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The Librettos was a New Zealand pop/R&B group, active from 1960 to 1966. They were one of New Zealand's most popular bands in 1964–65, and after relocating
The_Librettos
Text used in an extended musical work such as an opera or musical
A libretto (from the Italian word libretto, lit. 'booklet') is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta,
Libretto
Subnotebook computers
the previous range, was released on 18 May 2001 and the last on 24 April 2002. Production of all Librettos ceased from 2002 until the release of the Libretto
Toshiba_Libretto
The Magic Flute is a celebrated opera composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart employed a libretto written by his close colleague Emanuel Schikaneder
Libretto_of_The_Magic_Flute
Ezio is an opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio, first officially set to music by Pietro Auletta and premièred in the Teatro delle Dame, Rome, on December
Ezio_(libretto)
American poet and librettist (1921–1975)
H. Auden, Kallman wrote the libretto for Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (1951). They also collaborated on two librettos for Hans Werner Henze, Elegy
Chester_Kallman
following the titles and not giving their full attention to the stage. This problem was answered by the development of an electronic libretto system, which
Electronic_libretto
1816 opera by Gioachino Rossini
with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy The Barber of Seville (1775). The premiere of Rossini's
The_Barber_of_Seville
2010 studio album by Kanon Wakeshima
"Lolitawork Libretto" (少女仕掛けのリブレット, Shoujo Jikake no Riburetto) is the second studio album by singer and cellist Kanon Wakeshima. The song "Toumei no
Lolitawork_Libretto
French dramatist and librettist (1791–1861)
was closely associated with the composer Daniel Auber for whom he wrote or co-wrote 39 librettos, among them that for the first French grand opera, La
Eugène_Scribe
Filipino singer (born 1931)
2022. Fides is also known for writing opera librettos for several Filipino composers. Some of the librettos she wrote are listed here: Lucrecia Kasilag's
Fides_Cuyugan-Asensio
Church cantata cycle
cycle of 1728–29 is a cycle of church cantata librettos covering the liturgical year. It was published for the first time in 1728 as Cantaten auf die Sonn-
Picander_cycle_of_1728–29
1879 comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Its official
The_Pirates_of_Penzance
1821 German opera by Carl Maria von Weber
277, Op. 77 The Marksman or The Freeshooter) is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich
Der_Freischütz
1832 opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Collection of Opera Librettos Weinstock, Herbert (1963), Donizetti and the World of Opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
L'elisir_d'amore
Comic ballet composed by Léo Delibes
(The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by
Coppélia
1956 opera by Francis Poulenc
"concise and clear" and that like "all good librettos it suggests far more than it states". Poulenc set his libretto largely in recitative. His own religious
Dialogues_of_the_Carmelites
Ludwig van Beethoven's sole opera
Liebe (Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), Op. 72, is the sole opera by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The libretto was originally prepared
Fidelio
1839 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Imagination by The Alan Parsons Project. The Fall of the House of Usher is another operatic version, composed by Philip Glass in 1987 with a libretto by Arthur
The Fall of the House of Usher
The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher
1782 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb
Die_Entführung_aus_dem_Serail
Album by The Mothers of Invention
Freak Out!, the album blends complex musical composition with political and social satire. The album presents two oratorios (with librettos available by
Absolutely_Free
Italian opera librettist (1812–1876)
his collaborations with Giuseppe Verdi, for whom he was to write 10 librettos, the best known being those for Rigoletto and La traviata. But Piave was
Francesco_Maria_Piave
Italian opera librettist
several librettos from other languages. For many years, he was also the stage director at La Scala in Milan. This is a partial list of librettos translated
Calisto_Bassi
Opera by Richard Strauss
Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow), Op. 65, is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss with a libretto by his long-time collaborator, the poet Hugo
Die_Frau_ohne_Schatten
1831 novel by Victor Hugo
Stefan Nilsson, first performed by the Royal Swedish Ballet. La Esmeralda, opera by Louise Bertin (1836), with libretto by Victor Hugo Esmeralda, opera by
The_Hunchback_of_Notre-Dame
Opera by Jacques Offenbach, premiered 1881
The Tales of Hoffmann (French: Les contes d'Hoffmann) is an opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier,
The_Tales_of_Hoffmann
1892 ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
amateurish." The libretto was criticized as "lopsided" and for not being faithful to the Hoffmann tale. Much of the criticism focused on the featuring of
The_Nutcracker
English pianist, librettist, translator, editor (1948–2021)
known for translating opera librettos to contemporary English for the English National Opera, and for writing new librettos, especially in collaboration
Amanda_Holden_(writer)
version a new edition of the opera. Both librettos are based on the historical accounts (which are mixed with epical elements) of the fourth-century Armenian
Arshak_II_(opera)
Italian Disney comics magazine launched in 1932
only Disney stories. The last issue of Topolino (giornale) was #738; on April 10, 1949, the first issue of Topolino digest (libretto) format was released
Topolino
1786 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786. The opera's libretto is based on the 1784 stage
The_Marriage_of_Figaro
1863 ballet by Marius Petipa
Petipa and music by Cesare Pugni. Libretto by E. Rappoport and Marius Petipa. The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on December 12/24
The Beauty of Lebanon or The Mountain Spirit
The_Beauty_of_Lebanon_or_The_Mountain_Spirit
English writer and composer (1917–1993)
number of other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. He wrote librettos and screenplays, including the 1977 television mini-series Jesus
Anthony_Burgess
Operetta by Franz Lehár
The Count of Luxembourg is an operetta in two acts with English lyrics and libretto by Basil Hood and Adrian Ross, music by Franz Lehár, based on Lehár's
The_Count_of_Luxembourg
libretto by Herbert Kretzmer was later developed for the London production, which opened in 1985 following the original 1980 premiere in Paris. The score
Songs_from_Les_Misérables
Italian nobleman, lawyer and amateur opera librettist
musical supporter of the Venetians. Beregan’s librettos, generally in a heroic vein, were set by some of the best-known composers of the time, and were revised
Nicolò_Beregan
American writer, lyricist and composer (1860–1936)
writer, lyricist and composer. The most prolific of all American stage writers, he is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some
Harry_B._Smith
From Christmas 1725 to the second Sunday after Trinity 1726 Bach drew most of his cantata librettos from Lehms' 1711 libretto cycle: Christmas, 25 December
Church cantatas of Bach's third to fifth year in Leipzig
Church_cantatas_of_Bach's_third_to_fifth_year_in_Leipzig
1871 tragic opera by Giuseppe Verdi
tragic opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's
Aida
Finnish author, actress and director (born 1949)
dealing with many kinds of texts from film screenplays all the way to librettos for the ballet. Her novel Betoniyö (1981) was adapted into a feature film
Pirkko_Saisio
1842 opera by Richard Wagner
Tribunen (Rienzi, the last of the tribunes; WWV 49) is an 1842 opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Edward
Rienzi
British screenwriter (1931–1998)
wrote opera librettos for Richard Rodney Bennett (The Mines of Sulphur, All the King's Men, and Victory) and Nicholas Maw (The Rising of the Moon). Cross
Beverley_Cross
1791 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on
The_Magic_Flute
1762 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an
Orfeo_ed_Euridice
Libretto by Congreve
The Judgment of Paris is an operatic libretto written by William Congreve. It was set by four British Baroque composers – John Weldon, John Eccles, Daniel
The_Judgment_of_Paris_(opera)
Libretto for an opera
were created), while the term dramma giocoso began to be used for the librettos of comic operas. Examples of librettos having the label dramma per musica
Dramma_per_musica
1746 oratorio by George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince William Augustus
Judas_Maccabaeus_(Handel)
Aria from the opera Carmen
opera Carmen, composed by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. It is sung by the bullfighter (French: toréador) Escamillo as
Toreador_Song
1889 ballet by Marius Petipa
by Nikolai Krotkov. Libretto by Marius Petipa, based on the poem The Grasshopper Musician by Yakov Polonsky. First presented by the Imperial Ballet on
The_Whims_of_the_Butterfly
Canadian writer
opera librettos. His writing is noted for including detailed and purposeful examination of ordinary things. Turner was an original member of the Vancouver
Michael_Turner_(musician)
British-born American actor, playwright, and director
former member of the British House of Commons. An avid lecturer, Neilson was an author of more than 60 books, plays and opera librettos and the most active
Francis_Neilson
Italian playwright and librettist (1884–1970)
plays and produced opera librettos for most of the major Italian composers of the early twentieth century, including the librettos for Giacomo Puccini's
Giovacchino_Forzano
Musical revue
did not make it out of tryouts. Most of the librettos for the series were written by Harold R. Atteridge, the Shuberts' in‐house librettist, who created
The_Passing_Show
2018 studio album by Marilyn Crispell, Tanya Kalmanovitch, and Richard Teitelbaum
Dream Libretto is an album by pianist Marilyn Crispell, violinist Tanya Kalmanovitch, and electronic musician Richard Teitelbaum. It was recorded at Nevessa
Dream_Libretto
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
1987. Another opera based on The Bacchae, called The Bassarids, was composed in 1965 by Hans Werner Henze. The libretto was by W. H. Auden and Chester
The_Bacchae
Romantic opera by Carl Maria von Weber
Weber, the libretto by James Robinson Planché was based on the German poem Oberon by Christoph Martin Wieland, which itself was based on the epic romance
Oberon_(Weber)
1853 opera by Giuseppe Verdi
(Italian: [la traviˈaːta, -aˈvjaː-]; The Fallen Woman) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is
La_traviata
1730 series of poems by James Thomson
the libretto for Haydn's oratorio The Seasons. Artists such as Thomas Medland, Anker Smith and John Neagle (1792) created engravings to accompany the
The_Seasons_(Thomson)
Italian opera librettist
wrote tens of librettos, most of them for operas to be performed at La Scala in Milan. In the same city he was professor of declamation at the conservatory
Luigi_Romanelli
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
quarter of the 20th century when it emerged from obscurity. Farnace is the title of several 18th-century operas set to various librettos. The earliest version
Farnace
1990 stage musical
Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera in size and scope, with a cast of thirty-eight characters, more than three hundred costumes, a libretto nearly entirely
Shōgun:_The_Musical
Chinese-American poet and librettist
of grace." Starting in the 2010s, Zhang Er began to write opera librettos. Moon in the Mirror, for which she cowrote the libretto in collaboration with
Zhang_Er
Opera by Ulysses Kay
The Boor is an opera in one act composed by Ulysses Kay to a libretto based on Anton Chekhov's comic play, The Bear (also known as The Boor). Kay wrote
The_Boor
1792 opera by Stephen Storace
The Pirates is an opera by composer Stephen Storace with an English libretto by James Cobb. The work was partly adapted from Storace's 1786 opera Gli
The_Pirates_(opera)
Opera by the Eric Sawyer
The Scarlet Professor is an opera by the American composer Eric Sawyer with libretto by Harley Erdman, based on the biography by Barry Werth. The world
The_Scarlet_Professor
1936 composition by Sergei Prokofiev
The first draft of the libretto was about a Young Pioneer, Peter, who rights a wrong by challenging an adult. But Prokofiev was dissatisfied with the
Peter_and_the_Wolf
Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi
to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala
Otello
1890 opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on the 1834 novella of the same name by Alexander Pushkin
The_Queen_of_Spades_(opera)
French dramatist, opera and ballet librettist
forty librettos from 1893 to his death, for many of the most prominent composers of the Parisian Belle Epoque. Cain was born in Paris, the son of the sculptor
Henri_Cain
Aria from W. A. Mozart's opera The Magic Flute
of the Night aria, although the Queen sings another distinguished aria earlier in the opera, "O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn". The German libretto of
Queen_of_the_Night_aria
Opera by Igor Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and
The_Rake's_Progress
French playwright, lyricist and librettist (1814–1864)
Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique (SACEM). Ernest Bourget is the author or co-author of several librettos for Jacques Offenbach. 1856: Tromb-al-ca-zar, ou Les
Ernest_Bourget
1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
masterpieces with librettos by Da Ponte". The opera was commissioned after the success of Mozart's trip to Prague in January and February 1787. The subject may
Don_Giovanni
Musical composition by Richard Wagner
The "Bridal Chorus" (German: "Treulich geführt") from the 1850 opera Lohengrin by German composer Richard Wagner, who also wrote the libretto, is a march
Bridal_Chorus
Operatic film score cycle
great majority of the lyrics used in the libretto are in the invented languages of Middle-earth, representing the various cultures and races in Tolkien's
Music of The Lord of the Rings film series
Music_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings_film_series
Opera by Thomas Adès
The Tempest is an opera by English composer Thomas Adès with a libretto in English by Meredith Oakes based on the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare
The_Tempest_(opera)
Theatrical composition by Igor Stravinsky
and its libretto, in French, by Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. Together they based their work on The Runaway Soldier and the Devil, the Russian
L'Histoire_du_soldat
Piece for piano
deficiencies of the libretto. The piece was arranged for two pianos by Bartlett and Robertson who were active as a piano duo in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Maiden and the Nightingale
The_Maiden_and_the_Nightingale
2002 novel by Daniel Mason
first novel. The Piano Tuner was the basis for a 2004 opera of the same name (composed by Nigel Osborne to a libretto by Amanda Holden). The novel is set
The_Piano_Tuner
Italian writer, poet and opera librettist
worked on revising Bartolomeo Merelli's libretto for the opera. Altogether, Ferretti wrote about 70 librettos, the majority of which were for operas presented
Jacopo_Ferretti
French writer (1835–1898)
remembered above all for his adaptations of fiction —and Scripture— to provide librettos of cantatas and opera, notably by composers Georges Bizet, Camille Saint-Saëns
Louis_Gallet
Church cantata by Bach (1729)
cycle. According to the first publication of the cycle's librettos, this cycle ran from 24 June 1728 (Feast of John the Baptist) to the fourth Sunday after
Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145
Ich_lebe,_mein_Herze,_zu_deinem_Ergötzen,_BWV_145
Group of voices with similar vocal ranges
scores (Harvard) Collection of librettos and translations Collection of librettos (Stanford) Verdi librettos German/English Wagner librettos Aria database
Voice_type
Opera by Leoš Janáček
completed in 1923 to a libretto the composer himself adapted from a novella by Rudolf Těsnohlídek. The opera's libretto was adapted by the composer from a 1920
The_Cunning_Little_Vixen
4th-century Christian saint
l'Hospitalier (1888) based on the Flaubert story. Subject of an opera by Riccardo Zandonai, Giuliano (1928) with libretto by Arturo Rossato, based on stories
Julian_the_Hospitaller
1988 opera by Philip Glass
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 is a full-scale opera by Philip Glass with a libretto by Doris Lessing based on her novel of the same name
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (opera)
The_Making_of_the_Representative_for_Planet_8_(opera)
Italian writer, journalist, and librettist (1853–1941)
Amongst his librettos were those for Macagni's L'amico Fritz and Giordano's Mala vita. Several of his librettos were written under the anagramatic pseudonym
Nicola_Daspuro
American novelist (1897–1981)
librettos for several composers. In 1927 he penned a widely praised English translation of Gounod's Faust as well as new librettos for Carmen and The
Robert_A._Simon
Belgian playwright, librettist and translator of opera librettos
with the writers Eugène Scribe and Victorien Sardou. Alone, Vaëz wrote the libretto to Donizetti's Rita, ou Le mari battu. He served as director of the Odéon-Théâtre
Gustave_Vaëz
Neapolitan style pizza
or folded into four and wrapped in paper (pizza a portafoglio or a libretto). The origins of pizza Margherita came from mixing similar toppings that were
Pizza_Margherita
"Wieland the Smith") is a draft by Richard Wagner for an opera libretto based on the Germanic legend of Wayland Smith. It is listed in the Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis
Wieland der Schmied (libretto)
Wieland_der_Schmied_(libretto)
Oratorio by Ludwig van Beethoven
in the fall of 1802, soon after his completion of the Heiligenstadt Testament, as indicated by evidence in the Wielhorsky sketchbook. The libretto in
Christ on the Mount of Olives (Beethoven)
Christ_on_the_Mount_of_Olives_(Beethoven)
The Toshiba Libretto W100 is a dual-touchscreen computer from the Toshiba Libretto series. The W100 was released for the 25th anniversary of Toshiba in
Toshiba_Libretto_W100
Loewenberg 1978, column 169. Alm, Irene (1993). Catalog of Venetian Librettos at the University of California. Los Angeles, Berkeley, Oxford: University
Operas performed at the Teatro San Cassiano
Operas_performed_at_the_Teatro_San_Cassiano
Epic-lyric poem by France Prešeren
with its content. The Croatian composer Božidar Širola (1889–1956) used the poem for the libretto of his cantata The Baptism on the Savica (Croatian:
The_Baptism_on_the_Savica
Venetian opera historian
1689) was the first historian of Venetian opera, who also wrote several librettos of his own. Ivanovich was born in Budua (Budva), at the time part of
Cristoforo_Ivanovich
1832 collection of essays and stories by Washington Irving
verse The Tale of the Golden Cockerel is based on two chapters of Tales of the Alhambra. In turn, the Pushkin poem inspired Vladimir Belsky's libretto for
Tales_of_the_Alhambra
1890 opera by Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play
Cavalleria_rusticana
acts. Choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (for the ballerina's dances). Libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
List of ballets by Adolphe Adam
List_of_ballets_by_Adolphe_Adam
The libretto is structured in three parts, the first dealing with the Creation of the universe and the plants, the second with the Creation of the animals
The_Creation_structure
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Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Girl/Female
Greek
Untamed.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Gift of God
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend American Hebrew Spanish
Arthur's brother.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Female
English
 Pet form of English Theodora, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Boy/Male
Native American
Rock.
Male
English
Short form of English Theodore, THEO means "gift of God," and other names beginning with Theo-.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Girl/Female
Finnish, German, Greek
Gift of God
Female
Greek
 Short form of Greek and Latin Dorothea, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English thewe ‘thrall’, ‘slave’ (Old English þēow).
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Boy/Male
Greek American German
God given.
Male
Native American
Native American Navajo name TSE means "rock."
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Modern, Tamil
Nil
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