Libretti

[Harry]

I am looking for a libretti from Don Carlo by Verdi in English, and maybe Italian next to it.
But cannot find it.
Maybe a knowlegable member from GMG could help me?

[Harry]

O, dear, no ones knows?

[rickardg]

I haven't been able to find a parallell libretto, but here is one in English

http://www.impresario.ch/libretto/libverdon_e.htm

taken from the Operaguide website, maybe you can get bilingual libretti if you donate to them, I haven't checked.

Note, I just did a web search so I have no idea about the quality of the texts.

[Drasko]

Can be bought from Met Opera Shop for $3.50 + postage.

http://www.metoperafamily.org/shop/display.aspx?ID=6986&CatID=26

[marvinbrown]

I am looking for a libretti from Don Carlo by Verdi in English, and maybe Italian next to it.
But cannot find it.
Maybe a knowlegable member from GMG could help me?

  Harry which recording of Don Carlo do you have? Did it not come with a libretto??  The one I have has a translated libretto in 3 languages (English, French and German) plus the Italian of course.  Do you have the French Don Carlos?? 

  This one:

 

  marvin
 

[Harry]

Can be bought from Met Opera Shop for $3.50 + postage.

http://www.metoperafamily.org/shop/display.aspx?ID=6986&CatID=26

Thank you, that is most helpful. I will order that right away.

[Harry]

  Harry which recording of Don Carlo do you have? Did it not come with a libretto??  The one I have has a translated libretto in 3 languages (English, French and German) plus the Italian of course.  Do you have the French Don Carlos?? 

  This one:

 

  marvin
 

This is the one Mike, (Knight) send me, alas without a libretti in any language.

[Harry]

I haven't been able to find a parallell libretto, but here is one in English

http://www.impresario.ch/libretto/libverdon_e.htm

taken from the Operaguide website, maybe you can get bilingual libretti if you donate to them, I haven't checked.

Note, I just did a web search so I have no idea about the quality of the texts.

Thanks Rickard, Drasko had the answer, but you did some effort too, and for that I am grateful.

[marvinbrown]

This is the one Mike, (Knight) send me, alas without a libretti in any language.

 I am not familiar with that recording.  A few things to watch out for though.  Don Carlos was originally written in French and Verdi made numerous alterations to it. He wrote an Italian version as well by the name of Don Carlo no s at the end. There are many recordings with edits- for example do you have the Fontainblue Scene that opens the opera?  I believe some recordings omit it.  Just make sure that the libretto you buy matches what you have.  By the looks of it you have the Italian version and hopefully the fontainblue scene has not been cut!

 marvin  

[Harry]

 I am not familiar with that recording.  A few things to watch out for though.  Don Carlos was originally written in French and Verdi made numerous alterations to it. He wrote an Italian version as well by the name of Don Carlo no s at the end. There are many recordings with edits- for example do you have the Fontainblue Scene that opens the opera?  I believe some recordings omit it.  Just make sure that the libretto you buy matches what you have.  By the looks of it you have the Italian version and hopefully the fontainblue scene has not been cut!

 marvin  

O, dear, I have to make a study of that, right. I have printed a Italian and English version already, and detected the missing of the Fontainblue scene already, in the Italian print.....
Would you like to offer me some guidance in this Marvin, for I am obviously lost in this maze of opera.

[Harry]

Well I looked in the booklet from the Haitink recording, and it says the Modena version 1886, and the first cd begins with Su, Cacciator for Choir, and then starts with Fontainebleau Foresta immensa e Solitaria.
What a marvelous opera this is, by the way.

Is this the right version?

[marvinbrown]

O, dear, I have to make a study of that, right. I have printed a Italian and English version already, and detected the missing of the Fontainblue scene already, in the Italian print.....
Would you like to offer me some guidance in this Marvin, for I am obviously lost in this maze of opera.

 Harry yes you have the right version  .  The opera opens with the huntsmen at the forest of Fontainebleau as night falls.  Then Don Carlo appears singing "Fontaineblue Vast and lonely forest".  the libretto should match this.

 marvin