Metropolitan Opera Orchestra > Modern Period

Berg: Lulu / Levine/Met, Migenes, Lear, Riegel [DVD]

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

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Lear, Evelyn; Little, Frank; Mazura, Franz; Migenes, Julia; Riegel, Kenneth
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 234 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
...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...

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...

Zandonai: Francesca Da Rimini / Levine/MET, Domingo, McNeil, Scotto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-11

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Domingo, Placido; MacNeil, Cornell; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Over the centuries, the story of Francesca da Rimini has inspired many Italian artists, including verismo composer Riccardo Zandonai. First performed in 1914, Francesca da...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
...continue...

By Request / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2003-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly); Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492; Così fan t...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; Fleming, Renée; Grusin, Dave; Levine, James; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; Mackerras, ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg; Summers, Patrick; Tate, Jeffrey; Levine, James
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's

Personnel: Renée Fleming (soprano); Joseph Calleja (tenor); Lee Ritenour (guitar); Dave Grusin (piano).

Recording information: London, England (05/1994-05/2003); New York, NY (05/1994-05/...continue...

I Want Magic! / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 1998-09-15

Works: Bernard Herrmann: Wuthering Heights, opera; Douglas S. Moore: The Ballad of Baby Doe, opera in 2 acts; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Car...
Performers: Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New York Voices

"Fleming's voice is sumptuous, her lower register especially sounds so warmly resonant that I found myself thinking of Leontyne Price in her glory days...[and she]...continue...

This is My Country / Price, Horne, Fiedler, Boston Pops

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-07-13

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Rodeo; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite; Samuel Augustus Ward: America the Beautiful; William Steffe: Battle Hymn of the Republic; Traditional: Shenan...
Performers: Horne, Marilyn; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Fiedler, Arthur; Gerhardt, Charles; Shaw, Robert; Slatkin, Leonard; Conlon, James
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Collegiate Chorale; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra