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One of the most performed and recorded operas of all time, this intense drama revolves around lust, revenge, and betrayal. Reprinted from the authoritative full-score edition published shortly after the opera's 1900 premiere.

Widely admired for its melodic richness and glorious orchestral scoring, Madama Butterfly ranks as one of the greatest favorites of the operatic repertoire. It is reprinted here complete and unabridged from the authoritative G. Ricordi edition.

This 1920 vocal score is from a three-act opera that dramatizes a young widower's obsession with his late wife. An appendix provides an English translation of the original German libretto.

One of Strauss' most highly regarded operas combines music of great satiric wit and breathtaking flights of lyricism while it intermingles backstage comedy, Greek mythology, and Italian commedia dell'arte. Reprinted from the 1916 Adolph Furstner edition.

Thirty-six arias include selections from such all-time favorites as "The Marriage of Figaro, Cosi fan tutte, The Magic Flute, "and" Don Giovanni." Reproduced from authoritative editions.

A striking display of atmospheric color brought about by instrumental means, "Salome" was Strauss' first great operatic success, and now ranks among the basic works of 20th-century music-drama. Definitive Furstner score, now extremely rare.

Complete and unabridged, this reproduction of the original G. Ricordi score presents Verdi's last great work, which premiered in 1893 and continues to thrill listeners with its forceful orchestration and copious melodic invention.

Faust was a major success upon its first fully realised performance at Milan's La Scala in 1862.

Mozart was commissioned to write La Clemenza di Tito for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II as King of Bohemia. Working with libretto by Metastasio, he based the plot on incidents in the life of the Roman emperor Titus and composed the opera during the same climactic period in which he completed Requiem and The Magic Flute. La Clemenza di Tito was first performed in Prague in 1791, a few weeks before the premiere of The Magic Flute in Vienna. Whatever enjoyment Mozart and Leopold II may have derived from the opera, it was short-lived; both composer and king were dead within a year of the debut.Long neglected but now frequently performed and recorded, this Mozart masterpiece is once again a popular favorite of opera audiences worldwide. It is reprinted here from the authoritative edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig.Dover (2015) republication of the edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, n.d. See every Dover book in print atwww.doverpublications.com

One of the earliest Verdi operas remaining in the repertory. Tragic story of the jester and his daughter is remarkable for bold characterization, superb drama, glorious music filled with atmosphere and color. Reproduced from the standard Ricordi edition. Lists of characters and instruments.

Reprinted directly from the original Fürstner vocal score of 1911, which was approved by the composer himself, this edition features the verbal text, vocal parts, and a reduction for piano.

Hard-to-find complete score of first installment of celebrated Ring Cycle encapsulates Wagner's greatest achievements in shortest, most accessible form.Reproduced from authoritative B. Schott's edition. New translation of German frontmatter.

"Don Giovanni" is presented here in the C. F. Peters edition and contains the original version, along with later arias, recitatives, and duets added for the Vienna performance. Text in both Italian and German.