When ‘Law’ Rhymes with ‘Flaw’: the Sounds of British Justice in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury (1875) by Joël Richard

“…Yet I would argue that as early as the mid-1870s, the composer-and-librettist duo had successfully started working on what might be perceived by their audience as the ‘sound’ best fit to satirize a number of Victorian institutions—here, the judicial system, turned topsy-turvy by a banal breach of promise case. …”
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“Mon adorable Mécène…” Ranieri Calzabigi’s correspondence with Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz-Rietberg by Lenka Švandová Maršálková

“… The paper focuses on presenting a unique, exceptionally rich, but still basically unprocessed correspondence from the second half of 18th century between the Count and later Prince Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz-Rietberg, a well-known and respected figure in European history, and one of his important sources of information, Italian poet, librettist, opera reformer, writer and intellectual, Ranieri de Calzabigi. …”
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« I Speak According to the Book » : écriture et logos dans Nixon in China de John Adams et Alice Goodman by Mathieu Duplay

“…In Nixon in China, composer John Adams and librettist Alice Goodman recount 1970s America’s historic encounter with Maoist China. …”
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“JANKO”, THE “FOLK OPERA” LISZT NEVER WROTE by Mónika IVÁNYI-PAPP

“…Although he had consulted with librettists, he did not write a single line of the opera. …”
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