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2) Aida
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English
Description
Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved.
3) A night at the opera: an irreverent guide to the plots, the singers, the composers, the recordings
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Language
English
Description
Explores the plots, characters, and musical scores to a wide range of operas, including Wagner's "Ring" cycle, "Don Giovanni," "Figaro," and "Adriana Lecouvreur." Offers critical opinions and critiques of each opera, along with brief biographies of the composers, conductors, and singers of note in opera history.
4) Brundibar
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Language
English
Description
Aninku and Pepicek find their mother sick one morning, they need to buy her milk to make her better. The brother and sister go to town to make money by singing. But a hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, chases them away. They are helped by three talking animals and three hundred schoolchildren, to defeat the bully. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp...