German Opera Libretti
Published on 1. December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-0-8264-0739-9 (ISBN)
Description
Foreword by Jost Hermand
The libretti of the greatest German operas: Mozart's The Magic Flute, Beethoven's Fidelio, Wagner's Parsifal, Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, and Schoenberg's Moses and Aron.
The libretti of the greatest German operas: Mozart's The Magic Flute, Beethoven's Fidelio, Wagner's Parsifal, Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, and Schoenberg's Moses and Aron.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
426 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-0739-9 (9780826407399)
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Content
Foreword: Jost Hermand
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Translated by Michael Geliot (lyrics) and Anthony Besch (dialogue); adapted by the editor
Ludwig van Beethoven
FIDELIO
Libretto from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly by Joseph Sonnleithner, Stephanvon Breuning, and Georg Friedrich Treitschke
Translated by Paul Csonka and Ariane Thesloef (lyrics) and James Steakley (dialogue)
Richard Wagner
PARSIFAL
Translated by Andrew Porter
Richard Strauss
THE ROSE CAVALIER
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Translated by Alfred Kalisch; adapted by the editor
Arnold Schoenberg
MOSES AND ARON
Translated by Allen Forte with revisions by Paul Hamburger; adapted by the editor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Translated by Michael Geliot (lyrics) and Anthony Besch (dialogue); adapted by the editor
Ludwig van Beethoven
FIDELIO
Libretto from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly by Joseph Sonnleithner, Stephanvon Breuning, and Georg Friedrich Treitschke
Translated by Paul Csonka and Ariane Thesloef (lyrics) and James Steakley (dialogue)
Richard Wagner
PARSIFAL
Translated by Andrew Porter
Richard Strauss
THE ROSE CAVALIER
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Translated by Alfred Kalisch; adapted by the editor
Arnold Schoenberg
MOSES AND ARON
Translated by Allen Forte with revisions by Paul Hamburger; adapted by the editor