Foreword: Jost Hermand   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart THE MAGIC FLUTE Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder Translated by Michael Geliot (lyrics) and Anthony Besch (dialogue); adapted by the editor   Ludwig van Beethoven FIDELIO Libretto from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly by Joseph Sonnleithner, Stephanvon Breuning, and Georg Friedrich Treitschke Translated by Paul Csonka and Ariane Theslöf (lyrics) and James Steakley (dialogue)   Richard Wagner PARSIFAL Translated by Andrew Porter   Richard Strauss THE ROSE CAVALIER Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Translated by Alfred Kalisch; adapted by the editor   Arnold Schönberg MOSES AND ARON Translated by Allen Forte with revisions by Paul Hamburger; adapted by the editor