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Admeto re di Tessaglia, HWV 22. 2006. Streaming video.
The adventures of Pinocchio. 2009. "Opera North's enchanting staging of The adventures of Pinocchio, Jonathan Dove's 21st opera, is a wittily inventive feast for the eyes and ears."--Original container. Streaming video.
L'Africaine. 1988. Streaming video.
Aïda an opera in four acts. 2004. Set in ancient Egypt, this opera tells of the love of Radames, the captain of the guard for a slave girl, Aïda. 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 Aïda who dies with him. Streaming video.
Aida. 1988. Streaming video.
Aïda. 2008. Staged production of Verdi's Aida in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved. Streaming video.
Aïda opera in four acts. 2006. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House in Brussels, dramatic staging brings to life the conflict between individual aspiration, tradition, and duty. Streaming video.
Amahl and the night visitors. 2007. A disabled shepherd boy and his mother are visited by three men on their way to see the birth of Baby Jesus in Bethlehem. Streaming video.
Andrea Chenier. 1958. A tale of love, espionage and death set immediately before and during the French Revolution. Streaming video.
Aria. 1999. 1 videodisc (88 min.): sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Ten of the world's best-known film makers were given a free hand to make a short-film version of an operatic aria without necessarily following the aria's story line (for example, Rigoletto interpreted as a sex farce). The result is a succession of segments representing a variety of film-making styles. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 94
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Ariodante. 1996. Streaming video.
Il Barbiere di Siviglia. 2005. Streaming video.
Il barbiere di Siviglia. 1992. Streaming video.
Benjamin Britten's A midsummer night's dream. 2004. 1 videodisc (156 min.). Glyndebourne's production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream is pure magic. Starring James Bowman, Ileana Cotrubas, Curt Appelgren, with music by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 93
Billy Budd. 1988. Streaming video.
La bohème. 2006. Streaming video.
Les Boréades "tragédie en musique" en five acts. 2004. Streaming video.
Leonard Bernstein's Candide a comic operetta in two acts. 2005. 1 videodisc (116 min.). Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta is based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons. AU: LIB Media Services HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 1382
Capriccio. 1993. Streaming video.
Carmen. 2008. Streaming video.
Carmen. 1991. Streaming video.
Carmen. 2003. Streaming video.
Carmen. 2005. 1 videodisc (152 min.). The first-ever release of Carlos Kleiber's famed Carmen on DVD! This 1978 performance features the wonder staging of Franco Zeffirelli and stars the young, lyrical Placido Domingo as Don Jose and Elena Obraztsova as a perfectly natural Carmen. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 118
Castor & Pollux. 2008. "Castor et Pollux is arguably Rameau's finest creation in the tragedie lyrique style. Its libretto, based in mythology, focuses on an unusual theme: the self- sacrificing love between Castor, who is mortal, and his immortal brother, Pollux."-- Original container. Streaming video.
Cavalleria rusticana. 2004. 1 videodisc (80 min.). MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 73
Cavalleria rusticana melodramma in one act. 2007. Streaming video.
La Cenerentola dramma giocoso in due atti. 2007. Streaming video.
Cecilia Bartoli live in Italy. 1998. 1 videodisc (110 min.). Cecilia Bartoli returns to her native Italy for an evening of exquisite music at the historic Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 23
La cenerentola. 2006. Streaming video.
La cenerentola Cinderella. 1996. 1 videodisc (164 min.). Gioachino Rossini's operatic version of the folk tale Cinderella. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 24
La cenerentola melodramma giocoso in two acts. 1988. Streaming video.
The charm of La Bohe`me. 2005. Scenes from Pucinin's La Boheme are woven together into a story about the singers who stage the opera. Streaming video.
La Clemenza di Tito. 1991. Streaming video.
La clemenza di Tito. 2006. Streaming video.
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda. 2007. Streaming video.
Les contes d'Hoffmann. 2007. Streaming video.
Così fan tutte. 1984. Streaming video.
Così fan tutte dramma giocosa in two acts. 2008. A production of Mozart's comic opera set in a 1960's youth hostel. Streaming video.
"Cosi fan tutte," excerpts from Act I. 2007. Streaming video.
The cunning little vixen. 1995. Streaming video.
Da Ponte operas Cosí fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni. 2008. Streaming video.
Dialogues des Carmélites. 2007. Streaming video.
Doctor Atomic. 2008. Streaming video.
Don Carlo opera in four acts. 2005. Streaming video.
Don Giovanni. 2005. Streaming video.
Don Giovanni. 2006. Streaming video.
Don Giovanni. 2009. Streaming video.
Don Pasquale. 2007. 1 videodisc (130 min.). MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 84
Don Pasquale dramma buffo in tre atti. 2007. Streaming video.
L'elisir d'amore. 1946. Streaming video.
L'elisir d'amore. 1954. Streaming video.
L'elisir d'amore Oper in zwei Akten. 2006. 1 videodisc (130 min.). A comic opera about a young man who drinks a "magic" potion to make the girl he desires fall in love with him. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 83
Die 3 groschenoper The 3 penny opera. 2007. 2 videodiscs (110 min.). "Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The threepenny opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With a palpable evocation of corruption and dread, set to Weill's irresistible score, The threepenny opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema." -- container. AU: LIB Media Services HOME USE COLLECTION DVD; 3125
Die entführung aus dem serail. 1990. Streaming video.
Die Entführung aus dem Serail Singspiel in three acts, K. 384. 2009. Streaming video.
An evening with Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti. 2008. 1 videodisc (115 min.). MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 81
The fairy queen. 1995. Streaming video.
Falstaff. 2007. Streaming video.
Fidelio. 2009. Streaming video.
The fiery angel. 2004. Streaming video.
La fille du régiment. 2008. Streaming video.
La finta giardiniera. 1988. Streaming video.
La fille du régiment a comic opera in two acts. 2008. 1 videodisc (132 min.). MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 95
Die fledermaus. 1990. Streaming video.
Die Fledermaus Operette in drei Akten. 2005. 1 videodisc (169 min.). MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 71
The first emperor. 2008. 2 videodiscs (177 min.). The first emperor is an epic story of love, power and betrayal. The story centers on the Emperor Qin, the first emperor of China, a controversial and brutal ruler best known for unifying the country, building the Great Wall, and creating a vast army of terra cotta soldiers to guard his tomb. AU: Music Library Katzen DVD MUSIC LIBRARY DVD; 128
La gazza ladra. 1987. Streaming video.
La gazzetta. 2006. The story of Lisetta, and of her father's attempts to find a husband for her through an ad in the newspaper La gazzetta. Streaming video.
The gift of the Magi. 1997. Streaming video.
Giulio Cesare. 1984. Streaming video.
Giulio Cesare opera in three acts. 2006. AU Streaming video. A tale of love and power set in the Middle East. Centers around Cleopatra's manipulation of Caesar and Ptolemy. Streaming video.
Gloriana. 2006. (147 min.) Streaming video.
Götterdämmerung. 2002. 2 videodiscs (281 min.). In this final segment of the "Ring cycle," Wagner brings the double tragedy of Wotan and Siegfried full circle. Brunnhilde declares that Wotan is all-powerful and everlasting. With helmet and gleaming armour, she rides through the air leading a resurrected Siegfried by the hand. Siegfried is reconciled with Wotan, and society is cured of its ills. AU: Music Library Katzen DVD MUSIC LIBRARY DVD; 132
Götterdämmerung. 2005. 1 Streaming video .(121 min.) Streaming video.
Hèansel und Gretel. 2008. 1 Streaming video (98 min.) Streaming video.
Ice and steel opera in four acts. 2008. 1 Streaming video. (96 min.) Streaming video.
The impresario. 2007. 1 Streaming video. (27 min.) Streaming video.
L'incoronazione di Poppea dramma in musica in un prologo e tre atti. 2005. 1 Streaming video (219 min.) .Streaming video.
Les Indes galantes. 2005. 1 Streaming video (244 min.). Exuberant production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's 1735 opera presenting four exotic love stories. Streaming video.
Jen*ufa. 2007. 1 Streaming video (127 min.). Streaming video.
Khovanshchina. 2008. 1 Streaming video (192 min.). Streaming video.
King Priam. 2008. 1 Streaming video (138 min.). Streaming video.
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk opera in four acts. 2006. 1 Streaming video (236 min.). Streaming video.
Ein Lied geht um die Welt My song goes 'round the world. 1994. 1 Streaming video (80 min.). Streaming video.
Lohengrin. 2009. 1 Streaming video (279 min.). With powerful conviction, Nikolaus Lehnhoff interprets this dramatic struggle of masculine and feminine, revenge and compassion. Streaming video.
The love for three oranges. 2006. 1 Streaming video (144 min.). AU streaming video. Remote access restricted to American University authorized users. Streaming video
Luisa Fernanda zarzuela in three acts. 2007. "This production, made by Emilio Sagi for the Teatro Real, Madrid, was based on his earlier staging for a concert performance of Luisa Fernanda at La Scala, Milan and was recorded live at the Teatro Real, Madrid". AU Streaming video . Remote access restricted to American University authorized users. Streaming video
Macbeth. 2005. 1 Streaming video (92 min.). Streaming video.
Macbeth. 2006. 1 Streaming video (159 min.). Streaming video.
Macbeth. 1987. 1 Streaming video (149 min.). Streaming video.
Madama Butterfly. 1986. 1 Streaming video (142 min.). Streaming video.
Madama Butterfly. 2009. 1 videodisc (144 min.). MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 124
Madama Butterfly Japanese tragedy in three parts. 2005. 1 Streaming video 9196 min.). Streaming video.
Madama Butterfly Japanese tragedy in three parts. 2005. 2 videodiscs (169 min.). Robert Wilson's pure and highly stylised 2003 production enhances the timeless beauty of Puccini's moving Japanese tragedy. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 122
Manon Lescaut. 2008. 1 Streaming video (143 min.). AU Streaming library. Remote access restricted to American University authorized users. Streaming video
Marco Polo opera within an opera. 2009. 1 Streaming video (156 min.). In 'Marco Polo, an opera within an opera', composer Tan Dun portrays the Venetian explorer's travels to the Far East as a journey of both inner and physical discovery, a voyage depicting spiritual experiences as well as a geographical expedition. At the same time the work, on a libretto by Paul Griffiths, can be seen as a compositional adventure of the composer himself, unifying the various cultural worlds he occupies: a blend of Western avant garde and Oriental traditions. Streaming video.
Marin Faliero. 2006. 1 videodisc (159 min.). Chronicling the unsuccessful uprising mounted by the 14th-century Venetian doge, this rarely staged tragic opera is given a splendid production at the Teatro Regio di Parma. AU: LIB Media Services HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 2518