Opera: The Extravagant Art discussion

Hello. Unfortunately, I have missed or lost many PBS telecasts over the years, which have never been released on DVD. I am starting this thread as a place to post what one is looking for -- maybe someone here taped it and would be gracious enough to share a copy. I have tons of "wish" items myself, but I also have a lot of telecasts, too.

Happy hunting!

I have a group of VHS tapes of Wagner Ring Cycle that my aunt gave me, and I have been wanting to convert them to digital on the computer. Does anyone have experience with this process?

Dear Aaron,
I do not know how to do it on the computer, but I have had success with those combination VCR + DVD players that allow one to transfer video tapes to DVD. That might be a way to go and they are not too expensive. Plus it's multi-functional and can be used as a regular VCR and DVD player anyway.

I know there is a way to link one's VHS players, etc. into a computer to do a direct digital copy/transfer (without the highly expensive equipment I've seen in tech magazines), but my expertise does not extend that far.

I would love to find a copy of Adamo's Little Women. PBS telecast the Houston Opera performance in the mid-1990s but I've lost my copy. It's been posted in segments on Youtube, but the picture quality is so compressed and it takes so long to load each segment--I'd love to just get my hands on a copy of the whole thing!

We have Comcast for our computer and television. Within the last year the video quality on the computer with a new big screen and good sound system I am hooked on many of the youtube videos available. Try these: Garanca sings Zarzuela: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgeSw4...

A beautiful clip from "Cendrillon" with Ruth Welting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01JfDn...

I also would love to find a copy of the Traviata live from Paris. I missed it when it was on PBS many years ago.

Both of the youtube selections I highlighted above in a previous message have been deleted. This is one of the sad things about Youtube -- unless you have a way of downloading a saving them.

Oh, dear! (Actually there is a way to download and save Youtube videos, but it's a bit tricky...)