List of Libretti with Samplers

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Donald Pippin's English Translations The goal of the translator, as I see it, is not so much to translate as to illuminate, to convey as much as possible with the fewest words: with words that are simple but not banal, words that resonate without sounding hollow, that float without sounding inflated, words that somehow get into the bloodstream of the music, words that aim for the heart of the matter. Donald Pippin - from "Turning Opera into English" a post-performance talk February 22, 1998. "Pippin is to opera what Mark Twain was to American literature, a breath of fresh air and a national treasure". Sacramento Bee. * Indicates One Act Opera AUBER                        Fra Diavolo  (sampler) BACH                        The Coffee Cantata *  (sampler) BELLINI                        Norma  (sampler) BIZET                        Carmen  (sampler)                        Don Procopio  (sampler)                        Doctor Miracle  (sampler) CHABRIER                        An Education Incomplete *  (sampler)                        The Star (L'Etoile)  (sampler) CIMAROSA                        The Secret Marriage  (sampler) DONIZETTI                        Anna Bolena  (sampler)                        Betly *  (sampler)                        Daughter of the Regiment  (sampler)                        Don Pasquale  (sampler)                        The Elixir of Love  (sampler)                        Lucia di Lammermoor  (sampler)                        Lucrezia Borgia  (sampler)                        Maria Padilla  (sampler)                        Mary Stuart  (sampler)                        Roberto Devereux  (sampler)                        The Tutor in a Tangle                            (L'Ajo Nell' Imbarazzo)  (sampler) von FLOTOW                        Martha  (sampler) GOUNOD                        Doctor in Spite of Himself  (sampler) HAYDN                        The Apothecary  (sampler)                        The Budding Soprano *  (sampler) JANACEK                        The Cunning Little Vixen  (sampler) LECOCQ                        The Daughter of Madame Angot  (sampler) LEHÁR                        The Merry Widow  (sampler) MOUSSORGSKY                        The Marriage *  (sampler) MOZART                        Bastien and Bastienne *  (sampler)                        Così fan tutte  (sampler)                        Don Giovanni  (sampler)                        The Magic Flute  (sampler)                        The Marriage of Figaro  (sampler)                        Yanked from the Harem (Die Entführung                        aus dem Serail)   (sampler) NICOLAI                        The Merry Wives of Windsor  (sampler) OFFENBACH                        The Bandits  (sampler)                        La Belle Hélène  (sampler)                        Bluebeard  (sampler)                        The Bridge of Sighs  (sampler)                        The Cat That Turned Into a Woman *  (sampler)                        The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein  (sampler)                        Marriage by Lantern *  (sampler)                        The New Woman (Genvevieve de Brabant)                          Orpheus in the Underworld  (sampler)                        La Périchole  (sampler)                        The Princess of Trebizonde  (sampler)                        Tales of Hoffmann  (sampler)                        La Vie Parisienne  (sampler) PERGOLESI                        La Serva Padrona *  (sampler) PUCCINI                        La Bohème  (sampler)                        La Rondine  (sampler)                        Madame Butterfly  (sampler)                        Manon Lescaut  (sampler)                        Tosca  (sampler) ROSSINI                        The Barber of Seville  (sampler)                        La Cenerentola  (sampler)                        Count Ory  (sampler)                        The Italian Girl in Algiers  (sampler) SCHUBERT                        The Wedding Roast * (Der Hochzeitsbraten) (a trio - Op 104)  (sampler) SMETANA                        The Bartered Bride  (sampler)                        The Two Widows  (sampler) STRAVINSKY                        The Soldier's Tale  (sampler) von SUPPE                        My Fair Galatea *  (sampler) TCHAIKOVSKY                        Eugene Onegin  (sampler) VERDI                        Ernani  (sampler)                        Falstaff  (sampler)                        King for a Day (Un Giorno di Regno)  (sampler)                        Macbeth                          The Marauders (I Masnadieri)  (sampler)                        Oberto  (sampler)                        Luisa Miller  (sampler)                        Rigoletto  (sampler)                        Stiffelio  (sampler)                        La Traviata  (sampler) WAGNER                        No Love Allowed (Das Liebesverbot)  (sampler) von WEBER                        Abu Hassan *  (sampler)                        Der Freischütz  (sampler) FOR YOUTH AUDIENCES:                        Alice in Opera Land                        La Cenerentola - children's version                        The Escape                        A Mini Magic Flute     Libretti and piano-vocal scores are available from: Pocket Opera 469 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 972-8930 fax: (415) 348-0931 email: info@pocketopera.org English versions copyright © Donald Pippin. 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