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Lady White Snake
Lady White SnakeRetold by Aaron Shepard
Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang
Lady White is a thousand-year-old snake who, through centuries of meditation and self-discipline, has managed to attain human form. On a visit to China’s famous West Lake, she falls in love with a young man and soon becomes his wife. But when a Buddhist abbot discovers her true origin, she must fight for both her marriage and her freedom.
Butterfly Ball
Butterfly Ball
by Roger Glover
The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast is a concept album and subsequent live rock opera appearing in 1974 and 1975 respectively, based on the children’s poem of a similar title. The album cover design is from Alan Aldridge’s design for a 1973 book based on the poem.
Opéra imaginaire
OPERA IMAGINAIRE: The 12 animated Arias:
1. I PAGLIACCI (Vesti la giubba)
2. RIGOLETTO (La Donna è mobile)
3. CARMEN (Carmen)
4. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Voi che sapete che cosa è amor)
5. MADAME BUTTERFLY (Un bel di vedremo)
6. PEARL FISHERS (C’est toi, au fond du Temple Saint)
7. MAGIC FLUTE (Du also bist mein brautigam?)
8. CINDERELLA, (Questo è un nodo avviluppato)
9. FAUST (La chanson du veau d’or)
10. LA TRAVIATA (Noi siamo Zingarelle)
11. LAKME (Lakmi) (Dôme épais le jasmin)
12. TOSCA (E lucevan le Stelle)
LENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES
The bewitched child tells the tale of a boy who is angry because he does not want to learn his lessons. He destroys his books and vandalizes the room he is in. But the room comes to life chairs, grandfather clock, teapot and teacup and seeks revenge
Noi siamo zingarelle
Music by Giuseppe Verdi (La traviata, atto secondo, scena X, coro “Noi siamo zingarelle”).
Animation film by Guionne Leroy, in the series “Opéra imaginaire” by Pascal Roulin (1993).
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia.
Libretto may be found at http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/
Le veau d’or
‘Le veau d’or’ from “Faust”
Music by Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass
Film by Hilary Audus
“Opera Imaginaire”
Miramar
