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Name Piave, Francesco Maria, librettist

1. Add MS 42982

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Add MS 42982
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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. CXVIII (ff. 1161). Jan.-March 1845 (see also 42991, art. 20). (1) 'Paul the Persecuted'. ff. 2-60. (2) 'The Female Bluebeard or the Adventures of Polyphemus Amador de Croustillac'. If. 61-133. (3) 'The Female Bluebeard'. ff. 134-164 b. (4) 'Antigone Travest...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Jan 1845-Mar 1845
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 43003

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Add MS 43003
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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol CXXXIX (ff. 1074). April-May 1847 (see also 42967, art. 33). (1) 'The Farmer Emigrant or the Blessings of Peace'. ff. 2-38. (2) 'I Due Foscari' al. 'The Two Foscari', by F. M. Piave. Italian, with English translation. Printed (1847). ff. 39-70 b. (3) 'Anchor o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Apr 1847-May 1847
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52939 X

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Add MS 52939 X
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Rigoletto, lyric drama in three acts; the libretto by F. Piave (for the music by Verdi) based on Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo and originally called ‘Le maledizione’. Printed. Italian with English translation by Manfredo Maggioni. Licence sent 7 May 1853 for performance at the Royal Italian ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
7 May 1853
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52959 S

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Add MS 52959 S
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La traviata, libretto in three acts by F. M. Piave for the opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Printed (no date). Italian. Licence sent 19 May 1856 for performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Some of the actors’ names pencilled in alongside the dramatis personae. See also an earlier English version of t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
19 May 1856
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52968 Y

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Add MS 52968 Y
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Crispino e la comare, ‘libretto fantastico-giocoso’ in three acts. Printed. Italian. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's list at back. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a few phrases be omitted. First performed Cremona, 1855. Key...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

6. Hirsch II.920.

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Hirsch II.920.
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GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo; 2nd half of the 19th century. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with between 10 and 24 staves. Comprises the complete three-act version in Italian together with t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:
4 items