Paul Bunyan
Subtitle: the libretto of the operetta by Benjamin Britten
By: W.H. Auden ; with an essay by Donald Mitchell.
Contributors: Auden, W. H. 1907-1973.; Mitchell, Donald, 1925-; Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publisher: Faber and Faber; Faber and Faber Ltd
Published: 1988
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Operas -- Librettos.; Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character) -- Drama.
Genres: Librettos.; Drama.
Notes: "The text of Paul Bunyan which is published here represents in all essentials the libretto of Britten's operetta, first performed in New York in 1941 and revised by the composer in 1974 for its first European performances in 1976. I include, however, as two appendices, the texts of two numbers which were heard in 1941 but omitted in 1974. This means that we have access to a text of the libretto as performed in 1941 which at the same time respects the composer's final thoughts about his youthful operetta"--P. 86.
Table of contents: title: Opera of an American legend : problem of putting the story of Paul Bunyan on the stage / W.H. Auden; title: The origins, evolution, and metamorphoses of Paul Bunyan, Auden's and Britten's "American" opera / Donald Mitchell.