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Strauss: Capriccio / Davis/Met, Renee Fleming [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2011-12-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Braun, Russell; Connolly, Sarah; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Larsen, Morten Frank; Rose, Peter [bass voice]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"The role suits her ideally at this stage of her career, and she sang splendidly. The performance over all, sensitively conducted by Andrew Davis and...continue...
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Strauss: Capriccio / Renee Fleming, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-11-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Braun, Russell; Connolly, Sarah; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Larsen, Morten Frank; Rose, Peter [bass voice]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Following the success of Fleming’s Der Rosenkavalier DVD, comes Fleming’s interpretation of Strauss’s chamber-opera, Capriccio....continue...

Strauss: Salome / Summers/Met, Mattila, Uusitalo, Begley [DVD]

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

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op 54
Performers: Begley, Kim; Kaiser, Joseph; Komlosi, Ildiko; Mattila, Karita; Uusitalo, Juha
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"As astoundingly lithe mover, [Mattila] plays the rapacious princess with a teenager's impetuosity and energy...No-one can surpass her when crazed anticipation is needed, which means...continue...
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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...

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Levine/Met, Dessay, Voigt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Gunn, Nathan; Margison, Richard; Mentzer, Susanne; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Two of today's reigning sopranos - Deborah Voigt and Natalie Dessay - embody the contrasting philosophies at the heart of this 2003 Metropolitan Opera production...continue...

Ljuba Welitsch

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Queen of Spades, O...
Performers: Paolis, Alessio de; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Susskind, Walter; Moralt, Rudolf; Krips, Josef; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has carefully chosen recordings of music covering a number of roles that Viennese, British, and American fans associated with Ljuba...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Levine/Met, Nilsson, Rysanek, Dunn [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Dunn, Mignon; McIntyre, Donald; Nagy, Robert; Nilsson, Birgit; Rysanek, Leonie
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"With Nilsson's intense, overwhelming singing...it was a triumph for her...Leonie Rysanek is one of the few sopranos who can almost match Miss Nilsson note for...continue...
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Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese
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Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. / Metropolitan Opera Gala [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Luisa Miller; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Pietro Masca...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Gheorghiu, Angela; Grant Murphy, Heidi; Hadley, Jerry; Hagegard, Hakan; Hampson, Thomas; Hei-Kyung...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Levine/Met, Norman, Battle [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-09-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Dickson, Stephen; King, James; Nentwig, Franz Ferdinand; Norman, Jessye; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"This performance represents an above-average night at the Metropolitan Opera." -The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Risë Stevens

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-07-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Alceste; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; ...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Jobin, Raoul; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sebastian, Georges; Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Strauss: Arabella / Te Kanawa, Thielemann/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-06-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella, Op. 79
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Dernesch, Helga; Kuebler, David; McIntyre, Donald; McLaughlin, Marie; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Country of Origin: Germany
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Historical - Ljuba Welitsch - Recital

1 CD / Myto Records / 1999-02-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op 54; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Franz Le...
Performers: De Paolis, Alessio; Ulanowsky, Paul; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Moralt, Rudolf; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Helen Traubel

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-10-15

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Walküre; Wesendonck Lieder; Schmerzen ("Sonne, weinest jeden Abend..."), so...
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Traubel, Helen
Conductors: O'Connell, Charles; Rodzinski, Artur; Knoch, Ernst; Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra