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Berger, William. The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Opera. New York: Grand Central Press/Perigee, 2002. [782.1 BERGER]
Greenberg, Robert. How to Listen to and Understand Opera. Springfield, Va.: Teaching Company Limited Partnership, 1997. 8 videocasettes [VID 782.1 HOW]
Harewood, George Henry Hubert Lascelles, Earl of. Kobbe's Illustrated Opera Book: Twenty Six of the World's Best-Loved Operas. New York: Putnam, 1989. [782.1026 H223k]
Lang, Paul Henry. The Experience of Opera. New York: W. W. Norton, 1973. [781 L255e]
Maynard, Olga. Enjoying Opera. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1966. [781 M454e]
Pauly, Reinhard G. Music and the Theater: An Introduction to Opera. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1970. [781 P286m]
Weisstein, Ulrich. The Essence of Opera. New York: Norton, 1969. [781 W438e]
History and Analysis of Opera
Brockway, Wallace. The World of Opera: the Story of its Origins and the Lore of its Performance. New York: Pantheon Books, 1962. [781 B783w]
Conrad, Peter. Romantic Opera and Literary Form. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1977. [781 C763r]
Donington, Robert. The Rise of Opera. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1981. [781 D717r]
Ewen, David. Opera: Its Story Told Through the Lives and Works of its Composers. New York: F. Watts, 1972. [781 E84o]
Lyric Opera of Chicago. The Lyric Opera Companion: The History, Lore, and Stories of the World's Greatest Operas. Kansas City: Andres and McMeel, 1991. [782.1026 L995
Marek, George Richard. Opera as Theater. New York: Harper & Row, 1962. [781.10 M334o]
Orrey, Leslie. A Concise History of Opera. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1972. [781 O75c]
Marek, George Richard. The World Treasury of Grand Opera, Its Triumphs, Trials, and Great Personalities. New York: Harper, 1957. [781 M33w]
The Oxford History of Opera. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. [782.106 O98]
Schmidgall, Gary. Literature as Opera. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. [781 S348L]
Somerset-Ward, Richard. The Story of Opera. New York: Abrams, 1998. [782.106 SOMERSET Story of]
Bonavia, Ferruccio. Verdi. London: Oxford University Press, 1930. [780 V58B]
Budden, Julian. Verdi. New York: Schirmer Books, 1996. [782.1092 V584B]
Conati, Marcello, ed. Encounters with Verdi. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1984. [782.1092 V584C]
Gatti, Carlo. Verdi: The Man and His Music. New York: Putnam, 1955. [780 V58G]
Hussey, Dyneley. Verdi. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1963. [780 V58H]
Martin, George Whitney. Aspects of Verdi. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1988. [782.1092 V584M]
Martin, George Whitney. Verdi: His Music, Life and Times. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1963. [780 V58Ma]
Osborne, Charles. Verdi: A Life in the Theatre. New York: Knopf, 1987. [782.1092 VERDI Osborne]
Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane. Verdi: A Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. [782.1092 V584P]
Rosselli, John. The Life of Verdi. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. [782.1092 VERDI Rosselli]
Sheean, Vincent. Orpheus at Eighty. New York: Random House, 1958. [780 V58S]
Walker, Frank. The Man Verdi. New York: Knopf, 1962. [780 V58Wa]
Weaver, William and Martin Chusid, eds. The Verdi Companion. New York: W. W. Norton, 1979. [780 V58.3]
Ybarra, T. R. Verdi: Miracle Man of Opera. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955. [780 V58y]
Letters and Documents
Busch, Hans, comp. Verdi's Aïda: The History of an Opera in Letters and Documents. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1978. [781 V584]
Verdi, Giuseppe. Verdi, the Man in His Letters. Edited by Franz Werfel and Paul Stefan. New York: L. B. Fischer, 1942. [780 V58]
Verdi, Giuseppe. Letters of Giuseppe Verdi. Selected and edited by Charles Osborne. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. [780 V58.2]
Weaver, William, comp. Verdi: A Documentary Study. London: Thames & Hudson, 1977. [780 V58W]
Analysis of the Operas
Berger, William. Verdi With a Vengeance: An Energetic Guide to the Life and Complete Works of the King of Opera. New York: Vintage Books, 2000. [782.1092 VERDI Berger]
Budden, Julian. The Operas of Verdi. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978-1981. 3 vols. [781 B859o]
Godefroy, Vincent. The Dramatic Genius of Verdi: Studies of Selected Operas. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976-1978. 2 vols. [781 G542d]
Kimbell, David R. B. Verdi in the Age of Italian Romanticism. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981. [782.1092 V584k]
Knaust, Rebecca. The Complete Guide to Aïda. New York: McAfee Books, 1978. [781 K729ca]
Osborne, Charles. The Complete Operas of Verdi. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1970. [780 V58G]
Sound Recordings of Verdi's Operas
- Oberto (1839)
- Orfeo (1984). CAST: Ghena Dimitrova, Carlo Bergonzi, Ruza Baldani, Alison Browner, Rolando Perai. Chorus of the Bavarian Radio, Munich Radio Orchestra, conducted by Lamberto Gardelli. [B OPERA VERDI Oberto]
- Un Giorno de Regno (1840)
- Philips (1989). CAST: Jessye Norman, Fiorenza Cossotto, José Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, and others. Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Lamberto Gardelli. [B OPERA VERDI Giorno]
- Nabucco (1842)
- Deutsche Grammophon (1983). CAST: Piero Cappuccilli, Placido Domingo, Evgeny Nesterenko, Ghena Dimitrova, and others. Chor und orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli. [B OPERA VERDI Nabucco]
- I Lombardi (1843)
- Distributions Madacy, Inc., (1993) CAST: Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Scotto, Ruggero Baimondi, Umberto Grilli. Rome Opera House Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Gianandra Gavanozzi.
- Ernani (1844)
- EMI (1983). CAST: Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and others. Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, conducted by Riccardo Muti. [B OPERA VERDI Ernani]
- Macbeth (1847)
- EMI Classics (1997). CAST: Maria Callas, Enzo Mascherini, Italo Tajo, Gino Penno, Luciano Della Pergola, and others. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, conducted by Victor de Sabata. [B OPERA VERDI Macbeth]
- Luisa Miller (1849)
- Sony Classical (1992) CAST: Aprile Millo, Wendy White, Florence Quivar, Placido Domingo, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Paul Plishka, Vladimir Chernov. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine. [B OPERA VERDI Luisa (at PP)]
- Il Trovatore (1853)
- Deutsche Grammophon (1984). CAST: Placido Domingo, Rosalind Plowright, Brigitte Fassbaender, Giorgio Zancanaro, Evgeny Nesterenko; Coro e Orchestra dell' Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. [782.1 V584trG]
Sony Classical (1994). CAST: Placido Domingo, Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick, Vladimir Chernov, James Morris. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine. [B OPERA VERDI Trovator]
Naxos (1995). CAST: Daniela Longhi, Irina Tschistiakova, Maurizio Frusoni, Roberto Servile, Franco de Brandi. Budapest Festival Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Will Humburg. [B OPERA VERDI Trovator] - La Traviata (1853)
- Vox Music Group (1996). CAST: Virginia Zeani, Elena Simionescu, Ion Buzea, Nicolae Herlea. Chorus and Orchestra of the Romanian Opera of Bucharest, conducted by Jean Bobescu. [782.1 V584tBo]
Deutsche Grammophon (1977). CAST: Ileana Cotrubas, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes. Bayerischer Staatsopernchor & Staatsorchester, conducted by Carlos Kleiber. [B OPERA VERDI Traviata]
Qubec (1983/92). CAST: Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Atilio d'Orazi, Luciana Rezzadore, and others. Conducted by G. Patene Cara. [782..1V584t]
EMI (1990). CAST: Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, and others. Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. [B OPERA VERDI Traviata]
Sony Classical (1993). CAST:Tiziana Fabbricini, Nicoletta Curiel, Antonella Trevisan, Roberto Alagna, Paolo Coni, and others. Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, conducted by Riccardo Muti. [782.1 V584tM]
EMI (1997). CAST: Maria Callas, Luisa Mandelli, Silvana Zanolli, Giusepped di Stefano, Giuseppe Zampieri, Franco Ricciardi, Ettore Bastianini, and others. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. [782.1 V584tG2] - I Vespri Siciliani (1855)
- EMI (1990). CAST: Cheryl Studer, Chris Merrit, Giorgio Zancanaro, Ferruccio Furlanetto; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, conducted by Riccardo Muti. [B OPERA VERDI I Vespri]
- Un Ballo in Maschera (1859)
- EMI (1987). CAST: Maria Callas, Fedora Barbieri, Giusepped di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, and others. Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Opera House, Milan, conducted by Antonino Votto. [B OPERA VERDI Ballo]
London (1985). CAST: Margaret Price, Kathleen Battle, Christa Ludwig, Luciano Pavarotti, Renato Bruson, and others. National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti. [B OPERA VERDI Ballo] - La Forza del Destino (1862)
- Deutsche Grammophon (1987). CAST:Rosalind Plowright, Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Renato Bruson, Juan Pons, Paata Burchuladze, and others. Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli. [B OPERA VERDI Forza del]
- Don Carlo (1867)
- EMI (1986). CAST:Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Ruggero Raimondi, and others. Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. [B OPERA VERDI Don]
Allegro (1968). CAST: Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bruno Prevedi, Piero Cappuccilli, Fiorenza Cossotto, Martti Talvela and others. Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Claudio Abbado. [B OPERA VERDI Don]
Deutsche Grammophon (1985). CAST: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Ruggero Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, conducted by Claudio Abbado. [B OPERA VERDI Don] - Aïda (1871)
- RCA Victor (1968). CAST: Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Jussi Bjoerling, Leonard Warren, Boris Christoff and others. Rome Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Jonel Perlea. [B OPERA VERDI Aida]
Sony Classical (1991). CAST: Aprile Millo, Placido Domingo, Dolora Zajick, James Morris, Samuel Ramey, and others. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine. [782.1 V584a]
Naxos (1995). CAST: Maria Dragoni, Kristjan Johannsson, Barbara Dever, Mark Rucker, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna. National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Rico Saccani. [B OPERA VERDI Aida]
EMI (1989). CAST: Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry, Mario Sereni. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, conducted by Zubin Mehta. [EFP 782.1 V584aM] - Otello (1887)
- RCA Red Seal (1985). CAST: Placido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Sherrill Milnes and others. Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Boys Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by James Levine. [B OPERA VERDI Otello]
EMI (1986). CAST:Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Justino Diaz, and others. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, conducted by Lorin Maazel. [B OPERA VERDI Otello]
Deutsche Grammophon (1994). CAST: Placido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Sergei Leiferkus, Denyce Graves, and others. Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opéra Bastille, conducted by Myung-Whun Chung. [B OPERA VERDI Otello] - Falstaff (1893)
- Philips (1980). CAST: Janet Perry, Christa Ludwig, Francisco Araiza, Giuseppe Taddei, and others. Wiener Staatsopernchor and Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. [B OPERA VERDI Falstaff]
CBS Records (1988). CAST: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and others. Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. [B OPERA VERDI Falstaff]
Videorecordings of Verdi's Operas
- Aïda. Thorn EMI Video, 1984.
- CAST: Maria Chiara, Nicola Martinucci, Fiorenza Cossotto, Giuseppe Scandola. Chorus, Orchestra and Corps de Ballet of the Arena di Verona, conducted by Anton Guadagno. [VID 782 Ai]
- Ernani. Thorn EMI Video, 1982.
- CAST: Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson, Nicolai Ghiaurov. Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Riccardo Muti. [VID 782 E]
- Falstaff. Thorn EMI Video, 1983.
- CAST: Renato Bruson, Katia Ricciarelli, Leo Nucci, Barbara Hendricks, Dalmacio Gonzalez, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Brenda Boozer. Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. [VID 782 F]
- La Traviata. MCA Home Video, 1982.
- CAST: Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil. Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by James Levine. [VID 782.1 Tra]
- La Traviata. Video Artists International, 1991.
- CAST: Anna Moffo, Gino Bechi, Franco Bonisolli. Opera and Chorus of the Rome Opera, conducted by Giuseppe Patane. [VID 782 Tra]
- Otello. Media Home Entertainment, 1986.
- CAST: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz, Petra Malakova, Urbano Barberini. Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Lorin Maazel. [VID 782 O]
- Otello. Public Media Home Vision, 1992.
- CAST: Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sergei Leiferkus. Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conducted by Georg Solti. [VID 782.1 Ote .2]
- Otello. Thorn EMI Video, 1982.
- CAST: Vladimir Atlantov, Kiri Te Kanawa, Piero Cappuccilli. Chorus, Orchestra and Corps de Ballet of the Arena di Verona, conducted by Zoltan Pesko. [VID 782.1 Ote]
- Rigoletto. London, 1990.
- CAST: Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Luciano Pavarotti. Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Riccardo Chailly. [VID 792.5 RIGOLETT]
- Simon Boccanegra. Bel Canto, 1984.
- CAST: Sherrill Milnes, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Vasile Moldoveanu, Paul Plishka. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine. [VID 782 Si]
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