Ammer, Christine.
Unsung: A History of Women in American Music.
Greenwood Press: Westport, 1980
Annals of the Metropolitan Opera
Bloomfield, Arthur.
50 Years of the San Francisco Opera.
San Francisco Book Co.: San Francisco, 1972
Eaton, Quaintance,
The Boston Opera Company: The Story of a Unique Musical Institution.
Appleton-Century: New York, 1965
Ewen, David,
The New Encyclopedia of the Opera.
Hill and Wang: New York, 1971
Garofalo, Robert J.,
Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940): his life and music.
Composers of North America, No. 14.
Scarecrow Press: Metuchen, NJ, 1994
Hamilton, David, ed.,
The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia.
Simon and Schuster: New York, 1987
Hipsher, Edward Ellsworth,
American Opera and its Composers.
Da Capo: New York, 1978
Howard, John Tasker
Our American Music.
Thomas Y. Crowell: New York, 1965
Maisel, Edward,
Charles T. Griffes: The Life of an American Composer.
Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1984
Orrey, Leslie, ed.,
The Encyclopedia of Opera.
Scribner: 1976
Ross, Anne, ed.,
The Opera Dictionary.
Sterling: New York, 1961
Sadie, Stanley, ed.,
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Schleifer, Martha Furman,
William Wallace Gilchrist (1846-1916): A Moving Force in the Musical Life of Philadelphia.
Scarecrow Press: Metuchen, NJ, 1985
Solin, Arthur, with Frank Merkling, John W. Freeman, and Gerald Fitzgerald.
The Golden Horseshoe: The Life and Times of the Metropolitan Opera House.
Viking: New York, 1965
Still, Dabrishus, & Quin.
William Grant Still: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing 1996.
Struble, John Warthen,
The History of American Classical Music.
Facts On File, Inc.: 1995
Thomson, Virgil,
American Music since 1910.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston: San Francisco, 1971
Periodicals
Opera News:
various articles and features.
The Economist:
various articles.
Libretti
Creagh, Patrick,
Danton and Robespierre.
Shawnee Press: 1978
(Music by John Eaton)
Liebermann, Lowell,
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Theodore Presser: 1996
(Music by Lowell Liebermann)
Menotti, Gian-Carlo,
Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Schirmer: 1952
(Music by Gian-Carlo Menotti)
Menotti, Gian-Carlo,
The Consul.
Schirmer: 1950
(Music by Gian-Carlo Menotti)
Scores
Adams, John,
The Death of Klinghoffer.
(P-V)
Boosey & Hawkes: New York, 1991
Argento, Dominick,
The Aspern Papers.
(P-V)
Boosey & Hawkes: New York, 1988
Argento, Dominick,
Miss Havisham's Wedding Night.
(P-V)
Boosey & Hawkes: New York, 1987
Argento, Dominick,
A Water Bird Talk.
(P-V)
Boosey & Hawkes: New York, 1980
Cadman, Charles Wakefield,
The Robin Woman (Shanewis).
(P-V)
White-Smith: New York, 1918
Converse, Frederick,
The Pipe of Desire.
(P-V)
H.W. Gray: New York, 1907
Converse, Frederick,
The Sacrifice.
(P-V)
H.W. Gray: New York, 1910
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.
Damrosch, Walter,
Cyrano.
(P-V)
G. Schirmer: New York, 1913
Dello Joio, Norman,
The Ruby.
(P-V)
Ricordi: New York, c. 1953
Foss, Lukas,
The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
(P-V)
Carl Fisher, Inc.: New York, 1951
Hanson, Howard,
Merry Mount.
(P-V)
HARMS Inc: New York, 1933
Menotti, Gian-Carlo,
Amelia Goes to the Ball.
(P-V)
Ricordi: New York, 1937
Menotti, Gian-Carlo,
The Consul.
(P-V)
Schirmer: New York, 1950
Menotti, Gian-Carlo,
The Medium.
(P-V)
Schirmer: New York, 1947
Menotti, Gian-Carlo,
The Saint of Bleecker Street.
(P-V)
Schirmer: New York, 1954
Moore, Douglas,
The Ballad of Baby Doe.
(P-V)
Chappell: New York, 1957
Moore, Mary Carr,
David Rizzio.
(P-V)
Da Capo: New York, 1981
Taylor, Deems
Peter Ibbetson.
(P-V)
J. Fischer & Bro.: New York, 1930
Thompson, Randall,
Solomon and Balkis.
(P-V)
E.C. Schirmer: Boston, 1942
Thomson, Virgil,
Lord Byron.
(P-V)
Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc: New York, c. 1975
Weisgall, Hugo,
The Stronger.
(P-V)
Presser: Bryn Mawr, 1956
Video Recordings
John Corigliano.
The Ghosts of Versailles.
Met/Levine 1991 (premiere production).
VHS: Deutsche Grammophon 44 072 530-3.
George Gershwin.
Porgy and Bess
White/Haymon, Glyndebourne/Rattle 1993
DVD: EMI.
VHS: EMI.
Audio Recordings: Complete Operas
John Adams.
Nixon in China.
St. Luke's/de Waart.
Compact disc: Elektra Nonesuch 9 79177-2.
[highlights on 9 79193-2.
]
John Adams.
The Death of Klinghoffer.
Opéra de Lyon/Nagano.
Compact disc: Elektra Nonesuch 9 79281-2.
John Adams.
I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky.
Audra McDonald, Marin Mazzie.
Compact disc: Elektra Nonesuch 9 79473-2.
Dominick Argento.
Postcard from Morocco
Premiere production recording:
Minnesota Opera/Brunelle, 1972.
Compact disc: CRI CD 614 (reissued from Desto DC 7137/38 [LP]).
Dominick Argento.
A Water Bird Talk
and
Miss Havisham's Wedding Night.
Shirley-Quick, Mabbs, Sinfonia of St. Cecilia/Watkins, 1997.
Compact Disc.
Koch 3-7388-2 H1.
Dominick Argento.
A Water Bird Talk.
Sutton, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/Clark, 1996.
Compact disc: Newport Classics NCD 85602.
Samuel Barber.
Antony and Cleopatra.
Spoleto/Badea 1992.
New World Records NW322/23/24-2.
Samuel Barber.
A Hand of Bridge, on
3 American One-Act Operas.
Adairondack Chamber Orchestra/Smith 1998.
Compact disc: Premier 1009.
Samuel Barber.
A Hand of Bridge, on
Music of Samuel Barber.
Symphony of the Air/Golschmann 1999.
Compact disc: Vanguard OVC 4016.
Samuel Barber.
Vanessa.
Steber/Gedda/Elias/Tozzi/Resnik,
Metropolitan Opera/Mitropoulos.
Compact disc: RCA Red Seal ARL2-2094
Amy Beach.
Cabildo.
Great Performers at Lincoln Center, 1995.
Compact disc: Delos DE 3170.
Jack Beeson.
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines.
Kansas City Lyric Theater/Patterson, 1976.
LP.
RCA Red Seal ARL2-1727.
[out of print]
Jack Beeson.
Lizzie Borden.
Original NYCO production, cond. Coppola, 1965.
Compact disc: Composers Recordings, Inc (US dist. Koch) CD 694
Jack Beeson.
The Sweet Bye and Bye.
Patterson, cond. 1995.
Compact disc: Citadel 2000.
Leonard Bernstein.
A Quiet Place
(complete opera, incorporating Trouble in Tahiti).
ORF Symphony Orchestra/Bernstein, 1986.
Compact disc: Deutsche Gramaphone 419 761 2.
Leonard Bernstein.
The Bernstein Century: Trouble in Tahiti/Facsimile.
Brown, Butlet/Bernstein (released) 1999.
Compact disc: Sony 60969.
Leonard Bernstein.
Trouble in Tahiti.
Cortese, cond. 1999.
Compact disc: Newport Classics 60969.
Marc Blitzstein.
The Cradle Will Rock.
1994 Los Angeles cast.
Compact disc: Lockett Palmer LPR 940411.
Marc Blitzstein.
The Cradle Will Rock
(includes John Houseman introduction).
LuPone 1999.
Compact disc: Jay Records.
Marc Blitzstein.
The Cradle Will Rock
and
No For An Answer,
in
Musical Theater Premieres
New York City Symphony/Bernstein 1998.
Compact disc: Pearl/Koch.
Marc Blitzstein.
Cradle Will Rock,
film soundtrack
(Contains songs from the show).
Various artists 1999.
Compact disc: Bmg/Rca Victor.
Marc Blitzstein.
The Harpies, on
3 American One-Act Operas.
Adairondack Chamber Orchestra/Smith 1998.
Compact disc: Premier PRCD 1009.
Paul Bowles.
The Wind Remains, on
Music of Paul Bowles.
Halvorson/Schaufer 2000.
Compact disc: RCA 63685.
David Conte.
The Gift of the Magi.
Krol/Puentes/Paiement 2001.
Compact disc: Arsis 141.
Aaron Copland.
The Tender Land.
Bohn/Comeaux/Dressen/Fristad, Plymouth Music Series/Brunelle, 1990.
Compact disc: Virgin Classics VCD-7-91113-2
Compact disc: Musical Heritage Society MHS 522834L.
Aaron Copland.
The Tender Land, complete chamber version (premiere rec. of this version).
Hanson/Vargas/Zeller/MacNeil, Third Angle New Music Ensemble/Sidlin, 1999.
Compact disc: Koch 7480.
Aaron Copland.
The Tender Land (complete?), on
A Copland Celebration Vol. 3.
New York Philharmonic/Copland, rel. 2000.
Compact disc: Sony 89329.
Aaron Copland.
The Tender Land.
University of Kentucky, Kirk Trevor, cond. 2002.
Compact disc: Albany Music Dist.
Aaron Copland.
The Second Hurricane.
New York Philharmonic/Bernstein, rel. 1998.
Compact disc: Sony 60560.
Anthony Davis.
Tania.
Aaronson-Davis/Brooks/Young, Steiger 2001.
Compact disc: Koch 7467.
John Eaton.
Danton and Robespierre.
Indiana University Opera Theater/Baldner.
LP.
Indiana University IUS 421.
Carlisle Floyd.
Susannah.
Treigle/Curtin, rel. 1995 (live recording of NYCO premiere).
Compact disc: VAI 1115.
Carlisle Floyd.
Markheim.
Treigle/Crofoot/Diard/Schuh, New Orleans/Andersson, rel. 1996.
Compact disc: VAI 1107.
Carlisle Floyd.
The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair.
Treigle/Neway, Rudel, rel. 1999.
Compact disc: VAI 1172.
Lukas Foss.
The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/Clark 1997.
Compact disc: Newport 85609.
George Gershwin.
Porgy and Bess/Blue Monday
Bishop/Baker, Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel 1998.
Compact disc: Telarc 80434.
George Gershwin.
Porgy and Bess.
White/Haymon/Blackwell/Baker, ENO/Rattle 1997.
Compact disc: Angel 56220.
George Gershwin.
Blue Monday.
Bazemore/Haskin 1999.
Compact disc: Aura 174.
George Gershwin.
Porgy and Bess.
Willard White/Leona Mitchell/McHenry Boatwright, Cleveland Orchestra/Maazel.
LP.
Decca 6.35327.
Happy Endings: Comic Chamber Operas.
New York Chamber Ensemble/Radcliffe 1995.
Compact disc: Albany 173.
(Includes Menotti's The Telephone and Douglas Moore's Gallantry.)
Philip Glass.
Einstein on the Beach.
Original recording, rerel. 1990.
Compact disc: Sony 38875.
Philip Glass.
Einstein on the Beach.
1993 recording.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79323.
Philip Glass.
Satyagraha.
Original recording, NY City Opera, rerel. 1990.
Compact disc: Sony 39672.
Philip Glass.
Excerpts from Einstein, Satyagraha, and Akhenaten, on
Songs from the Trilogy.
1989.
Compact disc: Sony.
Philip Glass.
1000 Airplanes on the Roof.
1992.
Compact disc: Virgin.
Philip Glass.
The Photographer.
1992.
Compact disc: Sony 37849.
Philip Glass.
Hydrogen Jukebox.
1993.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79286.
Philip Glass.
The CIVIL warS, Act V: Rome section.
1999.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79487.
Philip Glass.
La Belle et la Bete.
1995.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79347.
Scott Joplin.
Treemonisha.
Houston Grand Opera/Schuller 1975, rel 1992.
Compact disc: Polygram 435709.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
The Medium, The Telephone, Excerpts from Amelia al Ballo, etc.
Historic recordings.
Compact disc (2 discs).
Pearl 122.
The recordings of The Medium and The Telephone
on this Pearl set are a rerelease of:
Gian Carlo Menotti.
The Medium and The Telephone
(first complete recordings; Columbia called these the "first American operas ever to be recorded in their entirety").
The Ballet Society/Balaban, 1949.
LP.
Columbia OSL-154.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Original production recording, Schippers 1951.
Compact disc: RCA 6485.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Dobson/Maxwell/Watson/Haywood, Covent Garden/Cyrus, 1987.
Compact disc: MCA MCAD-6218.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
Amelia al ballo.
Amadini/Campi/Panerai/Zanolli/Mazzoni, La Scala/Sanzogno 1954 (rel. 2000).
Compact disc: Testament 1179.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
The Boy Who Grew Too Fast.
Bainvridge et al 1995.
Compact disc: That's Entertainment Recording 1125.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
The Consul.
John Horton Murray 1999.
Compact disc: Chandos 9706.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
Goya
(complete opera; first recording)
Spoleto/Mercurio, 1978;
Nuova Era 7060/61
Gian Carlo Menotti.
Martin's Lie (premiere recording).
Burrowes/Stephen, Hickox 1998.
Compact disc: Chandos 9605.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
The Medium.
Powers, Schippers 1951.
Compact disc: VAI 1162.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
The Medium.
Bedi, Castle/Rapchak 1999.
Compact disc: Cedille 34.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
The Saint of Bleecker Street.
Spoleto, Hickox 2002.
Compact disc: Chandos 9971.
Gian Carlo Menotti.
The Telephone.
Banks/Costanzo/Ricci, Vaglieri 1992.
Compact disc: Nuova Era 7122.
Douglas Moore.
The Ballad of Baby Doe (first recording).
Sills/Cassel/Bible, NY City Opera/Buckley rel. 1999.
Compact disc: Polygram 465148.
Douglas Moore.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (first recording).
Russel Patterson 1996.
Compact disc: Newport 85585.
Douglas Moore.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (first recording).
Aliberti 1997.
Compact disc: Phoenix USA.
William Schuman.
The Mighty Casey (abridged), on
3 American One-Act Operas.
Adairondack Chamber Orchestra/Smith 1998.
Compact disc: Premier 1009.
William Schuman.
The Mighty Casey and A Question Of Taste.
Julliard Opera Center/Schwartz 1994.
Compact disc: Delos 1030.
Virgil Thomson.
Four Saints In Three Acts.
Orchestra of Our Time 1992.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79035.
Virgil Thomson.
Four Saints In Three Acts (abridged, with The Plow That Broke The Plains).
Stokowski 1947, rel. 1996.
Compact disc: BMG/RCA Victor 68163.
Virgil Thomson.
The Mother of Us All.
Leppard 1992.
Compact disc: New World 80288.
Virgil Thomson.
Lord Byron.
(complete opera; original version)
Monadonck Music/Bolle 1992.
Compact disc: Koch International Classics 3-7124-2Y6x2
Stewart Wallace.
Kabbalah.
1990.
Compact disc: Koch CD 370 482 H1 (out of print).
Stewart Wallace.
Harvey Milk.
1998.
Compact disc: Elektra/Asylum 15856.
Robert Ward.
The Crucible.
1994.
Compact disc: Albany 25.
Robert Ward.
Roman Fever.
2002.
Compact disc: Albany 505.
Hugo Weisgall.
Six Characters In Search Of An Author.
Lyric Opera of Chicago/Schaenen 1994.
Compact disc: New World 80454-2.
Hugo Weisgall.
The Tenor and The Stronger, on
Hugo Weisgall: Two Operas and Two Song Cycles.
Aeolian Chamber Players/Weisgall 1997.
Compact disc: CRI 757.
Hugo Weisgall.
The Stronger
(complete opera)
Aeolian Chamber Players/Weisgall.
LP: CRI SD 273
Happy Endings: Comic Chamber Operas.
New York Chamber Ensemble/Stephen Rogers Radcliffe, 1995.
Compact disc: Albany TROY 173.
Recordings: Arias and Scenes (single artist)
Frances Alda: Acoustic & Electric Recordings (1910-1928).
Frances Alda, rel. 1996.
Compact disc: VAI 1126.
Frances Alda: The Complete Victor Recordings (1909-15).
Frances Alda, rel. 1999.
Compact disc: Romophone 81034.
"Ain't it a pretty night" Susannah, on
Phyllis Curtin: Opera Arias
Phyllis Curtin, rel. 1998.
Compact disc: VAI 1152.
Art of Eileen di Tullio
Eileen di Tullio 1998.
Compact disc: Legato 196.
The Essential Leontyne Price: Great Opera Scenes
Leontyne Price 1998.
Compact disc: BMG/RCA Victor 68158.
The Essential Leontyne Price: Her Greatest Roles
Leontyne Price 1998.
Compact disc: BMG/RCA Victor 68154.
Ernestine Schumann-Heink: The Victor Recordings, 1911-20
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, rel. 2001.
Compact disc: Romophone 81030.
Eleanor Steber In Concert 1956-1958.
Eleanor Steber, re. 1994.
Compact disc: VAI 1005.
Lawrence Tibbett: From Broadway to Hollywood.
Tibbett; Met. Opera House Orchestra/Pelletier.
Compact disc: Nimbus NI7881.
Knoxville: Summer of 1915,
Dawn Upshaw 1990.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79187.
The World So Wide,
Dawn Upshaw 1998.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79458.
I Wish It So,
Dawn Upshaw 1994.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79345.
Queen of the Night,
B. J. Ward 2000.
Compact disc: Summitt 252.
Recordings: Vocal compilations (multiple artists)
A Blitzstein Cabaret,
Willims/Edwards/Lehrman 1994.
Compact disc: Premier.
The Stanford Archive Series.
Various artists.
Compact disc: Delos 5500.
Souvenirs from American Operas.
Various artists, 1998.
Compact disc: IRCC 818.
The Art of the American Singer.
Various 1998.
Compact disc: Newport 85636.
Tenors.
Various artists, rel. 1998.
Compact disc: Nimbus 1794.
The Stanford Archive Series.
Tibbett; Met. Opera House Orchestra/Pelletier.
Compact disc: Delos 5500.
Four American Baritones of the Past.
Various artists 1999.
Compact disc: Preiser 89957.
Lulu's Song etc.
Various 1996.
Compact disc: Koch 7209.
American Singers, Volume 1.
Various artists, rel. 1994.
Compact disc: IRCC 810.
Recordings: Orchestral selections
Aaron Copland.
Suite from The Tender Land.
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Copland, rel. 1993.
Compact disc: RCA 61505.
Aaron Copland.
Suite from The Tender Land.
Third Angle New Music Ensemble/Sidlin, 1997.
Compact disc: Koch 7403.
John Corigliano.
Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles.
Emanuel Ax/Yo-Yo Ma 2000.
Compact disc: Sony 60747.
John Corigliano.
Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles, on
Born in America 1938.
Norman Fischer 2002.
Compact disc: Gasparo 351.
Overture from The Doctor of Alcantara, on
Stealing the Show.
Boston Brass 2000.
Compact disc: Summitt 272.
Orchestral suite from Merry Mount, on
Hanson: Symphony No. 4 etc.
Seattle Symphony/Schwartz 1991.
Compact disc: Delos 3105.
Orchestral suite from Merry Mount, on
Music of Howard Hanson Vol. 2.
Seattle Symphony/Schwartz 1991.
Compact disc: Delos 3709.
Orchestral suite from Merry Mount, on
Howard Hanson: The Composer And His Orchestra.
Rochester Orchestra/Hanson, rel. 1996.
Compact disc: Polygram 434370.
Orchestral suite from Merry Mount, on
Hanson: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
Nashville Symphony/Schermerhorn 2000.
Compact disc: Naxos 559072.
Orchestral suite from Merry Mount, on
Howard Hanson Conducts Hanson.
Mormon Youth Chorus and Symphony/Hanson rel. 1995.
Compact disc: Citadel 88110.
Orchestral suite from Merry Mount, on
Hanson Conducts Hanson.
Hanson cond., rel. 1997.
Compact disc: Biddulph Conductor Series 38.
Daron Hagen.
Wedding dance from Bandanna, on
Sojourns.
North Texas Wind Symphony 2000.
Compact disc: Klavier 11099.
Daron Hagen.
Wedding dance from Bandanna, on
Love in a Life.
2000.
Compact disc: Arsis 119.
Victor Herbert.
Excerpts from Natoma, on
Victor Herbert: The American Girl.
Eastman-Dryden Orchestra/Hunsberger 1992.
Compact disc: Arabesque 6561.
Victor Herbert.
Selections from Natoma, on
Victor Herbert: Columbus Suite.
SLovak RSO Bratislava/Brion 2000.
Compact disc: Naxos 559027.
Unless otherwise indicated, all synopses of individual operas are original, made from a
libretto, recording, broadcast or performance of the opera itself. Cast lists are taken from a score or recording.
