Lady White Snake

Lady White Snake

Retold by Aaron Shepard

Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang

Pan Asian Publications

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.

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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.

I hate music!

OPERA: The Little Prince

The Little Prince Opera by Rachel Portman

Purim Celebration

Magic Flute

C I T I N E R A R I E S : Magic Flute for Families

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)