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Filed under: Musicals -- Librettos- The Review: or, The Wags of Windsor, in Two Acts (New York: D. Longworth, 1804), by George Colman
- The Sultan of Sulu: An Original Satire in Two Acts (New York: R. H. Russell, 1903), by George Ade (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Aladdin, or, The Wonderful Scamp! An Original Burlesque Extravaganza, in One Act (London: T. H. Lacy, ca. 1861), by Henry J. Byron (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Maid and the Magpie, or, The Fatal Spoon! A Burlesque Burletta Founded on the Opera of "La Gazza Ladra" (script/libretto; London: T. H. Lacy, ca. 1859), by Henry J. Byron
- Robinson Crusoe: or, Harlequin Friday and The King of The Caribbee Islands! A Grotesque Pantomime Opening (London: T.H. Lacy, ca. 1871), by Henry J. Byron (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jack the Giant Killer, or, Harlequin King Arthur, and Ye Knights of Ye Round Table: A Burlesque Extravaganza (London and New York: Samuel French, ca. 1881), by Henry J. Byron (page images at HathiTrust)
- Othello Travestie: An Operatic Burlesque Burletta (London: T. H. Lacy, ca. 1834), by M. M. G. Dowling
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Musicals -- FictionFiled under: Musicals -- Vocal scores with piano- Chu Chin Chow; A Musical Tale of the East (London: Keith, Prowse and Co., 1916), by Oscar Asche and Frederic Norton
- In Dahomey: A Negro Musical Comedy (piano-vocal score; London: K. Prowse and Co., c1902), by Will Marion Cook and Paul Laurence Dunbar, contrib. by Jesse Shipp (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Little Nemo (piano-vocal score for a musical based on the comic strip; 1908), by Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith, contrib. by Winsor McCay (page images at HathiTrust)
- Oh, Lady! Lady!! (with photos, original cast list, and piano-vocal score; New York: T. B. Harms Co., c1918), by Jerome Kern, P. G. Wodehouse, and Guy Bolton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Alice in Wonderland: A Dream Play for Children (piano-vocal score; London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, c1906), by Walter Slaughter and H. Savile Clarke, contrib. by Lewis Carroll
Filed under: Masques with music -- LibrettosFiled under: Operas -- Librettos- Amor y Gloria: Zarzuela en Tres Actos y en Verso (libretto, in Spanish; Madrid: Impr. de J. Rodriguez, 1881), by Miguel Emilio Tormo (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Barber of Seville: A Comic Opera, in Three Acts (Boston: J. H. Eastburn's Press, 1856), by Mr. Fawcett, contrib. by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (page images at Google)
- The Barber of Seville: A Comic Opera in Two Acts, As Performed by the Italian Opera Company at Castle Garden, New York, Sept 13, 1847 (New York: Herald Book and Job Office, 1847), by Cesare Sterbini, contrib. by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (page images at Google)
- The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Gutenberg text)
- Der Schleier der Pierrette: Pantomime in Drei Bildern (in German, without music; Vienna: L. Doblinger, c1910), by Arthur Schnitzler (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Fairy-Queen: An Opera, Represented at the Queen's-Theatre by Their Majesties Servants (anonymously written libretto, without music, of Purcell's opera, based on Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream; London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1692), contrib. by Henry Purcell and William Shakespeare
- The Georgian Princess (libretto only; 1799), by Elizabeth Craven (HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine)
- The Haunted Tower: A Comic Opera, in Three Acts (book and lyrics (no music), as performed in Philadlephia; Philadelphia, C. Neal, 1828), by James Cobb
- Iolanthe and Other Operas (includes librettos for Iolanthe; The Mikado; Ruddigore; The Gondoliers; London: G. Bell and Sons, 1910), by W. S. Gilbert, illust. by W. Russell Flint (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- La República del Amor: Opereta en un Acto, Dividido en Dos Cuadros (libretto in Spanish, without music, second edition; Madrid: R. Velasco, 1909), by Antonio Paso and Salvador Aragón
- Love in the Age of Wings and Other Operas, by Chester Eagle (PDF with commentary at Trojan Press)
- The Magic Flute / Die Zauberflöte: An Opera in Two Acts, the Music by Mozart, As Represented at the Royal Italian Opera, London, and the Academy of Music, New York (New York: F. Rullman, ca. 1900), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Emanuel Schikaneder (page images at HathiTrust)
- No Cards (libretto, score for a later version, and commentary), by W. S. Gilbert, Thomas German Reed, and Florian Pascal (PDF and Word at Gilbert and Sullivan Archive)
- The Ring of the Nibling: Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, trans. by Margaret Armour, illust. by Arthur Rackham (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Savoy Operas (includes librettos for The Pirates of Penzance; Patience; Princess Ida; The Yeomen of the Guard; London: G. Bell and Sons, 1909), by W. S. Gilbert, illust. by W. Russell Flint (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- The Wainwright Operas, by Chester Eagle (PDF with commentary at Trojan Press)
- The World in the Moon: An Opera, As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre in Dorset-Garden by His Majesty's Servants (London: Printed for A. Roper, 1697), by Elkanah Settle (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Amadis of Gaul: An Opera, as it is Perform'd at the King's Theatre in the Hay-Market (in Itslian and English; London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1715), contrib. by John James Heidegger (Gutenberg text)
- The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay
- Semele: An Opera (libretto only), by William Congreve (HTML at Renascence Editions)
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