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LIST OF WORKS INCLUDED
USTheater TABLE OF CONTENTS (alphabetical by playwright) John Adams and Peter Sellars (USA)"A Body Transfixed by the Noonday Sun" (on Sellars' and Adams' The Gospel According to the other Mary) by...
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Douglas Messerli | "The Night She Sang Opera in Drag at a Karaoke Bar" (on...
the night she sang opera in drag at a karaoke barby Douglas Messerli John Jarboe and Stephanie Blythe (writers), John Jarboe (director) Blythely Oratonio in Blythely Ever After / 2020 (TV video) As...
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Little Richard | singing "Tutti Frutti" [link]
To hear Little Richard perform "Tutti Frutti" at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, go...
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Douglas Messerli | "Yes, Yes" (on Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier)
yes, yesby Douglas MesserliHugo van Hofmannsthal (libretto), Richard Strauss (music), Robert Carsen (stage director), Gary Halvorson (director) Der Rosenkavalier / 2017 [The Metropolitan Opera HD-live...
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Douglas Messerlii | "Six Degrees of Insanity" (on Alice Goodman's, Peter...
six degrees of insanityby Douglas MesserliAlice Goodman (libretto), John Adams (composer), Peter Sellars (director) Nixon in China / 2011 [The Metropolitan Opera HD-live broadcast]Although most of the...
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Douglas Messerli |" Bad Day on the Seville Streets" (on Mozart's Don Giovanni)
bad day on the seville streetsby Douglas MesserliLorenzo Da Ponte (libretto), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Don Giovanni / Los Angeles, LAOpera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Sunday, September...
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Douglas Messerli | "State of Confusion" (on Mozart's Don Giovanni)
state of confusionby Douglas Messerli Lorenzo da Ponte (libretto, after a libretto by Giovanni Bertati), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer), Ivo van Hove (stage director), Gary Halvorson (director) Don...
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Douglas Messerli | "Love Across Space: The Poet As Hero" (on Kaija Saariaho's...
love across space: the poet as heroby Douglas MesserliAmin Maalouf (libretto), Kaija Saariaho (composer), Robert Lepage (stage director), Gary Halvorson (director) L’Amour de loin / 2016 [The...
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Douglas Messerli | "Desire Severed from Reward" (on Alban Berg's Lulu as...
desire severed from rewardby Douglas MesserliAlban Berg (libretto, based on Frank Wedekind’s Der Erdgeist and Die Büche der Pandora, and composer), William Kentridge (stage director), Matthew Diamond...
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Douglas Messerli | "Shrill Charm" (on Dmitri Shostakovich's The Nose)
shrill charmby Douglas MesserliDmitri Shostakovich, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Georgy Ionin, and Alexander Preis (libretto, based on the story by Gogol), Dmitri Shostakovich (music), William Kentridge (stage...
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Douglas Messerli | "A Lost Alabama: Mockingbird in Reverse" (on Kurt Weill's...
a lost alabama: mockingbird in reverseby Douglas MesserliBertolt Brecht (libretto), Kurt Weill (composer), Alex Ollé and Carlus Padrissa (directors) Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall...
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Douglas Messerli | "A Dance of Death" (on Strauss' Salome)
a dance of death by Douglas MessserliOscar Wilde (libretto, based on his play), Richard Strauss (composer), Jürgen Flimm (stage director) Barbara Willis Sweete (director) Salome / 2008 [Metropolitan...
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Douglas Messerli | "Tears and Hope" (on Handel's Giulio Cesare)
tears and hope by Douglas Messerli Nicola Francesco Haym (libretto, after Giacomo Francesco Busani’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto), George Frideric Handel (composer), David McVicar (stage director), Gary...
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Douglas Messerli | "The Barbarian Within" (on Puccini's Turandot)
the barbarian withinby Douglas Messerli Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni (libretto, after a play by Carlo Gozzi), Giacomo Puccini (composer), Franco Zeffirelli (stage director), Barbara Willis Sweete...
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Douglas Messerli | "Living in a Glass House without Being Able to See In or...
living in a glass house without being able to see in or outby Douglas MesserliArrigo Boito (libretto, from Shakespeare’s play as translated by Giulio Carcano and Victor Hugo), Giuseppe Verdi...
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Douglas Messerli | "Love and Tears" (on Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of...
love and tearsby Douglas MesserliJules Barbier (libretto, based on his and Michel Carré’s play, based on tales by E.T.A. Hoffman), Jacques Offenbach (music), Bartlett Sher (director), Barbara Willis...
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Douglas Messerli | "The FInale" (on Stephen Schwartz and Roger O Hirson's...
the finaleby Douglas Messerli Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics), Roger O Hirson (book), Bob Fosse (contributions to the libretto) David Sheehan (director) Pippin / 1981 [TV] I never saw Pippin on...
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Douglas Messerli | "Count Down" (on Francesco Maria Piave's and Giuseppe...
count downby Douglas MesserliFrancesco Maria Piave (libretto, after the play La dame aux camellias, by Alexandre Dumas fils), Giuseppe Verdi (music), Willy Decker (stage director), Gary Halvorson...
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Douglas Messerli | "Casting Out the Self" (on Wagner's Die Walküre)
casting out the selfby Douglas MesserliRichard Wagner (libretto and composer), Robert Lepage (stage director), Gary Halvorson (director) Die Walküre / 2011 [The Metropolitan Opera HD-live broadcast]One...
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Douglas Messerli "Buried Alive" (on Antonio Ghislanzoni's and Giuseppe...
buried aliveby Douglas Messerli Antonio Ghislanzoni (libretto, based on a French scenario by Auguste Mariette) Giuseppe Verdi (composer), Sonja Frisell-Gianni Quaranta (stage director), Gary Halvorson...
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Douglas Messerli "Convincing the Soloist to Join the Band" (on George Furth's...
convincing the soloist to join the bandby Douglas Messerli George Furth (book), Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics), Lonny Price (director) Company / 2008 [PBS TV; filmed from live performances on June...
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Douglas Messerli | "The Sacred and the Profane" (on Wagner's Parisfal)
the sacred and the profaneby Douglas MesserliRichard Wagner (libretto and music), François Girard (stage director), Barbara Willis Sweete (director) Parsifal / 2013 [The Metropolitan Opera HD-live...
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Douglas Messerli | "Delusion and Desire" (on Hector Berlioz's Les troyens)
delusion and desire by Douglas Messerli Hector Berlioz (libretto, after Vergil’s Aenid and music), Francesca Zambello (stage director), Barbara Willis Sweete (director) Les troyens / 2013 [The...
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Douglas Messerli | "Everybody's Fooled" (on Verdi's Falstaff)
everybody’s fooledby Douglas MesserliArrigo Boito (libretto, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and King Henry IV), Giuseppe Verdi (music), Robert Carsen (stage director), Gary Halvorson...
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Douglas Messerli | "Live Where You Can" (on Lee Breuer and Bob Telson's The...
live where you canby Douglas Messerli Lee Breuer (libretto and adaptation), Bob Telson (music, with lyrics by Breuer), Mark J. P. Hood and Charles Newell (directors) The Gospel at Colonus / The Getty...
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