Finding Aid for Richard P Arsenty Papers, 2003-2013 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Hannah Jellen

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Libretti

Box 1

Folder 1: "L'Africaine"Libretto, master copy, 2003

Folder 2: L'Africaine Libretto, undated

Folder 3: "L'Africaine" Libretto, undated

Folder 4: L'Africaine original Libretto and other Libretti, undated

Folder 5: L'Africaine acts 1 - 3 libretto, master printout, October 2, 2002

Folder 6: L'Africaine acts 4 - 5 libretto, master printout, October 2, 2002

Folder 7: The African Maiden Libretto, undated

Folder 8: L'Ambassadrice and Zampa French libretti, undated

Folder 9: Armida libretto, 1983-1995

Folder 10: Assassinio Nella Cattedrale libretto, undated

Folder 11: The Brandenburg Gate libretto, 2002

Folder 12: Das Brandenburger Tor libretto, master printout, October 1, 2002

Folder 13: Le Chemineau libretto, undated

Folder 14: Crociato in Egitto, original Venice 1824 libretto and selections from 1825 libretti, undated

Folder 15: Crociato in Egitto libretto, Opera Rara version, undated

Folder 16: Crociato in Egitto drafts, undated

Folder 17: The Demon libretto, undated

Folder 19: Dinora libretto, undated

Folder 20: Emma Di Resburgo, original 1819 libretto, undated

Folder 18: Les Diamants de la Couronne libretto, undated

Folder 21: L'Esule di Granata, original 1821 libretto, undated

Folder 22: L'Etoile du Nord original 1854 libretto, undated

Folder 23: L'Etoile du Nord libretto, undated

Folder 24: L'Etoile du Nord libretto draft, undated

Folder 25: L'Etoile du Nord texts from libretto, undated

Folder 26: La Falena libretto, undated

Folder 27: Ein Feldlager in Schlesien original 1844 libretto, undated

Folder 28: Ein Feldlager in Schlesien libretto, undated

Folder 29: Host and Guest; Or, A Joke Turns Serious libretto, 2002

Folder 30: Les Huguenots libretto, undated

Folder 31: Les Huguenots, various libretti and fragments from a variety of sources [sic], undated

Folder 32: Les Huguenots Italian libretto, undated

Folder 33: Irrelohe libretto and synopsis, undated

Folder 34: Jephtha Gelubde, original 1812 libretto, undated

Folder 35: Jephtha Gelubde libretto, master printout, October 24, 2002

Folder 36: Jephthah's Vow libretto, 2002

Folder 37: La Juive, master copy, 2004

Folder 38: "La Juive" libretto, undated

Folder 39: "Le Juif Errant" libretto, undated

Folder 40: Le Juif Errant libretto master copy, 2004

Folder 41: Le Juif Errant libretto master copy, 2002

Folder 42: Le Juif Errant libretto, master printout, August 29, 2002

Folder 43: Le juif Errant libretto drafts and notes, undated

Folder 44: La Lepreuse French-English libretto, undated

Box 2

Folder 1: Libretti collection, undated

Folder 1 of 2. Contains Dinorah, L'Africaine, Le Prophete, L'Etoile du Nord, and Vielka.

Folder 2: Libretti collection, undated

Folder 2 of 2. Contains Robert le Diable, Les Huguenots, and Ein Feldlager in Schlesien.

Folder 3: Libretto collection, undated

Contains Jephtas Gelubde, Wirth und Gast, Romilda e Costanza, Seiramide Riconosciuta, Emma di Resburgo, Margherita d'Anjou, L'Esule de Granata, and Il Crociato in Egitto.

Folder 4: The Man without a Country libretto, undated

Folder 5: Margaret of Anjou libretto, 1999

Folder 7: Margherita d'Anjou, original 1820 libretto, undated

Folder 6: Margarita d'Anjou libretto, 2002

Master printout, 3/10/02.

Folder 8: Maria Tudor libretto, undated

Folder 9: Marriage libretto, undated

Folder 10: The Merchant of Venice libretto, undated

Folder 11: The Merchant of Venice libretto draft, undated

Folder 12: Mlada and Oedipus libretti, undated

Folder 13: Nerone libretto, published, 1980

Folder 14: Nerone annotated libretto, mastercopy, undated

Folder 15: Nerone annotated libretto, mastercopy of Act IV through bibliography, 2005

Folder 16: Nerone annotated libretto, mastercopy of cover through Act III, 2005

Folder 17: Le Pardon de Ploemel original 1859 libretto, undated

Folder 18: Le Pardon de Ploermel libretto, undated

Folder 19: Petrella libretto, undated

Folder 20: Le Prophete original 1849 libretto, undated

Folder 21: Le Prophete libretto, undated

Folder 22: Le Prophete libretto, undated

Folder 23: Quo Vadis? libretto, undated

Folder 24: Rienzi libretto, 1973

Folder 25: Rienzi libretto, undated

Folder 26: Risurrezione libretto, undated

Folder 27: Robert le Diable libretto, undated

Folder 28: Robert le Diable, copy of libretto based on new 1999 critical edition of the score, undated

Folder 29: Romilda e Costanza, original 1817 libretto, undated

Folder 30: Russlan and Lyudmilla libretto draft, undated

Folder 31: Salammbo libretto, undated

Folder 32: Salammbo libretto, master copy #1, 2004

Folder 33: Salammbo libretto, master copy #2, 2004

Folder 34: Salammbo libretto master printout (9/12/02), 2002

Folder 35: Salammbo libretto, bound, 2004

Folder 36: Salammbo libretto in Russian, undated

Folder 37: Der Schatzgraber libretto and synopsis, undated

Folder 38: Semiramide, original 1819 libretto and 1820 libretto, undated

Folder 39: Semiramide libretto, master printout (6/15/02), 2002

Folder 40: Semiramis libretto, undated

Box 3

Folder 1: Si libretto, undated

Folder 2: Sigurd libretto, undated

Folder 3: Le Songe D'une Nuit D'Ete French libretto, undated

Folder 4: Das Spielwerk libretto draft, undated

Folder 5: Il Trionfo Dell'Amicizia libretto draft, undated

Folder 6: Vielka originial 1847 libretto, 1999

Folder 7: Vielka libretto draft, 2000

Folder 8: The Wandering Jew libretto, 2002

Folder 9: William Tell libretto, 1973

Folder 10: Wirth und Gast, original 1813 libretto, undated

Folder 11: Wirth und Gast; Oder aus Scherz Ernst libretto, master printout (10/01/02), 2002

Folder 12: Opera Orchestra of New York libretti, A, ca. 1990s

Folder 13: Opera Orchestra of New York libretti, B-C, ca. 1990s

Folder 14: Opera Orchestra of New York libretti, D-F, ca. 1990s

Folder 15: Opera Orchestra of New York libretti, G-J, ca. 1990s

Folder 16: Opera Orchestra of New York libretti, L-M, ca. 1990s

Folder 17: Opera Orchestra of New York libretti, N-P, ca. 1990s

Folder 18: Opera Orchestra of New York libretti, R-W, ca. 1990s

Folder 19: Opera Orchestra of New York programs, B-L, 1982-1987

Folder 20: Opera Orchestra of New York programs, N-W, 1982-1987

Folder 21: Libretti not by Opera Orchestra of New York, D-H, 1974-2008

Folder 22: Libretti not by Opera Orchestra of New York, L-S, 1974-2008

Folder 23: Bound copies of libretti, 1888-1971

Box 4

Folder 1: Aureliano in Palmira libretto, undated

Folder 2: Il Barbiere di Siviglia libretto, undated

Folder 3: Bianca e Falliero, undated

Folder 4: La Cambiale di Matrimonio libretto and draft, undated

Folder 5: La Cenerentola, libretto

Folder 6: Ciro in Babilonia libretto and draft, undated

Folder 7: Le Comte Ory libretto, undated

Folder 8: Demetrio e Polibio libretto and draft, undated

Folder 9: The Demon libretto in Russian, undated

Folder 10: La Donna del Lago libretto, undated

Box 5

Folder 1: Demon libretto in Russian, English, and a transliteration, undated

Folder 2: Eduardo e Cristina libretto, undated

Folder 3: L'Equivoco Stravagante libretto and draft, undated

Folder 4: Elisabetta, Regnia D'Inghilterra, undated

Folder 5: Ermione libretto draft, undated

Folder 6: Fausta notes, articles, synopses, libretti, undated

Folder 7: Die Feen libretto, undated

Box 6

Folder 1: La Gazzetta libretto, undated

Folder 2: La Gazza Ladra libretto and draft, undated

Folder 3: Guillaume Tell libretto, undated

Folder 4: L'Inganno Felice libretto, undated

Folder 5: L'Italiana in Algeria libretto, undated

Folder 6: Libretto library information, undated

Folder 7: Macbeth libretto, undated

Folder 8: Maometto II libretto, undated

Folder 9: Marriage libretto in Russian, undated

Folder 10: Matilde di Shabran libretto, undated

Folder 11: Moise et Pharaon libretto, undated

Box 7

Folder 1: L'Occasione Fa Il Ladro libretto drafts, undated

Folder 2: Otello libretto, undated

Folder 3: La Pietra del Paragone libretto and draft, undated

Folder 4: Ricciardo e Zoraide libretto and draft, undated

Folder 5: Robert Bruce libretto and draft, undated

Folder 6: Rome and Juliet libretto, undated

Folder 7: La Scala di Seta libretto, undated

Folder 8: Semiramide libretto, undated

Box 8

Folder 1: Le Siege de Corinthe, undated

Folder 2: Sigismondo libretto draft, undated

Folder 3: Il Signor Bruschino text, undated

Folder 4: Das Spielwerk libretto and synopsis, undated

Folder 5: The Taming of the Shrew libretto and drafts, undated

Folder 6: Tancredi libretto, ca. 1978

Folder 7: Torvaldo e Dorliska libretto and drafts, drafts

Folder 8: Il Turco in Italia libretto and draft, undated

Folder 9: Il Viaggo a Reims libretto draft, undated

Folder 10: Zelmira libretto, undated

Folder 11: Adelaide di Borogogna libretto, undated

Folder 12: Adina libretto, undated

Folder 13: Moise in Egitto libretti, undated, 1978

Folder 14: Robert le Diable (for OONY), undated

Folder 15: Der Sigende Teufel and der Schmid von Gent synopses, undated

Box 11

Volume 1: Giacomo Meyerbeer: The Complete Libretti in Five Volumes, 2004

In the Original and in English Translations by Richard Arsenty with an introduction by Robert Letellier.  Volume 1.  Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd., London.

Volume 2: Giacomo Meyerbeer: The Complete Libretti in Five Volumes, 2004

In the Original and in English Translations by Richard Arsenty with an introduction by Robert Letellier.  Volume 2.  Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd., London.

Volume 3: Giacomo Meyerbeer: The Complete Libretti in Five Volumes, 2004

In the Original and in English Translations by Richard Arsenty with an introduction by Robert Letellier.  Volume 3.  Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd., London.

Volume 4: Giacomo Meyerbeer: The Complete Libretti in Five Volumes, 2004

In the Original and in English Translations by Richard Arsenty with an introduction by Robert Letellier.  Volume 4.  Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd., London.

Volume 5: Giacomo Meyerbeer: The Complete Libretti in Five Volumes, 2004

In the Original and in English Translations by Richard Arsenty with an introduction by Robert Letellier.  Volume 5.  Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd., London.