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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Summers/Met, Racette, Zifchak [DVD]

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giordani, Marcello; Racette, Patricia; Zifchak, Maria
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Minghella has minimized the singers' actions...there is no over-emoting. The sad story is allowed to speak for itself...Racette's Butterfly is magnificent. Her full-bodied voice is...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Britten: Peter Grimes / Runnicles/MET, Griffey, Racette, Michaels-Moore [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33
Performers: Griffey, Anthony Dean; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Racette, Patricia
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Peter Grimes, Britten's second opera, is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of postwar opera, and its premiere 63 years ago marked a turning...continue...

Verdi: I Lombardi / Levine, Anderson, Leech, Pavarotti, etc

2 CD / Decca / 1997-09-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Griffey, Anthony Dean; Leech, Richard; Pavarotti, Luciano; Racette, Patricia; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Shaulis, Jane; ssis, Yanni
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Pavarotti appeared at the Met production of ILombardi in 1993: this recording is the delayed result. He's in good voice and sings...continue...