operas

Gives an analysis of eleven key operas.

Maestro Petrini, a musical mouse who works as a page turner for the prompter at the Metropolitan Opera House, brings his family to a special children's performance of Mozart's "The Magic Flute," and gets so carried away by the music he is nearly apprehended by Mephisto, the music-hating cat who lives in the basement.

Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved.

Retells the story of the Mozart opera, in which the noble Prince Tamino seeks the fair Pamina against a backdrop of the battle between darkness and light.

A retelling, based on the 1903 operetta, of the classic story of how Jane and Alan are pursued by their evil uncle Barnaby who wants to kill them for their fortune.

Presents an illustrated version of the libretto from the operatic account of the Old Testament story of Joseph and his brothers.

A retelling of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute," including a biographical section about Mozart and a behind-the-scenes account of a performance of the work by the Salzburger Marionettentheater, illustrated with photographs.

A mouse who works as a page turner at the Metropolitan Opera House has only one enemy, a cat; but, during a performance of "The Magic Flute," something magical happens to change their lives.