Try the Metropolitan Opera Store website. The store is located in the Opera House, and they sell recordings and librettos and other opera gifts. Other opera houses probably have a source for librettos, but usually just of operas they put on. Amazon may possibly be able to order them too.
The libretto.
The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play La Dame aux Camelias, or The Lady of The Camellias, which was taken from the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas the younger. As with all his operas, Verdi had very much input into the writing of the libretto.
The Giant was created by Russian musician Sergei Prokofiev. Prokofiev was only nine years old when he wrote the opera; he was inspired to write The Giant after his parents took him to Moscow to watch operas for the first time.
The text of an opera is called the libretto. If you're asking about the words or story of the opera itself, it's called a libretto. If you're asking about the translations now being offered at some operas during the performance, they're called "supertitles" or "surtitles."
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Sergei Prokofiev's most famous work is probably "Peter and the Wolf," a musical fairy tale for narrator and orchestra. Beyond that he is best known for the ballets, "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cinderella." He wrote symphonies, operas, concertos for his own instrument, the piano, and much piano and chamber music. Aside from composition he was also a virtuoso pianist, but did not pursue it as a career as his contemporary, Sergei Rachmaninoff, had done.
Finding the libretto for Mazzoni's "Antigono" may be challenging, as it is not as widely available as more popular operas. You can check online resources such as digital libraries, university archives, or opera-specific websites. Additionally, contacting organizations that specialize in rare operatic works might yield better results. If you have access to a local library, they may also help in locating a copy.
Lorenzo da Ponte wrote the libretto [words] to the opera 'Cosi fan Tutti'. He also wrote the words to two other Mozart operas 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni'. He was a court librettist in Vienna.
I don't know about lyrics, but many, many of his works were operas and he wrote both the instrument music and the words that were sung along with it.Second answer:Mozart did not write the libretti to his operas. For example, The Magic Flute has a libretto by Emanuel Schickaneder, and Cosi Fan Tutte, The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni all have libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte. Some composers have written their own libretti, Wagner being the prime example, but Mozart did not.
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The play "Dafne" was written by the Italian composer Jacopo Peri. It is considered one of the earliest operas and premiered in 1598. The libretto was based on a pastoral poem by Ottavio Rinuccini, and the work is notable for its early use of musical elements to convey emotion and drama.
You may not be able to, but your best bet would be to contact the Paris Opera itself. Most opera houses sell libretti for the operas they produce. You might also try to find the address for the company librarian, who has charge of ordering scores and orchestra and chorus parts for the performers to use. Presumably the libretto would be from the same publisher as the score.