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.

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)