The following list of operas and shows have been donated to the Belfast Free Library.
1. Berg’s Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera
2. Bernstein’s Candide by London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus,
Leonard Bernstein conducting
3. Bernstein’s West Side Story Mirisch Pictures
4. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera
5. Britten’s The Beggar’s Opera by the Royal Opera Covent Garden
6. Delius’ A Village Romeo and Juliet by Orf Symphonieorchester
7. Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande by the Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera, directed by Peter Stein
8. Eisenstein’s Alexander Nevsky by Filmexport Studios
9. Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera
10. Handel’s Agrippina by Schwetzingen Festival Orchestra,
Arnold Ostman conducting
11. Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen by the Orchestra and Chorus of the
Opera National de Paris
12. Kern’s Show Boat by Jonas Whale
13. Menotti’s The Consul
14. Mozart’s Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail by the Royal Opera Covent Garden
15. Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera
16. Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo by Le Concert des Nations/LaCapella Reial de Catalunya
17. Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov by the Kirov Opera
18. Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet by the Royal Ballet Covent Garden
19. Pucini’s La Fanciulla del West by the Metropolitan Opera
20. Pucini’s Turandot by the Vienna State Opera
21. Purcell’s The Fairy Queen by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
and the Glyndebourne Chorus
22. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas by Les Arts Florissants, William Christie conducting
23. Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortileges & L’Heure Espagnole by the
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
24. Sondheim’s Into the Woods by the America Playhouse
25. Strauss’ Capriccio with Renee Fleming by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Andrew Davis
26. Stravinsky and the Ballets Russe The Firebird/Le Sacre du Printem, Marinsky Orchestra and Ballet, Valery Gergiev
27. Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress by the Glyndebourne Chorus and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
28. Thomas’ Hamlet by the Barcelona Opera (2004)
29. Verdi’s Falstaff by the Metropolitan Opera
30. Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera by the Metropolitan Opera, James Levine conducting, with Luciano Pavarotti
31. Von Weber’s Der Freischutz by the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
32. Weill’s Threepenny Opera an audio CD of a Decca Broadway Original Cast Album
33. Weill’s 3 Penny Opera directed by G.W.Pabst
As a bonus, we also have the following opera books to lend:
Memoirs of an Opera Bug by Beaumont Glass
Lexicon of Musical Invective by Nicolas Slonimsky
100 Great Operas by Henry Simon