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opera libretto help!

Post by annalisa_moretti » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:39 pm

i would love to find the libretto for Donizetti's 'La fille du Regiment' (not sure if i spelled that right.. Daughter of the Regiment.. yea..) i love opera and I can't find it. Also I would like to know if anybody knows where i could find Saint-Saens' 'Samson et Dalila'. anybody know any online stores that i could find these libretti anywhere? And/or the cd recordings.
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Re: opera libretto help!

Post by Gary » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:04 pm

There's one called The Book of 101 Opera Librettos; it has both that you're looking for. It's not perfect but it does the job. By the way, most complete opera CD sets come with librettos. So you may not need a book like this.

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Re: opera libretto help!

Post by Corlyss_D » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:26 am

http://www.karadar.it/Librettos/donizet ... mento.html

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Re: opera libretto help!

Post by John F » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:10 am

And for "Samson et Dalila":

http://www.karadar.it/Librettos/saint-saens_samson.html

(French only, no translation)

The Metropolitan Opera Guild sells librettos for operas in the Met's repertoire. Presently its shop is closed for renovation, but I believe they still do business by mail and possibly by phone. The number for the Metropolitan Opera Shop is 212.769.7010.
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Re: opera libretto help!

Post by TopoGigio » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:45 am

Currently, Im working in Last of Venedig... :) Image

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Re: opera libretto help!

Post by Beckmesser » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:00 pm

TopoGigio wrote:Currently, Im working in Last of Venedig... :) Image

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Topo,

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Post by Chalkperson » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:23 pm

Topo, do you know where this is...thee is a guy in Bath, England who makes these models...pretty cool, he has a whole bunch...can you find him... :wink:
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Re: opera libretto help!

Post by Beckmesser » Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:05 pm

Chalkperson wrote:Topo, do you know where this is...thee is a guy in Bath, England who makes these models...pretty cool, he has a whole bunch...can you find him... :wink:
This must be the place:

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings ... ietro.html
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Post by Chalkperson » Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:18 pm

Beckmesser wrote:
Chalkperson wrote:Topo, do you know where this is...thee is a guy in Bath, England who makes these models...pretty cool, he has a whole bunch...can you find him... :wink:
This must be the place:

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings ... ietro.html
Correct... 8)
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Re: opera libretto help!

Post by TopoGigio » Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:11 pm

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