Kuchar, Theodore > Opera/Operetta

Simply Opera

4 CD / Simply / 2012-09-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; George Frederick Handel: Xerxes (Serse); Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir d'Amore; La Favorita; Don Sebastiano; Il Duca d'Alba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fis...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Barowska, Janna; Callas, Maria; Cupido, Alberto; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; DiDonato, Joyce; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Jeric, Ana P...
Conductors: Camerata Budapest; Kovács, László; Elmquist, Martin; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Halász, Michael; Greenwood, Andrew; Zedda, Alberto; Kuchar, Theodore; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; I Solisti Italiani; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

My First Tchaikovsky Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Six Romances, Op. 16; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Eugene Onegi...
Performers: Banowetz, Joseph; Kliegel, Maria; Nagy, Péter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Prunyi, Ilona; Yablonskaya, Oxana
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Entremont, Philippe; Markson, Gerhard; Lenárd, Ondrej; Kuchar, Theodore; Wit, Antoni; Breiner, Peter

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: a great Russian name for a great Russian composer! Tchaikovsky was not always a happy man. He didn't laugh a lot. But...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Dances and Overtures / Kuchar, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Fatum, Op. 77; Entr'acte and Dances of the Chambermaids, from the opera The Voyevoda, Op. 3; Maid of Orleans; The Slippers (Oxana's Caprices), comi...
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

"This is one of those discs you might pass over if you see it in the bins, and you'd be making a big mistake... as...continue...

Borodin: Prince Igor - Highlights / Kuchar, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-08-16

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; In the steppes of central Asia
Performers: Koval, Mykola; Popov, Dimitri; Shtonda, Taras; Shvachka, Angelina
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Kiev Chamber Chorus; Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

"'Prince Igor' is a long opera with many attractive and excerptable highlights, so Naxos's present release makes good sense. The high quality of the performers...continue...

Life and Works - Antonin Dvorak

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83; Cypresses (Ohlas písní [Echoes of Songs]), for string quartet (arr. from Cypresses, B. 11), B. 152; Symphony no 3 in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Battersby, Edmund; Brewer, Christine; Gao, Ding; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Klansky, Ivan; Kliegel, Maria; Kohn, Christian; Matthies, Silke-Thora; Simpson, Marietta; Valaskova, J...
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Shafer, Robert; Entremont, Philippe; ; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Kuchar, Theodore; Wordsworth, Barry; Halász, Michael; Wit, Antoni; Wildner, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Joachim Trio; Wind Soloists of the Oslo Philharmonic (Wind Soloi

Dvorak rose from rural origins to become one of the greatest and most influential composers of all time. This portrait-in-sound follows a lovable man from...continue...

Russian Opera Arias Vol 2 / Vladimir Grishko

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-02-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; The Tsar's Bride; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Slippers (Oxana's Caprices), comic-fantasy opera, Op. 14 (revised version of "Vakula the Smith"); Maid of Orleans; Iol...
Performers: Grishko, Vladimir
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Sirenko, Vladimir
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine; Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

This recital brings together some of the best loved as well as little-known tenor arias from nineteenth century Russian opera, interspersed with orchestral excerpts adding...continue...

Russian Opera Arias / Vladimir Grishko, Kuchar, Sirenko

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Eugen Onegin; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Modest Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy fair; Sorochintsï Fair (Sorochinskaya yarmarka), comic opera ...
Performers: Grishko, Vladimir
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Sirenko, Vladimir
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra; Ukrainian Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra

The arias from Tchaikovsky's ever-popular masterpieces 'Eugene Onegin' and 'The Queen of Spades' offer unique psychological insights into the characters. Less familiar but equally beautiful...continue...

American Classics - Mohr: From the Realm of the Shadow

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-03-01

Works: Christopher Mohr: From the Realm of the Shadow, music drama in three acts
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

The wordless, all-vocalise choir and soloists sing melodies of haunting beauty, echoing a wide range of styles, including Medieval, Baroque, Classical, Indian, Romantic, early Twentieth...continue...