Orfeo ed Euridice, Orfeo ed Euridice. Libretto. English and Italian
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- 1990
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COLOPHON: "This edition of Orfeo ed Euridice presents the orginal version of the opera, first staged in Vienna in 1762 and first published in its entirety in 1764. The English translation, prepared at the Theodore Press, is largely based on the eighteenth-century translation of Giovanni Bottarelli. Stage-directions are from the 1764 publication of the score. The text-papers in this book are handmade blue, violet and warm-grey sheets from MacGregor-Vinzani, white Fabriano Umbria, and Twinrocker Tanner. Supplemental handmade papers for the collages and inner-binding are from MacGregor-Vinzani and Papeterie Saint Gilles. The loft-dried cover-paper is also from the studio of Katie MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani. The type is 16 Romanée, with Elizabeth kursiv used on the title page. Text preparation, printing, collages, binding and boxes by Micahel Alpert. Presswork completed May 25, 1990. This edition of 90 copies is from Theodore Press and Sarah Books of Bangor, Maine. This copy is number 45
Signed by Michael Alpert.
Softcover book with multi-colord pages and some die cut or cut paper images. Several pages fold out. Text is in English and Italian. Issued in drop spine box. Double CD set of opera contained in envelopes attached to the inside back cover.
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Alpert, Michael () et al
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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- Theodore Press and Sarah Books
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- Artists' books
Alpert, Michael
Theodore Press Sarah Books
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Bottarelli, Giovan Gualberto
Bottarelli, Giovanni - Format
- [62] p.: ill.
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- Alpert, Michael () et al. Orfeo ed Euridice,Orfeo ed Euridice. Libretto. English and Italian. 1990. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/G6PUFEYC46KNK8D. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Alpert, Michael () et al, (1990) Orfeo ed Euridice,Orfeo ed Euridice. Libretto. English and Italian. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/G6PUFEYC46KNK8D
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- Alpert, Michael () et al. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/G6PUFEYC46KNK8D>.