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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
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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) Filed under: Zarzuelas -- LibrettosFiled under: Pantomimes with music -- Librettos |