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Ferenc Fricsay: In Rehearsal & Concert / Smetana [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-03-29

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Sudfunk Sinfonieorchester

Filmed just three years before Fricsay’s death in 1963 this performance of Bedrich Smetana’s Die Moldhau is highly acclaimed as the most exciting ever....continue...
Run Time: 54 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
Subtitles: English
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Levine/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / James Levine - Celebrating 40 Years At The Met / [21 DVD]

21 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck, Op. 7; John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Bedrich...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Blegen, Judith; Cassilly, Richard; Clark, Graham; Creech, Philip; Dalayman, Katarina; Devlin, Michael; Fassbaender, Brigitte; F...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's...continue...

An Evening With Renee Fleming / Ion Marin/BPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Antonín Dvorák: Rusalka, Op 114/B 203; Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite, for orchestra no 2; Richard S...
Performers: Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Marin, Ion
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recently visitors to the Berlin Philharmonic's Waldbühne concerts have been regaled by some of the greatest opera singers of our age, including such operatic legends...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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A Night of Dances & Rhapsodies: Waldbühne Concert / Jansons, Rudy, Berlin PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-11-17

Works: Franz von Suppé: "Light Calvary" Overture; Franz Liszt: Wanderer Fantasy (Schubert) for Piano and Orchestra, S 366; Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for Orchestra, S 359; Georges Enescu: Romanian Rhap...
Performers: Rudy, Mikhail
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Based on the amphitheater in the ancient Greek city of Epidaurus, and nestled in a natural valley, the Waldbuhne theater seats 22,000 in leafy comfort...continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala - Oct. 22, 1983 [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Berberian, Ara; Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Darrenkamp, John; Di F...
Conductors: Levine, James; ; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The gala celebration is a collection of opera's best-loved favorites and immediately catches attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna...continue...
Run Time: 231 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Frenc...continue...

Czech Republic: A Tour / Smetana, Dvorak [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Antonín Dvorák: Rusalka, Op. 114/B 203; Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66/B 131; Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83; Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra,...

This tour of the Czech Republic takes us through the countryside, following the River Vltava to Prague, the capital city, visiting some of the great...continue...
Run Time: 59 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS Stereo Surround, Dolby Digital
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Smetana: Ma vlast (My Fatherland) / Rafael Kubelik/Bavarian RSO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-05-27

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Taped in stereo in Munich in 1984 with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, this performance has drama, poetry, strength, and tremendous heart. Kubelik clearly knows...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Fischer/Vienna State Opera, Popp, Jerusalem [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-11-13

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Fink, Walter; Jahn, Gertrude; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Popp, Lucia; Ridderbusch, Karl; Sima, Gabriela; Slania, Czeslawa; Sramek, Alfred; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Smetana's second opera, 'Die Verkaufte Braut' was composed in 1863–1870, and was originally envisioned as an operetta. Though it received its premiere in Prague in...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Smetana, Grieg: Orchestral Works [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-08-28

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55
Conductors: Pesek, Libor
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

This program combines wonderful music and striking pictures. Fascinating landscapes from Bohemia accompany the excellent interpretation of Smetana's "Moldau". Impressions from Norway, music and a...continue...
Run Time: 70 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, DD 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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Vaclav Neumann in Rehearsal: Beethoven, Smetana / Sudfunk Sinfonieorchester [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-06-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Sudfunk Sinfonieorchester

The conductor Vaclav Neumann is hugely popular with musicians and audiences alike. Always radiating good humour and camaraderie, he has the orchestra on his side...continue...
Run Time: 99 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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