Guide for Music Citation - Chicago/Turabian Style (New 18th ed)

See Chicago 14.165. 

• For physical recordings (DVDs, Blu-ray, VHS), indicate the format at the end of the citation. 
• In the bibliography citation, begin with the director or composer. In a footnote, you are permitted to begin with the title or scene if preferred.
• In a footnote, you can cite a scene as you would a chapter in a book.
• For digital recordings, you are not required to reference the streaming platform or digital file format

General order: Director/Composer. Title. Studio/publisher information, year. Format (if relevant)

Bibliography examples:

Blanchard, Terence. Champion. Libretto by Michael Cristofer. Eric Greene, Stephanie Blythe, Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, and Paul Groves. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet. Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Live telecast from the Metropolitan Opera House April 29, 2023. The Metropolitan Opera, Met Opera On Demand, ondemand.metopera.org.

Knussen, Sue, dir. The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past. Teldec Classics International, 1994. VHS, 117 min. 

Hulscher, Hans, dir. Jiří Kylián’s Black and White Ballets. The Nederlands Dans Theater. Choreography by Jiří Kylián. Image Entertainment, 2001. DVD, 98 min.

Purcell, Henry. The Fairy Queen. Directed by Jonathan Kent. Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Glyndebourne Chorus. Conducted by William Christie. Recorded at Glyndebourne Opera House on June 17 and 19, 2009. Opus Arte, 2010. Blu-ray disc.

Alden, David, dir. Winterreise. Music by Franz Schubert. Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake. Third Eye production for NCV Arts and Channel 4. Warner Music Vision, 2007. DVD, 124 min.

Beyer, John, dir. The Dukes of Dixieland and Friends. New Orleans Pops Orchestra. Otis Bazoon, Frank Trapani, Bob O’Rourke, Phamous Lambert, George French, and Ernest Elly. Conducted by Milton Bush. Leisure Video, 1988. VHS, 75 min.