Last updated: Mar. 24, 2000
Public-Domain Opera Libretti and Other Vocal Texts
Note: Please do not send me reference questions; I simply do not
have the time to search on the web or in printed sources for all the texts,
synopses, etc., that I have been asked about over the years. (I do appreciate
notices with new and corrected information, however!) Instead, please check
the appropriate bibliographic
webpage here for some information, look at resources and reference
books in your local library, and check online library catalogs. And for
printed libretti themselves, don't overlook booklets that come with recordings,
old and new, even though they vary greatly in quality. As for opera trivia
questions (e.g. "What opera has X as a plot element"?), please ask on the
newsgroup rec.music.opera, join the
listserv Opera-L (start with its archives
page), or use the feedback
form at OperaGlass.
Thanks!
(In addition, please do not ask about when a libretto that is "in process"
will be posted. That is up to the contributor
who is voluntarily inputting it. I update the libretto site when
new libretti or URLs are sent to me, or when I'm notified of changes. Likewise,
if a text is not stored at this site, you must contact the person who holds
it if there are any problems.)
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