Palmer, Felicity

The Mikado by Arthur Sullivan ( Recording )
18 editions published between 1986 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 528 libraries worldwide

Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell ( Recording )
18 editions published between 1977 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 387 libraries worldwide
SYNOPSIS: In order to cure her unhappiness, Dido, queen of Carthage, marries the Trojan prince, Aeneas, who is madly in love with her. While Dido and Aeneas are out hunting, an evil Sorceress and her assistants plot the destruction of Dido and Carthage. Soon, an evil witch disguised as the God Mercury stops Aeneas. She tells him that he must abandon Carthage and found a new Troy on Latin soil. While Aeneas hates the thought of leaving Dido, he cannot refuse a god's command. In the end, Aeneas decides to defy the god's command and stay with Dido. Nevertheless, Dido refuses to stay with a lover who even considered leaving her and soon dies.

The mikado ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1990 and 2005 in English and held by 382 libraries worldwide
The irrepressible Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus) teams up with the English National Opera in this hilarious performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved comic opera, The Mikado. This rollicking version of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular tale relocates the action from ancient Japan to a 1920s English seaside resort. Here the rule of the Mikado is absolute--and often prone to whimsy. Ko-Ko (Eric Idle) is sentenced to death for the crime of flirting, but in a strange turn of events is instead named "Lord High Executioner." A delightful farce ensues as Ko-Ko can't behead anyone without first cutting off his own head. But by the second act, the Mikado demands an execution and Ko-Ko must delicately sing and dance his way around a messy situation involving the Mikado's son and his secret love Yum Yum.

Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610 by Claudio Monteverdi ( Recording )
34 editions published between 1974 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 320 libraries worldwide
Maria-vesper (1610).

Albert Herring ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1985 and 2005 in English and held by 316 libraries worldwide
Albert Herring is a gullible, naive and good-hearted greengrocer. Much to his embarrasment, he is made Village May King when it is discovered that there are no longer any girls with the necessary virtuous qualifications.

H.M.S. Pinafore by Arthur Sullivan ( Recording )
4 editions published in 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 296 libraries worldwide

Le Nozze di Figaro K. 492 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( Recording )
24 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 279 libraries worldwide

King Priam by Michael Tippett ( Recording )
23 editions published between 1981 and 1995 in 4 languages and held by 277 libraries worldwide

Alceste by Jean-Baptiste Lully ( Recording )
14 editions published between 1975 and 1981 in 4 languages and held by 262 libraries worldwide

Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten ( Recording )
25 editions published between 1985 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 253 libraries worldwide
Albert Herring is a gullible, naive and good-hearted greengrocer. Much to his embarrasment, he is made Village May King when it is discovered that there are no longer any girls with the necessary virtuous qualifications.