Bellini, Vincenzo > Haider, Friedrich

Bellini Portraits - arias from I Pirata; I Capuleti e I Montecchi; La Sonnambula; Norma et al. / Edita Gruberova, soprano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Beatrice di Tenda, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Bros, Jose; Clementis, Tamas; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Schmidt, Monika; Schrott, Erwin; Tuand, Carlo
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio; Haider, Friedrich; Viotti, Marcello; Steinberg, Pinchas

Bellini's individually melancholic and ethereal phrases have always been a favorite of Edita Gruberova, and the artist personally has made this selection out of six...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Haider, Gruberova, Garanca, Miles, et al

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Gruberova, Edita; Howarth, Judith; Machado, Aquiles; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Wade, Ray M.
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Rastatt Vocal Ensemble

Bellini: I Puritani / Haider, Gruberova, Bros, Alvarez [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Bros, Jose; Esteve Madrid, Vicenc; Gorny, Konstantin; Gruberova, Edita; Orfila, Simon; Pierotti, Raquel
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

Arhaus captures on DVD Andrei Serban's production of Bellini's gloomy masterpiece, I puritan. In his staging, Serban maintains an ever-present mood of conflict: the drama...continue...
Run Time: 159 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Edita Gruberová, Friedrich Haider/Bavarian State Orch. [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Ganassi, Sonia; Gruberova, Edita; Herzog, Markus; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Todorovic, Zoran
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsorchester; Bayerischen Staatsoper

"Gruberova brings a lifetime's experience of singing bel canto opera and caresses Bellini's vocal lines with many subtle touches. Almost entirely absent is that mannerism...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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Vesselina Kasarova - A Portrait / Haider, Munich Radio SO

1 CD / RCA Records / 1996-11-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentol...
Performers: Hennis, Tim; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mitternacht-Geibendorfer, Isolde; Muller, Barbara [Vocals]; Savitzky, Leonid; Schulist, Andreas; Siegele, Dankwart
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This is the stuff of legends: I can't recall the last time I heard a debut opera recital that has given me so much pleasure....continue...