Kraft, Jean

Overview

Works:	145 works in 348 publications in 7 languages and 2,731 library holdings
Genres:	Operas Drama Live sound recordings Televised performances Nonfiction films Filmed performances Excerpts Television adaptations Juvenile works Film adaptations
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Vocalist, Instrumentalist, Author, mzs, Other, mez, Contributor
Classifications:	M1500, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Jean Kraft

Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano( )

29 editions published between 1977 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Start with the French Revolution, add one impassioned poet (who really lived) in love with a beautiful aristocratic woman, mix their tragic fate with Robespierre's reign of terror, and you have one sensational opera. Superstar tenor Plácido Domingo is Andrea Chénier, velvet-voiced Martina Arroyo sings his lover Maddalena, and conductor James Levine keeps the drama blazing

Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck( Visual )

15 editions published between 1982 and 2010 in English and held by 430 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A musical adaption of the classic fairy tale

Cavalleria rusticana : opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni( )

8 editions published between 1979 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni( Recording )

21 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Metropolitan Opera. Cavalleria Rusticana

Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi( Visual )

9 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bravissimo, Domingo! : arias and duets by Plácido Domingo( Recording )

6 editions published between 1982 and 1993 in 4 languages and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Il trittico by Giacomo Puccini( Visual )

3 editions published in 2010 in Italian and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Puccini's collection of three one-act operas. Performed at the Met

The bartered bride by Bedřich Smetana( Visual )

2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi( Visual )

4 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in Italian and English and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ernani, the dashing outlaw, wins the hand of Elvira over two other suitors

Historical recordings 1935-1960 by Samuel Barber( Recording )

4 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Otello by Giuseppe Verdi( Visual )

7 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in Italian and held by 67 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jon Vickers, one the the great Otellos of the 20th century brings his remarkable vocal power and dramatic intensity to Verdi's masterful Shakespeare adaptation. His Desdemona is Renate Scotto, as the height of her powers, and Cornell McNeil's menacing Iago is one of the baritone's greatest roles

Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni( Visual )

6 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in Italian and held by 61 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Plácido Domingo accomplishes the rare feat of singing both lead roles on the same night in opera's most popular double-bill. James Levine conducts the tenor in Franco Zeferelli's classic production, opposite the superb singing actors Tatiana Troyanos, Teresa Stratas and Sherrll Milnes

Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz( )

5 editions published between 1974 and 2003 in French and held by 52 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

One of the foremost Berlioz interpreters of our time, Music Director James Levine leads a dramatic performance of this epic score, with the combined forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus and a superb ensemble. Heading the cast is Jessye Norman, who takes on both leading female roles: in Part I she is Cassandra, the Trojan priestess whose dire warnings of impending disaster go unheeded. In Part II she is Dido, Queen of Carthage, whose love for the Trojan hero Aeneas--sung by Edward Sooter--destroys her. Norman (who made her Met debut as Cassandra a few months before this broadcast) and Sooter are joined by Allen Monk as Coroebus, Cassandra's fiancé, Jocelyne Taillon as Anna, Dido's sister, and Paul Plishka as Narbal, Dido's minister

Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck( Visual )

1 edition published in 1982 in English and held by 52 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O'Hearn work operatic magic in this brilliant production of Humperdinck's cherished favorite. What Christmas is complete without this sumptuous musical retelling of the classic fairy tale, replete with guardian angels, a sandman, dew fairy, and, of course, a witch and her enticing gingerbread house. This performance, sung in English, features Frederica von Stade as the loveable but mischievous Hansel and Judith Blegen as his charming sister Gretel. Rosalind Elias is the evil Witch

Otello by Giuseppe Verdi( Recording )

1 edition published in 1992 in Italian and held by 45 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Prose poem ; Contour : for piano ; Chiaroscuro ; Duo for violin and piano by Beatrice Witkin( Recording )

3 editions published in 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le sacre du printemps ; Le rossignol ; Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinsky( Recording )

2 editions published in 2010 in Russian and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This triple bill of works by one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, directed by John Dexter and designed by David Hockney, offered Met audiences a rich theatrical experience-beginning with the dramatically gripping ballet Le Sacre du Printemps, choreographed by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, with Music Director James Levine and the Met Orchestra at their riveting best. The charming fairy tale Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) features Gianna Rolandi as the title character, whose singing is so enchanting that it keeps even Death (Jean Kraft) from the ailing Emperor (Morley Meredith). The searing Oedipus Rex retells the Greek myth in stark but emotional terms. William Lewis is the tragically ill-fated title hero who unknowingly murders his father and marries his mother, Jocasta (Florence Quivar). Franz Mazura sings the roles of Creon and the Messenger, and Anthony Dowell is the Speaker

Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni( Visual )

1 edition published in 2009 in Italian and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shows scenes from the production of Pietro Mascagni's opera Cavalleria rusticana presented at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City in 1970

A quiet place by Leonard Bernstein( Recording )

5 editions published in 1987 in 3 languages and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Quiet Place: Opera in Three Acts (second version including Trouble in Tahiti). Libretto: Stephen Wadsworth

Ode to Akhmatova by Ivana Marburger Themmen( Recording )

2 editions published between 1980 and 1981 in English and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide