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The Book of 101 Opera Librettos

Complete Original Language Texts With English Translations

edited by Jessica M. MacMurray

Black Dog & Levanthal Publsihers, 1996

hardcover, 1474 pages

our price:   $24.95 plus media mail shipping

The Gilbert & Sullivan Operas

by Darlene Geis

former library book

Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, 1983

good condition

224 pages

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

The Opera Libretto Library - The Authentic Texts of the German, French, and Italian Operas with Music of the Principal Airs with the complete English and German, French, or Italian parallel texts

by Henry Lionel Williams

Avenel Books, 1980

hardcover - good condition

pages have yellowed due to age

former library book

486 pages

$8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Victor Book of the Opera - Stories of the Operas with Illustrations and Descriptions of Victor Opera Records

Revised by Charles O’Connell

vintage hardcover, 526 pages

RCA Manufacturing Company, 1936

good condition - all pages are intact

no writing within book

cover shows slight wear

address of music store is stamped on front endpage

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

The Metropolitan Opera Guide - The Standard Repertory of the Metropolitan Opera Association

by Mary Ellis Peltz and Robert Lawrence

Modern Library, 1939

vintage hardcover - good condition- all pages are intact - no markings on pages

dustjacket shows some wear

497 pages

$6.50 plus media mail shipping

Kobbe’s Complete Opera Book

edited and revised by the Earl of Harewood

Putnam, 1954

vintage hardcover - good condition

former library book - some library stamps

maroon boards with gilt titles on the spine

tight clean pages

tiny 1/2 inch tear on cloth of spine

1262 pages

$7.95 plus media mail shipping

The Simon & Schuster Book of the Opera

A Complete Reference Guide - 1597 to the Present with over 400 illustrations

Simon & Schuster, 1978

excellent like new condition

dustcover has slight wrinkle-bottom left corner

pages are clean, crisp - no markings

511 pages

$19.95 plus media mail shipping

Getting Opera - A Guide for the Cultured But Confused

by Matt Dobkin

Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, 2000

softcover, 263 pages

interior pages - like new condition

front cover has crease

back of book - tiny curl

underlining on page 9

our price:   $4.50 plus media mail shipping

100 Great Operas and Their Stories

Act-By-Act Synopses

by Henry W. Simon

Doubleday, 1960

vintage softcover, 555 pages

no markings or notes

all pages intact - age discoloration inside cover

front and back cover have 1 inch crease

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

The Mikado - or The Town of Titipu

Complete Vocal Score

Book by W.S. Gilbert - Music by Arthur Sullivan

Authentic Version edited by Bryceson Treharne

  1. G.Schirmer, Inc.,

vocal piano score for Gilbert & Sullivan’s opera in two acts. The vocal texts are in English.

231 pages - no marks or highlighting

softcover - great used copy

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Tibor Ridas Presents Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta - The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994

new VHS tape still in packaging

contains five exclusive selections:

The Star Spangled Banner, Candide Overture, Quando le sere al placido , Ave Maria, E lucevan le stelle plus Nessun Dorma

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Mikado - or The Town of Titipu

Complete Vocal Score

Book by W.S. Gilbert - Music by Arthur Sullivan

Authentic Version edited by Bryceson Treharne

  1. G.Schirmer, Inc.,

complete vocal score for Gilbert & Sullivan’s opera in two acts. The vocal texts are in English.

231 pages - no marks or highlighting

former library book with usual library markings

softcover - great used copy

our price:   $14.50 plus media mail shipping

H.M. S. Pinafore or The Lass That Loved A Sailor

Book by W.S. Gilbert - Music by Arthur Sullivan

Authentic Version edited by Bryceson Treharne

  1. G.Schirmer, Inc.,

complete vocal score for Gilbert & Sullivan’s opera in two acts. The vocal texts are in English.

167 pages

former library book with usual library markings

softcover - great used copy

our price:   $13.95 plus media mail shipping

The Pirates of Penzance

or The Slave of Duty

Book by W.S. Gilbert

Music by Arthur Sullivan

G. Schirmer, Inc.,

complete  score for Gilbert & Sullivan’s opera in two acts. The vocal texts are in English.

213 pages

former library book with usual library markings

softcover - great used copy

our price:   $13.50 plus media mail shipping