Opera, Operetta and Musicals
- Evita
- Publication information: [California?] : Hollywood Pictures Home Video Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1997?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 135 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: True-life story of Eva Perón, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Evita
- Publication information: [S.l.] : Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [1998?]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: True-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame
Call Number:Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Who's afraid of opera?
- Publication information: New York : MGM/UA Home Video, 1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., stereo, col. 1/2 in. + 1 text
Description: In Faust, Marguerite loves a man who has sold his soul to the devil for youth and pleasure. In Rigoletto, Gilda is a jester's daughter in love with a fickle duke
Call Number: M1500.A1 W4 v.1 1983
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Who's afraid of opera?
- Publication information: New York : MGM/UA Home Video, 1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. (stereo) 1/2 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p.)
Description: As Violetta in La Traviata, Joan is a beautiful Parisian courtesan in love with a penniless nobleman. Joan also plays Donizetti's Marie, found as an infant on the battlefield and adopted by a whole regiment of adoring fathers
Call Number: M1500.A1 W4 v.2 1983
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Who's afraid of opera?
- Publication information: W. Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur International, [198-]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. (stereo) 1/2 in
Description: As Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Joan is the rich and elegant ward of a strict guardian. When Figaro, the nosy barber, butts into her love life, all fun breaks loose! And as Lucy in Lucia di Lammermoor, betrayed by her own brother, Joan is a tragic heroine indeed!
Call Number: M1500.A1 W4 v.3 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Who's afraid of opera.
- Publication information: W. Long Beach, N.J. : Kultur International, [198-?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd. (stereo), col. 1/2 in
Description: In the comic opera Mignon, Joan portrays the exuberant Philine, whose attentions and affections are much sought after. As the title character in La Perichole Joan displays her lively flair for comedy as well as the rich vocalizing which characterizes her exceptional range and abilities
Call Number: M1500.A1 W4 v.4 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Bizet's Carmen
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, c1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (151 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Film version of the classic opera, with Migenes-Johnson as Carmen who seduces and then spurns the young army corporal (Domingo). Made for the screen and shot on location in Andalusian Spain
Call Number: M1500.B59 C3 1984
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Carmen
- Publication information: [England] : Royal Opera House [Chicago, IL] : Public Media Home Vision, c1991
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (164 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (7 p. 18 cm.)
Description: Carmen, a seductive gypsy, seduces, spurns and is killed by Don José
Call Number: M1500.B59 C3 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS
- U-Carmen
- Publication information: Port Washington, NY : Koch Lorber Films : Distributed by KOCH Entertainment, [2007]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Acted and sung by the internationally acclaimed South African theater company Dimpho Di Kopane (DDK), this film is a stunning adaptation of perhaps the world's best-loved opera, Carmen. Re-imagined in the modern world of South African pool halls, bars, courtyards and barricks, this film tells the story of a cigarette factory worker, Carmen, and her doomed love affair with a police sergeant. As the two grow more emotionally connected, their relationship escalates violently, culminating in a tragic conclusion of revenge and madness
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Peter Grimes
- Author: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
Publication information: [London] : Covent Garden Video Productions Ltd., 1981
Physical description: 1 videocassette (150 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Displays the universal theme of conflict between an individual and a society that sees him as an outsider
Call Number: M1500.B7 P4 1981
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Adriana Lecouvreur
- Publication information: [S.l.] : Sony Corporation of America, c1985
Physical description: 1 videocassette (142 min.) : sd., col., stereo. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. : ill., ports. 18 cm.)
Description: A dramatic tale of love and jealousy, based on the life of Adriana Lecouvreur, considered the greatest French actress of the 18th century
Call Number: M1500.C5 A4 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Lucia di Lammermoor
- Author: Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848
Publication information: Hollywood, Calif. : Bel Canto Paramount Home Video, c1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (139 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. 1 booklet (10 p. 18 cm.)
Description: Encrico tries to force his sister to wed Arturo in order to save a family fortune
Call Number: M1500.D66 L8 1983
Location: General
Format: VHS
- The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
- Publication information: [England] : EMI Records Ltd., 1993
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (ca. 184 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Portrays the lives of the occupants of Catfish Row
Call Number: M1500.G4 P6 1993
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Jenůfa
- Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (118 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A tale of passion, betrayal, and the transfiguring power of love. The embittered widow, Kostelnička, drowns her infant grandson to save her beloved stepdaughter Jenůfa from the shame and hardship of raising an illegitimate child
Call Number: M1500.J3 J4 1989
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Amahl and the night visitors
- Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Video Artists International, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Menotti's opera relates how a crippled young shepherd comes to accompany the three kings on their way to pay hommage to the newborn Jesus
Call Number: M1500.M4 A6 1986
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Così fan tutte
- Publication information: Milan, Italy : RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana/Teatro alla Scala Chicago, Ill. : HomeVision, 1989
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (186 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + booklet (7 p.)
Description: Comic opera in which two friends disguise themselves and seduce each others sweethearts for the sake of a bet
Call Number: M1500.M69 C6 1989
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Don Giovanni
- Publication information: [Germany] : Arthaus Musik, c[2005?]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (168 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 text (23 p. : port. 18 cm.)
Description: The story centers around a young nobleman who is obssessed with amorous conquests and his encounters with Donna Anna, the woman who plots to destroy him
Call Number: M1500.M69 D6 2005
Location: General
Format: DVD
- The Magic flute =: Die Zauberflöte = Trollflögten
- Publication information: Hollywood, CA : Bel Canto Paramount Home Video, 1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (134 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A handsome young man is enlisted to rescue the Queen of the Night's daughter from an evil sorcerer
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
- Author: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Publication information: Munich : Unitel [Netherlands] : Philips New York : PolyGram Records [distributor], p1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (161 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. 1 booklet (9 p. 18 cm.)
Call Number: M1500.M69 M32 1988
Location: General
Format: VHS
- The marriage of Figaro: a comic opera in 4 acts
- Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Video Arts International, c1985
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (168 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Opera based on Beaumarchais' sequel to his Barber of Seville
Call Number: M1500.M69 M37 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: The tales of Hoffmann
- Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Thorn EMI Video, c1981
Physical description: 1 videocassette (149 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 libretto
Description: Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves and recalls how each was thwarted by the evil influence of his rival
Call Number: M1500.O35 C6 1981
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Dialogues of the Carmelites: an opera in three acts and twelve scenes
- Publication information: [S.l.] : Sony Corporation of America, c1985
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (155 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 synopsis
Description: The plot, based on the true story of the persecution of sixteen Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution, depicts the tragic effects of civil war on all facets of society, including the religious orders. Confronted by the atheistic stand of the revolutionaries, the nuns refuse to deny God even at the risk of their own lives. Blanche, a timid young girl seeking a life of heroism, joins the Carmelites and adopts the name of Sister Blanche of the Agony of Christ. Eventually the nuns are expelled from the convent by a decree prohibiting religious organizations. Because of their defiance, the nuns are later arrested, imprisoned, and sentenced to death. As the last sister is lead to the guillotine, her face glows with radiance. Sister Blanche has arrived with new-found courage to fulfill her destiny
Call Number: M1500.P68 D52 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS
- La Bohème
- Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Thorn EMI Video, 1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (115 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + libretto (55 p.)
Call Number: M1500.P8 B62 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- La Bohème
- Publication information: [Chicago] : Home Vision, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (111 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Puccini's bittersweet tale of high-spirited bohemians and doomed love
Call Number: M1500.P8 B62 1989
Location: General
Format: VHS
- La bohème
- Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
Publication information: Long Beach, Calif. : Pioneer Classics, c1999, c1982
Physical description: 1 videodisc (141 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Call Number: M1500.P8 B62 1999
Location: General
Format: DVD
- La Fanciulla del West
- Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Thorn EMI Video, 1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (139 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 libretto (50 p. 17 cm.)
Description: Minnie, owner of a saloon in a mining camp in California, falls in love with Dick Johnson who is in reality the bandit Ramirez. Sheriff Jack Rance is also in love with Minnie and they play poker to determine the bandit's fate. Minnie cheats and wins his freedom, but he is caught. About to be hanged, Johnson/Ramirez is saved when Minnie pleads for his life
Call Number: M1500.P8 F3 1983
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Madama Butterfly
- Publication information: [New York, NY] : Thorn EMI Video, c1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (150 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (40 p.)
Description: An American naval officer falls in love with a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and goes through a ceremony of marriage with her. He then goes back to America while Butterfly waits for his return, with their child. Pinkerton returns with his new American wife and learns that he has a son. The grief-stricken Butterfly kills herself
Call Number: M1500.P8 M17 1983
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Madame Butterfly
- Publication information: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (129 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: An American naval officer falls in love with a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and marries her, with no intention of ever taking her home to America
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Tosca
- Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
Publication information: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Video [distributor], c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (127 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Call Number: M1500.P8 T6 1986
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Turandot
- Publication information: New York : MGM/UA Home Video, c1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (138 min.) : sd., col. (stereo) 1/2 in
Description: Set in Peking, the opera opens with the proclamation that Princess Turandot will become the bride of the royal suitor who can successfully answer three riddles. Unsuccessful suitors lose not only the hand of the princess, but their heads as well. Calaf, a handsome prince who has been travelling the countryside incognito, is so struck by Turandot's beauty that he tries to win her hand
Call Number: M1500.P8 T8 1984
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Publication information: [Munich] : Arthaus Musik, [2003]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (157 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (33 p. 18 cm.)
Call Number: M1500.R6 B374 2003
Location: General
Format: DVD
- La Cenerentola: Cinderella
- Publication information: New York : HBO/CANNON Video [S.l.] : NVC Arts International [distributor], 1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (152 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in.
Call Number: M1500.R6 C4 1983
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Die Fledermaus
- Publication information: New York : Thorn EMI Video, c1984
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (180 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet
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. She then goes to the ball alone and faces other complications. The next morning everyone arrives at the jail and all confusions are eventually cleared up
Call Number: M1500.S8 F5 1984
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Aida
- Publication information: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon New York : Distributed by Universal Music & Video, [2000], p1991
Physical description: 1 videodisc (158 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + booklet (23, [1] p. : ill. : 19 cm.)
Description: An Egyptian soldier falls in love with his Ethiopian captive
Call Number: M1500.V4 A52 2000
Location: General
Format: DVD
- Aida
- Publication information: Framingham, Mass. : Home Vision, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (160 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet
Description: The action takes place in ancient Egypt, and tells of the love of Radames, the captain of the guard, for a slave girl, Aida. 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 Aida, who dies with him
Call Number: M1500.V47 A5 1986
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Il trovatore
- Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
Publication information: [United States] : Sony Corporation of America New York : Corinth Video [distributor], c1985
Physical description: 1 videocassette (138 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 program notes
Description: The plot revolves around its two female characters. Acuzena is the daughter of a gypsy who, fifteen years before, was burned as a witch for cursing the young son of a nobleman. In revenge, Acuzena abducted the son to throw into the embers of the same fire, but, in her distress, threw in her own son. She has brought up the other child as her own. Leonora (Sutherland) is a lady-in-waiting at court who is loved by two men, the Count di Luna, who is the older son of the nobleman who had Acuzena's mother burned, and Manrico, the troubadour, and leader of the rebel forces engaged in civil war against the count. Tragedy results when the four come together
Call Number: M1500.V47 T7 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS
- La traviata
- Publication information: Universal City, Calif. : MCA Home Video, 1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The story of a beautiful courtesan dying of consumption and her love for a poor nobleman. A film version of the opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Rigoletto
- Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Mastervision, [1985?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (115 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A performance of the Verdi opera about the deformed court jester named Rigoletto who works for the licentious Duke of Mantua and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter, Gilda. Gilda falls in love with the Duke when he poses as a penniless student. Courtiers later abduct Gilda and take her to the Duke Rigoletto vows revenge and hires an assassin to kill the Duke. Instead, Gilda sacrifices herself for her lover and dies in her father's arms
Call Number: M1500.V484 R52 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Lohengrin
- Author: Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Publication information: Hollywood, Calif. : Bel Canto : [Distributed by] Paramount Home Video, 1986
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (220 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide ([12] p. : ill. 17 cm.)
Description: Story of the Swan Knight, who comes to rescue the falsely accused Elsa, stays to marry her, and then must leave her when she disobeys his warning not to question his name or lineage
Call Number: M1500.W34 L6 1986
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Author: Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Publication information: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon New York : Marketed by Polygram Records, p1991, c1990
Physical description: 7 videocassettes (941 min.) : sd., col. 12 in. + 4 booklets (31 cm.)
Contents: [v. 1] Das Rheingold (163 min.) -- [v. 2-3] Die Walküre (244 min.) -- [v. 4-5] Siegfried (253 min.) -- [v. 6-7] Götterdämmerung (281 min.)
Call Number: M1500.W34 R6 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Tannhäuser
- Publication information: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Video, c1986
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (VHS) (176 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The story of Venus and Tannhäuser
Call Number: M1500.W34 T3 1986
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Distant harmony: Pavarotti in China
- Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : Pacific Arts Video, c1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (85 min.) : sd., col. l/2 in
Description: A visual portrait of Luciano Pavarotti on his tour of China in the summer of l986. With selections from Rigoletto, L'Arlesiana, Pagliacci, La Boheme, and Turandot
Call Number: M1506 .D5 1988
Location: General
Format: VHS
- A gala concert with Luciano Pavarotti
- Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [1999]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: The great tenor gives a thrilling performance to a sell-out audience. Pavarotti performs his most popular arias and songs
Contents: Rigoletto. Questa o quella La donna e mobile / Verdi -- L'Arlesiana. E la solita del pastore / Cilèa -- Mamma / Bixio -- Rondine al nido / De Crescenzo -- Lolita / Buzzi -- Fedora. Amor ti vieta / Giordano -- I Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba / Leoncavallo -- Chiatarra Romana / Di Lazzaro -- La mia canzone al vento / Bixio -- Non ti scordar di mi / De Curtis -- Manon Lescaut. Donna non vidi mai / Puccini -- O sole mio / Di Capua -- Torna a Sorrento / De Curtis
Call Number: M1506 .G353 1999
Location: General
Format: DVD
- In concert
- Publication information: [New York] : London London : Decca New York : Manufactured by PolyGram, p1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet
Contents: L'Arlesiana. Lamento di Federico (4:45) / F. Cilea -- L'Africaine. O paradis! (3:47) / G. Meyerbeer -- Tosca. Recondita armonia (3:08) / G. Puccini -- Das Land des Lächelns. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (4:11) / F. Léhar -- Rondine al nido (4:05) / V. de Crescenzo -- Core 'ngrato (3:46) / S. Cardillo -- I Vespri siciliani. Sinfonia (9:19) / G. Verdi -- Torna a surriento (3:16) / E. De Curtis -- Granada (4:07) / A. Lara -- La Tabernera del puerto. No puede ser (3:28) / P. Sorozábal -- Andrea Chénier. L'improvviso (5:43) / U. Giordano -- Tosca. E lucevan le stelle (3:14) Turandot. Nessun dorma (3:39) / G. Puccini -- Finale (20:46). Medley (Maria Tonight 'O paese d' 'o sole Cielito lindo Memory Ochi tchorniye Caminito La vie en rose Mattinata Wien, Wien, nur du allein Amapola O sole mio) -- Encore. 'O sole mio (3:14) Nessun dorma (4:19)
Call Number: M1506 .I6 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Luciano Pavarotti in concerto
- Publication information: Universal City, CA : MCA Universal Home Video, 1991, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (78 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Luciano Pavarotti gives a gala concert in Milan to celebrate the World Cup heroes
Contents: Ouverture dal Don Pasquale / G. Donizetti -- Quanto e bella, quanto é cara da l'Elisir d'amore / G. Donizetti -- Una furtiva Lagrima da l'Elisir d'amore / G. Donizetti -- Andante in do magg. K315 per flauto e orchestra / W.A. Mozart -- Tombe degli avi miei ... Fra poco a me ricovero da Lucia di Lammermoor / G. Donizetti -- La mia letizia infondere da I Lombardi alla prima crociata / G. Verdi -- Pourquoi me reveiller da Werther / J. Massenet -- Recondita armonia da Tosca / G. Puccini -- E lucevan le stelle da Tosca / G. Puccini -- Carmen Fantasy / Bizet-Borne --Vesti la guibba da I Pagliacci / R. Leoncavallo -- Ouverture da Semiramide / G. Rossini -- La serenata / P. Mascagni -- Girometta / G. Sibella -- Occhi di Fata / L. Denza -- Addio fiorito asil da Madama Butterfly / G. Puccini -- O sole mio! / E. Di Capua -- La mia canzone al vento / C.A. Bixio -- Torna a surrentio / E. De Curtis -- Nessum dorma da Turandot / G. Puccini
Call Number: M 1506 .L8 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Pavarotti
- Publication information: [Canoga Park, Calif.] : U.S.A. Home Video [S.l.] : [Distributed by Family Home Entertainment], c1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (77 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A videotape of a performance by Luciano Pavarotti at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, in March 1984
Contents: Overture to Semiramide / Rossini -- La Traviata: De miei bollenti spiriti / Verdi -- L'Elisir D'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima / Donizetti --Concertino for flute and orchestra in D major / Chaminade (Mr. Griminelli) --Un Ballo in maschera: Ma se m'e forza perderti / Verdi -- A selection from Overture to William Tell / Rossini -- Messa da requiem: Ingemisco / Verdi --Werther: Porquoi me reveiller / Massenet -- The tale of Tsar Sultan: Flight of the Bumble Bee / Rimsky-Korsakov (Mr. Griminelli) -- La Giocanda: Cielo e mar / Ponchielli -- La Boheme: Che gelida manina / Puccini -- O sole mio / Di Capua -- Torna a Surriento / de Curtis -- Turandot: Nessun Dorma / Puccini
Call Number: M1506 .P3 1984
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Pavarotti in London
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (76 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: Overture to La Forza del destino [orchestral] / Verdi -- Recondita armonia (Tosca) / Puccini -- Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth) / Verdi -- Dance of the Persian slaves (Khovanshchina) [orchestral] / Mussorgsky -- La mia letizia infondere (I Lombardi alla prima crociata) / Verdi -- Quando le sere al placido (Luisa Miller) / Verdi -- Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor) / Donizetti -- Lamento di Federico (L'Arlesiana) / Cilea -- Royal hunt and storm (Les Troyens) [orchestral] / Berlioz -- E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) / Puccini -- Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore) / Donizetti -- Nessun dorma (Turandot) / Puccini -- Torna a surriento / de Curtis
Call Number: M1506 .P32 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- The education of a singer at the Beijing Opera
- Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: It took seven years for Wang Runqing to get his diploma from the Conservatory of the Beijing National Opera. This program follows his rigorous training
Call Number: M1805.3 .E48 1995
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS
- A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum
- Publication information: Culver City, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: A conniving slave uses his wiles to attain his freedom during the days of the Roman Empire
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Leonard Bernstein conducts West side story: the making of the recording
- Publication information: Hamburg, Germany : Deutsche Grammophon Video, 2001, p1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (89 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 program notes (24 p. : ill. 18 cm.)
Description: Filmed in September of 1984 during the week long recording sessions of Leonard Bernstein conducts West side story. Shares the rehearsal and candid moments of Bernstein and his non-teenage band of world-class opera singers who were casted for the recording
Call Number: ML410.B566 L46 2001
Location: General
Format: DVD
- Cats
- Publication information: New York : PolyGram Video, [1998]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A musical based on Old Possum's book of practical cats by T.S. Eliot
Call Number: ML410.L78 C42 1998
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Farinelli, il Castrato
- Publication information: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: The true story of a world famous castrato in the 18th century is told. With charisma, talent, drive and success, Farinelli had everything: money, talent, fame, women, and the voice of an angel. He becomes obsessed with earning the respect of his brother's rival, the composer Handel
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- The 3 tenors in concert 1994: Tibor Rudas presents Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti with Mehta
- Publication information: New York : A Vision, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (112 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 libretto (23 p. : ill. 18 x 10 cm.)
Contents: The Star Spangled Banner -- Candide. Overture / Bernstein -- O Souverain, O Juge, O Pere / Massenet (Jose Carreras) -- Luise Miller. Quando le sere al placido / Verdi (Placido Domingo) -- Werther. Pourquoi me reveiler / Massenet (Luciano Pavarotti) -- Spring is here. With a song in my heart / Rodgers (Jose Carreras) -- Granada / Lara, arr. Hayes (Placido Domingo) -- Non ti scordar di me / De Curtis, arr. Mancini (Luciano Pavarotti) -- A tribute to Hollywood: My way Moon river Beacause Singin' in the rain / medley arranged and orchestrated by Lalo Schifrin (the 3 tenors) -- La Damnation de Faust. Marche Honogroise (Rakoczy) / Berloiz -- Tu, ca nun chiagne / De Curtis, arr. Lozi (Jose Carreras) -- Maravilla. Amor, vida de mi vida / Moreno-Torroba (Placido Domingo) -- Ave Maria / Schubert, arr. Schifrin (Luciano Pavarotti) -- Tosca. E lucevan le stelle / Puccini (Jose Carreras) -- Pagliacci. Vesti la Giubba / Leoncavallo (Placido Domingo) -- Turnadot. Nessun Dorma! / Puccini (Luciano Pavarotti) -- Around the World: America All I ask of you Funiculi, funicula Sous les ponts de Paris Brazil Be my love Marechiare Lippen schweigen Santa Lucia luntana Those were the days Te quiero dijiste Torna a Surriento / medley arranged & orchestrated by Lalo Schifrin (The 3 tenors) -- Encores. Rigoletto. La donna e mobile / Verdi La traviata. Libiamo ne' lieti calci (Brindisi) / Verdi Turandot. Nessun Dorma! / Puccini (The 3 tenors)
Call Number: ML421.T5 T45 1994
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Three tenors: encore
- Publication information: [Burbank, CA] : New Line Home Video [Culver City, CA] : Columbia Tristar Home Video [S.l.] : Distributed worldwide by Allied Vision, 1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: Nessun dorma -- 'O sole mio -- A mare chiaro -- Rondine al nido -- Core 'ngrato -- 'O paese d' 'o sole -- Ochi tchorniye -- Sinfonia -- Caminito -- Amapola -- Cielito lindo -- No puede ser -- Maria -- Memory -- Wien, Wien, nur du allein -- Dein ist mein ganzes Herz -- L'improvviso -- Il lamento di Dederico -- Mattinata -- La vie en rose
Call Number: ML421.T5 T452 1992
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Three mo' tenors: live in concert
- Publication information: New York : RCA Victor : [Distributed by BMG Distribution], c2001
Physical description: 1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Music spanning over four hundred years, three languages and seven different musical styles including: opera, broadway, jazz, soul, spiritual and gospel. Includes 4 bonus tracks not part of the PBS broadcast, exclusive interview footage, and photos
Contents: La donna è mobile -- Let the good times roll -- Have you heard about the baby Glory to the newborn King -- Try to temember Not while I'm around -- You gotta be a rug cutter It don't mean a thing I let a song go out of my heart Drop me off in Harlem I'm beginning to see the light Take the A train -- Twisted -- A song for you -- Love train Oh girl Betcha by golly wow Midnight train to Georgia -- Ah! Mes amis -- Make them hear you -- O'cessate di piagarmi -- The jazz cat Minnie the moocher -- Today I sing the blues -- I'm a brass band -- Nessun dorma! -- Were you there -- America the beautiful -- Let the praise begin Just come It's my time to be blessed
Call Number: ML421.T52 T45 2001
Location: General
Format: DVD
- Broadway: the American musical
- Publication information: Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, c2004
Physical description: 3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide
Description: This documentary series tells the story of the musical and theatre history on Broadway in New York City
Contents: DISC 1. Episode one. Give my regards to Broadway (1893-1927) Episode two. Syncopated city (1919-1933) -- DISC 2. Episode three. I got plenty o' nuttin' (1929-1942) Episode four. Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (1943-1960) -- DISC 3. Episode five. Tradition (1957-1979) episode six. Putting it together (1980-2004)
Call Number: ML1711.8.N3 M372 2004
Location: General
Format: DVD
- Trollflöjten: The magic flute
- Publication information: Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2000]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: An opera by Mozart, in which a handsome young man is enlisted to rescue the Queen of Night's daughter from an evil sorcerer
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Gilbert & Sullivan's the gondoliers, or, The king of Barataria
- Author: Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
Publication information: [S.l.] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: With only 2 heart-throb gondoliers and 24 prospective brides, there should be a problem, but no, Giussepe and Marco will let fate chose their mates. And one of them may be the King of nearby Barataria, but which one? They rule the palace in tandem, until all is resolved with typical Gilbertian ingenuity
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 G65 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, or, The lass who loved a sailor
- Author: Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
Publication information: [S.l.] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: On the quarter-deck of H.M.S. Pinafore, Captain Corcoran and his crew await the coming of Sir Joseph Porter, who is going to inspect Corcoran's ship and marry his daughter, Josephine. But Josephine is secretly in love with Ralph Rackstraw, a member of the crew. They attempt to elope, but are apprehended. Through a strange twist revealed by Buttercup, the bumboat woman, Ralph and the Captain end up exchanging places, and all ends happily after all
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 H6 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe, or, The peer and the peri
- Author: Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
Publication information: [S.l.] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Iolanthe used to be the life and soul of Fairyland but was banished 25 years ago for marrying a mortal. Now, pardoned by the Fairy Queen she returns as a beautiful teenager, but with a 24-year-old son, Strephon, who is half fairy, half mortal. He is in love with Phyllis, a ward of the rather susceptible Lord Chancellor. For a while, these complications wreck havoc with the proceedings of the House of Lords, giving Gilbert a chance to poke fun at that august institution
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 I65 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert & Sullivan's the mikado, or, The town of Titipu
- Author: Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
Publication information: [S.l.] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A wandering minstrel, Nanki-Poo, is searching for Yum-Yum, with whom he has fallen in love. But Yum-Yum is betrothed to Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner. Ko-Ko is under pressure from the absent Mikado to perform an execution and persuades the suicidal Nanki-Plo to be his victim. The fact that Nanki-Poo is in fact the heir to the throne of Japan creates an awkward situation when the Mikado arrives in person
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 M5 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience, or, Bunthorne's bride
- Author: Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
Publication information: [S.l.] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The lovesick maidens of Castle Bunthorne forsake their handsome soldier suitors to pursue poet, asthete and fake Reginald Bunthorne. But he loves the village milkmaid Patience, who doesn't like poetry or understand love. When she finally discovers what it means, it is Reginalds's rival that she decides to marry. While all around agree to wed, Reginald is left wife-less ... and happy
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 P3 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, or, The slave of duty
- Author: Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
Publication information: [S.l.] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A group of pirates celebrate the coming of age of their apprentice, Frederic. But Frederic has only been a pirate because of his sense of duty. He plans to go to the police and have them arrested. The arrival of a chorus of beautiful 17-year-old girls on a beach outing with their guardian, Major-General Stanley, leads to one complication after another
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 P57 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida, or, Castle Adamant
- Publication information: [United States?] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Hilarion, awaiting the arrival of Princess Ida, who was betrothed to him twenty years earlier at the age of one, learns that she has renounced mankind and formed a women's university from which men are strictly barred
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 P75 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, or, The witch's curse
- Author: Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
Publication information: [S.l.] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (115 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A witch's curse binds each Lord of Ruddigore to commit a crime a day or die. Meantime, in the local fishing village, all the young men are in love with pretty Rose Maybud. Her secret favorite is Robin who, unfortunately, is really the Lord of Ruddigore living incognito to avoid the family curse. He is exposed and forced into a life of crime, until faultless logic offers an ingenious solution and a blissful reunion with Rose
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 R84 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert & Sullivan's the sorcerer
- Publication information: [United States?] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, [1996?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Alexis, son of Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, determined that all share the purity of his true love to Aline, daughter of Lady Sangazure, arranges for a love potion to be administered to everyone in the village
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 S67 1996
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert and Sullivan's trial by jury
- Publication information: [S.l.] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, [1996?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Trial by jury: The judge in a breach of promise case delivers an unusual verdict after telling the story of his own rise to wealth and success which involved marrying and then deserting the daughter of a rich lawyer. Cox and Box: A London landlord rents the same room to two tenants, one by day and one by night. When the two tenants eventually meet, they discover they are both engaged to the same woman
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 T75 1996
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Gilbert & Sullivan's the yeomen of the guard, or, The merryman and his maid
- Publication information: [United States?] : Goldcrest Films International Concord, MA : Distributed by Opera World, [1996?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Phoebe Meryll's father has a plan to save Colonel Fairfax from execution. Fairfax needs to marry before he dies, and Elsie, the sweetheart of Jack Point, the professional jester, agrees to be his temporary bride
Call Number: MO 14 .S95 Y4 1996
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Yentl
- Publication information: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, [c1989]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (134 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Set in Eastern Europe in the early 1900's, Yentl tells the story of a young woman who wishes desperately to learn. Because of the prejudice against women studying, she disguises herself as a man
Call Number:Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Hairspray
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (92 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one dance revue
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Hairspray
- Publication information: [Burbank, Calif.] : New Line Home Entertainment, c2002
Physical description: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one dance revue
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- All that jazz
- Publication information: [New York] : CBS/Fox Video, c1985
Physical description: 1 videocassette (123 min.) : sd., col 1/2 in
Description: The story of an obsessed, pill-popping chain-smoking choreographer/director dancing simultaneously with love and death. But even while dying, he creates some great dancing. Based on the life of Bob Fosse
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Annie
- Publication information: [Burbank, Calif.] : Walt Disney Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Made-for-television film of the stage play, which tells the story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire Daddy Warbucks
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Annie
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, c1981
Physical description: 1 videocassette (128 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Little Orphan Annie's week with a billionaire stretches into many weeks in the New York City of the 1930s
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- All that jazz
- Publication information: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : 20th Century Fox, 2003
Physical description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: The story of an obsessed, pill-popping chain-smoking choreographer/director dancing simultaneously with love and death. But even while dying, he creates some great dancing. Based on the life of Bob Fosse
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Bye bye Birdie
- Publication information: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c1999
Physical description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones
- Publication information: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Fox Video, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Joe, a military policeman about to make officer, is infatuated with the flirtatious and sexy Carmen Jones. Their ill-fated romance comes to a grisly end by the conclusion of the drama but not before their liaison has wreaked havoc with their lives and all who cross their paths
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Damn Yankees
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (110 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Joe Boyd, an armchair athlete, would give anything to watch his sad-sack Washington Senators murder those invincible New York Yankees and grab the American League pennant--even sell his soul to the devil. The devil interferes in the fortunes of the failing baseball team
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Funny face
- Publication information: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, c1985
Physical description: 1 videocassette (103 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A musical about Paris, the world of high fashion, photography, models--and love
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Good news
- Publication information: [New York, NY] : Distributed by MGM/UA Home Video, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (95 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The gone-but-not-forgotten college days of the 20's are brought alive again in this adaptation of the Broadway musical hit
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Godspell
- Publication information: Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, c2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: Film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew. Set in contemporary New York City, the film features a cast drawn from both the original New York and various stage companies
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Gotta dance, gotta sing
- Publication information: [S.l.] : RKO Home Video, 1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd, col. 1/2 in
Description: A compilation of film clips from great Hollywood musical films
Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 G68 1984
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Grease
- Publication information: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (110 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Musical concerning the romance between a teen-age gang-leader and his naive girlfriend. Set in the 1950's
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Grease
- Publication information: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Pictures, c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (127 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Musical concerning the romance between a teen-age gang-leader and his naive girlfriend, set in the 1950's (110 min.). Edition includes retrospective interviews with principal stars, director and producer (17 min.)
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Grease
- Publication information: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, 2002
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Musical concerning the romance between a teen-age gang-leader and his naive girlfriend, set in the 1950's
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Hairspray
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion-- to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, The Corny Collins Show and is transformed overnight from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. But can the trendsetting Tracy win the heart of teen-dream Link Larkin and stand up for what she believes in, despite the program's scheming stage manager?
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Into the woods
- Publication information: [United States] : Brandman Productions, Inc. [Chatsworth, CA] : Distributed by Image Entertainment, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 153 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The fairy tale characters of Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, and Jack (and the Beanstalk) are linked together through the characters of a baker and his wife. Their stories intertwine as they all search for something different in the woods. After they have all found happiness, they must band together to fight a giant
Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 I6 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Into the woods
- Publication information: [Chatsworth, CA] : Brandman Productions, Inc. : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [1999], c1990
Physical description: 1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: The fairy tale characters of Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Jack (and the Beanstalk) are linked together with the characters of a baker and his wife. Their stories intertwine as they all search for something different in the woods. After they have all found happiness, they must band together to fight a giant
Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 I6 1999
Location: General
Format: DVD
- Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat
- Publication information: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2000]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (78 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A lively and colorful journey through ancient Egypt, Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat follows the rags-to-riches story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colors
Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 J6 2000
Location: General
Format: VHS
- King of jazz
- Publication information: Universal City, Calif. : MCA Home Video, 1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in
Description: A lavish jazz Revue with music by George Gershwin, played out against breathtaking backgrounds in addition to comedy sketches, blackouts and individual song, dance and novelty specialties
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- The Music man
- Publication information: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (151 min.) : sd., col., stereo. 1/2 in
Description: Silver-tongued con artist Harold Hill hoodwinks the stubborn townsfolk of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy's band but his game ultimately--and romantically--backfires
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Parapluies de Cherbourg: The umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Publication information: New York : Fox Lorber Home Video, c1997
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: A tender, bittersweet love story, sung throughout in French
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Stephen Sondhiem's passion
- Publication information: [S.l.] : ABC Distribution Co. Troy, MI : Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, c1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: In 19th century Italy a love triangle develops between a young army captain, the woman he loves and the woman who loves him
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Singin' in the rain
- Publication information: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 1 hr., 43 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Spoof of the early days of talkie films
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Singin' in the rain
- Publication information: Santa Monica, CA : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, [1998]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Set in Hollywood during the roaring 20s, this musical spoofs the early days of talkie films
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Singin' in the rain
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Home Video, c2000
Physical description: 1 videocassette (103 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Set in Hollywood during the roaring 20s, this musical spoofs the early days of talkie films
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Singin' in the rain
- Publication information: Burbank, Calif. : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Home Video, c2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: A musical parody of Hollywood's frantic transition to the talkies during the late twenties
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Singin' in the rain
- Publication information: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c2002
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: A musical parody of Hollywood's frantic transition to the talkies during the late twenties
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's the sound of music
- Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment [2000]
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (334 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment
Contents: disc 1. The feature (175 min.). Running commentary by Robert Wise-- DVD-ROM link to The sound of music web sites and events;disc 2. Supplemental. Original 1965 documentary Salzburg sight and sound (36 min.) -- Documentary : The sound of music : from fact to phenomenon with cast interviews, rare music outtakes, photos and more (87 min.) -- Audio supplement by Ernest Lehman (36 min.) -- Interviews with Julie Andrews and Robert Wise -- DVD-ROM games and links to fan site -- Storyboards, sketches, production stills, theatrical trailers, radio and TV spots
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's The sound of music
- Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005 + contents insert
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 174 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Maria is a spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Sunday in the park with George
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [1990], c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (145 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Musical inspired by the painting, A Sunday afternoon on the island of Grand Jatte, and based loosely on the life of its creator, Georges Seurat
Call Number: PN 1995.9 .M86 S8 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street
- Publication information: [United States] : Turner Home Entertainment Burbank, Ca : Warner Home Video, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: An adaptation of the play, in which the title character is not only a barber but also a thief and murderer
Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 S9 2004
Location: General
Format: DVD
- Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of Fleet Street
- Publication information: Hollywood, Calif. : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2008]
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: An adaptation of the musical, in which the title character is not only a barber, but also a thief and a murderer
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- The Wiz
- Publication information: Universal City, CA : MCA Universal Home Video, [1992]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (133 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Modern African-American version of The wizard of Oz, based on the Broadway show. Dorothy is a shy Harlem kindergarten teacher who is transported to the land of Oz during a blizzard. There she meets up with assorted characters who accompany her on her journey down the yellow brick road
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Xanadu
- Publication information: Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, Inc, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (96 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A muse is sent to earth to help mortals make their dreams come true
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Ziegfeld follies
- Publication information: [New York] : MGM/UA Home Video, c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (109 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A musical salute to Broadway's most opulent producer of stage reviews, The Great Ziegfeld
Call Number: PN 1995.9 .M86 Z5 1987
Location: General
Format: VHS
- That's entertainment
- Publication information: New York : MGM/CBS Home Video, 1980
Physical description: 1 videocassette (122 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Musical sequences from nearly 100 MGM musicals and the narration of such entertainers as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, and others, are used to mark MGM's 50th anniversary of movie-making
Call Number: PN1999.M4 T4 pt.1 1980
Location: General
Format: VHS
- That's entertainment!
- Publication information: [Santa Monica, CA] : MGM/UA Home Video, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. & b&w 1/2 in
Description: Musical sequences from nearly 100 M-G-M musicals, plus a collection of behind-the-scenes footage and musical outtakes never before presented in motion picture theatres
Call Number: PN1999.M4 T4 pt.3 1994
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Annie get your gun
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment/Warner Home Video, c2000
Physical description: 1 videocassette (127 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Frank Butler, handsome star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, bags clay pigeons and ladies' hearts. He's the best marksman in the world--until a backwoods hoyden challenges him. Her name-- Annie Oakley
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Les misérables in concert: a musical
- Publication information: London, [England] : VCI [Culver City, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1996, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (160 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Brings together a company of over 250 performers, featuring many of the stars who have appeared in the musical worldwide
Call Number: PQ2287.M5 M5 1996
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Les misérables: the musical that swept the world, in concert
- Publication information: London : VCI [Culver City, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1998]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (147 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Brings together a company of over 250 performers, featuring many of the stars who have appeared in the musical worldwide
Contents: Side 1. Act 1 (80 min.) -- Side 2. Act 2 (67 min.)
Call Number: PQ2287.M5 M5 1998
Location: General
Format: DVD
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
- Publication information: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2005]
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 141 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with Christine, the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- The Wizard of Oz
- Publication information: New York, N.Y. : MGM/UA Home Video, c1966
Physical description: 1 videocassette (101 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Tossed by a Kansas twister into a world of enchantment, Dorothy seeks the Wizard of Oz to help her find her way home
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Seven brides for seven brothers
- Publication information: Burbak, CA : Warner Home Video [Santa Monica, Calif.] : Turner Entertainment, c2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: When the new bride of a roughneck Oregon pioneer finds she has to keep house for her husband's six rowdy brothers, she decides to groom them so that they can find brides of their own
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- West side story
- Publication information: Farmington Hills, Mich. : CBS/Fox Video, 1983
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (152 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A modern version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in the Puerto Rican section of New York City
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- West side story
- Publication information: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [1998], c1961
Physical description: 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([8] p. : col. ill. 19 cm.)
Description: This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- West side story
- Publication information: Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 2000, c1961
Physical description: 1 videocassette (151 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A modern version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in the Puerto Rican section of New York City
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- My fair lady
- Publication information: New York, N.Y. : CBS Fox Video, c1990
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (171 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A Cockney waif is transformed by Professor Henry Higgins into an elegant lady
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- My fair lady
- Publication information: [New York?] : CBS Video Beverly Hills, Calif. : [Distributed by] 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [1996]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (171 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A Cockney waif is transformed by a linguistics professor into an elegant lady
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- How to succeed in business without really trying
- Publication information: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (121 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Follows J. Pierpont Finch as he makes a meteoric rise from mailroom to junior executive, captures the heart of a pretty office worker and the admiring eye of the president--all in the morning of his second day at work. It's only a matter of hours 'til his sights are set on the company boardroom
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: VHS
- Oklahoma
- Publication information: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2003]
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Laurie, an Oklahoma farm gal is courted by boisterous cowboy Curley and by menacing, obsessive farm hand Jud Frye. Fearing that Jud will do something terrible to Curley, Laurie accepts Jud's invitation to the box social. But Curley rescues Laurie from Jud's unwanted advances, and wins her hand. On the eve of their wedding, Laurie and Curley are menaced by Jud. During a fight with Curley, Jud falls on his own knife and is killed. The local deputy insists that Curley be arrested, but he is outvoted by Curley's friends, and the newlyweds are permitted to ride off on their honeymoon
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
- Die 3 Groschen Oper: The 3 penny opera
- Publication information: [S.l.] : Janus Films : [Distributed by] Home Vision, [198-?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (107 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in
Description: Social satire set in Victorian London in which both government and underworld are portrayed as amoral and polluted by economic and political chaos. Polly Peachum, daughter of the king of the beggars, with the help of Mackie Messer and his gang, opens a bank in the belief that legal thievery is more profitable than larceny. In the end, Polly's father, Mackie, and the corrupt police commissioner become partners in the bank and mainstays of society
Call Number: PT 2603 .R397 D5 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS
- Mary Poppins
- Publication information: [Burbank, CA] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004]
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 139 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: An irrepressible nanny soars out of the London skies, bringing a carpetbag of magical advenetures into the lives of the Banks family on Cherry Tree Lane. Blends live-action and animation
Call Number: Shelved by title
Location: Video Rental Collection
Format: DVD
22 July 2008
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