Use the search box below and try searching for your specific term or name of composer/lyricist. Below are only a few examples that are retrieved when the term "librettist" was searched. Other search terms could include: composer, lyricist, opera, lyric poetry.
Lorenzo Da Ponte: The life and times of Mozart's librettist by 
The Cantatas of J. S. Bach : with their librettos in German-English parallel Text by Go to the reference section of the library's collection from PA - PG and you'll find dictionaries, many of which are English/language combinations for Italian, German, Spanish, French, and Latin.
Collins foreign language dictionaries in Credo eReference collection. These can be downloaded onto you computer and used as needed or browsed with any internet connection.
Collins English-Greek Dictionary
Collins English-Polish Dictionary
Collins French Dictionary Plus
Collins Greek-English Dictionary
Collins Spurrell Welsh Dictionary
Lyricists
Masters of the Italian Art Song by 
A Singer's Guide to the American Art Song, 1870-1980 by 
Song: A guide to the art song style & literature by 
Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias by Composers
The NNU library has a good selection of books regarding composers and their lives. Look for a specific composer. Most books that fall into this category are shelved in the ML410. Books containing multiple composers can be found at ML390
Writers/Poets
Ebook Central includes 30 titles in its Opera Classics Library. Each ebook includes information about the provenance, commentary, and analysis for the opera as well as the libretto with translation. You'll find works by Puccini, Strauss, Verdi, Mozart, Wagner, and others.
You'll also find libretti in the Naxos Music Library database.
Go to RESOURCES > OPERA > LIBRETTI
