XI. Libretti and Librettists
Bibliographies
There are lists of librettists in Loewenberg (#106, v.2) and MORI(v.5–6). RISM
includes a U.S. libretto database of more than 11,000 items. See also the Library of
Congress Catalogue(#115) and other titles in Chapter V.
- Alm, Irene. Catalog of Venetian Librettos at the University of California, Los
Angeles.University of California Publications in Catalogs and Bibliographies, - Berkeley: U. of California Press, 1993. xxviii, 1,053p. ISBN 0-520-09762-9.
ML136 .L842 .U682.
A catalogue with bibliographic descriptions of 1,286 items, dated 1637–1769,
covering “virtually every opera libretto printed in Venice.” In date order, with
17 indexes, including titles, artists, dedicatees, and roles. - Columbro, Marta. La raccolta di libretti d’opera del Teatro San Carlo di
Napoli. Ancilla musicae, 3. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana, 1992. xiii,
107p. ISBN 8-8709-6062-5. ML136 .N21 T43.
A title list of 262 entries, with full bibliographic descriptions, names of opera
characters, and persons associated with productions related to the published
libretti. They are all Italian or translated into Italian. Indexes of the characters,
persons, and places, as well as a chronological list. - Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello, Venice. Biblioteca. Catalogo dei libretti del
Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello. Florence: Olschki, 1994–1995. 4v. ISBN
88-222-4112-6; 88-222-4194-0; 88-222-4226-2; 88-222-4299-8. ML136 .V3
C64.
A detailed inventory of a major libretto collection, consisting of 3,221 entries
in title order. Full bibliographic descriptions, characters named in the texts,
and extensive commentaries. Nearly all the libretti are by Italian composers, or
translated into Italian, but there is a representation of French material as well.
Indexes to be published (not seen as of October 1999).