Summary: Bonus features (all on disc 2): Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: interviews with Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak and Carolyn Choa; Anthony Minghella talks about Madama Butterfly.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2011
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MADMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Summary: An abridged production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute for television.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Opera 2006
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MAGVerdi, Giuseppe
Summary: The action takes place in ancient Egypt, and tells of the love of Radames, the captain of the guard, for a slave girl, Aida. She is the daughter of the King of Ethiopia, who is captured by Radames and the Egyptian troops. Tricked into betraying military secrets, Radames is condemned to be buried alive. He is joined by Aida, who dies with him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca Music Group Classics 2011
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA AIDSummary: Documentary film about the 2007 National Council Auditions grand finalists, Jamie Barton, Kiera Duffy, Michael Fabiano, Disella Larusdottir, Ryan McKinny, Angela Meade, Nicholas Pallesen, Matthew Plenk, Alek Shrader, Ryan Smith, and Amber L. Wagner. Looks at the pressures these young opera singers face as they struggle to succeed in one of the most difficult professions in the performing arts....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Metropolitan Opera 2008
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS AUDMartins, Peter
Summary: Combines low-impact stretching with strength-building exercises.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quill/William Morrow 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.71 MARAffron, 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: Profiles the New York City Ballet, led by Ballet in Chief Peter Martins, during its 2003 engagement at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, marking the 20th anniversary of the death of ballet legend and New York City Ballet co-founder George Balanchine. Martins, members of the company, and various Russian dancers share their memories of Balanchine and discuss his influence. Includes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BRIGifford, Frank
Summary: A fiftieth anniversary tribute to the 1958 National Football League championship game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts, told by a recipient of the MVP award, traces each team's story and winning season while evaluating the game's historical relevance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 GIFWagner, 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 RINSummary: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AFRNew York (State)
Summary: An index of claims presented to the State of New York for payment for military clothing and equipment provided by individuals who volunteered, or were drafted by the Governor for service in the Militia during the war with Great Britain.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1969
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.373 IndexNew York (State)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Printed by Packard & Benthuysen 1825
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3747 NewNew York (State)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harbor Hill Books 1987
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1New York (State)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2000
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3747 NEWNew York (State)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1996
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 973.34 ROBSummary: A workout program designed for everyone that employs elements of classical ballet, consisting of: warm-up; stretches; abdominal exercises; floor barre routines; pliés; tendu; dégagé; passé; arabesque raises; reverence; little jumps; front attitude; grand battlement front.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.71 MARNew York Graphic Society
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.08 NEWNew York Harp Ensemble
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1985
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL NEWNebres, Charlotte
Summary: "The only thing Charlotte loves as much as ballet is Christmas. So, when she gets the opportunity to play Marie in the New York City Ballet's The Nutcracker, she leaps at the chance. Dancing takes practice-hours of adjusting her arms and perfecting her jumps. With the help of her Trinidadian and Filipino families, encouragement from her sister, and a view of her mom and dad in the audience,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN NEBSummary: "The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric and unprecedented system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SIXCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SIXCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SIXCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Black Hannnah-JonesNew York (State)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers 1896