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The Metropolitan Opera stories of the great operas
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3 editions published in 2002 in English and Persian and held by 1,520 libraries worldwide
La Bohème
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17 editions published between 1907 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,227 libraries worldwide Metropolitan Opera's production of the opera by Puccini. The relationships of two Bohemians and their sweethearts develop stormily until both couples separate. While the two men are lamenting their loneliness in their Paris attic, one of the girl friends comes for help for the other who has consumption and wants to be taken to her lover to die. The opera is followed by a special program showing behind the scenes preparation for the production.
La traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
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69 editions published between 1939 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 886 libraries worldwide The story of a beautiful courtesan dying of consumption and her love for a poor nobleman.
Sing me a story : the Metropolitan Opera's book of opera stories for children
by Jane Rosenberg
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8 editions published between 1989 and 2001 in English and held by 735 libraries worldwide An illustrated retelling of the plots of fifteen well-known operas.
La Traviata
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11 editions published between 1930 and 1991 in Italian and English and held by 732 libraries worldwide The story of a beautiful courtesan dying of consumption and her love for a poor nobleman. Based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera.
Aida
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11 editions published between 1907 and 2011 in Italian and English and held by 706 libraries worldwide An Egyptian soldier falls in love with his Ethiopian captive.
Vanessa
by Samuel Barber
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25 editions published between 1957 and 2010 in English and French and held by 650 libraries worldwide
Turandot
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10 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in Italian and English and held by 640 libraries worldwide Puccini's Turandot based on an outstanding MET production from 1988 with Eva Marton and Placido Damingo.
Lucia di Lammermoor
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8 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in Italian and held by 623 libraries worldwide Encrico tries to force his sister to wed Arturo in order to save a family fortune.
Carmen
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5 editions published between 1989 and 2000 in French and held by 580 libraries worldwide In 19th century Seville, Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don José, who abandons his career, his fiancée, and his dying mother for Carmen.
The barber of Seville
by Gioacchino Rossini
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47 editions published between 1959 and 2011 in Italian and English and held by 542 libraries worldwide This 1950 production of Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia features Lily Pons as Rosina, Giuseppe di Stefano as Count Almaviva and Guiseppe Valdengo as Figaro.
Carmen Oper in 4 Akten
by Georges Bizet
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85 editions published between 1936 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 487 libraries worldwide 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.
Die Walküre
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7 editions published between 1990 and 2002 in German and held by 471 libraries worldwide Videorecording of a performance sung in German of the second part of Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1989.
L'Elisir d'amore
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13 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in Italian and held by 469 libraries worldwide A comic opera about a young man who drinks a "magic" potion to make the girl he desires fall in love with him.
Un ballo in maschera
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14 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in Italian and held by 458 libraries worldwide Riccardo, governor of Boston at the end of the 17th cent., falls in love with Amelia, wife of Renato, his secretary and intimate friend. Amelia returns Riccardo's love, but is discovered by her husband. At a masked ball Renato kills Riccardo, who, as he lies dying, declares Amelia's innocence and forgives Renato.
Siegfried
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7 editions published between 1990 and 2002 in German and held by 458 libraries worldwide The third opera in the "Ring cycle." Siegfried follows the adventures of the son of demigods Siegmund and Sieglinde as he conquers his enemies and rescues the beauteous Brunnhilde with the help of his magic sword.
Don Carlo
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10 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in Italian and English and held by 451 libraries worldwide Philip II of Spain marries Elisabeth de Valois, who was engaged to his son, the Infante, Don Carlos. In trying to secure freedom for the Netherlands, Carlos is arrested. Escaping, he meets Elisabeth secretly, but they are spied upon, and only the apparition of his grandfather, Charles V, saves Carlos from the Inquisition.
Otello
by Giuseppe Verdi
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50 editions published between 1940 and 2011 in Italian and No Linguistic content and held by 431 libraries worldwide The Met's production of Verdi's Otello from 1995, with Placido Domingo in one of his greatest roles opposite the stunning Renee Fleming in her first breakaway Met success.
Manon Lescaut
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11 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in Italian and held by 418 libraries worldwide Puccini's opera about a pair of doomed lovers. Previews of other opera highlights precede feature.
Macbeth
by Giuseppe Verdi
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35 editions published between 1959 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 411 libraries worldwide more
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Alternative Names
MET
Met (New York)
Met (New York, N.Y.)
Metropolitan Opera Association (New York)
Metropolitan Opera Association (New York, N.Y.)
Metropolitan Opera Company (New York, N.Y.)
Metropolitan opera house New York, N.Y.
New York (City). Metropolitan Opera
New York. Metropolitan Opera House
New York (N.Y.) Metropolitan opera
Teatro metropolitan di New York
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English (1,279) German (613) French (350) No Linguistic content (87) Multiple languages (40) Russian (40) Undetermined (33) Czech (13) Sanskrit (1) Japanese (1) Persian (1) Polish (1) Hebrew (1) Latin (1) Covers
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