English Translations of Operas and Opera Arias In the UNC-CH Music Library:
A Selective List

Arie antiche. English translations by Dorothy Richardson and Tina Ruta. Orleans, Mass.: Paraclete Press, c1990. Ref. ML54.6 .A74 1990

Authentic librettos of the French and German operas…complete with English and French or German texts and music of the principal airs. New York, Crown publishers [c1939]. Stacks 782.08 A939

Authentic librettos of the Italian operas...complete with English and Italian parallel texts and music of the principal airs. New York, Crown [c1939]. Stacks ML48 .A9

Castel, Nico. The complete Puccini libretti: with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, word for word translations, including a guide to the I.P.A. and notes on the Italian transcriptions. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle, c1993-c1994. Ref. ML49.P75 N5 1993 v.1-2

_____. The complete Verdi libretti: in four volumes: with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, word for word translations, including a guide to the I.P.A. and notes on the Italian transcription. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle, c1994. Ref. ML49.V45 C372 1994 v.1-4

_____. The libretti of Mozart's completed operas: in two volumes: with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, word for word translations, including a guide to the I.P.A. and notes on the Italian and German transcriptions. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle, c1997-c1998. Ref. ML49.M83 C315 1997 v. 1-2

_____. Four Strauss libretti: with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, word for word translations, including a guide to the German I.P.A. and notes on the German transcriptions. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle, c2002. Ref. ML49.S76 C37 2002

_____. French opera libretti: with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, word for word translations, including a guide to the I.P.A. and notes on the French transcriptions. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerly, c1999. Ref ML48 .F875 1999 v. 1-2

_____. Italian Belcanto opera libretti: with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, word for word translations, including a guide to the I.P.A. and notes on the Italian transcriptions. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle, c2000. Ref. ML48 .I882 2000 v. 1-3

_____. Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). Richard Wagner. Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Gotterdammerung, with I.P.A. transcriptions, word-for-word translations, a guide to the IPA, and ntoes on the German transcriptions. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle, c2003. Ref. ML50.W134 R5 2003

_____. Verismo opera libretti: with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, word for word transltions, including a guide to the I.P.A. and notes on the Italian transcriptions. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle, c2000. Ref ML48.I884 2000 v. 1

Goldovsky, Boris. Bringing soprano arias to life. New York: G. Schirmer, c1973. Stacks MT892 .G64

Piatak, Jean. Russian songs & arias: phonetic readings, word-by-word translations, and a concise guide to Russian diction. Dallas, Tex.: Pst...Inc., 1991. Ref. ML54.6.P57 R8 1991

Singher, Martial. An interpretive guide to operatic arias: a handbook for singers, coaches, teachers, and students. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, c1983. Ref. MT892 .S5 1983

Wagner, Richard. The authentic librettos of the Wagner operas ... complete with English and German parallel texts and music of the principal airs. New York, Crown Publishers [c1938]. Stacks ML49.W14 A2

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