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Otello
Starring: Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Sergei Leiferkus
Conductor: Georg Solti Composer: Verdi
Superstar tenor Placido Domingo performs one of his signature roles in this thrilling Covent Garden
production of Verdi's operatic tale of jealous love. Starring Dame
Kiri Te Kanawa as Desdemona, Sergei Leiferkus as Iago, and conducted
by Sir Georg Solti. Also starring Roderick Earle, Robin Leggate, Ramon
Remedios, Claire Powell, Christopher Lackner, and Mark Beesley. Sung
in Italian with English subtitles.
D1492
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La Traviata
From the Salzburger Festspiele 2005
Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón and Thomas Hampson captivated the world of opera in summer 2005 with sensational performances in the Salzburg Festival's new Traviata. These two albums document this extraordinary event.
With seven times more demand than available tickets this Salzburg Traviata was the hottest ticket since the days of Karajan. The cast was led by Anna Netrebko (Violetta), Rolando Villazón (Alfredo) and Thomas Hampson (Giorgio). Carlo Rizzi conducted the Wiener Philharmoniker. Subtitles: Italian/German/English/
French/Spanish/Chinese
0734189
 $29.99
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Faust
Gabriela Benacková · Francisco Araiza
Ruggero Raimondi
Orchester, Chor und Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper
Erich Binder
Subtitles: French German English Spanish Chinese
Erich Binder conducts Ken Russell's unconventional production of Faust. Gounod’s crowning achievement Faust, first staged in 1859 at the Lyric Theatre in Paris, is a conflict of good and evil, love and hate. This 1985 performance from the Wiener Staatsoper was staged by Ken Russell, the enfant terrible of English music films. This searing production stars Francisco Ariza in the title role alongside Gabriele Benachova-Cap
0734108
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Daphne
June Anderson; Roberta Sacca; Scott Mac Allister; Daniel Lewis Williams; Birgit Remmer
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia/Stefan Anton Reck
Paul Curran, director
Subtitled in Italian, English, French, German & Japanese
The creation of Daphne was not a simple affair, but on 15th October 1938 the opera was finally premièred at Dresden's Staatstheater. Daphne is a masterpiece of early 20th-century vocal music. Structured in a single act, this opera is a solid work with a rich musical vein. Strauss's orchestration appears, as always, remarkably refined. The vocal writing is demanding for all the main characters, but especially so for the protagonist, here interpreted by a magnificent June Anderson. Filmed at Venice's La Fenice in high definition, the present production is directed by Paul Curran.
33499
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Il Barone di Rocca Antica
Von Dittersdorf's comic opera in 2 acts with Tamás Kóbor; Beatrix Fodor; Edit Károly; Károly Bretz
Savaria Baroque Orchestra (on period instruments). Subtitled in German, French & English. The composer was at the time in the service of Count Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Boroszló [later Breslau; today Wroclaw, Poland], and wrote nine Italian-language comic operas for the opera company there between 1770 and 1776. He later moved to Vienna and, in keeping with the trends of the time, he composed German-language Singspiels, some of which are still performed occasionally. His early operas, however, have since his death been lying in the Esterházy music collection, which makes this DVD a second world première.
32406
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Parsifal
Richard Decker, tenor; Matthias Hölle, bass; Wolfgang Schöne, baritone; Doris Soffel, soprano; Mikolaj Zalasinski, baritone; Ulrich Dünnebach, bass; Iorio Zennaro, tenor; Federico Sacchi, bass; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice Gabor Ötvös; Denis Krief, director, set, light and costume designer
The operatic output of Richard Wagner, from the never-completed draft of Die Hochzeit (1832) to the final version of Parsifal (1882) spans exactly fifty years. It is a very long lapse of time, which has few parallels in the history of music and is exceeded only by Giuseppe Verdi’s artistic longevity: fifty-four years, in fact, separate Verdi’s first opera, Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio (1839), from his last, Falstaff (1893). In fifty years Wagner did not only mature and outline more and more clearly the aesthetic ideals that formed the intellectual substratum of his composing activity but definitely upset the course of the history of music and of the music theatre.. 3 disks
33497
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Iphigénie en Tauride
Starring: Juliette Galstian, Rodney Gilfry, Deon van der Walt, Anton Scharinger, Martina Janková
Conductor: William Christie
Iphigénie en Tauride is considered by many to be Gluck’s greatest work and the culmination of his career. Boasting the finest libretto that Gluck ever set, Iphigénie en Tauride comes as close as possible to the complete realization of the composer’s ideal of putting music at the service of poetry to achieve dramatic truth. Hugely demanding, it is one of opera’s most intense and powerful experiences. Libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard
D2939
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Turandot
Starring: Ealynn Voss, Amanda Thane, Kenneth Collins, Donald Shanks, Graeme Ewer, Jonathan Welch, David Brennan
Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
In the Imperial Palace of Peking, the Emperor announces that any prince seeking to marry his daughter Turandot must first answer three riddles.
Prince Calaf falls immediately in love with Turandot and successfully answers all three riddles.
However before the Prince marries Turandot, he asks her a riddle of his own.
D4061
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