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Nino Rota wrote a couple of operas, including "Il Capello di Paglia di Firenze" ("The Italian Straw Hat"), which, I think, has been recorded, though I don't know if it's still available.
Aaron Copland wrote at least one opera that I'm aware of, a one-act called "The Last Hurricane." I heard excerpts from it on FM radio, back in the days of my youth in Pittsburgh, and remember seeing the lp of it available at Sam Goody's record store there, though I never bought it.
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Oct 29, 2015 - 6:33 AM
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Thor
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I believe musicals are a different kettle of fish altogether.
Too bad Williams never got around to his opera project with Placido Domingo some years ago. The only thing he's done that is CLOSE to an opera (no, THOMAS AND THE KING is a musical) is the song cycle "Seven for Luck" that he did with Rita Dove. Unfortunately, it hasn't had a commercial recording, although four selections of the 7-track piece were performed by Kathleen Battle during a Boston Pops/Symphony concert and recorded for TV broadcast on PBS.
If my memory serves well,  all I can remember about Seven For Luck is a broadcast with Rita Dove and John Williams at the piano, filmed in an "ancient" house.
Was it part of the BPO Concert featuring the Battle performance ?
No, that's the one, but at regular intervals during the conversation between Dove and Williams, they cut away to a performance of whatever song they're discussing. So obviously, someone was at the venue and recorded the thing for TV broadcast, although I've never seen an airing of the whole show. Just those four pieces as part of that special.
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