John Paul Corigliano Born: New York City, 16 February 1938

(U.S. Opera Home Page)

• The Naked Carmen (c. 1970)
• The Ghosts of Versailles (19 Dec. 1991, NY Met)

Although John Corigliano has only written one traditional opera to date, that opera, The Ghosts of Versailles, has already had a revival at the Met and a second production--a rarity for a contemporary American work. Despite Ghosts's popularity, however, Corigliano has said that he has no plans to compose a second opera. Corigliano studied with Otto Luening at Eastman.

The Ghosts of Versailles. Met/Levine 1991 (premiere production). VHS: Deutsche Grammophon 44 072 530-3.

Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles. Emanuel Ax/Yo-Yo Ma 2000. Compact disc: Sony 60747.

Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles, on Born in America 1938. Norman Fischer 2002. Compact disc: Gasparo 351.

Begears' Aria (for tenor) from The Ghosts of Versailles. Piano-vocal score. G. Schirmer 1993.

Figaro's Aria (for baritone) from The Ghosts of Versailles. Piano-vocal score. G. Schirmer 1993.

"They are always with me," Marie Antoinette's aria (for soprano) from The Ghosts of Versailles. Piano-vocal score. G. Schirmer 1993.