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Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Haydn: Die Schöpfung

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2011-10-18

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Maus, Frank; Moll, Kurt; Winbergh, Gosta
Conductors: Levine, James

Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (12/1987)....continue...

Puccini: Tosca [Highlights] / Scotto, Domingo, Bruson

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Hudson, Paul; Perlman, Itzhak; Scotto, Renata; Velis, Andrea
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

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Scotto provides perhaps the most telling use of the text since Callas's, and she constantly lets one see the distraught, temperamental woman behind the...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (07/29/1980-08/02/1980)....continue...

Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci / Levine/Met, Domingo, Stratas, Milnes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-08-16

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Shinall, Vern; Stratas, Teresa; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Levine/Met, Netrebko, Polenzani [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-05-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: del Carlo, John; Kwecien, Mariusz; Netrebko, Anna; Polenzani, Matthew
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti's comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made...continue...
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/Met, Domingo, Pieczonka, Giordani [DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Giordani, Marcello; Morris, James; Pieczonka, Adrianne
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

”James Levine obviously loves this score, and he builds the opera to its tragic climax with the orchestra and chorus playing and singing gloriously. Fans...continue...
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James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years At The Met

193 CD / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera; Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande; John Harbison: The Gr...
Performers: Adams, Warren; Baker, Matt; Baker, Matt [Photography]; Bjorneboe, Andreas; Cardoso, Simone; Davis, Brian [Vocals]; Flair, Nicholas; Fracker, Richard; Gallo, Sarah Weber; Greenlaw, Ian; Guyer, Joyce; ...
Conductors: Levine, James

The Met Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of James Levine’s Company Debut with James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met: a Box Set of 32...continue...

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...

Mozart: Die Zauberflote fur Kinder / Levine, Murray, Schreier [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-11-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Boesch, Christian; Cotrubas, Ileana; Donat, Zdislawa; Hiestermann, Horst; Mayr, Ingrid; Moser, Edda; Murray, Ann; Rydl, Kurt; Schreier, Peter; Sieber, Gudrun
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The Magic Flute had been the sensation of the season in 1978. It received enormous and unanimous approval, endless applause on the night and brought...continue...
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50 Years: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-09-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Casa, Lisa della; Domingo, Placido; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Hetzel, Gerhart; Jurinac, Sena; Lorengar, Pilar; Moll, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Norman, Jessye...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Fricsay, Ferenc; Abbado, Claudio; Rizzi, Carlo; Böhm, Karl; Mehta, Zubin; Bernstein, Leonard; Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Boulez, Pierre

The Grosses Festpielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable music events- operas, concerts and recitals- for 50 years. Here is a unique...continue...
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50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center / Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-06-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Daniels, Barbara; Diaz, Justino; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Heilmann, Uwe; Hornik, Gottfried; Kilduff, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prey, Hermann;...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates 25 years at Lincoln Center with "one of the most exquisitely refined and extravagant assemblages of vocal artistry the Met stage...continue...
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Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Anthony, Charles [Tenor Vocal]; Baldwin, Marcia; Domingo, Placido; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; MacNeil, Cornell; Morris, James; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Levine, James

Giordano: Andrea Chenier

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-11-24

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Beavan, Nigel
Conductors: Levine, James

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London England (08/1978)....continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Stratas, Carreras, Levine, Metropolitan Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Carreras, Jose; Monk, Allan; Morris, James; Scotto, Renata; Stilwell, Richard; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present Franco Zeffirelli's iconic staging of 'La Boheme' as recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera on January 16, 1982, available...continue...
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Verdi: Falstaff / Levine/Met, Freni, Bonney, Horne [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-06-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; de Palma, Piero; Freni, Mirella; Graham, Susan; Horne, Marilyn; Lopardo, Frank; Plishka, Paul; Pola, Bruno
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This is the acclaimed 'Falstaff' from the Metropolitan Opera's 1992 extraordinary Zeffirelli production. Conducted under the famous baton of Maestro James Levine, this release includes...continue...

Opera Exclusive - Mozart at the Salzburg Festival [3 DVD]

6 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; La clemenza di Tito, K 621
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Battle, Kathleen; Berry, Walter; Boesch, Christian; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cotrubas, Ileana; Garanca, Elina; Gruberova, Edita; Kasarova, Vesselina; Marshall, Margaret; Morris, James; ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Muti, Riccardo; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoperchor; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 537 min.
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Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish...continue...

Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / James Levine, Debrorah Voigt, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Groves, Paul; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Morris, James; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Puccini - The Definitive Collection / Pavarotti, Freni, Sutherland, et al

11 CD / Decca / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Appelt, Hans-Dieter; Baratti, Walter; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bunnell, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Frese, Sieg...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Mehta, Zubin; Levine, James

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...

Ultimate Wagner - Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bode, Hannelore; Browner, Alison; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Dene, Jozsef; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Esser, Hermin; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Greindl, Jos...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival / Sawallisch, Nilsson, Rysanek, Silja, et al

33 CD / Decca Import / 2008-06-17

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdä...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Appel, Wolfgang; Bauer, Hartmut; Bode, Hannelore; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Browner, Alison; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Crass, Franz; Dene, Jozsef; Der...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Böhm, Karl; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

A special, limited edition 33-CD box set containing all of Wagner's operas from 'The Flying Dutchman' (1841) to his final masterpiece 'Parsifal' (1882) in performances...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/MET, Milnes, Tomowa-Sintow, Plishka [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-05-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Moldoveanu, Vasile; Plishka, Paul; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Led by supreme Verdi baritone Sherrill Milnes, this DVD features Verdi's rarely staged masterpiece in a performance that represents the Metropolitan Opera at its finest....continue...
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Verdi: Ernani / Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch., Pavarotti, Milnes, Raimondi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Mitchell, Leona; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"People who don't like Eurotrash or any other type of updated operatic stagin, take note: this 1983 Met centennial new production of 'Ernani' is a...continue...
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Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Levine, Sills, Gedda, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Capecchi, Renato; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Galiano, Joseph; Gedda, Nicolai; Milnes, Sherrill; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rippon, Michael; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

Berlioz: Les Troyens / Norman / Levine, Met Opera [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-08-14

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Monk, Allan; Norman, Jessye; Plishka, Paul; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Filmed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1983, Berlioz's masterpiece Les Troyens is a tragic tale of love and fate based on Virgil's Aeneid. Under the...continue...
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Verdi: Stiffelio / Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orch. / Domingo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Stiffelio
Performers: Chernov, Vladimir; Domingo, Placido; Plishka, Paul; Sweet, Sharon
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri / Horne, Levine/MET [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri
Performers: Ahlstedt, Douglas; Horne, Marilyn; Kesling, Diane; Malas, Spiro; Merritt, Myra; Monk, Allan; Montarsolo, Paolo
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The great Marilyn Horne heads the cast of the Met's 1986 version of Rossini's L' italiana in Algeri. DVD comes with bonus features-including a discussion...continue...
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Weekend Classics - An Opera Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Puccini: Turand...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Claudia; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Hornik, Gottfried; Ott...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ozawa, Seiji; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Levine, James
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; French National Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro all...

Verdi: Luisa Miller / Scotto, Domingo, Levine/MET [DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Kraft, Jean; Milnes, Sherrill; Morris, James; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Domingo had one of his best nights yet...pouring out tones of gleaming, manly strength and suavity. Milnes was likewise in top form while Bonaldo Giaiotti...continue...
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Levine, Cotrubas, Tappy, Vienna PO

3 CD / RCA Records / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Baumgartner, Christian; Boesch, Christian; Bomches, Helge von; Cotrubas, Ileana; Donat, Zdislawa; Eder, Gerhard; Hiestermann, Horst; Huber, Markus; Kales, Elizabeth; Mayr, Ingrid; Nitsche, Horst; Pan...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Lohengrin / Levine/Met, Marton, Rysanek, Hofmann [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-08-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Hofmann, Peter; Macurdy, John; Marton, Eva; Raffell, Anthony; Roar, Leif; Rysanek, Leonie
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

'The performance recorded here was the Metropolitan's 597th Lohengrin, making it the most frequently represented Wagner opera in the New York company's annals. Indeed it...continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Marton, Troyanos, Cassiliy, Levine/MET [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-07-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Cassilly, Richard; Macurdy, John; Marton, Eva; Troyanos, Tatiana; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This classic Otto Schenk production of Tannhauser is conducted by James Levine and filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in 1982. Celebrated helden-tenor Richard Cassilly...continue...
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Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito / Troyanos, Tappy, Levine/VPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621
Performers: Gjevang, Anne; Howells, Anne; Malfitano, Catherine; Neblett, Carol; Rydl, Kurt; Tappy, Eric; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Mozart's last opera, 'La clemenza di Tito' is presented here in an historical Roman setting - another one of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's legendary productions. This DVD...continue...
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Mozart: Idomeneo / Pavarotti, Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-04-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, K 366
Performers: Alexander, John [tenor]; Behrens, Hildegard; Clark, Richard [bass]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Jenkins, Timothy; Pavarotti, Luciano; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Considered the greatest "opera seria," 'Idomeneo' was composed when Mozart was just twenty-five and is a tour de force for all singers. This is a...continue...
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Levine, Upshaw, Te Kanawa

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Forest, Michael; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Glazener, Laurence; Grant, Heidi; Grossman, Jerry [Cello]; Guyer, Joyce; Hampson, Thomas; Laciura, Anthony; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Rute...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

"Taut ensemble and well-detailed playing." - Gramophone "Beautifully prepared and confidently performed with an ensemble finish that comes only from frequent teamwork." - Metropolitan Opera...continue...

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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Verdi: Don Carlo / Levine/Met, Domingo, Freni, Bumbry [2 DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Quilico, Louis
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Price, Giacomini, Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Courtney, James; Darrenkamp, John; Fissore, Enrico; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Jones, Isola; Kesling, Diane; Laciura, Anthony; Nucci, Leo; Price, Leontyne
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

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

James Levine - Documents of the Munich Years

12 CD / Oehms / 2005-06-24

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder; Elliott Carter: Variations for Orchestra; Charles Wuorinen: Grand Bamboula; Roger Sessions: Concerto for Piano; Robert Di Domenica: Symphony; Gustav Mahler: Symphony n...
Performers: Dilcheva, Kremena; Haefliger, Ernst; Heppner, Ben; Kisfaludy, Eörs; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, James; Polenzani, Matthew; Schulte, Eike Wilm; Spangenberg, Martin; Svendén, Birgitta; Taub, R...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Chorus; Munich Philharmonic Choir; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Terfel, Fleming, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Groves, Paul; Kopcak, Sergej; Kringelborn, Solveig; Relyea, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The new DVD release features Mozart's darkest operatic masterpiece with a superb cast featuring Renee Fleming and Bryn Terfel, masterfully conducted by James Levine with...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Nabucco / Guleghina, Pons, Levine [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-03-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Guleghina, Maria; Pons, Juan; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This staging of Nabucco, the first since 1960 at the MET, featuring the Russian soperano Maria Guleghina was given in the centenary year of Verdi's...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Capecchi, Renato; Cheek, John; Domingo, Placido; Hudson, Paul; Martinez, Dominick; Perlman, Itzhak; Scotto, Renata; Velis, Andrea
Conductors: Levine, James

Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg / Heppner, Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-01-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Grove, Jill; Heppner, Ben; Mattila, Karita; Morris, James; Pape, Rene; Polenzani, Matthew; Relyea, John
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This release features the critically acclaimed performance by Ben Heppner, Renee Pape and Karita Mittila on DVD!...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Documents of the Munich Years, Vol. 5

2 CD / Oehms / 2004-12-14

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73
Performers: Biss, Jonathan; Dilcheva, Kremena; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Levine, James

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