Rita ou Le mari battu, a comic opera in one act.
Music composed by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). Libretto by Gustave VaÎz.
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VIVALDI: Tito Manlio
Tito Manlio (Titus Manlius), dramma per musica in 3 acts. Music composed by Antonio Vivaldi (1678ñ1741) based on a libretto by Matteo Noris (? ñ 1714).
VERDI: I vespri siciliani
I vespri siciliani, grand opera in five acts. Italian edition of Les vÈpres siciliennes.
WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde, Handlung (drama) in three acts.
Music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda
La Gioconda, dramma lirico in four acts.
Music composed by Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886). Libretto by Arrigo Boito (under the pseudonym Tobia Gorrio), based upon Victor Hugo’s
Angelo, Tyrant of Padua (1835).
BIZET: Carmen
OpÈra comique in four acts.
Music composed by Georges Bizet (1838-1875). Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic HalÈvy after Prosper MÈrimÈe’s novella, Carmen.
“Castrato” ó In Search of a Lost Voice
Nestling artistically in a bowl, carefully arranged and lit to suit the camera early in the programme, the testicles seemed to glow softly with their hidden history, their inherent potential and, now, their very lack of future.
WAGNER: Der fliegende Holl‰nder
Der fliegende Holl‰nder. Romantic opera in 3 acts.
Music composed by Richard Wagner. Libretto by the composer.
Settling the Score — An Interview with Philip Gossett
Introduction: Philip Gossett is one of those rarities in academia: a scholar of the first order and a consummate teacher.