Barenboim : the Liszt recital from La Scala. by Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

“…Daniel Barenboim : the Liszt recital from La Scala…”
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Aida by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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From smart grids to smart cities : new challenges in optimizing energy grids

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La riabilitazione cognitiva della schizofrenia Principi, metodi e prove di efficacia

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Barbara Hannigan : a late night concert.

Table of Contents: “…Overture to La scala di seta / Gioachino Rossini -- Vado, ma dove? …”
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Live from the Hollywood Bowl : Dudamel conducts Verdi's Requiem. by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Verdis Aida : the History of an Opera in Letters and Documents. by Busch, Hans

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Verdis Aida : the History of an Opera in Letters and Documents. by Busch, Hans

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Right here on our stage tonight! : Ed Sullivan's America by Nachman, Gerald

Table of Contents: “…Out of the Paley-ozoic ooze -- Battle of the Videoville titans-Berle, Godfrey, and Sullivan -- A live Broadway column every Sunday night -- The $375 extravaganza -- Very critical condition -- The magic of sullivision -- From small-town sportswriter to Manhattan sport -- He's just an ink-stained Broadway baby -- Toast of the nation -- It's the world, on line one -- Sacred Sunday rite -- Not quite all in the family -- Extended family -- Herding comedians -- Backstage life (and death) -- Give my regards to La Scala -- Elvis has entered the building -- Newspaper wads at fifty paces-a few off-camera feuds -- Embracing Blacks, caving in to McCarthyism -- The son-in-law also rises -- "And now-the Beatles!" …”
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The singing Turk : Ottoman power and operatic emotions on the European stage from the siege of Vienna to the age of Napoleon by Wolff, Larry

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : operatic representation and the Triplex Confinium -- The captive sultan : operatic transfigurations of the Ottoman menace after the siege of Vienna -- The generous Turk : captive Christians and operatic comedy in Paris -- The triumphant sultana : Suleiman and his operatic harem -- The Turkish subjects of Gluck and Haydn : comic opera in war and peace -- Osmin in Vienna : Mozart's Abduction and the centennial of the Ottoman siege -- "To honor the emperor" : Pasha Selim and Emperor Joseph in the age of enlightened absolutism -- The Ottoman adventures of Rossini and Napoleon : Kaimacacchi and Missipipi at La Scala -- Pappataci and Kaimakan : reflections in a Mediterranean mirror -- An Ottoman prince in the romantic imagination : the libertine adventures of Rossini's Turkish traveler -- Maometto in Naples and Venice : the operatic charisma of the conqueror -- Rossini's Siege of Paris : Ottoman subjects in the French restoration -- The decline and disappearance of the singing Turk : Ottoman reform, the Eastern question, and the European operatic repertory.…”
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La moralità della pena by Ragimov, I. M., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…La giustizia della pena e la "scala" maledetta -- IV La moralità e la pena di morte -- 1. …”
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Horowitz plays Mozart

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Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Andrea Chénier : [Teatro alla Scala production] by Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948

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L'Orfeo : favola pastorale in un prologo e cinque atti by Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643

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The collected writings of Franz Liszt. Vol. 2, Essays and letters of a traveling bachelor of music by Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

Table of Contents: “…5 Thalberg's Grande fantaisie, op. 22, and Caprices, op. 15 and 19 (1837)6 "Thalberg and Liszt" by Fétis (An Article against Liszt); 7 To Professor Fétis (1837); 8 Robert Schumann's Piano Compositions: op. 5, 11, [and] 14 (1837); 9 Paganini: A Eulogy (1840); Part II: Letters of a Traveling Bachelor of Music (1835-1840); 1 To George Sand (1835); 2 To George Sand (1837); 3 To George Sand (1837); 4 To Adolphe Pictet (September 1837); 5 To Louis de Ronchaud (September 1837); 6 At Lake Como: To Louis de Ronchaud (October 1837); 7 La Scala: To Maurice Schlesinger (March 1838).…”
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The innocents abroad, or, The new Pilgrim's progress. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Table of Contents: “…AMERICAN DRINKS -- ROYAL HONORS TO A YANKEE -- THE GRISETTE -- FOUNTAIN AT VERSAILLES -- WOMEN OF GENOA -- PETRIFIED LACKEY -- PRIEST AND FRIAR -- STATUE OF COLUMBUS -- GRAVES OF SIXTY THOUSAND -- ROOF AND SPIRES OF CATHEDRAL AT MILAN (FULL PAGE) -- CENTRAL DOOR OF CATHEDRAL AT MILAN -- INTERIOR OF CATHEDRAL AT MILAN -- BOYHOOD'S EXPERIENCE -- TREASURES OF THE CATHEDRAL -- CATHEDRAL AT MILAN -- LA SCALA THEATRE -- COPYING FROM OLD MASTERS -- FACIAL EXPRESSION -- THE ECHO -- NOTE BOOK -- A KISS FOR A FRANC -- THE FUMIGATION -- LAKE COMO -- GARDEN, LAKE COMO (FULL PAGE) -- SOCIAL DRIVER.…”
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Sonny sez! : legends, yarns, and downright truths by Eliot, Sonny, 1922-

Table of Contents: “…-- Barn Buddies -- The Whole Nine Yards -- Of Mice and Men, and One Silent Night -- Sing the Scale at La Scala -- Hobsonâ€?s Choice Is No Choice -- Explosive Headache -- Thereâ€?…”
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Gioachino Rossini : a Research and Information Guide. by Gallo, Denise

Table of Contents: “…General studiesStyle and characteristics; Studies of musical form and structures; Vocal characteristics and interpretation; Libretto studies; Studies of versions; The seria works; The semiseria and buffa works; Scenography; "Rossini Renaissance": modern interpreters and productions; 11 Studies of individual operas; Demetrio e Polibio; La cambiale di matrimonio; L'equivoco stravagante; L'inganno felice; Ciro in Babilonia, ossia La caduta di Baldassare; La scala di seta; La pietra del paragone; L'occasione fa il ladro; Il signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo; Tancredi.…”
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