Availability of side-by-side line-by-line English-Italian.....opera libretti
We've been taking advantage of the Met Opera's daily showings
Met Opera viewings
--and I particularly enjoy them when I have side-by-side line-by-line English-Italian (French, Russian...) libretti with which to follow along.
I've managed to get such libretti a few times on-line, through murashev.com--but even then not in any particularly systematic manner. So, specifically I'd like such libretti, if available, for the upcoming Met Opera's viewings, and for operas, in general.
I suspect that in most cases, this will not be doable.
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Two other approaches that seem worth pursuing are to: (1) enter as a search
English-Italian (French,...) libretto opera-in-question murashev.com
and (2) check the external links in the corresponding wikipedia article for the opera in question, the latter approach giving me English-French side-by-side (termed "Parallel") libretto, courtesy of Project Gutenberg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann
I use Opera Folio as the go-to place to get libretto. They usually have translations of the original text too, if you want to follow along. For some of the older public domain operas, IMSLP will have the libretto on their site. Generally, I go for the vocal scores on IMSLP because I like following along with the music. Sometimes the scores have the English translation side-by-side with the original language. Hope this helps.
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