Includes discography (p. 113-116) and videography (p. 118).

The magic flute, or, The test of true love / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; illustrations by Jane Ray -- Aida, or, Two lovelorn princesses / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; illustrations by Louise Brierley -- Carmen, or, The gypsy and the soldier / music by Georges Bizet ; illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark -- The cunning little vixen, or, Forest magic / music by Leos Janacek ; illustrations by Ian Beck -- Turandot, or, The ice maiden / music by Giacomo Puccini ; illustrations by Sheila Moxley -- Cinderella, or, The triumph of goodness / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; illustrations by Susan Field -- Hansel and Gretel, or, The defeat of the nibbling witch / music by Engelbert Humperdinck ; illustrations by Sophie Windham -- The love for three oranges, or, A somewhat silly story! / music by Sergei Prokofiev ; illustrations by Katya Mikhailovsky.

Photography, Sven Nykist; editor, Siv Lundgren; Swedish State Broadcasting Network Symphony; Eric Ericson, conductor.Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Eric Saeden, Birgit Nordin, Irma Urrila.An opera by Mozart, in which a handsome young man is enlisted to rescue the Queen of Night's daughter from an evil sorcerer.DVD.

Carmen. Children's march / Bizet (Pierre Thau, Thomas Allen, Placido Domingo, Boy's Chorus from Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree) (4:46) -- Carmen. Toreador song / Bizet (José van Dam, Pierre Thau, Norma Burrowes, Jane Berbié , Tatiana Troyanos, John Alldis Choir) (6:55) -- Carmen. Toreador chorus / Bizet (Boy's Chorus from Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, John Alldis Choir) (4:15) -- Barber of Seville. Largo al factotum / Rossini (Sherrill Milnes) (4:54) -- Faust. Soldiers' chorus / Gounod (Robert Massard, Margreta Elkins, Monica Sinclair, Ambrosian Opera Chorus) (3:13) -- Trovatore. Anvil chorus / Verdi (London Opera Chorus) (2:52) -- Madame Butterfly. Humming chorus / Puccini (Vienna State Opera Chorus) (2:57) -- Walküre. Ride of the Valkyries / Wagner (Vera Schlosser, Berit Lindholm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Helen Watts, Helga Dernesch, Vera Little, Marilyn Tyler, Claudia Hellmann) (6:20) -- Tales of Hoffmann. Doll song / Offenbach (Joan Sutherland, Jacques Charon) (5:02) -- Aida. Triumphal choruses and march / Verdi (Rome Opera Theater Chorus) (7:17)Magic flute. Papageno's song : A birdcatcher am I / Mozart (Hermann Prey) (2:54) -- Magic flute. Papagena! Papagena! Papagena! / Mozart (Hermann Prey) (5:11) -- Magic flute. Pa-pa-pa-pa / Mozart (Herman Prey, Renate Holm) (2:27) -- Hansel and Gretel. Brother come dance with me / Humperdinck (Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp) (3:40) -- Hansel and Gretel. I am the little sandman / Humperdinck (Norma Burrowes, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp) (2:48) -- Hansel and Gretel. Children's prayer (Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender) (2:47) -- Hansel and Gretel. Song of the gingerbread children (Vienna Boys Choir, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp) (4:13) -- Hansel and Gretel. Ral-la-la-la, ral-la-la-la / Humperdinck (Walter Berry, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Julia Hamari, Vienna Boys Choir) (2:49)Various performers.

Elizabeth Vidal, Rebecca Evans, Majella Cullagh, Sarah Fox, Lesley Garrett, sopranos ; Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano ; Barry Banks, John Graham-Hall, tenors ; Simon Keenlyside, baritone ; John Tomlinson, Christopher Purves, basses ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir ; three boys from New London Children's Choir ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor.Recorded Nov. 4-10, 2004, Blackheath Halls, London.

Idomeneo -- The abduction from the seraglio -- The marriage of Figaro -- Don Giovanni -- Cosi fan tutte -- La clemenza di Tito -- The magic flute.

Various actors and soloists ; The Studio Arts Orchestra ; Walter Babiak, conductor.

DVD; region 1; Dolby digital surround (English), Dolby surround stereo (French).MPAA rating: PGDirector of photography, Moroslav Ondricek; production design, Patrizia Von Brandenstein; music, Sir Neville Marriner.F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay.When Mozart arrives at the court of Emperor Joseph II, court composer Antonio Salieri is horrified to discover that the godlike musical gifts he desires himself have been bestowed on a bawdy joker. Mad with envy, he plots to destroy Mozart by any means.Winner Academy Award for best picture, best actor (F. Murray Abraham), best art direction, best costume design, best director, best makeup, best sound, best adaptation screenplay.

Photography, Sven Nykist; editor, Siv Lundgren; Swedish State Broadcasting Network Symphony; Eric Ericson, conductor.Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Eric Saeden, Birgit Nordin, Irma Urrila.An opera by Mozart, in which a handsome young man is enlisted to rescue the Queen of Night's daughter from an evil sorcerer.DVD.

Edita Gruberova, Barbara Bonney, sopranos ; Hans-Peter Blochwitz, tenor ; Anton Scharinger, baritone ; Matti Salminen, bass ; supporting soloists ; Orchester und Chor des Opernhauses Zürich ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor.Recorded Nov. 1987 in Kirche Altstetten, Zürich.

Pilar Lorengar, Christina Deutekom, Stuart Burrows, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Martti Talvela ; Vienna State Opera Chorus ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Georg Solti, conductor.Recorded in the Sofiensäle, Vienna, September/October 1969.