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Texts and Translations

IPA Source This link opens in a new window
Phonetic transcriptions and word-for-word translations for over 3,500 opera arias and art songs.

For those on campus, additional texts and translations for songs and operas can be found at the Music Library, under call numbers ML48 - ML56.4.

Italian Women Writers
Texts by and about Italian women writers from the 13th century through 1945
Italian Dialect Poetry
Full-text of poems as well as bibliographies and biographies. Includes some sound recordings.
Italian Songwriters: Italian Cantautori in Translation
Archive of Italian Canzone d’autore with English translations and commentaries

Poets of the Italian Diaspora: A Bilingual Anthology
An international selection of works by more than 70 Italian-language poets writing in countries from Australia to Venezuela in the 20th and 21st centuries
A Selection of Modern Italian Poetry in Translation
A bilingual collection of 92 poems by 35 Italian poets

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Classical and world music in streaming audio. Comprehensive, including most of the classical repertoire—over one million tracks from Naxos, Chandos, EMI, Nonesuch, and hundreds of other labels. Free mobile app available.

This resource allows a limited number of simultaneous users. Please log out via the log-out button at the top left of the screen when you are finished.
Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
Online video of operas in performance, also documentaries and interviews. Create your own playlists and video clips.

Italian Songwriters: Italian Cantautori in Translation
Archive of Italian Canzone d’autore with English translations. Includes links to music performances