The Complete Puccini Libretti Volume 1

THE COMPLETE PUCCINI LIBRETTIIn Two VolumesBy Nico CastelEdited by Marcie Stapp The internationally acclaimed tenor and multi-lingual diction teacher for the Metropolitan Opera Company, Professor Nico Castel, has completed all the operatic libretti of Giacomo Puccini [*except Turandot, which will not be available until the year 2022]. These are Italian operatic libretti with a big difference from any previously done. They include the Leyerle Three-line Phonetic-Translation System consisting of the International Phonetic Alphabet spelling of the libretti on the first line, the original Italian language on the middle line (in bold type), and the word-for-word English translation on the third line. When further explication of an otherwise difficult to understand passage in the word-for-word translation is needed, a fourth line, presented in a more literary translation, is also given. In addition, Professor Castel provides synopses of the entire operas, vocal categories and names of the c