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** Videos **

	Wagner - Tristan Und Isolde (1999) James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Brian Large, dir. Ben Heppner / Jane Eaglen / Katarina Dalayman / Hans-Joachim Ketelsen / René Pape - COMING TO DVD JANUARY 2004 - link / '04
	Mozart - Don Giovanni (1954) Wilhelm Furtwangler, Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert Graf, dir. Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Della Casa (Donna Elvira) / '04
	Verdi - Un Ballo In Maschera (1991) James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Brian Large, dir. Luciano Pavarotti (Gustavo III), Leo Nucci (Renato Anckarstrom), Aprile Millo (Amelia), Florence Quivar (Ulrica) / '04
	Rossini - La Cenerentola (1996) Bruno Campanella, Houston Grand Opera / Brian Large, dir. Cecilia Bartoli (Angelina), Enzo Dara (Don Magnifico), Raul Gimenez (Don Ramiro), Alessandro Corbelli (Dandini), Michele Pertusi (Alidoro, the "fairy godfather") / '04
	Verdi - Aida (1981) Anton Guadagno, Orch. of the Arena di Verona / Brian Large, dir. Maria Chiara (Aida), Nicola Martinucci (Radames), Fiorenza Cossotto, Giuseppe Scandola / '04
	Verdi - Falstaff (1983) Carlo Maria Giulini, Royal Opera Covent Garden / Brian Large, dir. Renato Bruson (Falstaff), Katia Ricciareli (Alice Ford), Leo Nucci (Ford), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Mistress Quickly), Barbara Hendricks (Nanetta), Dalmacio Gonzales (Fenton) / '04
	Verdi - Aida (1986) Lorin Maazel, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Luca Ronconi, dir. Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Nicolai Ghiaurov (King of Egypt), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze / '03
	Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte (1992) John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists Amanda Roocroft (Fiordiligi), Rosa Mannion (Dorabella), Rodney Gilfry (Guglielmo), Rainer Trost (Ferrando), Eirian James (Despina), Claudio Nicolai (Don Alfonso) / performed live @ Theatre du Chatelet in Paris / '03
	Bizet - Carmen (1984) Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National de France / Franco Zeffirelli film Placido Domingo (Don Jose), Julia Migenes (Carmen), Faith Esham (Michaela) / '03
	Puccini - Turandot (1989) James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Franco Zeffirelli Eva Marton (Turandot), Placido Domingo (Calaf), Leona Mitchell (Liu), Paul Plishka (Timur), Brian Schexnayder (Ping), Allan Glassman (Pang), Anthony Laciura (Pong) / '03
	Leoncavallo - Pagliacci (1990) (or Cav-Pag on DVD) Georges Pretre, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano / Franco Zeffirelli Teresa Stratas (Nedda), Placido Domingo (Canio), Juan Pons (Tonio), Alberto Rinaldi (Silvio), Florindo Andreolli (Beppe) / '03
	Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana (1990) (or Cav-Pag on DVD) Glyndebourne Opera / Franco Zeffirelli Placido Domingo (Turridu), Elena Obrazstova (Santuzza), Fedora Barbieri (Mamma Lucia), Renato Bruson (Alfio), Axelle Gall (Lola) / '03
	Gershwin - Porgy and Bess (1993) Simon Rattle, Glyndebourne Opera / Trevor Nunn, film dir. Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Damon Evans (Sportin' Life), Gregg Baker (Crown) / '03
	Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1992) Alberto Zedda, Netherlands Opera / Dario Fo, dir. Jennifer Larmore (Rosina), Richard Croft (Count Almaviva), David Malis (Figaro), Renato Carecchi (Bartolo)
	Puccini - La Boheme (1982) James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Franco Zeffirelli Teresa Stratas (Mimi), José Carreras (Rodolfo), Renata Scotto (Musetta) / '03
	Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor (11-13-1982) Richard Bonynge, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Bruce Donnell Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Alfredo Kraus (Edgardo), Pablo Elvira (Lord Enrico Ashton), Paul Plishka (Raimondo) / '03
	Bellini - Norma (1981) Richard Bonynge, Opera Australia / William Fitzwater, dir. Joan Sutherland / '03
	Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1976) Sarah Caldwell, New York City Opera Orch. Beverly Sills, Samuel Ramey / '03
	Verdi - La Traviata (1982) James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Franco Zeffirelli film Teresa Stratas (Violetta Valery), Placido Domigo (Alfredo Germont) / '03
	Maria Callas - La Callas... Toujours (1958) Televised recital (Callas's Paris debut) at the Paris Opera, December 19, 1958 (includes Act II of Tosca) / '03
	Maria Callas - At Covent Garden 1962 and 1964 (1994) Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 11/4/62 and 2/9/64 (includes Act II of Tosca) / '03
	Puccini - Tosca (1985) Sinopoli, The Metropolitan Opera / Franco Zeffirelli Placido Domingo (Caravadossi), Hildegard Behrens (Tosca), Cornell McNeill (Scarpia) / '03
	Verdi - La Traviata (1994) Sir Georg Solti, Orch of the ROH, Covent Garden Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta Valery), Frank Lopardo (Alfredo Germont), Leo Nucci (Giorgio Germont) / '03
	Verdi - Rigoletto (1990) Chailly, Pavarotti, Wixell, Gruberova, Vienna Philharmonic / '03
	Mozart - The Magic Flute (Bergman -DVD, VHS) (1975) Eric Ericson, Swedish Radio Symph Orch / Ingmar Bergman, dir. Josef Kostlinger (Tamino), Irma Urrila (Pamina), Hakan Hagegard (Papageno), Elisabeth Eriksson (Papagena), Ulrik Cold (Sarastro), Birgit Nordin (Queen of the Night), Ragnar Ulfung (Monostatos) / '03
	Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro (1973) Glyndebourne Festival Opera with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Cast: Ileana Cotrubas, Frederica Von Stade, Kiri Te Kanawa, Benjamin Luxon. (Italian with English subtitles) more info on Figaro here / '03

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** CDs **

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** Books **

	Sound Revolutions: A Biography of Fred Gaisberg Founding Father of Commercial Sound Recording by Jerrold Northrop Moore Paperback: 350 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 8.75 x 5.75 Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing; (August 1, 1999) / ISBN: 1860742351
	The Grand Tradition by J. B. Steane Hardcover: 628 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.75 x 9.50 x 6.50 Publisher: Timber Pr; ASIN: 0931340640 / 2nd edition (July 2000)
	Luisa Tetrazzini: The Florentine Nightingale (Opera Biography Series ; No. 5) by Charles Neilson Gattey Hardcover: 379 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.50 x 9.75 x 6.50 Publisher: Amadeus Pr; ASIN: 093134087X (July 1995)
	Adelina Patti: Queen of Hearts by John Frederick Cone Hardcover: 400 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 9.25 x 6.50 Publisher: Amadeus Pr; ASIN: 0931340608 (November 1993)
	The American Opera Singer by Peter G. Davis Hardcover: 640 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.25 x 9.50 x 6.50 Publisher: Doubleday; ASIN: 0385421737 (November 1997)
	Molto Agitato by Johanna Fiedler Paperback: 448 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.91 x 8.04 x 5.18 Publisher: Anchor;ISBN: 1400032318 (September 9, 2003)
	Sign-Off for the Old Met: The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts 1950-1966 by Paul J. Jackson Hardcover: 660 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 2.06 x 10.78 x 7.89 Publisher: Amadeus Pr; ISBN: 1574670301 (October 1997)
	Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met: The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts 1931-1950 by Paul J. Jackson Hardcover: 586 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.99 x 10.57 x 7.69 Publisher: Amadeus Pr; ISBN: 0931340489 (December 1992)
	Callas by Callas: The Secret Writing of "La Maria" by Renzo Allegri, Roberto Allegri Paperback: 752 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.43 x 9.25 x 6.69 Publisher: Rough Guides; ISBN: 1858287499; 3rd edition (August 2002)
	The Callas Legacy: The Complete Guide to Her Recordings on Compact Discs by John Ardoin Paperback: 168 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.72 x 11.36 x 9.38 Publisher: Universe Books; (May 1998)
	The New Penguin Opera Guide by Amanda Holden (Editor) Paperback: 1168 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.81 x 9.08 x 6.76 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); (September 2002)
	The Rough Guide to Opera (3rd Edition) by Matthew Boyden Paperback: 752 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.43 x 9.25 x 6.69 Publisher: Rough Guides; ISBN: 1858287499; 3rd edition (August 2002)
	The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas Volume 2 by John W. Freeman Hardcover: ?? pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.xx x 9.54 x 6.92 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393040518; (1997)
	The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera by Paul Gruber (Editor) Hardcover: 782 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.68 x 9.54 x 6.92 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393034445; (October 1993)
	The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video by Paul Gruber Hardcover: 483 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.46 x 9.48 x 6.91 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393045366; (October 1997)
	Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera by Fred Plotkin Paperback: 494 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.13 x 8.42 x 5.50 Publisher: Hyperion (Adult Trd Pap); ISBN: 0786880252; (December 1994)

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