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Metropolitan Opera HD liveSummary: 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: A hilarious and affectionate look at the path to stardom inside the competitive world of grand opera. Weaving together portions of eight acclaimed operas with personal interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, the film explores the choristers' lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INSummary: 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 AUDSummary: 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
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS PHACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PHASummary: Cats: The Jellicle Cats gather in their junkyard, preparing for the Jellicle Ball, for this is the night when patriarch Old Deuteronomy will choose a cat to be reborn into a new life on the Heavyside Layer. There are stories, songs, and dances from Victoria the White Cat, Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger, Grizabella, Jemima, Gus the Theatre Cat, Jellylorum, Skimbleshanks, Macavity, Demeter and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ANDSummary: In the first film of the collaboration between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, Don Lope de Aguirre dreams about conquering South America and leads his army on a doomed mission into oblivion. Jonathan Harker embarks on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman, little realizing that he is about to become involved with a dangerous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HERSummary: Cynthia Hawkins is the operatic superstar whose refusal to make a recording frustrates her adoring public. A young fan named Jules makes a secret tape and is stalked by thugs who plan to blackmail the diva. Jules also accidentally acquires a tape which tells of a top mobster's role in an international sex and drug ring. Two hired killers are out to get the tape.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DIVSummary: A New York scandal, a riot on a ship, and an evening of insanity in a concert hall are some of the problems resulting from Groucho's outrageous business schemes. The goal, to bring Milan's finest opera stars to Manhattan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NIGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Night 2004Summary: With anecdotes and humor, composer Howard Gooddall presents five of the great breakthroughs in European music and what they mean today as classical music is being absorbed into the mainstream.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HOWSummary: The irrepressible Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus) teams up with the English National Opera in this hilarious performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved comic opera, THE MIKADO. This rollicking version of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular tale relocates the action from ancient Japan to a 1920s English seaside resort. Here the rule of the Mikado is absolute--and often prone to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MIKSummary: "Reset documents the creation of Benjamin Millepied's first ballet as Artistic Director of the Paris Opera Ballet, the oldest national ballet company in the world - and one of the most prestigious. The appointment of Millepied, best known for his choreography for the film Black Swan (2010), was an untraditional choice and his first ballet was eagerly anticipated. The film shows a work of love...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RESMozart, 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 MAGSummary: Set in the Latin Quarter of 1830's Paris, the opera focuses on the love between the poet Rodolfo and Mimi, who leaves him due to his irrational jealousy, only to return as she is dying of consumption.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An opera in two parts and thirteen scenes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TDK Mediactive 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Te Kanawa, Kiri
Summary: Opera personified, the poet (words) and the composer (music) are rivals for the love of the countess (opera). Her dilemma is to choose between them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2003
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA CAPSummary: Dutch violinist Andre Rieu celebrates the beauty of Tuscany with a live concert recorded at the Plaza de Republica in Cortona, Italy, performing some of the world's most beloved waltzes with the backup of his orchestra, chorus, and soloists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Denon 2004
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ANDDomingo, Placido
Summary: Italian opera set in California during the Gold Rush. It features such Western characters as a sheriff, a Wells Fargo agent, miners, and a bandit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2005
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA FANNashif, Kais
Summary: When a young Palestinian man, who has never done any creative writing in his life, as a result of unlikely circumstances becomes a screenwriter for a popular soap opera, an Israeli officer at the checkpoint that he passes daily, whose wife is a big fan ofthe show, agrees to help him with the plot ideas in exchange for a promise that the series will end with a wedding, but the Palestinian...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TELWagner, Richard
Summary: The four operas of The Ring Cycle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012