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German opera libretti

edited by James Steakley ; foreword by Jost Hermand

(The German library, v. 52)

Continuum, 1995

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Translated into English

入力は遡及データによる

Contents of Works

  • The magic flute / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder ; translated by Michael Geliot (lyrics) and Anthony Besch (dialogue) ; adapted by the editor
  • Fidelio / Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly by Joseph Sonnleithner, Stephan von Breuning, and Georg Friedrich Treitschke ; translated by Paul Csonka and Ariane Theslöf (lyrics) and James Steakley (dialogue)
  • Parsifal / Richard Wagner ; translated by Andrew Porter
  • The rose cavalier / Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; translated by Alfred Kalisch ; adapted by the editor
  • Moses and Aron / Arnold Schönberg ; translated by Allen Forte with revisions by Paul Hamburger ; adapted by the editor

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

  • 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

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Details

  • NCID
    BA38114254
  • ISBN
    • 0826407382
    • 0826407390
  • LCCN
    94031993
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 284 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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