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Verdi: Les Vêpres Siciliennes / Carignani, Haveman, Fritz, Szabo [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-10-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Ághová, Livia; Fritz, Burkhard; Haveman, Barbara; Marco-Buhrmester, Alejandro; Szabo, Balint
Conductors: Carignani, Paolo
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Les vêpres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opéra for Paris & is driven by tensions between private passions...continue...
Run Time: 233 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Verdi: Les Vêpres Siciliennes / Carignani, Haveman, Fritz, Szabo [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-10-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Ághová, Livia; Fritz, Burkhard; Haveman, Barbara; Marco-Buhrmester, Alejandro; Szabo, Balint
Conductors: Carignani, Paolo
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Les vêpres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opéra for Paris & is driven by tensions between private passions...continue...
Run Time: 233 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Solti, Domingo, Barstow, Quivar [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Jo, Sumi; Nucci, Leo; Quivar, Florence; Rydl, Kurt; Simic, Goran
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Released on DVD comes another gem from the archives of Austrian Television. Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) tells the story of the assassination...continue...
Run Time: 145 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chin...continue...

Glyndebourne: Comedy & Tragedy / Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi, etc. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Sergei Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op 24
Performers: Auty, Peter; Battaglia, Paolo; Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Best, Jonathan; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Corbelli, Alessandro; Daza, Alfredo; Di Pasquale, Luciano; Elliott, Alasdair; Giordano,...
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir; Benini, Maurizio; Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world's most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and...continue...
Run Time: 750 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
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Verdi: Falstaff / Arrivabeni, Raimondi, Salsi, Tola [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: De Mola, Cinzia; Puertolas, Sabina; Raimondi, Ruggero; Salsi, Luca; Simu, Tiberio; Tola, Virginia
Conductors: Arrivabeni, Paolo
Ensemble: Opéra Royal de Wallonie Chorus; Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestra

Run Time: 170 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, Spanish
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Verdi: Falstaff / Santi/Vienna SO, Edelmann, Muszely, Sciutti, Hongen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Edelmann, Otto; Gorgen, Eva Maria; Grimm, Hans Gunter; Hackenberg, Wolfgang; Hongen, Elizabeth; Klaus, Erich; Muszely, Melitta; Raynor, Marshall; Sciuti, Graziella; Van Vrooman, Richard
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Verdi's musical comedy "Falstaff" in a brilliant studio recording from the early years of television. Otto Edelmann's comic Falstaff is one of the authoritative interpretations...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Lopez Cobos, Alvarez, Mula, Konstantinov [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-06-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Alvarez, Marcelo; Bayon, Eliana; Esteve Corbacho, Vicenc; Galiano, Sandra; Konstantinov, Julian; Martin-Royo, Joan; Mula, Inva; Obiol, Merce; Plazaola, Jon; Rubiera, David; Shvets, S...
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

In their series of celebrated opera productions from the Gran Teatre del Liceu inBarcelona, Arthaus presents a staging of Rigoletto, one of Verdi's most popular...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Jurowski, Purves, Christoyannis, Kuznetsova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-03-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Battaglia, Paolo; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Elliott, Alasdair; Hoare, Peter; Holloway, Jennifer; Kucerova, Adriana; Kuznetsova, Dina; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Purves, Christopher
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The inspirational Vladimir Jurowski conducts Verdi's last opera, his only true comic opera. An international cast is led by Christopher Purves in the larger-than-life role...continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Jurowski, Purves, Christoyannis, Kuznetsova [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-03-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Battaglia, Paolo; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Elliott, Alasdair; Hoare, Peter; Holloway, Jennifer; Kucerova, Adriana; Kuznetsova, Dina; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Purves, Christopher
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The inspirational Vladimir Jurowski conducts Verdi's last opera, his only true comic opera. An international cast is led by Christopher Purves in the larger-than-life role...continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Teatro Real Madrid, Marcelo Alvarez, Violeta Urmana [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Urmana, Violeta; Vratogna, Marco; Zaremba, Elena
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Teatro Real Chorus; Teatro Real Orchestra

Passion, loyalty and political conspiracy are the three pillars of 'Un ballo in maschera' (1859), the "most operatic of all operas". Set in 19th-century Boston,...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS Surround 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Viotti / Arena of Verona / Nucci, Mula, Machado [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-11-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Bigi, Loredana; Canettieri, Alessandra; Floris, Giovanni; Josipovich, Milena; Luperi, Mario; M'Punga, Sarah; Machado, Aquiles; Mula, Inva; Nardinocchi, Angelo; Nava, Tino; Nucci, Leo; Piccinni, Andre...
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona

"The Duke must of necessity be a lecher" - with these words Verdi opposed the police censorship of his Rigoletto. For the then government the...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Duets - Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Jules Massenet: ...
Performers: Luisotti, Nicola; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando; Weissmann, Nadine
Conductors: Luisotti, Nicola

Released in 2007, Duets is a collaborative album from Mexican-born tenor Rolando Villazon and Russian soprano Anna Netrebko. Backed by the Staatskapelle Dresden, the eight-track collection features pe...continue...