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The First Recitals - arias from La Boheme, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Falstaff et al. / Mirella Freni, soprano

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-09-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Pietro Mascagni: L' Amico Fritz; Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Giann...
Performers: Ferro, Gianni Dal; Freni, Mirella; Remsey, Viktor [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Savini, Ino; Quadri, Argeo
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

The recordings on this CD are taken from Freni's first two solo recitals. The first was recorded in 1959 with the orchestra of the Bavarian...continue...

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia / de Billy, Gruberova, Breslik, Vassallo, Coote [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-01-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Performers: Breslik, Pavol; Coote, Alice; Gruberova, Edita; Vassallo, Franco
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

A scandalous tale of murder, torture, incest, homosexuality, drunkenness and orgies, Donizetti's opera is one of the great masterpieces of Italian bel canto repertoire. This...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, ...continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Mehta, Kollo, Meier, Weikl [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-06-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes H.; Kollo, Rene; Meier, Waltraud; Nocker, Hanns; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Secunde, Nadine; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994. Shot over three...continue...
Run Time: 195 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Wagner: Lohengrin / Kaufmann, Harteros, Nagano [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Harteros, Anja; Kaufmann, Jonas; Koch, Wolfgang; Schuster, Michaela
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Wagner’s Lohengrin is the mythical tale of the mysterious Knight of the Grail, who appears to defend the princess Elsa - wrongly accused of the...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Wagner: Lohengrin; Verdi / Guschlbauer, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2006-09-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Brunner, Evelyn; Bruson, Renato; Denize, Nadine; Hémonet, Pierre Le; Kabaivanska, Raina; Kang, Byung Woon; Kazbek, Merih; Kiertzner, Jens; Mertz, Lucien; Raimondi, Ruggero; Richert, Fran&ccedi...
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor; Molinari-Pradelli, F.
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Rhin-Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra; Rhine Opera Chorus

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame; Weber / Shuraitis, Varády, et al

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2006-07-02

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Anhorn, Carmen; Atlantov, Vladimir; Brinkmann, Bodo; Helm, Karl; Kuhn, Alfred; Obraztsova, Elena; Ress, Ulrich; Schemtschuk, Ludmilla; Varady, Julia; Voroshilov, Alexander; Wewezow, Gudrun; Yamaj, Yo...
Conductors: Zhuraitis, Algis
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Erika Koth, Hans Hotter. Keilberth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2006-01-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Koth, Erika; Prey, Hermann; Proebstl, Max; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

This is an historic account of Fritz Wunderlich's Count Almaviva in a first-time release in any format. This unique film of Rossini's comedy, sung in...continue...

Bayerische Staatsoper 1997-2005 Live / Mehta, Bolton, et al

1 CD / Farao Classics / 2005-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante, HWV 33; Serse, HWV 40; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Ro...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Daniels, David [Countertenor]; Gantner, Martin; Gritton, Susan; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Meier, Waltraud; Murray, Ann; Nilon, Paul; Röschmann, Dorothea; Sei...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Mehta, Seiffert, Rydl, Meier, et al

4 CD / Farao Classics / 2004-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Fujimura, Mihoko; Meier, Waltraud; Rydl, Kurt; Schnaut, Gabriele; Seiffert, Peter; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

" Mehta benefits from the often incandescent and technically masterful playing of his orchestra and from the ideal acoustics of the Nationaltheater, finely caught by...continue...

Knappertsbusch - The Late Recordings 1958-1962

2 CD / Living Stage / 2002-08-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Richard Strauss: Tod und Ver...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Hamburg; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Heger, Sieder, Schech, Paul, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2002-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Lemnitz, Tiana; Paul, Karl; Rohr, Otto van; Schech, Marianne; Seider, August; Streich, Rita; Volker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Verdi: Aida / Muti, Tomowa-Sintow, Fassbaender, Domingo, etc

2 CD / Orfeo / 2002-06-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Hillebrand, Nikolaus; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Orth, Norbert; Seibel, Marianne; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron / Allers, Prey, Anheisser, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-08-15

Works: Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron
Performers: Anheisser, Wolfgang; Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Brokmeier, Willi; Bumbry, Grace; Cvejik, Biserka; Gedda, Nicolai; Litz, Gisela; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Streich, Rita
Conductors: Allers, Franz
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Famous Opera Choruses- Wagner, Beethoven, Nicolai, etc

1 CD / Tuxedo Music / 2000-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Otto Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi:...
Performers: Maionica, Silvio; Paul, Karl; Schech, Marianne; Tieozzi; Von Rohr, Otto
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf; Heger, Robert; Pflüger, Gerhard; Capuana, Franco; La Rosa Parodi, Armando; Singer, Georges
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Hamburg Choir; Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony...

Hans Knappertsbusch Rarities - Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner, etc

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-04-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 92 in G major, H 1 no 92 "Oxford"; Clemens Freiherr von Franckenstein: Variations on a Theme by Giacomo Meyerbeer; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Carl Maria von We...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

Franz Volker live als Erik, Lohengrin und Othello

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Cunitz, Maud; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Klose, Margarete; Muller, Maria; Schmidt, Karl; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Heger, Robert; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Schuler, Johannes; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Rossini: Mosè / Sawallisch, Vaness, Soffel, Araiza, et al

2 CD / Orfeo / 1999-07-02

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Brinkmann, Bodo; Lenz, Friedrich; Moll, Kurt; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Soffel, Doris; Vaness, Carol; Villa, Eduardo; Wulkopf, Cornelia
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Wiener Opernlieblinge von seinerzeit / Güden, Kunz, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Richard Wagner:...
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kunz, Erich; Lorenz, Max; Reining, M...
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Karajan, Herbert von; Moralt, Rudolf; ; Rother, Artur; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Weissmann, Frieder; Böhm, Karl; Baltzer, Erwin; Steinkopf, Hans; Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Opera Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Krauss, Hotter, Ursuleac

2 CD / Preiser / 1995-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Hann, Georg; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Ostertag, Karl; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

"This 1944 Munich aircheck--renowned for Hans Hotter's magisterial Ditchman, achieved at the tender age of thirty-five, and for Clemens Krauss' lucid, intense, atmospheric conducting--has been...continue...

Wagner: Das Liebesverbot / Sawallisch, Hass, Coburn, et al

3 CD / Orfeo / 1995-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, opera
Performers: Coburn, Pamela; Engen, Keith; Grumbach, Raimund; Hass, Sabine; Kuhn, Alfred; Lenz, Friedrich; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Sapell, Hermann; Schunk, Robert; Seibel, Marianne
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra