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Die Fledermaus : Highlights by Johann Strauss( )

15 editions published between 1965 and 2009 in German and Undetermined and held by 608 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner( Recording )

80 editions published between 1959 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 594 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In Wagner's groundbreaking early masterpiece, the splendid Ramón Vinay sings Tannhäuser, the man and artist torn between love of the sensual and the innocent kind, embodied by the sensational Astrid Varnay as Venus and the radiant Margaret Harshaw as the saintly Elisabeth. George Szell leads a superb cast that also includes George London's Wolfram and Jerome Hines's Landgrave. The 23-year-old Roberta Peters delivers an unexpected star turn as the Shepherd Boy

Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven( )

7 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in German and Italian and held by 565 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The well loved team of Waltraud Meier and Placido Domingo join conductor Daniel Barenboim in a complete recording of Beethoven's intense and dramatic opera

Die lustige Witwe = [The merry widow] by Franz Lehár( )

21 editions published between 1863 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 532 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die lustige Witwe: Operette in drei Akten. Libretto: Victor Léon und Leo Stein

Der Freischutz by Carl Maria von Weber( )

37 editions published between 1960 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 443 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The opera holds a crucial place in history, setting the course of German Romantic opera. Nikolaus Harnoncourt's typically probing approach produced an interpretation that, in the words of the distinguished critic Alan Blyth, 'has the ring of reality about it, uncovering the troubled psyche and element of superstition in this extraordinary piece.'

Ein Deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms( )

22 editions published between 1964 and 2015 in German and Undetermined and held by 395 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brahms's Requiem, completed in 1868, draws on the legacy of his forerunners, Heinrich Schütz and Johann Sebastian Bach. In setting texts from the German Bible, it deliberately departs from the models of the Catholic liturgy and imposes a sorrowing yet consolatory meditation on death and the Last Judgment, in the manner of a poignant and grandiose cradle song for the dead

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( Recording )

1 edition published in 1984 in German and held by 379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi( )

17 editions published between 1990 and 2006 in Italian and held by 373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The young Leonie Rysanek triumphs in her second Met broadcast of the almost four dozen she would do during her astonishing career. Here she is Elizabeth of Valois, married to King Philip II of Spain (Jerome Hines), even though she loves his son, Don Carlo (Giulio Gari). Rysanek's heartbreaking performance fully connects with Elizabeth's passion and despair. Beloved baritone Robert Merrill is Don Carlo's friend, Roderigo, killed by the Inquisition. Blanche Thebom is Princess Eboli and future superstar Martina Arroyo is heard in her Met debut role as the Celestial Voice

Elektra by Richard Strauss( )

32 editions published between 1980 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In the courtyard of the palace of Agamemnon, murdered king of Mycenae, Elektra bemoans her father's murder at the hands of her mother, Klytämnestra, and her mother's lover, Aegisth. She vows vengeance. She is interrupted by her younger sister, Chrysothemis, who urges Elektra to give up her obsession with revenge so they both can lead normal lives. Chrysothemis reappears with news that Orest is dead. Stunned, Elektra tells her sister she must now help kill Klytämnestra and Aegisth. When the girl pulls away in terror and runs off, Elektra starts to dig for the buried ax that killed Agamemnon. She is interrupted by a stranger who says he has come to inform Klytämnestra of Orest's death. When Elektra reveals her name, he tells her Orest lives. Servants come and kiss his hand. The dogs of the house know me, he says, but not my own sister. Crying his name, Elektra falls into Orest's arms and tells him she has lived only for his return. Their reunion is cut short when Orest is summoned before Klytämnestra. He kills both the queen and her lover. Elektra begins an ecstatic dance and when Chryothemis returns, Elektra falls dead

Le nozze di figaro : highlights by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

15 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide