Study Materials – by Paul Brians

Operas in MMR at Holland/New Library, Washington State University

Note: This study guide is presented here as a historical document only. Paul Brians is retired and his courses are no longer offered by WSU.

Operas are listed in alphabetical order by composer.

Videotapes  Laserdiscs  Compact Discs  16MM Films  Miscellany

Videotapes:

  • VHS 14379 P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele): The Abduction of Figaro: A Simply Grand Opera in Three Acts (a hilarious spoof of Mozart operas for those who know the latter well)
  • VHS 18984 Vincenzo Bellini: Norma
  • VHS 13902 Alban Berg: Wozzeck
  • VHS 13732 Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens (The Trojans)
  • VHS 14384 Georges Bizet: Carmen
  • VHS 18978 Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
  • VHS 18979 Aleksandr Borodin: Prince Igor
  • VHS 19005 Gaetano Donizetti: Daughter of the Regiment
  • VHS 14382 Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • VHS 16593 pts. 1 & 2 George Friderick Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar)
  • VHS 15552 George Gershwin: Porgy & Bess
  • VHS 13730 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridicie (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • VHS 18981 Charles Gounod: Romeo et Juliette
  • VHS 16593 George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt)
  • VHS 20710 George Frederick Handel: The Sorceress
  • VHS 18949 Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel
  • VHS 14786 Jacques Ibert: Don Quichotte (Don Quixote)
  • VHS 18982 Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
  • VHS 18974 Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
  • VHS 16338 Claudio Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (I highly recommend the descent into Inferno scene for use in Hum 103)*
  • VHS 14372 Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland; Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • VHS 18985 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
  • VHS 18975 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
  • VHS 13733 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • VHS 11353 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Ingmar Bergman’s The Magic Flute”
  • VHS 14373 or 19968 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
  • VHS 14394 & VHS 18951 Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
  • VHS 16337 Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
  • VHS 18950 Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
  • VHS 18972 Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Zeffirelli)
  • VHS 14380 Gioacchino Rossini: Il Barbieri di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
  • VHS 18980 v. 1 & 2: Gioacchino Rossini: Semiramide
  • VHS 18988 Camille Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila
  • VHS 14374 Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
  • VHS 16523 Richard Strauss: Salome
  • VHS 13731 Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex; The Flood (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103; Based on a work of English literature.)
  • VHS 18207 Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Gondaliers
  • VHS 18204 Sir Arthur Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore
  • VHS 18257 Sir Arthur Sullivan: Princess Ida, or, Castle Adamant
  • VHS 18204 Sir Arthur Sullivan: Iolanthe
  • VHS 18206 Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado
  • VHS 18205 Sir Arthur Sullivan: Patience
  • VHS 18202 Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
  • VHS 18210 Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Sorcerer
  • VHS 18211 Sir Arthur Sullivan: Ruddigore, or, The Witch’s Curse
  • VHS 18209 Sir Arthur Sullivan: Trial by Jury
  • VHS 18208 Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard
  • VHS 14381 Giuseppi Verdi: Aida
  • VHS 18976 Giuseppi Verdi: Otello
  • VHS 14385 Giuseppi Verdi: Rigoletto
  • VHS 11765 Giuseppi Verdi: La Traviata
  • VHS 18993 (vols. 1 & 2) Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
  • VHS 18990 (vols. 1 & 2) Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
  • VHS 18992 (vols. 1 & 2) Richard Wagner: Siegfried
  • VHS 18991 (vols. 1 & 2) Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
  • VHS 11724 Kurt Weill: The Three Penny Opera (German, English subtitles; Based on a work of English literature.)

Laserdiscs:

  • LD 11 Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
  • LD 3 Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

DVDs:

  • DVD 879 John Aams: The Death of Klinghoffer
  • DVD 1040 Ludwig von Beethoven: Fidelio
  • DVD 861 Hector Berlioz: The Trojans (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • DVD 880 Alban Berg: Lulu
  • DVD 1088 Leonard Bernstein: Candide
  • DVD 387 Georges Bizet: Carmen
  • DVD 1433 Charles Gounod: Faust
  • DVD 887 Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
  • DVD 464 Emmanuel Chabrier: L’étoile
  • DVD 898 Claude Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande
  • DVD 391 & 1030 Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
  • DVD 1027 Antonín Dvorák: Rusalka
  • DVD 176 John Gay: The Beggar’s Opera
  • DVD 165 George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
  • DVD 353 Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondaliers
  • DVD 358 Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor
  • DVD 354 Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe: or, The Peer and the Peri
  • DVD 357 Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado: or, The Town of Titipu
  • DVD 355 Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience: or, Bunthorne’s Bride
  • DVD 356 Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty
  • DVD 359 Princess Ida: or, Castle Adamant
  • DVD 351 Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore: or, The Witch’s Curse
  • DVD 352 Gilbert & Sullivan: The Sorcereer
  • DVD 350 Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeoman of the Guard
  • DVD 889 Philip Glass: Satyagraha
  • DVD 140 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
  • DVD 172 George Frederick Handel: Ariodante
  • DVD 1029: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina
  • DVD 876 Leos Janacek: Jenufa
  • DVD 1301 Jean-Baptiste Lully: Persée
  • DVD 1015 Jules Massenet: Thaïs
  • DVD 883 Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium
  • DVD 739 or DVD 1762 or 1783 Claudio Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea
  • DVD 434 or DVD 1760 or DVD 1781 Claudio Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • DVD 736 or DVD 1761 or DVD 1782 Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • DVD 1479 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
  • DVD 1040 Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
  • DVD 374 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
  • DVD 402 & 698 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute
  • DVD 403 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
  • DVD 178 Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène
  • DVD 1389 Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
  • DVD 1013 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Lo frate ‘nnamorato
  • DVD 1111 Rachel Portman: The Little Prince
  • DVD 88 Andre Previn: A Streetcar Named Desire
  • DVD 377 Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme
  • DVD 179 Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
  • DVD 19 Giacomo Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
  • DVD 741 Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi
  • DVD 139 Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • DVD 740 Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • DVD 1300 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Boréades
  • DVD 1299 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes
  • DVD 1300 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Paladins, Les
  • DVD 1815 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zoroastre
  • DVD 1026 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
  • DVD 1397 Gioacchino Rossini: Il Barbieri di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
  • DVD 1365 Gioacchino Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri
  • DVD 891 Dmitri Shostakovch: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
  • DVD 412 Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • DVD 731 Richard Strauss: Capriccio
  • DVD 1412 Richard Strauss: Elektra
  • DVD 878 or 1822 Richard Strauss: Salome (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • DVD 1416 Peter Tchaikovsky: Evgenii Onegin (Eugene Onegin)
  • DVD 389 & 1364 Giuseppi Verdi: Aida
  • DVD 1368 Giuseppi Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
  • DVD 1362 Giuseppi Verdi: Don Carlo
  • DVD 1366 Giuseppi Verdi: Rigoletto
  • DVD 381 Giuseppi Verdi: Tosca
  • DVD 9 Giuseppi Verdi: La Traviata
  • DVD 1369 Giuseppi Verdi: Il Trovatore
  • DVD 92 Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso
  • DVD 1296 von Weber, Carl Maria: Der Freitschütz
  • DVD 1012 Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
  • DVD 1031 Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
  • DVD 177 Richard Wagner: Parsifal
  • DVD 1362 Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen: Die Walkure
  • DVD 376 Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde

Compact discs:

  • CDM 404 John Adams: Nixon in China
  • CDM 2660 Thomas Adès: Powder Her Face
  • CDM 18 Béla Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle
  • CDM 1330 Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
  • CDM 559 Vincenzo Bellini: Norma
  • CDM 1322 Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani
  • CDM 1404 Vincenzo Bellini: La Sonnambula
  • CDM 1272 Alban Berg: Lulu
  • CDM 644 Alban Berg: Wozzeck
  • CDM 4057 Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust
  • CDM 508 Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens (The Trojans; Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 331 Leonard Bernstein: Candide
  • CDM 1764 Harrison Birtwistle: Punch and Judy
  • CDM 1225 Georges Bizet: Carmen
  • CDM 1226 Georges Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers)
  • CDM 326 Karl Birger Blomdahl: Aniara (the world’s first science fiction opera)
  • CDM 922 Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
  • CDM 1335 Aleksandr Borodin: Prince Igor (Kniaz Igor)
  • CDM 1386 Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
  • CDM 3714 Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice
  • CDM 1291 Benjamin Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 409 Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
  • CDM 1295 Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 2280 Ferruccio Busoni: Doktor Faust
  • CDM 773 Francesca Caccini: Liberazione di Ruggiero
  • CDM 514 Marc Antoine Charpentier: Médée (Medea; Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 4071 Chausson: Le roi Artus (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 1895 Cherubini: Médée (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 1336 Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
  • CDM 2167 Aaron Copland: The Tender Land
  • CDM 3094 Eugene d’Albert: Tiefland
  • CDM 3699 Davis, Anthony: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
  • CDM 4020 Johann George Conradi: Schöne und getreue Ariadne
  • CDM 1384 Claude Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande
  • CDM 2967 & 4030 Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
  • CDM 407 Gaetano Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore
  • CDM 1235 Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment)
  • CDM 499 Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 2900 Antonin Dvorak: Rusalka
  • CDM 1342 Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo
  • CDM 1325 Carlisle Floyd: Susannah
  • CDM 1379 John Gay: The Beggar’s Opera
  • CDM 105 George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
  • CDM 1331 & 1906 Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
  • CDM 1329 Philip Glass: Akhnaten
  • CDM 51 Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach
  • CDM 49 Philip Glass: Satyagraha
  • CDM 1320 Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar (Zhizn za tsaria)
  • CDM 1321 Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila (Ruslan i Liudmila)
  • CDM 510 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 3977 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 523 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridicie (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 711 Charles Gounod: Faust
  • CDM 1396 Charles Gounod: Romeo et Juliette
  • CDM 519 George Frederick Handel: Acis and Galatea (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 515 George Frederick Handel: Apollo e Dafne (cantata) (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 1180 George Frederick Handel: Ariodante
  • CDM 1682 George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
  • CDM 3537 George Frederick Handel: Hercules (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 1408 George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda
  • CDM 1315 Joseph Haydn: L’infedeltà Delusa
  • CDM 1298 Hans Werner Henze: Der junge Lord
  • CDM 584: Arthur Honegger: Judith; Cantique de pâques
  • CDM 1231 Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
  • CDM 2153 Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
  • CDM 1236 Leos Janácek: Jenufa
  • CDM 1293 Leos Janácek: The Makropulos Case (Vec Makropulos)
  • CDM 674 & 4093 Scott Joplin: Treemonisha
  • CDM 2922 Oliver Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!; Where the Wild Things Are
  • CDM 3715 Ernst Krenek: Jonny spielt auf
  • CDM 2102 Franz Léhar: The Merry Widow
  • CDM 2077 Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
  • CDM 402 Jean Baptiste Lully: Atys (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 1708 Jean Baptiste Lully: Armide
  • CDM 2819 Tod Machover: Valis
  • CDM 1268 or 2064 Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
  • CDM 33 or 1237 Jules Massenet: Manon
  • CDM 1233 Jules Massenet: Werther
  • CDM 3945 Gian Carlo Menotti: The Telephone, or, L’amour a trois
  • CDM 1273 Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
  • CDM 1388 Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
  • CDM 400 & CDM 1796 Claudio Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea
  • CDM 511 Claudio Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 628 Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 3851 Christopher Montgomery: Callisto
  • CDM 1228 Douglas Moore: The Ballad of Baby Doe
  • CDM 2185 John Moran: The Manson Family
  • CDM 1332 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio (Entührung aus dem Serail)
  • CDM 3926 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ascanio in Alba
  • CDM 1387 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bastien et Bastienne
  • CDM 672 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
  • CDM 869 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte
  • CDM 190 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
  • CDM 608 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro, in German)
  • CDM 648 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 94, CDM 2547, or CDM 2552 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro, in Italian)
  • CDM 2382 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Philosopher’s Stone (Der Stein der Weisen)
  • CDM 95 or CDM 406 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
  • CDM 513 Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
  • CDM 1889 Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
  • CDM 434 Claudio Monteverdi: L’Orfeo
  • CDM 2980 Carl Nielsen: Maskerade
  • CDM 3939 Michael Nyman: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
  • CDM 533 Jacques Offenbach: Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
  • CDM 520 Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 1315 Jacques Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne
  • CDM 3013 Stephen Paulus: The Three Hermits
  • CDM 4026 Harry Partch: Revelation in the Courthouse Park (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 2234 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Il Maestro di Musica
  • CDM 3151 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona
  • CDM 781 Francis Poulenc: Dialogue des Carmélites
  • CDM 1734 Francis Poulenc: La Voix humaine
  • CDM 3308 Sergey Prokofiev: The Gambler
  • CDM 405 Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
  • CDM 1377 Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
  • CDM 793 & 3458 Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
  • CDM 1339 Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica
  • CDM 352 Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
  • CDM 43 Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
  • CDM 518 Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 865 Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 4065 Henry Purcell: King Arthur (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 923 Jean Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 4053 Jean Philippe Rameau: Dardanus
  • CDM 1342 Jean Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes
  • CDM 1343 Maurice Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges
  • CDM 3457 Reimann: Lear
  • CDM 2206 Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: A Bride for the Czar (The Tsar’s Bride)
  • CDM 1340 Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan the Terrible, also known as The Maid of Pskov (Pskovitianka)
  • CDM 3899 Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko
  • CDM 106 or CDM 555 Gioacchino Rossini: Il Barbieri di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
  • CDM 4199 Gioacchino Rossini: La Cambiale di matrimonio
  • CDM 1905 Gioacchino Rossini: La Cenerentola
  • CDM 4199 Gioacchino Rossini: L’inganno felice
  • CDM 1318 Gioacchino Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri
  • CDM 4199 Gioacchino Rossini: L’occasione fa il ladro
  • CDM 4199 Gioacchino Rossini: La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder)
  • CDM 522 Gioacchino Rossini: Semiramide
  • CDM 4199 Gioacchino Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino
  • CDM 191 Gioacchino Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims
  • CDM 2675 Paul Ruders: The Handmaid’s Tale (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 4293 Antonio Sacchini: Oedipe a Colone (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 1229 Camille Saint-Saëens: Samson et Dalila
  • CDM 1395 or CDM 4195 Arnold Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
  • CDM 1380 Bright Sheng: The Song of Majnun
  • CDM 1292 Dmitri Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo Uezda)
  • CDM 606 Bedrich Smetana: The Bartered Bride
  • CDM 10 Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
  • CDM 1296 Richard Strauss: Capriccio
  • CDM 509 Richard Strauss: Elektra (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 192 Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
  • CDM 62 Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
  • CDM 2974 & 4048 Richard Strauss: Salome (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 530 or CDM 758 Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 295 or CDM 1230 Igor Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
  • CDM 635 Sir Arthur Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore
  • CDM 620 Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado
  • CDM 1297 Sir Arthur Sullivan: Patience
  • CDM 373 Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
  • CDM 1400 Sir Arthur Sullivan: Ruddigore
  • CDM 1324 Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard
  • CDM 1328 Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin (Evgenii Onegin)
  • CDM 1812 Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (Pikovaia dama)
  • CDM 3123 Richard Teitelbaum: Golem
  • CDM 552 Georg Philipp Telemann: Pimpinone
  • CDM 1221 Virgil Thomson: Four Saints in Three Acts (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 1333 Virgil Thomson: The Mother of Us All (Based on a work of English literature.)
  • CDM 1758 Tomás Torrejón y Velasco: La Púrpura de la Rosa
  • CDM 32 Giuseppi Verdi: Aida
  • CDM 3407 Giuseppi Verdi: Aida, told by Leontyne Price
  • CDM 189 Giuseppi Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
  • CDM 1224 Giuseppi Verdi: Don Carlos
  • CDM 1323 Giuseppi Verdi: Ernani
  • CDM 4021: Giuseppi Verdi: Falstaff
  • CDM 2105 Giuseppi Verdi: La Forza del Destino
  • CDM 1319 Giuseppi Verdi: Luisa Miller
  • CDM 1883 Giuseppi Verdi: Nabucco
  • CDM 1894 Giuseppi Verdi: Otello**
  • CDM 1376 Giuseppi Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
  • CDM 46 Giuseppi Verdi: La Traviata (highlights)
  • CDM 34 Giuseppi Verdi: Rigoletto
  • CDM 1334 Giuseppi Verdi: Il Trovatore
  • CDM 3968 Antonio Vivaldi: Motezuma
  • CDM 1892 Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
  • CDM 146 Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 1836 Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
  • CDM 143 Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 894 Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 1369 Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
  • CDM 145 Richard Wagner: Siegfried (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 320 Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
  • CDM 892 & 2083: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
  • CDM 144 Richard Wagner: Die Walküre (Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • CDM 1327 Wallace, Stewart: Harvey Milk
  • CDM 631 Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz
  • CDM 378 Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera (in English)

16mm Film:

  • 16mm 250 Focus on Opera: Rigoletto
  • 16mm 2851 Focus on Opera: Tales of Hoffman

Miscellany:

  • VHS 14803 “Monteverdi at Mantua” (Salomoni Rossi: Sinfonia undecima; Monteverdi: Arianna’s lament, Chorus and concerto VII from Vesperae Mariae Virginis, and a number of sections from Orfeo)
  • VHS 12051 “New Voices for Man,” The Music of Man, No. 3 (Evolution of opera, Monteverdi, Corelli, Stradivari and Guarneri, Lully, Purcell and Handel; Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.)
  • VHS 11603 “Opera with Henry Butler” (presents opera through excerpts from and discussions of productions of Pagliacci and Traviata)
  • VHS 14380 Five Centuries of Music in Venice, program 4: Verdi and Venetian Theatre
  • VHS 19115 Making opera: The Creation of Giuseppi Verdi’s La Forza del Destino
  • CDM 1419 The Art of Arleen Auger
  • CDM 803 Julianne Baird: Songs of Love and War
  • CDM 1072 Stravaganza: 18th Century English Theatre Music (Purcell, Handel)
  • CDM 1173 Thomas Harper: Famous Tenor Arias
  • CDM 1411 The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
  • LD 6 Looney Tunes Curtain Calls (includes the Bugs Bunny classics “Rabbit of Seville” and “What’s Opera Doc?”
  • DVD 199 Andrea Bocelli: A Night in Tuscany
  • DVD 170 Three Tenors Christmas

*Mythological theme, suitable for use in Humanities 103.

**Based on a work of English literature.

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Last updated 12/14/07.