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Khovanschina
Starring: Yevgeni Nesterenko, Alexander Vedernikov
Conductor: Yuri Simonov
Composer: Mussorgsky
This is the only full-length performance of Mussorgsky's opera. Conductor Yuri Simonov conducts the acclaimed Bolshoi Chorus in this fabulous program. 172 minutes
D1163
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Queen of Spades
Starring: Vladimir Atlantov, Tamara Malashkina, Elena Obratsova, Yuri Mazurok
Conductor: Yuri Simonov
Composer: Tchaikovsky
Based on Alexander Pushkin's story Pique Dame, this powerful opera features music by Peter Tchaikovsky, and a libretto by his brother, Modest. Now the Bolshoi Opera, Ballet, and Orchestra have teamed together for an incredible opera. This is a modern masterpiece!.
D1164
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Eugene Onegin
Starring: Sergei Leyferkus, Yuri Marusin, Tatiana Novikova
Composer: Tchaikovksy
Eugene Onegin is Tchaikovsky's most lyrical operatic work. While composing it, he wrote that he was filled with "indescribable pleasure and enthusiasm." The opera is based on Pushkin's novel in verse and was first produced in Moscow on March 29th, 1879.
D1165
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Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail
Starring: Deon van der Walt, Inga Nielsen, Kurt Moll
Conductor: Georg Solti
Composer: Mozart
Mozart's comic masterpiece, ties together the themes of social decorum, women's rights, honor, justice and young love. 140 minutes
D2098
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Mlada
Starring: Oleg Kulko, Maria Gavrilova
Conductor: Alexander Lazarev
Composer: Rimsky-Korsakov
Boris Pokrovsky’s acclaimed production of Mlada, a story of early Slavs prior to Christian conversion, captures the essence of the Bolshoi’s traditions of drama and realism. It is complemented by Andrei Petrov’s inspired choreography, with its amazing variety of ritual dances. Dancing is indeed the crux of Mlada, which can be best described more as a ballet with a vocal score. World renowned star of the Bolshoi Ballet, Nina Ananiashvili, exquisitely dances the double role of Mlada/Cleopatra. Designer Valéry Levental has created breathtaking fantasy effects, immersed in the traditions of Slavonic art, transforming the stage into a panorama of stunning, bizarre and ever-changing delights..
D2280
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Eugene Onegin
Starring: Elena Prokina, Wojciech Drabowicz, Martin Thompson
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Composer: Tchaikovsky
Recorded at Glyndebournes delightful new opera house. Staged with breathtaking simplicity by Graham Vick. There is a seemless consistency between the staging and the singing.
D2283
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Pelléas et Mélisande
Starring: Christiane Oelze, Richard Croft, Glyndebourne
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Composer: Debussy
Debussy's masterpiece, Pelléas et Mélisande, is based on Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolist play - a tragic fairytale, which recounts the ill-fated love of half-brothers Golaud and Pelléas for the same woman, the enigmatic Mélisande.
D3117
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Tosca: The Movie
Starring: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Tosca is set in Rome at the end of the 18th century. Love and jealousy drive the story to its inevitable, tragic end. Tosca ,an actress,kills her tormentor, Scarpia, and rushes to save her lover, Mario. All goes awry and Mario is executed. Tosca, in an act of defiance, then throws herself from the roof of Castel Sant’angelo to her death
D4010
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Dinorah ou le Pardon de Ploermel
Starring: Isabelle Philippe, Armand Arapian, Frédéric Mazzotta
Conductor: Pierre Jourdan
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Meyerbeer’s pastoral opera, based on a Breton tale, is the tale of Dinorah who has gone mad because her bridegroom Hoël has disappeared during their wedding..
D4013
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Le Songe d'une Nuit d'Eté
Starring: Ghyslaine Raphanel, Alain Gabriel, Jean-Phillipe Courtis
Conductor: Pierre Jourdan
Composer: Ambroise Thomas
Ambroise Thomas wrote this comic opera; it includes Falstaff, Elizabeth I and Shakespeare all in a strange literary interaction.
D4014.
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Henry VIII
Starring: Philippe Rouillon, Michèle Command, Lucile Vignon
Conductor: Pierre Jourdan
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Saint-Saën’s successful opera, centers on the period of Henry’s life where his political ambitions and his defiance of Rome intertwine with his rejection of Catherine of Aragon and his marriage to Anne Boleyn.
D4015
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Giovanna D'Arco
The Starring: Renato Bruson, Susan Dunn
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Available February 28th, 2006.
Stage and television director Werner Herzog, one of the most highly acclaimed German film makers, joins forces with the great Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly to effect a masterful rendition of this rarely-performed opera involving spectacular scenes of alternating light and dark, pageantry and intimacy.
D4043
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Une Éducation Manquée
Starring: Frank Cassard, Mary Saint Palais, Philippe Fourcade
Conductor: Pierre Jourdan
Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier/Darius Milhaud
This operetta by Emmanuel Chabrier is the story of a young man in 18th century Paris discovering what it is to be married. With an enchanting score and fine vocal writing, this charming work is a welcome rediscovery...
D4011.
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Boris Godunov
Starring: Evgeny Nesternko, Vladislav Piavko
Conductor: Alexander Lazarev
Composer: Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov is the quintessential Russian opera and brings to the stage one of the most curious episodes in the history of 16th-century Russia. After Mussorgsky's death in 1881, the work was revised by Rimsky-Korsakov whose version is sung in this performance.
D2852.
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Rusalka
Milada Subrtova, soprano; Eduard Haken, bass; Ivo Zidek, tenor; Marie Ovcacikova, alto.
Soloists, orchestra and choir of the National Theatre in Prague, Conducted by Zdenek Chalabala
Since its 1901 premiere at the National Theater in Prague, Rusalka, Dvorák’s most famous opera, has enjoyed the best attendance of any work performed in Czech opera theaters. This exquisite 1975 production for Czechoslovak TV was the work of director Bohumil Zoul, cinematographer Ilja Bojanovský and theater actors, including Katerina Machácková, Miroslav Nohýnek, Slávka Budínová. Rusalka is sung in Czech on this DVD, with subtitles available in English, French and German.
7008.
 $17.95
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La Serva Padrona
Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816) Intermezzo in two acts
Tiziano Bracci; Gabirella Colecchia; Gianni Salvo
Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania/Marco Zuccarini
Gianni Salvo, stage director; Leonardo Catalanotto, harpsichord continuo
Live recording: Catania, Italy, Teatro Sangiorgi, April 17, 2004
Subtitled in English, French, German, Italian
For the first time on video: An expert young cast reveals all of the opera’s musical and theatrical charm. Enriched with a spoken prologue and finale, subtitles in four languages, plus a full Extra Features section
116-602.
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Anna Karenina
Music by Vladislav Uspensky
Libretto by Jotaarkka Pennanen; Poetic text by Tatiana Kalinina
St. Petersburg Conservatory Opera Theatre
Music director and conductor: Alexander Sladkovsky, Conductor: Ruben Agaronian
Galina Sidorenko; Alexander Pakhmutov; Danya Kazakov; Alexander Minchenko; Sergey Muraviev; Yulia Novikova; Lidia Bobokhtina; Olga Petlina-Nevzler; Konstantin Solovsky; Polina Nevedomskaya; Irina Udalova; Alexey Afanasiev; Natalia Kochubey; Yaroslav and Sviatoslav Grabovsky
English Subtitles (Original Russian)
Tolstoy’s great novel of passion and retribution is brought to new dramatic and musical life in the operatic stage adaptation from the great Russian composer Vladislav Uspensky and the brilliant Finnish director Jotaarkka Pennanen. Part of the glittering 2003 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the great city of St. Petersburg, which plays such an important part in Tolstoy’s novel.
960013.
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Dialogues of the Carmelites
Music Starring: Dame Joan Sutherland, Isobel Buchanan, Heather Begg
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Composer: Poulenc
Poulenc's only full-length opera is firmly rooted in the post World War II era. Based on the historical events of the time of the French Revolution, this story of a community of Carmelite nuns who go to the guillotine rather than renounce their calling can be received in many ways. Poulenc's warmly melodic and lyrical score is wholly dramatic and gripping, and Joan Sutherland, recreating the role she sang at the opera's British premiere in 1958, sings the second prioress with commanding moderation. This production serves the inspiration of Poulenc in every important particular of style, economy and theatrical force. Richard Bonynge conducts the Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra. Sung in English.
D2088
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