Rare Opera videos carries a very small number of commercial videos. These may be ordered directly from us on our order form. They are clearly marked and have a link to click for our order form.

In addition, we have a long, happy association with Amazon Books.  Many of the following selections of fine commerial videos of many different Operas can be ordered directly from Amazon by clicking on the title.. We receive a small commission on each purchase which you make directly from this website. This helps to support everything else.

What is a commercial video? It is a video released by a major distributor under license. They are sometimes available only for a limited period of time. The quality is generally very high since they are mastered from original material.

Instructions:
Rare Opera Video Exclusive Items: Click on the link to our order form and use it to order from us. Instructions are on the order form.

Amazon.COM. If you click on a video  title, you will be taken directly to Amazon Books Order Facility. Each book that you order will be shipped immediately and efficiently (unless it is marked "hard to find" or "back ordered" -- those titles take longer). We receive a credit for each book that you order which helps us to keep publishing.
 

These titles are largely listed ALPHABETICALLY by TITLE

          25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala (1996) ~ VHS

           Africaine- Complete Opera ~  VHS

Abduction from the Seraglio by W.A. Mozart
 
Abduction From The Seraglio - Complete Opera - No subtitles 
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                     Rated: NR
                     • NTSC format (US and Canada only)
                     • ASIN: B00000FDPU

The Abduction From the Seraglio 

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                     Rated: NR
                     Starring: Armin Uhde, et al.
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                     • Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
                     • ASIN: 6300265668


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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - performances by various artistes.

            Aida- Complete Opera ~ VHS
                  Elena Obraztsova
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            Aida- Complete Opera ~ VHS 
                 Cheryl Studer / Subtitled
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            Aida - Complete Opera ~ VHS 
                           Arturo Toscanini
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            Aida - Complete Opera ~ VHS 
                          Luciano Pavarotti / Subtitled
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            Aida - Complete Opera ~ VHS 
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Richard Strauss - Arabella / Thielemann, Te Kanawa, Brendel,
                      Metropolitan Opera (1995)
                                Our Price: $34.95
     Rated: NR
                      Director: Brian Large
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                      • ASIN: 6304400217


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The Barber of Seville by G. Rossini - various performances
 
The Barber of Seville 
                     Starring: Kathleen Battle, et al.
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                     Rated: NR
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                     • ASIN: 6302311667

The Barber of Seville 
                     Starring: Cecilia Bartoli, et al.
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                     Rated: NR
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                     • Number of tapes: 2
                     • ASIN: 6302888123

The Barber of Seville 
                     Starring:  Richard Croft, et al.
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                     Rated: NR
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Barber of Seville (1992) 
                     Starring: Alberto Zedda, et al.
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                     Rated: NR
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     John Gay - The Beggar's Opera / Gardiner, Hoskins, Daltrey, English
                      Baroque Soloists (1984)
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Rated: NR
                      Director: Jonathan Miller
Edition Details:
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                      • Color, NTSC
                      • ASIN: 1561270768

                     Boheme-Complete Opera ~ VHS
                          G. Puccini / Subtitled

                                 Our Price: $29.99
Rated: NR
                      Director: Geoffrey Nottage
Edition Details:
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                      • ASIN: 6303608051
 
 
 
 

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Charlie Chan at the Opera (1937)
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                      Rated: Unrated
                      Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
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                      • ASIN: 6301798678 

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The titles below will be added over the next few weeks.....

Boheme-Complete Opera ~ VHS
                          G. Puccini
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                     Boheme-Complete Opera (1989) ~ VHS
                          G. Puccini, Luciano Pavarotti / Subtitled
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                     Capriccio-Complete Opera ~ VHS
                          R. Strauss
                          Our Price: $29.74 ~ You Save: $5.25 (15%)

                     Carmen-Complete Opera ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days
                          G. Bizet
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                     Cenerentola-Complete Opera ~ VHS
                          G. Rossini
                          Our Price: $29.74 ~ You Save: $5.25 (15%)

                     Cenerentola-Complete Opera ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days
                          G. Rossini
                          Our Price: $27.16 ~ You Save: $4.79 (15%)

                     Cenerentola-Complete Opera (1995) ~ VHS
                          G. Rossini
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                     Chushingura-Complete Opera ~ VHS
                          S. Shigeaki, Shimada Masahiko
                          Our Price: $38.23 ~ You Save: $6.75 (15%)

                     Cinderella ~ VHS
                          Paris Opera Ballet
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                     Cinderella - Berlin Comic Opera Ballet (1993) ~ VHS
                          Hannelore Bey
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                     Clemenza Di Tito-Comp Opera ~ VHS
                          W.A. Mozart
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                     Contes D'Hoffman-Complete Opera ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days
                          Alfredo Kraus
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                     Cosi Fan Tutte-Complete Opera ~ VHS
                          W.A. Mozart
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                     Das Rheingold (1991) ~ VHS
                          James Morris
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                     Destination Mozart - A Night at the Opera With Peter Sellars (1990) ~ VHS
                          Destination:Mozart, Peter Sellers
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                     Die Walkure (1991) ~ VHS
                          Christa Ludwig
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                     Don Giovanni-Comp Opera (1954) ~ VHS
                          Siepi, Grummer
                          Our Price: $50.99 ~ You Save: $9.00 (15%)

                     Essential Opera (1992) ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
                          Placido Domingo
                          Our Price: $25.49 ~ You Save: $4.50 (15%)

                     Essential Opera 2 (1993) ~ VHS
                          Essential Opera 2
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                    Eugene Onegin (1958) ~ VHS
                          Bolshoi Opera
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                     Falstaff-Comp Opera (1995) ~ VHS
                          G. Verdi
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                     Falstaff-Comp Opera ~ VHS
                          G. Verdi
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                     Fiery Angel-Comp Opera (1995) ~ VHS
                          S. Prokofiev
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                     Fille Du Regiment-Comp Opera ~ VHS
                          G. Donizetti, Joan Sutherland
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                     Firestone French Opera Gala ~ VHS
                          Firestone French Opera Gala
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                     First Ladies of Opera (1967) ~ VHS
                          Birgit Nilsson
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                     Fledermaus-Comp Opera ~ VHS
                          J. Strauss / Subtitled
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                     Forza Del Destino-Comp Opera ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days
                          G. Verdi
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                     Gala Concert ~ VHS
                          Australian Opera, Joan Sutherland
                          Our Price: $25.49 ~ You Save: $4.46 (15%)

                     Ghosts of Versailles, The - John Corigliano (1992) ~ VHS
                          Teresa Stratas
                          Currently Out of Print and not available.

                     Gotterdammerung (1991) ~ VHS
                          Hildegard Behrens
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                     Gotterdammerung-Comp Opera ~ VHS
                          R. Wagner
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                     Great Opera Gala for Armenia (1988) ~ VHS
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                     Hansel & Gretel: An Opera Fantasy (1995) ~ VHS
                          Anna Russell
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                     Huguenots-Comp Opera (1990) ~ VHS
                          G. Meyerbeer, Joan Sutherland / Subtitled
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                     In Opera & Song ~ VHS
                          Jussi Bjoerling
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                     In Opera & Song ~ VHS
                          Bidu Sayao
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                     In Opera & Song ~ VHS
                          Eleanor Steber
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A Selection of Books listing Operas Available on Videocassette

 
Opera on Screen : A Guide to 100 Years of Films and Videos, 1997  by Ken Wlaschin,
Our Price: $75.00 "an essential purchase" - Alan Blyth, Opera

                        "encyclopedic coverage" - Peter M. Nichols, The New York Times

                     "a monumental achievement…fascinating" - Richard Fawkes. Opera Now

                    "a highly enjoyable reference work"- Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic

                   "a definitive and long overdue reference source" - Anthony Slide, Classic Images

Opera on Screen is a guide to the thousands of films and videos featuring operas and opera singers made in the last century. It describes what was filmed and what it is possible to view and is organized alphabetically with entries on operas, operettas, zarzuelas, singers, composers, writers, conductors and subjects. The net is wide and includes not only opera singers but singers whose only opera career was on the movie screen, imaginary operas composed for the cinema and silent opera films. This is the most comprehenisve book of its kind ever produced and actually fun to read.
 

Opera Performances in Video Format : A Checklist of Commercially Released Recordings
Charles R. Croissant / Paperback / Published 1991
Our Price: $12.00 ~ You Save: $3.00 (20%)(Special Order)
The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video ~ Ships in 2-3 days
 Paul Gruber (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1997
Our Price: $24.50 ~ You Save: $10.50 (30%)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Camcorders (But Nobody Had the Answers : A One-On-One, Very Easy-To-Understand Guide on How to Buy, Opera)
John P. Johnston / Published 1989 (Hard to Find)
 
Guide to Opera and Dance on Videocassette
Robert Levine / Paperback / Published 1990
Our Price: $16.95 (Special Order)

 
 A night in at the opera : media representations of opera
(Hard to Find)

 
Opera, Ideology, and Film
Jeremy Tambling / Published 1987  (Hard to Find)

 
Opera Mediagraphy : Video Recordings and Motion Pictures (Music Reference Collection, 40)
Sharon G. Almquist (Compiler) / Hardcover / Published 1993
Our Price: $59.95 (Special Order)
Opera on Video : The Essential Guide
Alan Blyth / Paperback / Published 1996
Our Price: $19.95 (Back Ordered)

 
 Chinese Opera VHS video, Deben Bhattacharya /  VHS Tape / Published 1992
Our Price: $34.50 (Special Order) Out of Print May 2000