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Opera Libretti

It is beyond the scope of this website to provide translations and transcriptions to the hundreds of opera libretti found in the standard repertoire. I direct you to Nico Castel's monumental works in this area, hopefully they are available in a library near you or you can order them from Leyerle Publications.

  • The Libretti of Mozart's Completed Operas

  • The complete Puccini libretti

  • The complete Verdi libretti

  • French opera libretti

  • Italian belcanto opera libretti

  • Italian verismo opera libretti

  • Four Strauss opera libretti

  • Der Ring des Nibelungen

  • German Miscellaneous Opera Libretti

  • Libretti of Russian Operas

  • Handel Opera Libretti

    Another book that may prove useful

  		•  MacMurray, Jessica M. The Book of 101 Opera Librettos: Complete Original Language Texts With English Translations.  Black Dog & Leventhal Pub; 1997.  ISBN: 1884822797.

    Opera libretti online

    Below are links to websites that contain complete libretti (original language only in most cases).

  		•  Baroque Libretti   A few early libretti
  		• Karadar Operas  An very extensive site (pay)
  		• Libretti d'opera italiani  Dozens of Italian libretti (no translations)