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Mozart's Singspiel 'The Magic Flute' is regarded as one of the greatest operas of the entire repertoire. This is the Schirmer edition of the Libretto, in the original German with an English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.
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'The Marriage of Figaro' depicts the aristocracy as buffoons controlled and outwitted by their cunning servants. This time Figaro and Susanna are due to wed but must outwit the Count, who is determined to exercise his ancient right to deflower the bride of his servant.
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The 1815 masterpiece 'Il Barbiere Di Siviglia' is widely considered the greatest of comic operas. This is the Schirmer edition of the Libretto in Italian, with an English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.
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Wagner's sense of what he wanted to do with the Ring drama changed by the time he returned to Siegfried. This is the Schirmer edition of the Libretto in the original German with an English translation by Stewart Robb.
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'Die Walkure' may be Wagner’s best-loved work. The source of this affection is certainly the sensitive depictions of Siegmund and Sieglinde's love and the father-daughter relationship of Wotan and Brünnhilde.
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The final episode of the Ring cycle, 'Gotterdammerung' is itself a colossal work -- one of the longest evenings of opera in the standard repertory. This is the Schirmer edition of the Libretto, in the original German with an English translation by Stewart Robb.
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With its famous arias and ensembles, Aida has become one of the most popular operas ever written. This is the Schirmer edition of the Libretto, in the original Italian with an English translation by Walter Ducloux.
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The complete Italian/English libretto.
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'Das Rheingold' is the first part of Wagner's 'Ring Cycle', and sets up the world in which the Ring is forged and begins to gain its evil power over people.
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Giacomo Puccini furthered his reputation as one of the leading figures in Opera when he composed 'Madame Butterfly', one of the world's most populat operas. This is the Schirmer edition of the Libretto.
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