Henri Meilhac
1) Carmen
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Contains the complete text of the libretto with annotations in both English and Italian and a critical historical commentary. The text also includes the background of the composer, biographies of the principal singers and conductor. The two accompanying CDs contain the complete opera sung in Italian.
Author
Publisher
TDK
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
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.
4) Carmen
Publisher
Deutsche Grammophon Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
Français
Description
The tragic tale of a Spanish officer who throws his life away for the love of a gypsy temptress.
Author
Series
G. Schirmer's collection of opera librettos volume Ed. 2337
Publisher
G. Schirmer, Inc
Pub. Date
1959.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Deutsche Grammophon
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Français
Description
Carmen, a beautiful sultry gypsy, woos the corporal Don José. Their relationship leads to his rejection of his former love, mutiny against his superior, and joining a gang of smugglers. His jelousy when she turns from him to the bullfighter Escamillo leads him to murder Carmen.
15) The merry widow
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Lotfi Mansouri's last production as General Director of the San Francisco Opera; includes new dialogue by Wendy Wasserstein and an original ballet to set the scene Chez Maxim's, bringing fresh insight into Lehár's operetta.
Publisher
Naxos
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
Jacques Offenbach had already achieved fame as an operetta composer by 1866, but that year's premiere of La Vie Parisienne was his first portrayal of contemporary Parisian life. With its tale of romantic intrigues, disguises and comic celebrations of the mad gaiety of life in the French capital, La Vie Parisienne became popular in the nation's theatres, but not after a hasty re-working of its final acts after protests from the original performers....
17) The merry widow
Series
Publisher
Decca
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Starring Renee Fleming in the title role, the lush 2015 Met production fo Franz Lehar.
Publisher
RM Associates
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Baron von Eisenstein is supposed to go to jail for eight days for a minor offense, but decides to attend a ball first. When the governor of the jail comes to take him away he finds the Baroness entertaining a former suitor. To avoid difficulty, she persuades the suitor to pose as her husband and go to jail for a night but when she goes to the ball alone she faces other complications.