#opera libretti

[esteemed-excellency]

Some libretti from my collection:

Le Roi de Lahore by Jules Massenet, printed in 1885

Carmen by Georges Bizet, printed in 1887

Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, printed in 1914 (reprint of the 1904 premiere edition)

Loreley by Alfredo Catalani, printed in 1917 (reprint of the 1890 premiere edition)

[opera-shitpost]

Explaining the plots of “Le nozze di Figaro” and “Il trovatore” like:

Or any other opera with an incredibly convoluted plot

[vulnerasti-cor-meum]

I want to write an opera libretto but unfortunately idk creative writing or dramaturgy or have experience writing poetry. I just know I want to write something Rossinian with nuns and sailors and maybe leather daddies. and gay. whelp.