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Mayr: Medea in Corinto / Bolton, Michael, Vargas, Miles, Shrader [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Simon Mayr: Medea in Corinto, opera
Performers: Michael, Nadja; Miles, Alastair; Shrader, Alek; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsorchester

World Premiere Recording of Mayr's Medea in Corinto is "the most absolutely amazing opera discovery in decades" Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Based on the ancient tragedy...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Mayr: Medea in Corinto / Bolton, Michael, Vargas, Miles, Shrader [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Simon Mayr: Medea in Corinto, opera
Performers: Michael, Nadja; Miles, Alastair; Shrader, Alek; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsorchester

World Premiere Recording of Mayr's Medea in Corinto is "the most absolutely amazing opera discovery in decades" Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Based on the ancient tragedy...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Fre...continue...

Rediscovered - Mayr: Opera Highlights / Parry, Severini, Kenny, Smythe, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2008-07-08

Works: Simon Mayr: Elisa; Ginevra di Scozia, opera; L' amor coniugale, opera; Adelasia e Aleramo, opera; Elena, opera; Alonso e Cora, opera; Alfredo il Grande, opera; Fedra, opera; Medea in Corinto, opera
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Christie, Nan; Doghan, Philip; Dugdale, Sandra; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harrhy, Eiddwen; John, Kevin; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Dian...
Conductors: Parry, David; Severini, Tiziano
Ensemble: ; Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

Between 1794 and 1824, Bavarian-born Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845) composed over sixty operas. Admired for his fusion of Italianate melody with Germanic harmony and instrumentation,...continue...

Mayr: David in the Cave of Engedi / Hauk, Ostermann, Horak, Ichihara, Schneider, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Simon Mayr: David in spelunca Engaddi, Oratoriao
Performers: Duffe, Sibylla; Hauk, Franz; Horak, Cornelia; Ichihara, Ai; Ostermann, Merit; Schneider, Claudia
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: Mayr Ensemble

Mayr's oratorio 'David in spelunca Engeddi' (David in the Cave of Engedi), with a Latin text, was written in 1795 for the Ospedale dei Mendicanti...continue...

Simon Mayr: Sisara / Franz Hauk, Vanessa Barkowski, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2005-09-01

Works: Simon Mayr: Sisara, oratorio
Performers: Barkowski, Vanessa; Braun, Stefanie; Hauk, Franz; Mieden, Petra van der; Or, Talia; Schneider, Claudia
Conductors: Hauk, Franz

"The first thing that is interesting about this oratorio is that it is in Latin. The second interesting thing is that all the roles and...continue...

Mayr: Ginevra di Scozia / Severini, Vidal, Barcellona, et al

3 CD / Opera Rara / 2003-02-01

Works: Simon Mayr: Ginevra di Scozia, opera
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Grassi, Luca; Lazzara, Marco; Locatelli, Damiano; Orsolini, Aldo; Piunti, Giuseppina; Siragusa, Antonino; Vidal, Elisabeth
Conductors: Severini, Tiziano
Ensemble: Trieste Teatro Verdi Chorus

Giovanni Simone Mayr is remembered today as the teacher of Donizetti. He was one of the most respected composers in all of Italy. What is...continue...

Duets to Die For - Larmore, Fleming, Miricioiu, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2002-02-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Zoraida di Granata; Anna Bolena; Simon Mayr: Ginevra di Scozia, opera; Medea in Corinto, opera; Vincenzo Lavigna: Hoango; Gioachino Rossini: Otello; Ricciar...
Performers: Blake, Rockwell; Cullagh, Majella; Eaglen, Jane; Fleming, Renee; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Gimenez, Raul [Tenor Vocals]; Haddock, Marcus; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Jones, ...
Conductors: Parry, David

Beautiful Image - Mosca, Rossini, et al / Diana Montague

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-10

Works: Giuseppe Mosca: Le bestie in uomini, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta!, duet for 2 sopranos & orchestra (insertion number for G. Nicolini's Quint; L' inganno felice, opera; Gia...
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Kenny, Yvonne; Lewis, Keith; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

"Rarities there certainly are here...all featuring Diana Montague prominently. But the gem is a newly released item...[by] Julius Benedict. With its early-Romantic sensibility it makes...continue...

100 Years of Italian Opera 1810-1820

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-10

Works: Vincenzo Pucitta: La Vestale, opera; Pietro Generali: Adelina, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta!, duet for 2 sopranos & orchestra (insertion number for G. Nicolini's Quint; T...
Performers: Best, Jonathan; Bickley, Susan; Bolton, Andrea; Bovino, Maria; Bromley, Phillip Guy; Cashmore, John; Doghan, Philip; Dolton, Geoffrey; Drake, Susan; Harrhy, Eiddwen; John, Kevin; Jones, Della; Kenny,...
Conductors: Parry, David

"As ever in these volumes the playing of the Philharmonia under David Parry is an utterly reliable source of strength, and the presentation is again...continue...

100 Years of Italian Opera 1820-1830

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts; Simon Mayr: Fedra, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Le nozze in villa, opera; La zingara, opera; Chiara e Sera...
Performers: Ambrogi, Antonio; Angeli, Signor de; Ansiglioni, Pietro; Ashman, David; Bassi, Nicola; Bastianelli, Cristoforo; Bayley, Clive; Belloc, Teresa; Benedetti, Michele; Bertozzi, Angela Maria Silvestri; Bi...
Conductors: Parry, David