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Libretto by Felice Romani. Cf. Grove
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Isouard, Nicolas, 1773-1818, composer; Étienne, Charles Guillaume, 1777-1845, librettist
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Printed libretto, 26 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Méhul, Etienne Nicolas, 1763-1817, composer; Hoffman, François-Benoît, 1760-1828, librettist
texts
eye 224
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Printed full score, 127 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
texts
eye 85
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Printed libretto, 83 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
For voice, harpsichord and violin; includes cues for other instruments
Topic: Operas
Source: folio
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Walter, Thomas Christian, 1749-1788, composer; Favart, Charles Simon, 1710-1792, librettist
texts
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Printed libretto, 111 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
Berlin: Ed. Bote
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Suppé, Franz von, 1819-1895, composer; Zell, F., 1829-1895, librettist; Genée, Richard, 1823-1895, librettist
texts
eye 100
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Printed libretto, 48 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Rossi, Lauro, 1812-1885, composer; Rubino, Francesco, librettist
texts
eye 74
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Printed libretto, 31 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, composer; Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852, librettist; Macfarren, Natalia, 1827-1916, translator; after García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884
texts
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Printed piano vocal score, 204 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by after Eugène de Planard, 1783-1855; Bruun, Niels Thorup, 1778-1823, translator
texts
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Printed libretto, 78 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Rossini, Gioachino, 1792-1868, composer; Bis, Hippolyte Louis Florent, 1789-1853, librettist; Jouy, Victor-Joseph Etienne de, 1764-1846, librettist; Haupt, Theodor Von, 1782-1832, translator
texts
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Printed libretto, 40 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, composer; Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, librettist; Nuitter, Charles-Louis-Étienne, 1828-1899, translator
texts
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Printed piano vocal score, 386 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Bruun, Niels Thorup, 1778-1823, composer; after Pierre-Yves Barré, 1749-1832; after Maurice Ourry, 1776-1843
texts
eye 83
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Printed libretto, 71 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
Brigham Young University
by Mayr, Giovanni Simone, 1763-1845, composer
texts
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Manuscript score
Topic: Operas
Brigham Young University
by Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816 composer; Palomba, Giuseppe, active 1769-1825, librettist
texts
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Manuscript score
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer; Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist; Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901
texts
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Printed piano vocal score, 189 p., Meyerbeer Collection
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Hérold, Ferdinand, 1791-1833, composer
texts
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Printed piano vocal, 84 p., John Laurence Seymour Fund
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, composer
texts
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Manuscript full score, not paginated
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Isouard, Nicolas, 1773-1818, composer; Hoffman, François-Benoît, 1760-1828, librettist
texts
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Printed piano vocal score, 83 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Duprato, Jules, 1827-1892, composer; Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist; Lorin, Jules, d.1853, librettist; Van den Heuvel, Ferdinand, arranger
texts
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Printed piano vocal score, 159 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Sanelli, Gualtiero, 1816-1861, composer; Martini, Pietro, 1800-1866, librettist
texts
eye 108
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Printed libretto, 55 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
Printed libretto, 10 p., “Courtesy of Wright Thurston”
Topic: Operas
University of Ottawa
by Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921; Gallet, Louis, 1835-1898. La princesse jaune
texts
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22
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848, composer; Rossi, Gaetano, 1774-1855, librettist
texts
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Printed libretto, 79 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Auber, Daniel François Esprit, 1782-1871, composer; Maggioni, Manfredo J., translator
texts
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Printed libretto, 75 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848, composer; Gilardoni, Domenico, 1798-1831, librettist
texts
eye 107
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Printed libretto, 81 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
texts
eye 84
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Printed libretto, 30 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Salieri, Antonio, composer
texts
eye 110
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Manuscript full score, unpaginated
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864, composer; Scribe, Augustin Eugène, 1791-1861, librettist
texts
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Printed libretto, 80 p.
Topic: Operas
Duke University Libraries, Jantz Collection
by Fioravanti, Valentino, 1764-1837; Palomba, Giuseppe, active 1769-1825; Harold Jantz Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) NcD
texts
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Libretto by Giuseppe Palomba
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900, composer; Gilbert, William Schwenck, 1836-1911, librettist; Dohm, Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst, 1819-1883, translator
texts
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Printed piano vocal score, 120 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918, composer; Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949, librettist
texts
eye 144
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Printed piano vocal score, 310 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti, 1814–1882, composer; Solera, Temistocle, 1815-1878, librettist
texts
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Printed libretto, 39 p., “Courtesy of Wright Thurston”
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Marschner, Heinrich August, 1795-1861, composer; after Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832
texts
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Printed libretto, 44 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Nessler, Viktor, 1841-1890, composer; Bunge, Rudolph, 1836-1907, librettist; after Joseph Viktor von Scheffel, 1826-1886
texts
eye 76
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Leipzig: J. Schuberth
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Heuberger, Richard, 1850-1914, composer
texts
eye 120
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Printed libretto, 67 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
University of Ottawa
by Massé, Victor, 1822-1884; Lucas, Hippolyte, 1807-1878. Fior d'Aliza; Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Fior d'Aliza
texts
eye 209
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Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924, composer; Fontana, Ferdinando, 1850-1919, librettist
texts
eye 81
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Printed libretto, 43 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Giaquinto, Giuseppe, d. 1881, composer; Dall’Argine, Costantino, 1842-1877, composer; Viena, Lorenzo, b. 1830, choreographer
texts
eye 63
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Printed libretto, 12 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Overskou, Thomas, 1798-1873, librettist
texts
eye 80
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Printed libretto, 74 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
Brigham Young University
by Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. cmp
texts
eye 181
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Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Høeberg, Georg, 1872-1950, composer; Michaëlis, Sophus, 1865-1932, librettist
texts
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Printed libretto, 63 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Schenk, Johann, 1753-1836, composer
texts
eye 150
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Printed piano vocal score, p. 106, "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
Cornell University Library
by Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912; Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. lbt; Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901. lbt
texts
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Topic: Operas
University of Connecticut Libraries
by Leoni, Franco, 1864-1949; Zanoni, Camillo. Oracolo; Pinkerton, Percy
texts
eye 278
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Topic: Operas
30 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Penn, Arthur A., 1875-1941, composer; Penn, Arthur A., 1875-1941, librettist
texts
eye 150
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Printed piano vocal score, 123 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, composer
texts
eye 64
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Manuscript full score, not paginated
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Fontaine, Francis de la, d. 1767, translator
texts
eye 81
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Printed libretto, 52 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687, composer; Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688, librettist
texts
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Printed score, 211 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Auber, Daniel François Esprit, 1782-1871, composer; Scribe, Augustin Eugène, 1791-1861, librettist
texts
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Printed piano vocal score, 215 p.
Topic: Operas
University of Ottawa
by Cohen, Jules Émile David, 1835-1901; Saint-Georges, Henri, 1801?-1875. Maitre Claude; Leuven, Adolphe de, 1800-1884. Maître Claude
texts
eye 205
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22
Topic: Operas
University of Ottawa
by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868; Gherardini, Giovanni, 1778-1861. Gazza ladra; Caigniez, M. (Louis-Charles), 1762-1842. Pie voleuse; Aubigny, M. d'. Pie voleuse; Castil-Blaze, 1784-1857
texts
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Libretto by G. Gherardini, based on La pie voleuse by J.M.T. Baudoin d'Aubigny and L.C. Caigniez. Cf. Loewenberg
Topic: Operas
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
texts
eye 206
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Topic: Operas
"Parole di Gaetano Rossi [e di M.M. Marcello]" - p. 5
Topic: Operas
Thomas Fisher Libretti Collection
by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868; Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Turco in Italia
texts
eye 52
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32
Topic: Operas
Brigham Young University
texts
eye 183
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7
Topic: Operas
University of Ottawa
by Coquard, Arthur, 1846-1910; Cain, Henri, 1857-1937. Troupe jolicoeur
texts
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Pl. no.: L.G.5354
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Hofmann, Heinrich, 1842-1902, composer; Dahn, Felix, 1834-1912, librettist
texts
eye 97
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Printed libretto, 70 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
Libretto by A. Profumo. Cf. Loewenberg
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 1741-1813, composer; Favières, Etienne Guillaume François de, 1755-1837, librettist
texts
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Printed libretto, 44 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste, 1741-1813, composer; Desforges, Pierre Jean-Baptiste, 1746-1806, librettist
texts
eye 98
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Set of print and manuscript orchestral parts
Topic: operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 1741-1813, composer; Desforges, Pierre Jean-Baptiste, 1746-1806, librettist
texts
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Printed libretti, 53 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Isouard, Nicolas, 1773-1818, composer; Étienne, Charles Guillaume, 1777-1845, librettist
texts
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Printed full score, 270 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Crémont, Pierre, 1784-1846, composer; Picard, Louis Benoît, 1769-1828, librettist; Radet, Jean Baptiste, 1751-1830, librettist
texts
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Manuscript Orchestral Parts, 8
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 1741-1813, composer; Marmontel, Jean François, 1723-1799, librettist
texts
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Printed libretto, 52 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste, 1741-1813, composer; Marmontel, Jean François, 1723-1799, librettist
texts
eye 130
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Printed full score, 169 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Gaveaux, Pierre, 1761-1825, composer; Demoustier, Charles Albert, 1760-1801, librettist
texts
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Printed full score, 74 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Rossini, Gioachino, 1792-1868, composer
texts
eye 64
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Printed libretto, 32 p.
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
texts
eye 65
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Printed libretto, 46 p. "Courtesy of Wright Thurston"
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Auber, Daniel François Esprit, 1782-1871, composer; Lacy, Michael Rophino, 1795-1867, arranger
texts
eye 101
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Printed libretto, 39 p.
Topic: Operas
University of Ottawa
by Bachelet, Alfred, 1864-1944; Hansewick, Y. de. Quand la cloche sonnera; Wattyne, Pierre de. Quand la cloche sonnera III
texts
eye 266
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Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Arnault, Lucien Émile, 1787-1863, librettist
texts
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Printed libretto, 78 p. Représenté pour la première fois, a Paris, sur le Première Théâtre-Français, le 2 Février 1828
Topic: Operas
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
by Jadin, Louis Emmanuel, 1768-1853, composer; Favières, Etienne Guillaume François de, 1755-1837, librettist
texts
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Printed libretto, 38 p.
Topic: Operas