Crofoot, Alan

The bartered bride by Bedřich Smetana( Visual )

2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Smetana's comedy follows a tale of young love triumphing over parental interference and mistaken identities

Markheim by Carlisle Floyd( Recording )

3 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Orphée aux enfers by Jacques Offenbach( Recording )

6 editions published between 1960 and 1975 in English and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Booklet contains article by Maurice Tassart and synopsis plus libretto

Ali Baba by Aubrey Beardsley( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Our friend, The Pied Piper, tells the tale of Ali Baba in this live action/animated short from the Pied Piper House series. Ali Baba is a poor man who stumbles across the hidden treasure cave of the 40 Thieves and uses the treasure to help him and his wife. Troubles involving his greedy brother and the 40 Thieves threaten to take away the newfound wealth for Ali Baba and his wife

Elektra by Richard Strauss( Recording )

2 editions published in 1999 in German and held by 13 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

The kindhearted girl( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Our friend, The Pied Piper, tells the tale of a kind little girl whose father marries a wicked woman. The woman sends the girl off to the woods to visit her new aunt, a witch. Gathering things along her way to the witch's house, she is able to elude the evil plans of the witch and return home to her father

Hasty and the princess( Visual )

2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Pied Piper tells us the tale of a simple country boy who tries to win the hand of the lovely princess by trying to complete the tasks assigned by her father the King. With the aid of the animal friends he had aided on his travels, our hero is able to complete the tasks and prove his worthiness for the princess

The magic horn( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Part of the Pied Piper House series of shorts, Mr. Piper introduces the story of Peter, a simple traveler who sets out on the road to find his fortune. He loses all of his worldly possessions and trades the last item for a simple horn. Peter eventually learns the horn is magic and uses it to gain the hand of a princess

The Magic flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( Visual )

2 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Live from the Sydney Opera House, The Australian Opera's production of The Magic Flute truly reveals the eternal radiance of Mozart's last great opera

The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this short from the Pied Piper House series, The Pied Piper tells a tale of a rich man who had three daughters. After displeasing her father, the youngest daughter must leave the house and, while disguised in an outfit of rushes, finds work in the home of a rich family. She eventually wins over the heart of her employer's son and returns to make up with her father