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operas29
bluebeard (legendary character)1
liturgical dramas1
secular oratorios1
songs (medium voice) with piano1
songs with piano1
vocal duets with piano1

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Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)3
Bizet, Georges, 1838-18753
English National Opera3
Halevy, Ludovic3
Halevy, Ludovic (1834-1908)3
Meilhac, Henri3
Meilhac, Henri (1831-1897)3
Moody, John3
Moody, John (1906-1993)3
Moody, Nell3

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Orpheus : Klavier-Auszug mit Text

Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter von (1714-1787); Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter von (1714-1787); Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter von (1714-1787); Dörffel, Alfred (1821-1905); Niemann, Walter (1876-1953)

[1875?]

Foreword in German by Alfred Dörffel, p.ii. Libretto by Ranieri de' Calsabigi. Cf. Loewenberg. Annals of opera.

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Fidelio : Oper in zwei Akten, nach dem Französischen bearbeitet von H. Treitschke

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827); Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand (1766-1835); Treitschke, Georg Friedrich (1776-1842); Bouilly, J N (1763-1842)

[1847]

Text by J. Sonnleithner and G.F. Treitschke after Bouilly's Léonore.

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Armide : grosse Oper in 5 Akten

Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter von (1714-1787); Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595); Quinault, Philippe (1635-1688); Brissler, F (1818-1893)

[188-?]

Text by Quinault, after episodes in Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata.

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Cymon : A dramatic romance perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane

Arne, Michael (1741?-1786); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[1767]

Text by D. Garrick (A dramatic romance, founded on Dryden's Poem Cymon and Iphigenia). Cf. Loewenberg. Annals of opera.

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Cymon : a dramatic romance perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane

Arne, Michael (1741?-1786); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[1767]

Text by D. Garrick (A dramatic romance, founded on Dryden's Poem Cymon and Iphigenia). Cf. Loewenberg. Annals of opera.

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Artaxerxes : an English opera as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden

Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778); Metastasio, Pietro (1698-1782)

[1762]

Text translated by Arne from Pietro Metastasio's "Artaserse".

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La Cenerentola (Cinderella) : a comic opera in two acts: The music by Rossini as performed at the King's Theatre, Haymarket

Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868); Ferretti, Jacopo (1784-1852); Perrault, Charles (1628-1703)

[ca.1850]

Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, adapted from Perrault. Cf. New Grove.

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Carmen

Bizet, Georges (1838-1875); Meilhac, Henri (1831-1897); Halévy, Ludovic (1834-1908); Moody, Nell; Moody, John (1906-1993); English National Opera

1982

Includes libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy parallel French text and English translation by Nell and John Moody.

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The debating sociey [sic] : a comic extravaganza... in the comic opera of the Farmer's wife

Reeve, William (1757-1815); Dibdin, Charles (1768-1833)

[ca. 1814]

For voice and piano; acc. originally for orchestra. First line of text: The forum for fun and variety.

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The maid of the mill : a comic opera, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802); Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812); Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761)

[1798?]

Vocal score with unfigured bass. Text by Isaac Bickerstaff. Based on Richardson's Pamel.

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Fidelio

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827); Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand (1766-1835); Hammond, Tom; Blumer, Rodney

1980

Bibliography, page 89. - List of sound discs, pages 90-92.

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Carmen

Bizet, Georges (1838-1875); Meilhac, Henri (1831-1897); Halévy, Ludovic (1834-1908); Moody, Nell; Moody, John (1906-1993); English National Opera

1982

Includes libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy parallel French text and English translation by Nell and John Moody.

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