The opera's final ensemble was generally omitted until the mid-20th century, and does not appear in the Viennese libretto of 1788.

Although the libretto of Samson et Dalila is taken from Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges, the opera does not include the accounts of Samson's heroic deeds which earned him both fame and leadership among the Hebrews.

A heading in the libretto, " Chorus and Ballet ", attaches it to the last section of the finale but does not indicate how it figured in the plot.

At least one song is missing, and an entire character, Venus, is mentioned in at least five reviews as stout, elderly, and heavily made-up, but does not appear in either the programme or the libretto.

" Even after the first printing, there does not seem to have been any effort to correct the errors: There were four separate issues of the libretto between December and March, but no corrections were made.

A similar story had been used before, as the subject of Monteverdi's 1642 opera L ' incoronazione di Poppea, but Grimani's libretto centred on Agrippina, a character who does not appear in Monteverdi's darker version.

The original manuscript of the score does not exist ; two surviving copies from the 1650s show significant divergences from each other, and each differs to some extent from the libretto.

This may be due to Graciela Daniele's direction and choreography which are fine but unexceptional, never completely communicating in the same urban language that drips from every LaChiusa's score and libretto ... LaChiusa can and does impress, time and time again, though perhaps never more effectively than in Charlotte's late-show song, " Simple Creature.

Printed scores for operas naturally contain the entire libretto, although there can exist significant differences between the score and the separately printed text.

Both scores contain essentially the same music, though each differs from the printed libretto and has unique additions and omissions.

Goodman's libretto was the result of considerable research into Nixon's visit, though she disregarded most sources published after 1972.

Kunzen with a libretto by Jens Baggesen, had a considerable impact on Danish nationalism in the late 18th century.

" Burnand's libretto was judged dull and confused, but Mackenzie's music was " marked by distinction as well as humour.

The libretto of Doctor Atomic by Peter Sellars draws on original source material, including personal memoirs, recorded interviews, technical manuals of nuclear physics, declassified government documents, and the poetry of the Bhagavad Gita, John Donne, Charles Baudelaire, and Muriel Rukeyser.

After the unfavourable reception that the opera received on opening night, Gilbert and Sullivan made numerous significant cuts and alterations :< ref > A copy of the libretto, including material cut before the first night and during the initial run, is at at The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive .</ ref > Sullivan recorded in his diary:

Daphnis et Chloé took three years to complete, with conflicts constantly arising among the principal artists, including Léon Bakst ( sets and costumes ), Michel Fokine ( libretto ), and Ravel ( music ).

* Italian — Menotti, Gian Carlo: The Death of Pierrot ( 1923 ; written by Menotti, including libretto, when he was age 11, in the same year he entered the Milan Conservatory for formal training ).

Lastly, " OperaAction ", the " Youth Education Program " established a program of events, including three Youth performances of Puccini's Madama Butterfly and, in 1986, Winds of the Solstice, an original youth opera created by 70 students working on libretto, music, choreography and orchestration and presented at the Sydney Opera House.

A jury of French composers and playwrights including Daniel Auber, Fromental Halévy, Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod and Eugène Scribe considered 78 entries ; the five short-listed entrants were all asked to set a libretto, Le docteur miracle, written by Ludovic Halévy and Léon Battu.

After the war, in 1946, she returned to her home in France, where she composed orchestral and chamber music, plus numerous other works including the ballets Paris-Magie ( with Lise Delarme ) and Parisiana ( for the Royal Ballet of Copenhaugen ), the operas Il était un petit navire ( with Henri Jeanson ), Dolores, La petite sirène ( with Philip Soupault, based on Hans Christian Andersen's story " The Little Mermaid ") and Le maître ( to a libretto by Ionesco ), the musical comedy Parfums, the Concerto des vaines paroles, for baritone voice, piano and orchestra, the Concerto for Soprano and Orchestra, the Concertino for Flute, Piano and Orchestra, the Second Piano Concerto, the Concerto for Two Guitars and Orchestra, her Second Sonata for Violin and Piano, the Sonata for Harp, as well as an impressive number of film and television scores.

More recently, electronic libretto systems have begun to be used in some opera houses, including New York's Metropolitan Opera, Milan's La Scala and the Crosby Theatre of the Santa Fe Opera, which show the words on individual screens attached to the backs of the seats so as to not interfere with the visual aspects of the performance.

Although Pepusch is now best known for his arrangement of the music for The Beggar's Opera ( 1728 ) -- to the libretto of John Gay -- he composed many other works including stage and church music as well as concertos and continuo sonatas.

These unpublished writings, along with others including the libretto of the Sun Dance Opera, were collected and published as Dreams and Thunder: Stories, Poems, and the Sun Dance Opera by P. Jane Hafen in 2001.

More books followed, including science fiction novels and stories, gothic works, criticism, plays, a libretto for an opera of Frankenstein, prose and verse children's books such as A Child's Garden of Grammar, and ten poetry collections.

McNally has collaborated on several operas, including composer Jake Heggie's adaptation of Sister Helen Prejean's book, Dead Man Walking, for which McNally wrote the libretto.

In recent years, revisionist productions, including those by Mark Morris, Matthew Bourne, and Mikhail Chemiakin have appeared ; these depart radically from both the original 1892 libretto and Vainonen's revival, while Maurice Bejart's version completely discards the original plot and characters.

For the 1999 revival, Peter Stone revised the libretto, eliminating what were considered insensitive references to American Indians, including the songs " Colonel Buffalo Bill " and " I'm An Indian Too ".

The libretto and score were revised: The secondary romance between Tommy Keeler and Winnie Tate was completely eliminated, including their songs " I'll Share it All With You " and " Who Do You Love, I Hope?

In 1976 Wuorinen completed his Percussion Symphony a five movement work for 24 players including two pianos for the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble and his longtime colleague Raymond DesRoches, as well as his opera subtitled " a baroque burlesque ", The W. of Babylon with an original libretto by Renaud Charles Bruce.

He also wrote The Garden of Olivet, a devotional oratorio ( libretto by Joseph Bennett ), which was produced at the Norwich festival in 1887, eleven string quartets, a quintet for string quartet and double bass, and many works for the double bass, including two concertos for solo double bass, the Gran Duo Concertante ( originally ) for two double basses, Passione Amorosa for two double basses, and numerous pieces for double bass and piano.

Meeropol was the writer of countless poems and songs, including the Frank Sinatra and Josh White hit " The House I Live In " and the libretto of Robert Kurka's opera " The Good Soldier Schweik ".

She assembled a libretto and catalogued the opera in her thesis, presenting a first critical examination of the work by a thorough investigation of the discovered manuscripts ( including copious typeset examples ).

Gus Hill's production of Bringing Up Father opened on Broadway in 1914, with music composed by Frank H. Grey, lyrics by Elven E. Hedges, libretto by John P. Mulgrew and Thomas Swift, choreography by Edward Hutchinson, and directed by Frank Tannehill, Jr. Hill produced many more theatrical versions of the strip that toured the country, including Bringing Up Father in Florida, Bringing Up Father on Broadway, Bringing Up Father in Ireland, Bringing Up Father Abroad, and Bringing Up Father in Wall Street.

He proposed the Panama Canal to the U. S. government, including a libretto for an opera of the same name.

Káťa Kabanová ( also known in various spellings including Katia, Katja, Katya, and Kabanowa ) is an opera in three acts, with music by Leoš Janáček to a libretto by Vincenc Červinka, based on The Storm, a play by Alexander Ostrovsky.

David Amram has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music works, written many scores for Broadway theater and film, including the scores for the films Splendor in the Grass and The Manchurian Candidate ; two operas, including the Holocaust opera The Final Ingredient, a comic opera Twelfth Night with a libretto by Joseph Papp ; and the score for the 1959 film Pull My Daisy, narrated by novelist Jack Kerouac.

" The Times praised both the libretto and the music of the first act (" Everything sparkles with the flashes of Mr. Gilbert's wit and the graces of Sir Arthur Sullivan's melodiousness ... one is almost at a loss what to select for quotation from an embarrassment of humorous riches.

Gilbert's libretto satirises limited liability companies, and particularly the idea that a bankrupt company could leave creditors unpaid without any liability on the part of its owners.

Although Gilbert's libretto contains many funny lines, the iambic pentameter and three-act structure tend to make Ida more difficult to stage effectively than some of the other Savoy Operas.

He was also one of the worthies mentioned in the " Heavy Dragoon " song in Gilbert's libretto for the Savoy Opera " Patience "::" Tupper and Tennyson, Daniel Defoe "

Rees also prepared a performance version, based on the libretto, which included a few interpolated lyrics from Gilbert's non-Sullivan operas in an attempt to replace the missing songs.

Thespis productions in 2008 included a Sullivan-based score ( with some Offenbach added ) arranged by Timothy Henty, with Gilbert's libretto adapted by Anthony Baker, performed by a professional cast at the Normansfield Theatre in Teddington, Middlesex, England, and an original score by Thomas Z. Shepard was performed in concert by the Blue Hill Troupe in New York City.

Offenbach's plot – for although Crémieux and Halévy wrote the libretto, the idea was Offenbach's – places Orpheus, the great musician, in the centre ; however, Gilbert's plot focuses on Thespis, the Father of the Drama.

Gilbert's final disposition of the libretto came in 1911, when it was included in the fourth volume of his Original Plays.

The libretto also reflects Gilbert's fascination with the " Stock Company Act ", highlighting the absurd convergence of natural persons and legal entities, which plays an even larger part in the next opera, Utopia Limited.

He died in an asylum at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, but was still remembered in London twenty years after his death: he was described as " Jullien, the eminent musico " in W. S. Gilbert's libretto for Patience ( 1881 ).