Scribe, Eugène 1791-1861

Verdi's La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi ( )
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 954 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
-- Engaging Commentary and Analysis about the composer, the opera and its characters.-- Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples-- A complete Libretto (newly translated) that incorporates Music Highlight Examples-- A Discography-- A Videography-- A Dictionary of Opera and Musical TermsEach Opera Classics Library edition is a comprehensive guide and complete analysis and evaluation of a specific opera; each is a unique "encyclopedia" that integrates important and pertinent information about each timeless classic. The objective of Opera Classics Library is to unlock opera's mysteries for the general audience, and enlighten and educate. Understanding and knowledge are the master keys to enhance enjoyment and appreciation of this great art form.Alexandre Dumas, in the final words of his novel, La Dame aux Camelias, dutifully summed up the sense of poignancy that became the basis of one of Verdi's most treasured operas: "Sleep in peace, Marguerite! Much will be forgiven you for you have greatly loved." La Traviata is an intimate portrait of a woman's agonizing defeat against the forces of destiny. Verdi's music score is a tone poem that musically captures the story's profound human passions and psychological depth

Les Huguenots [opera in five acts] by Giacomo Meyerbeer ( Recording )
39 editions published between 1962 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 953 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After dominating the international opera stage for more than 30 years, Dame Joan Sutherland takes a final bow in her stunning farewell performance of Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer's grand French opera. Now regarded as one of the most memorable nights in Australia's musical history, Sutherland's formidable vocal skill is on full display throughout the demanding score, while conductor Richard Bonynge inspires orchestral brilliance at every turn

L'Africaine The African maiden : grand opera in French in five acts by Burton D Fisher ( )
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 925 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le comte Ory Count Ory : opéra comique in French in two acts by Burton D Fisher ( )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

I vespri siciliani by Giuseppe Verdi ( Recording )
62 editions published between 1951 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 775 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Verdi's gripping tale of Sicilians rising against the occupying French stars Renata Scotto in her only broadcast of this rarely heard masterpiece. From the beginning of the opera, when Elena (Scotto) sings an "innocent" song fanning the people's resentment against the foreign army, to the end, when the ringing of her wedding bells signals the start of the revolt, Scotto's artistry blazes. James Levine leads the Met Orchestra and Chorus in a wonderfully idiomatic performance, and Ruggero Raimondi is magnificent as Procida, the outlawed Sicilian leader

Le verre d'eau; ou, Les effets et les causes by Eugène Scribe ( Book )
274 editions published between 1840 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 774 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Item no. 1755 in Two centuries of French drama, 1760-1960, a collection of 2,014 French dramas housed in the Department of Special Collections, University of Florida Libraries

Le Comte Ory by Gioacchino Rossini ( Recording )
54 editions published between 1957 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tenor Juan Diego Flórez gives a sensational performance in the title role of Rossini's rarely heard, gender-bending comedy. Disguised as nuns, Ory and his men gain entrance to the castle of Countess Adèle (Pretty Yende in her Met debut), but the Counts attempts at seduction go comically wrong. Karine Deshayes is Isolier, Ory's page who is also in love with the Countess and determined to beat the Count at his own game. Nathan Gunn sings Raimbaud, Ory's boon companion, and bel canto specialist Maurizio Benini conducts

Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi ( Visual )
16 editions published between 1980 and 2011 in Italian and held by 501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Placido Domingo stars in this Royal Opera production of Verdi's romantic opera

The Count Ory; a comic opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini ( )
68 editions published between 1828 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 494 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La juive by F Halévy ( Recording )
35 editions published between 1972 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Halévy's gripping opera had not been heard at the Met for almost 70 years when it was revived for tenor Neil Shicoff a month before this broadcast. His searing account of Eléazar, a Jewish goldsmith burdened by a terrible secret quickly became a modern operatic classic. Soile Isokoski is his beloved daughter Rachel, in love with a man who turns out not to be Samuel, a simple workman in her father's shop, but Prince Léopold (Eric Cutler). Rachel is sent to her gruesome death by Cardinal de Brogni (Ferruccio Furlanetto), who discovers Eléazar's secret too late