Wagner based his own libretto loosely on shakespeares measure for measure, moving the setting from vienna to palermo and turning the stern. The ban of love, or the novice of palermo grand comic opera in two acts. The 1976 bbc broadcast conducted by edward downes is absolutely uncut, timing in at 3 hours, 2 minutes. Romilda e costanza, semiramide 2 by robert letellier isbn. If you find a libretto or translation which is not yet listed please contact us. The ban on love richard wagner the composer later disowned it. In some cases also texts of other vocal pieces similar to operas are included. The name of the composer of each opera is also given. The frankfurt opera and museum orchestra is one of the most important orchestras in the germanspeaking world. Browse through our libretto list with all libretti on opera, ordered by composer in alphabetical order.
Richard wagner after measure for measure by william shakespeare. Only librettists with their own articles in wikipedia are listed. This page contains 1051 links to the libretti original and translations of 512 operas. A list of the top opera music composers and their compositions. Naxos blog naxos books and ebooks naxos audiobooks naxos licensing. They are ordered by composer and name of the opera. With his third opera, he was aiming for a production at the paris opera, so rienzi owed much to that recognized master of making a profit from french taste, meyerbeer. Richard wagner, adapted from shakespeares measure for measure. This is an incomplete list of authors who have written libretti for operas. Erster akt vorstadt mit belustigungsortern aller art.
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