuele] Rovelli, 1869 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675101 From the description of [Sketches for Act 3 of La Gioconda]. [1876?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568708 From the description of [Draft of vocal score of I Lituani]. [1874?] (U...

Harris, Lucie King.

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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

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Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Charles Perrault's Cendrillon and librettos by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for Nicolas Isouard's Cendrillon and Francesco Fiorini for Stefano Pavesi's Agatina, o La virtù premiata; first performed in Rome at the Teatro Valle, 25 January 1817; the Holtei translation first performed in Berlin 20 October 1825. Cf. A. Loewenberg. Annals of opera. From the description of Aschenbrödel : komische Oper in zwei Acten, für die Darstellung auf der Königstädt...