Summary: “There is a rescue opera that is dramatic and comic and is like an episode of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Good versus bad; virtue pitted against evil. Can love conquer all? Can the virtuous prince vanquish all obstacles ? Come and find out,” says program host Natalie Choquette, “as we explore the world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte - or, if you prefer, The Magic Flute.”
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Greenberg, Robert
Summary: Describes the life and operas of the 19th century Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi. Provides analysis and interpretation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 LIFCall number: DVD 781.5 LIF PART 1
Call number: DVD 781.5 LIF PART 2
Call number: DVD 781.5 LIF PART 4
Wagner, Richard
Summary: The four operas of The Ring Cycle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA RINAffron, Charles
Contents: A matter of boxes, 1883-1884 : Bel canto -- Cultural capital, 1884-1903 : the German seasons and French opera -- Opera wars, 1903-1908 : Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company -- Modernity, 1908-1929 : Puccini -- Hard times, 1929-1940 : Wagner -- Strains of war, 1940-1950 : the conductor's opera -- Stage business, 1950-1966 : Verdi -- In transit, 1966-1975 : American opera -- Maestro...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792 AFFSummary: “Today we feature not one but two operas. But don’t worry, both these operas are in one act and barely last an hour each. Since they were composed, just before the beginning of the 20th century, they’ve almost always been performed together. In fact, they’ve become so inseparable that they are often referred to as “the terrible twins” - terrible because both tales tell of jealousy and betrayal...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Opera is unique among musical forms in that it developed over a relatively short period of time, unlike the concerto or symphony. From the birth of opera in Florence with the Camerata to the genius of Monteverdi and beyond, this program looks at how opera grew into both a form of entertainment and a vehicle for delivering incisive social, political, and cultural messages. The operettas of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: “How does a medieval court jester wind up involuntarily having his daughter assassinated? Stay with us for an intriguing and passion-filled tale of vengeance, love, and betrayal,” says program host Natalie Choquette. “Sound like The Young and the Restless? No, it’s Giuseppe Verdi’s operatic masterpiece, Rigoletto!”
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Lloyd Webber, Andrew
Contents: Think of me -- Angel of music -- Little Lotte ; The mirror ; Angel of music -- The phantom of the opera -- The music of the night -- I remember ; Stranger than you dreamt it -- Magical lasso -- Notes ; Prima donna -- Poor fool, he makes me laugh -- Why have you brought me here ; Raoul, I've been there -- All I ask of you -- All I ask of you : (reprise) -- Masquerade ; Why so silent -- Notes ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Polydor 1987
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC PHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW PhaPavarotti, Luciano.
Contents: Turandot. Nessun dorma! / Puccini (Luciano Pavarotti) (2:58) -- Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro / Puccini (Renata Tebaldi) (2:11) -- La bohème. Che gelida manina (Luciano Pavarotti) (4:47) ; Musetta's waltz song (Mirella Freni, Elizabeth Harwood, Michel Sénéchal, Rolando Panerai) (2:46) / Puccini -- Tosca. Recondita armonia (Luciano Pavarotti, Italo Tajo) (2:58) ; E lucevan le stelle...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: London 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL Pavarotti 1994Riding, Alan.
Summary: Addressing seven languages, this definitive visual guide explores 400 years of music drama, from late-Renaissance Italy to the modern day; presents synopses of 160 operas from around the world; and discusses the lives of composers, from Monteverdi to Adams.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 782.1 RIDSummary: A spectacular retelling of Gaston Leroux's immortal horror tale stars Claude Rains as the masked phantom of the Paris opera house; a crazed composer who schemes to make a beautiful young soprano, the star of the opera company and wreak revenge on those who stole his music. Nelson Eddy, the heroic baritone, tries to win the affections of Foster as he tracks down the disfigured "monster" who has...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2014
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR PHASummary: “Opera is usually full of drama, tragedy, and death. In fact the writer George Bernard Shaw once said that he knew when it was the end of an opera because no one was left alive on stage. But there are also many comic operas, operas that are full of comic characters and situations. According to the great composer Giuseppe Verdi, the greatest comic opera ever written is the subject of today’s...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Flint, Eric.
Summary: "A new addition to the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. After carving a place for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe, citizens of the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia take on a murderous conspiracy of operatic proportions in Magdeburg, the capital of the United States of Europe.New York Times Best Selling Series Eric Flint and David Carrico serve up the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Baen 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLILloyd Webber, Andrew
Contents: Prologue - The Stage Of Paris Opera House, 1905 (Live At The Royal Albert Hall/2011) (4:33) -- Overture (Live At The Royal Albert Hall/2011) (8:25) -- Think Of Me (Live At The Royal Albert Hall/2011) (9:16) -- Angel Of Music (Live At The Royal Albert Hall/2011) (3:42) -- Little Lotte .../The Mirror ...(Angel Of Music) (Live At The Royal Albert Hall/2011) (3:33) -- The Phantom Of The Opera (Live...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verve 2012
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Summary: Tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with Christine, the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS PHACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Phantom 2005Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PHAMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 232.9 LIFSummary: A must have, one of a kind, definitive space opera anthology with 15 new stories by top contemporary authors in top franchises as well as classic genre defining tales dating back over 60 plus years. With an introductory essay on space opera by Grand Master Robert Silverberg.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd. 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC INFSummary: “If I tell you that today’s Opera Easy is set in Ancient Gaul and features a conquering horde of Roman legionnaires,” says host Natalie Choquette, “you might think that someone has written an opera on the comic strip Asterix and Obelix - but you’d be wrong. No, today’s featured work does include Roman centurions but is centered on one of the most remarkable characters in all of 19th-century...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Lloyd Webber, Andrew
Contents: Overture -- Think of me -- Angel of music -- The mirror (Angel of music) -- The phantom of the Opera -- The music of the night -- Prima donna -- All I ask of you -- All I ask of you (reprise) -- Masquerade -- Wishing you were somehow here again -- The point of no return -- Down once more ; Track down this murderer -- Learn to be lonely.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC PHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW PhaSummary: This video examines THC and the cannabinoids marijuana, hashish, and hash oil. Expert commentary is presented by former NFL player Charles Hunt, a pharmacist, a police officer, addiction counselors, a historian, a pastor, recovering addicts, and others. Together, they explain the history and biological effects of THC, investigating its use, abuse, and hazards, and its reputation as a gateway drug.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In this program, host Natalie Choquette introduces viewers to Il Trittico, three one-act operas that make up Giacomo Puccini’s operatic triptych. The River Seine in Paris is the setting for the dramatic Il Tabarro, a gruesome tale of a love triangle, betrayal, and brutal vengeance. In Suor Angelica, the nun Angelica tragically dies of sorrow when informed of the death of the infant child she...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: “Opera has its ABCs, the most popular works in the repertoire: A is for Aida and C is for Carmen, but do you know what B stands for? It’s Bohème, and it is the subject of today’s Opera Easy segment,” says host Natalie Choquette.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: “Tragedy makes for great opera. Opera is full of stories of unrequited love such as Romeo and Juliet, of jealousy and murder such as Otello, and of ultimate happiness ruined by premature death such as in La Traviata. But of all the tragic tales that inspired composers, one of the most effective and lasting is one inspired by Greek mythology - no, not Oliver Stone’s tragic film adaptation of the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In this program, host Natalie Choquette introduces viewers to Manon. Manon Lescaut is the heroine of Abbé Prévost’s famous 18th-century novel that French composer Jules Massenet set to music. The young and beautiful Manon falls in love with the gallant Chevalier des Grieux, but her desire for the good life and its material possessions compromises her love and her future. By the time des Grieux...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006