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Lohengrin by Richard Wagner ( Recording )
58 editions published between 1964 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,018 libraries worldwide
The power and radiance of the Lohengrin score express Wagner's deeply held belief that love is essentially mystical. The frail and lovely Elsa of Brabant is accused of murdering her own brother, but God sends a mysterious knight, Lohengrin, to defend her honor.

Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss ( Recording )
126 editions published between 1950 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 945 libraries worldwide
A comic opera centering on a practical joke, a philandering husband, and a masked ball.

Wozzeck by Alban Berg ( Recording )
37 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 921 libraries worldwide
Story encompassing the gruesome detail, horror, passion, and torment that characterized works of the German Expresionist movement. Wozzeck is an impoverished soldier driven insane by his manipulative superiors and his mistress' infidelity. In a jealous rage, he stabs her, then drowns when he tries to wash the blood from his hands.

Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner ( Recording )
43 editions published between 1965 and 1997 in 4 languages and held by 868 libraries worldwide
Decca: 6 35253.

Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( Recording )
163 editions published between 1950 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 822 libraries worldwide

Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini ( Recording )
51 editions published between 1974 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 817 libraries worldwide
Pinkerton, an American Navy lieutenant, marries and deserts a Japanese geisha girl who has renounced her religion for his sake. He returns with his newly American wife to reclaim his child by the geisha, who in her despair commits suicide.

Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss ( Recording )
84 editions published between 1950 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 756 libraries worldwide
Opera in three acts ; with bonus tracks.

Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( Recording )
167 editions published between 1937 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 722 libraries worldwide
Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe! -- Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja -- Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön -- O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn! -- Hm, hm, hm... (Quintet) -- Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen -- Wei stark ist nicht dein Zauberton -- O Isis und Osiris -- Wie? Wie? Wie? (Quintet) -- Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden -- Der Hölle Rache -- Ach, ich fühl's -- Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen -- Papageno-Papagena duet -- Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht.

Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi ( Recording )
40 editions published between 1931 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 669 libraries worldwide

Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( Recording )
177 editions published between 1937 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 656 libraries worldwide
A filmed live performance of the 1954 Salzburg Festival production of Mozart's classic opera of murder, seduction and supernatural vengence, set in seventeenth century Seville.