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Adams: Doctor Atomic / Gilbert/Met, Finley, Cooke, Owens [DVD]

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

Works: John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Performers: Arwady, Meredith; Clark, Graham; Cooke, Sasha; Fink, Richard Paul; Finley, Gerald; Glenn, Thomas; Owens, Eric
Conductors: Gilbert, Alan
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Gilbert brings sparkle to Adams's tart woodwind counterpoint and great refinement to the strings, imbuing the scenes with Kitty Oppenheimer (Sasha Cooke) with unhurried lyricism....continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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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...

Tan Dun: The First Emperor / Dun/MET, Domingo, Futral, DeYoung [2 DVD]

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

Works: Tan Dun: The First Emperor
Performers: DeYoung, Michelle; Domingo, Placido; Futral, Elizabeth; Groves, Paul; Hsing-Kao, Wu; Tian, Hao Jiang
Conductors: Tan Dun
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"The First Emperor" is one of those spectacular MET stagings, bursting with colorful costumes and striking sets in noted film director Zhang Yimou’s production. It’s...continue...