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Last updated: Oct. 12, 2000

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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 contributorwho 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.)

Online Sources of Opera Libretti

Preface

Lists of libretti available on the internet:

Operatic words and music together:

Online Texts for Secular Song and Sacred Vocal Music

Secular Song:

Oratorio, Cantata, etc.:

Jewish song:

Liturgy:

Protestant Hymnody:

Reference:

Opera Synopses:

Other Texts (Fifi's list of electronic text sites)

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