Your Librarian
Diana Matthews
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Contact:
Y-227 (Library, NW Campus)
diana.matthews@sfcollege.edu
diana.matthews@sfcollege.edu
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Finding Operas
Use the provided call numbers to locate operas on film. The Media Collection is on the second floor of the Library and videos may be checked out for 4 weeks.
Video Titles
Il Barbiere di Siviglia = The Barber of SevilleCall Number: MEDIA M1500.R68 B3 2005Count Almaviva, in love with Rosina, the ward of Dr. Bartolo, succeeds, with the help of the barber, Figaro, in defeating the doctor's attempts to separate them.
Participants: Gioachino Rossini (composer); Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (director); Teresa Berganza, Stefania Malagu, Herman Prey, Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala; Claudio Abbado (conductor)- La BohèmeCall Number: MEDIA M1500.P83 B64 1998Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive flower-maker, is a beautifully balanced series of tableaux depicting the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation. Recorded Jan. 16, 1982 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.
Participants: Giacomo Puccini (composer); Kirk Browning (director); Teresa Stratas, Renata Scotto, José Carreras, Richard Stilwell, Allan Monk, James Morris; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; James Levine (conductor) 
La BohèmeCall Number: MEDIA M1500.P97 B64 2002Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive flower-maker, is a beautifully balanced series of tableaux depicting the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation. Recorded live from the Sydney Opera House.
Participants: Giacomo Puccini (composer); Baz Luhrmann (director); Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, Roger Lemke, Christine Douglas, Gary Rowley, David Lemke; The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Julian Smith (conductor)
CarmenCall Number: MEDIA M1500.B629 C4 1999In 19th century Seville, the lusty, tempestuous Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don Jose. Jose abandons his career, his fiancee and even his dying mother for the love of this sultry gypsy. But soon she spurns him for the love of a toreador, Escamillo. Crazed with jealousy, Jose begs Carmen to return to him, but her taunting declaration of independence results in tragedy.
Participants: Georges Bizet (composer); Francesco Rosi (director); Placido Domingo, Julia Migenes-Johnson, Ruggero Raimondi, Faith Esham; Orchestre National de France; Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Lucrezia BorgiaCall Number: MEDIA M1500.D68 L9 2000This presentation of Donizetti's tale of 16th-century opulence and decadence tells the story of the powerful Borgia family, led by Cesare Borgia and his sister Lucretia. Performed at the Royal Opera House.
Participants: Gaetano Donizetti (composer); Brian Large (director); Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Anne Howells, Stafford Dean; The Royal Opera House chorus and orchestra; Richard Bonynge (conductor)
Madama ButterflyCall Number: MEDIA M1500.P83 M33 2011A heart-rending story about a sweet-natured Japanese girl and the caddish American lieutenant who marries then deserts her.
Participants: Giacomo Puccini (composer); Anthony Minghella (director); Patricia Racette, Maria Zifchak, Marcello Giordani, Dwayne Croft; Metropolitan Opera and Chorus; Patrick Summers (conductor)- The Magic FluteCall Number: MEDIA M1505.M69 M33 2006A handsome young man is enlisted to rescue the Queen of the Night's daughter from an evil sorcerer.
Participants: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer); Julie Taymor (director); Ying Huang, Nathan Gunn, Matthew Polenzani, René Pape, James Levine; Metropolitan Opera and Chorus; James Levine (conductor) 
The Marriage of Figaro = Le Nozze di FigaroCall Number: MEDIA M1500.M84 N69 2003Sequel to The Barber of Seville, The Count and Rosine's marriage is in trouble while Old Bartholo vows revenge. Performed at the Glyndebourne Festival, 1973.
Participants: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer); Stephen Medcalf (director); Gerald Finley, Alison Hagley, Renée Fleming, Andreas Schmidt, Mandred Röhrl, Wendy Hillhouse, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Robert Tear, Donald Adams; London Philharmonic; Bernard Haitink (conductor)
The Marriage of Figaro = Le Nozze di FigaroCall Number: MEDIA M1500.M693 N69 1999Sequel to The Barber of Seville, The Count and Rosine's marriage is in trouble while Old Bartholo vows revenge. Performed at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, 1999.
Participants: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer); Alexander Tarta (director); Rene Pape, Dorothea Roschmann, Emily Magee, Roman Trekel, Patrica Rinsley, Peter Schreiber, Mark Hastings; Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
The MikadoCall Number: MEDIA M1500.S95 M55 2005Ko-Ko is sentenced to death for the crime of flirting, but in a strange turn of events is instead named "Lord High Executioner." A delightful farce ensues as Ko-Ko can't behead anyone without first cutting off his own head. But by the second act, the Mikado demands an execution and Ko-Ko must delicately sing and dance his way around a messy situation involving the Mikado's son and his secret love Yum Yum.
Participants: Gilbert & Sullivan (composer/librettist); John Michael Phillips (director); Eric Idle, Lesley Garrett, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard Van Allen, Felicity Palmer; English National Opera; Peter Robinson (conductor)- Otello = OthelloCall Number: MEDIA M1500.V48 O84 2003Film adaptation of the opera based on Shakespeare's play, telling the story of the Moor, Othello, his wife Desdemona, and the jealous friend Iago. Performed at the Teatro alla Scala.
Participants: Giuseppe Verdi (composer); Franco Zeffirelli (director); Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz; La Scala Orchestra and Chorus; Lorin Maazel (conductor) 
Otello = OthelloCall Number: MEDIA M1500 .O84 2005Film adaptation of the opera based on Shakespeare's play, telling the story of the Moor, Othello, his wife Desdemona, and the jealous friend Iago. Performed at the Arena di Verona.
Participants: Giuseppe Verdi (composer); Preben Montell (director); Vladimir Atlantov, Kiri Te Kanawa, Piero Cappuccilli; Chorus, Orchestra, and Corps de Ballet of the Arena di Verona; Zoltʹan Peskʹo (conductor)
RigolettoCall Number: MEDIA M1500.V48 R36 2014The musical tragedy about the intrigues of the Court of the Duke of Manutua, and the sharp witted plottings of Rigoletto, the hunchbacked court jester.
Participants: Giuseppe Verdi (composer); Brian Large (director); Luciano Pavarotti, Charles Anthony, Betsy Norden, Louis Quilico; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet; James Levine (conductor)
ToscaCall Number: MEDIA M1500.P97 T54 2013Puccini's tragic opera about love and betrayal in Italy of the Napoleonic times.
Participants: Giacomo Puccini (composer); Giueseppe Patroni Griffi (director); Plácido Domingo, Catherine Malfitano, Ruggero Raimondi; Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Rome RAI; Zubin Mehta (conductor)- La TraviataCall Number: MEDIA M1500 .T73 2007The tragic story of the ill-fated love between a dying courtesan and a respectable nobleman in 18th century Paris.
Participants: Giuseppe Verdi (composer); Franco Zeffirelli (director); Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra; James Levine (conductor) 
Where the Wild Things Are and, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, or, (There Must Be More to Life)Call Number: JUV M1500.K683 W44 2009 (Youth Collection)Two classic tales by acclaimed children's author Maurice Sendak. After being sent to his room, a little boy named Max conjures up a fantasy world of forest and sea filled with loveable monsters. Bored with her life of luxury, a pet terrier named Jenny packs her bags and sets out on a journey of discovery.
Participants: Oliver Knussen (composer); Frank Corsaro (director); Karen Beardsley, Cynthia Buchan, Deborah Rees, Andrew Gallacher, Rosemary Hardy; London Sinfonietta; Oliver Knussen (conductor)
Hansel & GretelCall Number: MEDIA M1500.H94 H36 2012The classic fairy tale Hansel and Gretel is turned into an opera and performed by the Salzburg Marionette Theatre.
Participants: Engelbert Humperdinck (composer); Adrian Noble (director); performed by singers and puppeteers of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre; Andreas Schüller (conductor)
You and Me: A Peking OperaCall Number: MEDIA M1500.Z57 Y6 2016Based on the age-old tale from the Zuo legend "Lord Zheng vanquishes Duan in Yan"—a story about deceit and the power of filial love.
Participants: Zhu Shaoyu (composer); Barbara Willis Sweete (director); Meng Guanglu, Chen Shaoyun, Li Mingyan, Shi Yihong, Zhu Shihui, Kang Jing; Zhu Shaoyu (conductor)
