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Puccini: Turandot / Nelsons, Guleghina, Giordani, Poplavskaya [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Giordani, Marcello; Guleghina, Maria; Poplavskaya, Marina; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in...continue...
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Summers/Met, Racette, Zifchak [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giordani, Marcello; Racette, Patricia; Zifchak, Maria
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Minghella has minimized the singers' actions...there is no over-emoting. The sad story is allowed to speak for itself...Racette's Butterfly is magnificent. Her full-bodied voice is...continue...
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Puccini: Tosca / Colaneri/Met, Mattila, Alvarez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-12-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Courtney, James; Gagnidze, George; Makepeace, Jonathan; Mattila, Karita; Pittsinger, David; Plishka, Paul; Sorensen, Joel
Conductors: Colaneri, Joseph
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This production of Tosca opened the Metropolitan Opera's 2009 - 10 season, the first to be programmed entirely by the house's General Manager Peter Gelb,...continue...
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Puccini: Tosca / Pavarotti, Verrett, Met [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: MacNeil, Cornell; Pavarotti, Luciano; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Filmed at the height of Luciano Pavarotti's career, this DVD of a performance from December 19th, 1978 captures Pavarotti in one of his most acclaimed...continue...

Puccini: La Rondine / Armiliato/Met, Gheorghiu, Alagna [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2010-10-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Brenciu, Marius; Gheorghiu, Angela; Oropesa, Lisette
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna star in the 2008 - 2009 Metropolitan Opera production of Puccini's 'La Rondine' (The Swallow). This new production, directed by...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Luisotti/MET, Gheorghiu, Vargas, Arteta [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Arteta, Ainhoa; Gheorghiu, Angela; Gradus, Oren; Kelsey, Quinn; Plishka, Paul; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Luisotti, Nicola
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Angela Gheorghiu leads a magnificent cast in Franco Zeffirelli's iconic production of Puccini's La Bohème - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in Hi-Definition. Mimì...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Levine/MET, Mattila, Giordani [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giordani, Marcello; Mattila, Karita; Travis, Dale
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Continuing its collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera and its Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series, EMI Classics is proud to release the METs classic...continue...

Pavarotti: The Italian Opera Collection / Il Tabarro; Pagliacci; L'Elisir d'Amore; La Boheme / Metropolitan Opera [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This specially priced 3-DVD set (three for the price of two) features Luciano Pavarotti at the Met in three of the legendary Italian tenor's greatest...continue...
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Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Levine / MET, Domingo, Behrens, MacNeil [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Christopher, Russell; Courtney, James; Domingo, Placido; Laciura, Anthony; MacNeil, Cornell; Tajo, Italo
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Domingo's Cavaradossi is a gorgeous piece of singing...this production contains enough atmosphere for twenty Tosca's." -New York Magazine...continue...
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Scotto, Domingo, Levine/MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Creech, Phillip; Domingo, Placido; Elvira, Pablo; Jones, Isola; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Demanding roles for both soprano and tenor leads are handled expertly by the great Renata Scotto and the magnificent Placido Domingo. "Director Gian Carlo Menotti...gives...continue...
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Puccini: Il Tabarro; Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci / Levine/MET, Pavarotti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pons, Juan; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Puccini: La Boheme / Pavarotti, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Monk, Allan; Niska, Maralin; Pavarotti, Luciano; Plishka, Paul; Scotto, Renata; Tajo, Italo; Velis, Andrea; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West / Domingo, Slatkin/Metropolitan Opera Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-08-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Laciura, Anthony; Milnes, Sherrill
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"This attractive and lively production of Puccini's Wild West opera makes the best imaginable case for it, especially the exuberant Barbara Daniels in the title...continue...
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Levine, Freni, Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; Freni, Mirella; Groves, Paul; Laciura, Anthony; Pavarotti, Luciano; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vargas, Ramón [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Puccini: Turandot / Marton, Domingo, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-08-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Cuénod, Hughes; Domingo, Placido; Marton, Eva; Plishka, Paul
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"A straightforward, spectacular and star-cast staging by Franco Zeffirelli that comes over extremely well. At the heart of it is James Levine's massive, stormy reading....continue...
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A Portrait of Pavarotti - Highlights from Pavarotti Edition

3 CD / Decca / 2001-09-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bormida, Ida; Caballé, Montserrat; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Courtney, James; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiau...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Pritch...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orches...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (vocals)....continue...