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Lehar: Gypsy Love / Perry, Buzea, Dallapozza, Lorand [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Franz Lehár: Zigeunerliebe
Performers: Buzea, Ion; Dallapozza, Adolf; Friedrich, Heinz; Grosskurth, Kurt; Lorand, Colette; Perry, Janet
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra

"Gypsy Love" is considered to be one of Franz Lehár's most successful operettas. After its triumphant Vienna premiere in 1910, it was performed all over...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment / Gruberova, van der Walt, Laghezza, Fourcade

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Performers: Bunz, Hans Werner; Castel, François; Fourcade, Philippe; Gruberova, Edita; Hansen, Paul [Tenor]; Laghezza, Rosa; Raschèr, Andrea; Steinhaus, Heidi; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Panni, Marcello
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

"For coloratura fans: Edita Gruberova... offers bravura vocal artistry mixed with sentimental lyricism and a large helping of humor. She brings out everyone's best in...continue...

Mad Scenes / Gruberova, Luisi, Münchner Rundfunksorchester

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2011-04-13

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Rosner, Anton; Schmidt, Monika; Siegele, Dankwart; Uhlmann, Gisela; Weber, Heinrich
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

The philosophy and artistic work of the Romantic period exhibits a curious interest in the phenomenon of insanity. Featuring scenes from I Puritani, Il Pirata,...continue...

Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor / Schirmer, Banse, Korondi, Markert, von Bothmer, et al

2 CD / CPO / 2008-10-28

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Bothmer, Ferdinand von; Dries, Michael; Eiche, Markus; Karondi, Anna; Markert, Annette; Reiter, Alfred; Schmitt, Maximilian [Tenor Vocal]; Stephinger, Christoph
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Otto Nicolai composed the music for 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' during 1845-49. This opera, destined to become his German-language masterpiece, initially had trouble finding...continue...

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Jochum, Hotter, Hopf, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2008-01-04

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Goetz: The Taming of the Shrew / Keilberth, Frick, Kupper

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2007-03-27

Works: Hermann Goetz: Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung
Performers: Cordes, Marcel; Frick, Gottlob; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kuen, Paul; Kuhn, John; Kupper, Annelies; Kusche, Benno; Lindermeier, Elisabeth; Vollrad, Gertrud
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

'''The Taming of the Shrew'' is in many respects a masterly score. It has an almost overabundant orchestral richness, full of ideas, wit and texture....continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Haitink, Jerusalem, Marton

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Eaglen, Jane; Hagen, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Herman, Sylvia; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kaufmann, Julie; Lipovsek, Marjana; Marton, Eva; Nes, Jard van; Tomlinson, Joh...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Opera House - Weber: Oberon / Kubelik, Domingo

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-04-11

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Domingo, Placido; Grobe, Donald; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Schiml, Marga
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Carl Maria von Weber's giant fantasy, with English libretto, tells the story of the king of the fairies. 'Oberon' is full of a rich variety...continue...

Classic Library - Wagner: Arias & Scenes

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-03-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Borchers, Christel; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Falcon, Ruth; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Lenz, Friedrich; Meier, Waltraud; Melchior, Lauri...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Guadagno, Anton; Davis, Colin; Keilberth, Joseph; Munch, Charles; Ormandy, Eugene; Janowski, Marek; McArthur, Edwin
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philad...

Dokumente Einer Sängerkarriere - Josef Hermann

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Hugo Wolf: Der Corregidor, opera; Richard ...
Performers: Herrmann, Josef
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph; Elmendorff, Karl; Leitner, Ferdinand; Striegler, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Chorus; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Lortzing: The Armorer of Worms / Hager, Tomlinson, et al

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-07-19

Works: Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied
Performers: Hausberg, Martin; Kunz, Ursula; Sandve, Kjell Magnus; Schulist, Andreas; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Tomlinson, John; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: Hager, Leopold
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

'Der Waffenschmied' is one of the most important works of Albert Lortzing. This comic opera in three acts, first performed in Vienna in 1846, offers...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni, etc / Sawallisch, Raimondi, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2005-07-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Dean, Stafford; Fissore, Enrico; Griffel, Kay; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Jahn, Gertrude; Mathis, Edith; Moll, Kurt; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Cornelius: The Barber of Bagdad / Heinrich Hollreiser, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2004-11-01

Works: Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; A...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frick, Gottlob; Jurinac, Sena; Majkut, Erich; Poell, Alfred; Sallaba, Richard; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich; Schuchter, Wilhelm
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Chorus

Historical - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Sawallisch

1 CD / Myto Records / 2004-06-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Hopf, Hans; Pease, James; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Goetz: Der Widerspenstigen Zahmung / Keilbert, Heger, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2004-04-09

Works: Hermann Goetz: Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung
Performers: Cordes, Marcel; Frick, Gottlob; Goltz, Christel; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kuen, Paul; Kupper, Anneliese; Kusche, Benno; Lindermeier, Elisabeth
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra

Flotow: Alessandra Stradella; Lortzing/ Wallberg, Schartner

2 CD / Gala / 2004-03-06

Works: Friedrich von Flotow: Alessandro Stradella
Performers: Donath, Helen; Gruber, Ferry; Hollweg, Werner; Kogel, Richard; Malta, Alexander
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Wagner: Die Meistersinger / Rafael Kubelik

4 CD / Arts / 2003-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Baillie, Peter; Crass, Franz; Diakov, Anton; Engen, Keith; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Grumbach, Raimund; Hemsley, Thomas; Janowitz, Gundula; Kogel, Richard; Kohn, Karl Christian; K...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Essential Mozart Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366; La Clemenza de Tito; ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bar, Olaf; Barham, Edmund; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Burrows, Stuart; Collins, Anne; Davies, Ryland; Gruberova, Edit...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Marriner, Sir Neville; Davis, Colin; Kertész, István
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Red Seal - Thomas Quasthoff - A Portrait

1 CD / RCA Import / 2002-05-21

Works: Franz Schubert: An den Frühling, D 338; Der Zwerg, D 771/Op. 22 no 1; Prometheus, D 674; Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Belsatzar, Op. 57;...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Holle, Matthias; Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth; Quasthoff, Thomas; Schade, Michael; Spencer, Charles [Piano]; Szidon, Roberto; Voigt, Deborah; von Kannen...
Conductors: Guttenberg, Enoch zu; Faerber, Jörg; Collado, Jose; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; Bach Collegium Munich; Bavarian Radio Chorus

Opera - Mozart: The Magic Flute (Highlights) /Haitink, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Bracht, Roland; Brendel, Wolfgang; Gruberova, Edita; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Popp, Lucia; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre Act I / Solti, Schech, Volker, et al

1 CD / Orfeo / 1999-10-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Dalberg, Friedrich; Schech, Marianne; Völker, Franz
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Handel: Julius Caesar / Leitner, Berry, Ludwig, Wunderlich

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-03-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Berry, Walter; Ernst, Hans Bruno; Kohn, Karl Christian; Nocker, Hans Gunther; Popp, Lucia; Probstl, Max; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

This live recording of a German revival of 1965 features some of the greatest singers of that era. This predates the New York City Opera...continue...

Vesselina Kasarova - Rossini: Arias & Duets / Fagen, Flórez

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-03-09

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Bianca e Falliero; La Cenerentola; Semiramide; Armida; Otello; La Donna del Lago
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego; Kasarova, Vesselina
Conductors: Fagen, Arthur
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova returns on RCA with tenor Juan Diego Florez in this new recording of Arias and Duets by Rossini. Of Kasarova, Gramophone remarked:...continue...

Vesselina Kasarova - A Portrait / Haider, Munich Radio SO

1 CD / RCA Records / 1996-11-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentol...
Performers: Hennis, Tim; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mitternacht-Geibendorfer, Isolde; Muller, Barbara [Vocals]; Savitzky, Leonid; Schulist, Andreas; Siegele, Dankwart
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This is the stuff of legends: I can't recall the last time I heard a debut opera recital that has given me so much pleasure....continue...

Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-04-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Sigmund Romberg: The Student Prince, operetta; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana,...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Bowen, Kenneth; Caballe, Montserrat; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gramm, Donald; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hadley...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Wallberg, Heinz; Gemignani, Paul; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Karajan, Herbert von; Slatkin, Leonard; Steinberg, Pinchas; Solti, Sir Georg; Reiner, Fritz; Stolz, Robert; Perlea,...
Ensemble: ; American Theatre Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Harvard Glee Club; Jo...

Verdi: Oberto, Alzira - Highlights / Gardelli, et al

1 CD / Orfeo / 1988-10-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto; Alzira
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baldani, Ruza; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bruson, Renato; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra