Richard P Arsenty Papers

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Biographical Note

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Administrative Information

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Libretti

Research and Publications

Audiovisual Materials



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Collection Overview

Title: Richard P Arsenty Papers, 2003-2013

ID: 26/20/192

Primary Creator: Richard P. Arsenty (1945-2013)

Extent: 7.75 cubic feet

Arrangement: Materials are organized in four series: Series 1, Libretti, 1812-2008; Series 2, Research and Publications, 1909-2013; Series 3, Audiovisual Materials, 1931-2005. Materials in Series 1 and 2 are arranged in alphabetical order. Materials in Series 2 are in original order.

Date Acquired: 11/21/2013

Subjects: Alumni, Library and Information Science, Graduate School of, Meyerbeer, Giacomo, Musicology, Opera, Vocal music

Formats/Genres: Audio-Visual Material, Librettos

Languages: English, German, French, Russian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of opera librettos, drafts of libretto translations, audio and video recordings, research notes on various Italian operas and languages, copies of sources, scholarly articles, sheet music, information regarding MRF Records, and working and final drafts of Arsenty's publication, Meyerbeer: A Reader. The papers document Arsenty's opera research and his life-long work on documenting the performances, recordings, and music of Giacomo Meyerbeer.

Biographical Note

Richard P. Arsenty was born in 1945 in Woodstock, Illinois. As a young man, he attended the University of Illinois, earning degrees in both biology education and library science. He taught at the high school and collegiate levels for seven years before working as a libretto translator for MRF Records for eight years. Following his employment with MRF, he worked as a reference librarian at Purchase College in New York. After retiring early, he continued his work with libretti, translating over 160 opera libretti for the Opera Orchestra of New York, the New York City Opera, Orfeo Records, and Opera Rara among other organizations.

Subject/Index Terms

Alumni
Library and Information Science, Graduate School of
Meyerbeer, Giacomo
Musicology
Opera
Vocal music

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Mrs. Rogene Kyle


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Libretti],
[Series 2: Research and Publications],
[Series 3: Audiovisual Materials],
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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.

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