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Opera Libretti, Translations, and New Editions
Turandot: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
Revised Italian–English Edition; Italian–German and Italian–French also available
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Otello: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
A new Italian–English edition of Verdi's Otello is now published, following a detailed review of Boito's Italian text, corrections to the English translation, and improvements to the side-by-side paperback layout.
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Maria Stuarda: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
A new Italian–English bilingual libretto of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, with a newly prepared paperback. A closer look at the translation, corrections to the Italian text, and some interesting differences between printed and performed versions.
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The Magic Flute: German–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
A major revision of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" is now available, with Schikaneder's complete spoken dialogue restored, a revised English translation, and an expanded second edition.
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Introducing LibrettoArchive in One Minute
LibrettoArchive brings original opera libretti and English translations together side by side, online and in bilingual paperback editions. This short video introduces the project, which now includes 33 published editions — and growing.
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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns in French, German, and English
New on LibrettoArchive: Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns, with French–German–English Side-by-Side libretto translation.
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Le nozze di Figaro: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
Revised Italian–English Edition; Italian–German and Italian–French also available
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Janáček’s Jenůfa in Czech and English
New on LibrettoArchive: Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček, with a new Czech–English side-by-side translation. The Czech text was carefully checked and restored from multiple sources.
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Faust: French–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
A new side-by-side French–English libretto is now available on LibrettoArchive, along with the German text, a new paperback, and a PDF preview.
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Luigi Cherubini Comes to LibrettoArchive: Medea in Four Languages
A new composer and opera are now on LibrettoArchive: Luigi Cherubini’s Medea, with the complete libretto in Italian, French, German, and English, available in any side-by-side combination.
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Aida: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
A new, revised English translation of Verdi’s Aida.
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Cavalleria rusticana: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
A new English translation of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana is now available on LibrettoArchive.
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Macbeth: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
A new Verdi opera is now available on LibrettoArchive: Macbeth, with the complete Italian libretto and a new English translation in side-by-side format.
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Norma: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
Norma libretto with translation are now available
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La forza del destino: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
Revised Edition
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Le Villi: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
Puccini's operatic debut has arrived at LibrettoArchive
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Lucia di Lammermoor: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
Revised Edition
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Tannhäuser: German–English Side-by-Side Libretto
New paperback and updated Side-by-side online translation libretto
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DM’s Opera Website Becomes LibrettoArchive.com
A new home for side-by-side opera libretti, translations, and opera texts
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Armida: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto
Side-by-side libretto translation now available
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Götterdämmerung: German–English Side-by-Side Opera Libretto (Paperback)
The Ring is complete — Götterdämmerung now available in side-by-side German–English format.
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Der fliegende Holländer: German–English Side-by-Side Opera Libretto (Paperback)
Der fliegende Holländer returning to the stage this season in Vienna, Bayreuth, Australia
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Eugene Onegin: Russian–English Side-by-Side Opera Libretto (Paperback)
A new paperback is available now
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Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali — new side-by-side translation
Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali English translation
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Eugene Onegin — new side-by-side translation
Eugene Onegin — a new side-by-side Russian–English translation.
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Side-by-Side Translations for Opera
Why I Started Using Side-by-Side Translations for Opera
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