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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Farrell, Tucker, Bardelli - MET

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Strauss: Capriccio / Davis/Met, Renee Fleming [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2011-12-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Braun, Russell; Connolly, Sarah; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Larsen, Morten Frank; Rose, Peter [bass voice]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"The role suits her ideally at this stage of her career, and she sang splendidly. The performance over all, sensitively conducted by Andrew Davis and...continue...
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Freni, Pavarotti, Croft, Vargas, Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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With Luciano Pavarotti as a powerful Des Grieux, James Levine conducts a comparably big-boned performance of Manon Lescaut, bringing out the red-blooded drama of...continue...
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Strauss: Capriccio / Renee Fleming, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-11-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Braun, Russell; Connolly, Sarah; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Larsen, Morten Frank; Rose, Peter [bass voice]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Following the success of Fleming’s Der Rosenkavalier DVD, comes Fleming’s interpretation of Strauss’s chamber-opera, Capriccio....continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Pavarotti, Guleghina, Pons, Levine [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-11-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Guleghina, Maria; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pons, Juan
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

In continuing the great tradition of Decca's magnificent Met Opera DVDs, Giordano's Andrea Chénier is captured here in excellent quality, showcasing Luciano Pavarotti, the premiere...continue...

Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci / Levine/Met, Domingo, Stratas, Milnes [DVD]

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

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Shinall, Vern; Stratas, Teresa; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Puccini: Turandot / Nelsons, Guleghina, Giordani, Poplavskaya [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Giordani, Marcello; Guleghina, Maria; Poplavskaya, Marina; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in...continue...
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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...
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Strauss: Salome / Summers/Met, Mattila, Uusitalo, Begley [DVD]

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

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op 54
Performers: Begley, Kim; Kaiser, Joseph; Komlosi, Ildiko; Mattila, Karita; Uusitalo, Juha
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"As astoundingly lithe mover, [Mattila] plays the rapacious princess with a teenager's impetuosity and energy...No-one can surpass her when crazed anticipation is needed, which means...continue...
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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...

Puccini: Tosca / Colaneri/Met, Mattila, Alvarez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-12-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Courtney, James; Gagnidze, George; Makepeace, Jonathan; Mattila, Karita; Pittsinger, David; Plishka, Paul; Sorensen, Joel
Conductors: Colaneri, Joseph
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This production of Tosca opened the Metropolitan Opera's 2009 - 10 season, the first to be programmed entirely by the house's General Manager Peter Gelb,...continue...
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Puccini: Tosca / Pavarotti, Verrett, Met [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: MacNeil, Cornell; Pavarotti, Luciano; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Filmed at the height of Luciano Pavarotti's career, this DVD of a performance from December 19th, 1978 captures Pavarotti in one of his most acclaimed...continue...

Puccini: La Rondine / Armiliato/Met, Gheorghiu, Alagna [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2010-10-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Brenciu, Marius; Gheorghiu, Angela; Oropesa, Lisette
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna star in the 2008 - 2009 Metropolitan Opera production of Puccini's 'La Rondine' (The Swallow). This new production, directed by...continue...

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Levine/Met, Dessay, Voigt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Gunn, Nathan; Margison, Richard; Mentzer, Susanne; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Two of today's reigning sopranos - Deborah Voigt and Natalie Dessay - embody the contrasting philosophies at the heart of this 2003 Metropolitan Opera production...continue...

Humperdinck: Hansel And Gretel / Blegen, von Stade, Fulton, MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-05-11

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Performers: Blegen, Judith; Devlin, Michael; Elias, Rosalind; Kesling, Diane; Kraft, Jean; Norden, Betsy; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Fulton, Thomas
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This DVD presents the Met's classic storybook staging as performed on Christmas Day, 1982 - in English. "No singers today play Hansel and Gretel more...continue...
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Massenet: Thais / Lopez-Cobos/MET, Fleming, Hampson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-01-26

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Hampson, Thomas; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming triumphs as the glamorous courtesan Thais in Massenet's romantic tragedy set in fourth century Alexandria and the Egyptian desert. The timeless struggle between...continue...
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Puccini: La Boheme / Stratas, Carreras, Levine, Metropolitan Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Carreras, Jose; Monk, Allan; Morris, James; Scotto, Renata; Stilwell, Richard; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present Franco Zeffirelli's iconic staging of 'La Boheme' as recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera on January 16, 1982, available...continue...
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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala - Oct. 22, 1983 [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Berberian, Ara; Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Darrenkamp, John; Di F...
Conductors: Levine, James; ; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The gala celebration is a collection of opera's best-loved favorites and immediately catches attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna...continue...
Run Time: 231 min.
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Ljuba Welitsch

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Queen of Spades, O...
Performers: Paolis, Alessio de; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Susskind, Walter; Moralt, Rudolf; Krips, Josef; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has carefully chosen recordings of music covering a number of roles that Viennese, British, and American fans associated with Ljuba...continue...

Puccini: Madame Butterfly / Max Rudolf

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-05-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Baker, John; Cehanovsky, George; Luise, Melchiorre; Madeira, Jean; Paolis, Alessio de; Steber, Eleanor; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Votipka, Thelma
Conductors: Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel / Jurowski/MET, Schafer, Coote [DVD]

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

Works: E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Performers: Coote, Alice; Langridge, Philip; Schäfer, Christine
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

A striking new English-language production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, starring Alice Coote and Christine Schäfer, with tenor Philip Langridge in the role of the...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Luisotti/MET, Gheorghiu, Vargas, Arteta [DVD]

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Arteta, Ainhoa; Gheorghiu, Angela; Gradus, Oren; Kelsey, Quinn; Plishka, Paul; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Luisotti, Nicola
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Angela Gheorghiu leads a magnificent cast in Franco Zeffirelli's iconic production of Puccini's La Bohème - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in Hi-Definition. Mimì...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Levine/MET, Mattila, Giordani [DVD]

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giordani, Marcello; Mattila, Karita; Travis, Dale
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Continuing its collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera and its Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series, EMI Classics is proud to release the METs classic...continue...

Pavarotti: The Italian Opera Collection / Il Tabarro; Pagliacci; L'Elisir d'Amore; La Boheme / Metropolitan Opera [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This specially priced 3-DVD set (three for the price of two) features Luciano Pavarotti at the Met in three of the legendary Italian tenor's greatest...continue...
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Richard Tucker Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-03-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Requiem Mass; Jules Massenet: Manon; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers: Harshaw, Margaret; Muller, Mildred; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto; Antonini, Alfredo
Ensemble: Columbia Concert Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Right from his January 25, 1945 debut at the Met in the role of Enzo in La Gioconda, Richard Tucker was THE tenor of that...continue...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giuseppe Valdengo Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in masc...
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Capecchi, Renato; Chabay, Leslie; Elmo, Cloe; Nelli, Herva; Steber, Eleanor; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Questa, Angelo; Toscanini, Arturo; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra

Giuseppe Valdengo already had a promising career in his homeland, but he truly became famous during his seven years with the Metropolitan Opera, beginning in...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Levine/Met, Nilsson, Rysanek, Dunn [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Dunn, Mignon; McIntyre, Donald; Nagy, Robert; Nilsson, Birgit; Rysanek, Leonie
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"With Nilsson's intense, overwhelming singing...it was a triumph for her...Leonie Rysanek is one of the few sopranos who can almost match Miss Nilsson note for...continue...
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Puccini: Tosca / Levine / MET, Domingo, Behrens, MacNeil [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Christopher, Russell; Courtney, James; Domingo, Placido; Laciura, Anthony; MacNeil, Cornell; Tajo, Italo
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Domingo's Cavaradossi is a gorgeous piece of singing...this production contains enough atmosphere for twenty Tosca's." -New York Magazine...continue...
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Scotto, Domingo, Levine/MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Creech, Phillip; Domingo, Placido; Elvira, Pablo; Jones, Isola; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Demanding roles for both soprano and tenor leads are handled expertly by the great Renata Scotto and the magnificent Placido Domingo. "Director Gian Carlo Menotti...gives...continue...
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Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. / Metropolitan Opera Gala [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Luisa Miller; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Pietro Masca...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Gheorghiu, Angela; Grant Murphy, Heidi; Hadley, Jerry; Hagegard, Hakan; Hampson, Thomas; Hei-Kyung...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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The Art of Victoria de los Angeles - Mozart, Puccini, etc

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Enrique Granados: Goyesc...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Valletti, Cesare
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 2-CD set features a rich anthology of this singers recordings: from the early recordings of the 1940s, to her unforgettable interpretations of Spanish folk...continue...

Puccini: Il Tabarro; Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci / Levine/MET, Pavarotti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pons, Juan; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Puccini: La Boheme / Pavarotti, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Monk, Allan; Niska, Maralin; Pavarotti, Luciano; Plishka, Paul; Scotto, Renata; Tajo, Italo; Velis, Andrea; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West / Domingo, Slatkin/Metropolitan Opera Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-08-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Laciura, Anthony; Milnes, Sherrill
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"This attractive and lively production of Puccini's Wild West opera makes the best imaginable case for it, especially the exuberant Barbara Daniels in the title...continue...
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Giordano: Fedora / Domingo, Abbado/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Arteta, Ainhoa; Croft, Dwayne; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Mirella Freni as a glamorous Russian princess involved with a dashing aristocratic spy in this production of Giordano's Fedora from 1997 conducted by Roberto Abbado....continue...
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Saint Saens: Samson et Dalila / Domingo, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Anthony, Charles; Borodina, Olga; Domingo, Placido; Fink, Richard Paul; Fitch, Bernard; Leiferkus, Sergei; Pape, Rene; Walker, Alfred
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Placido Domingo in another of his signature roles tries heroically to resist Olga Borodina's seductive Delilah. This performance from the opening of the 1998 season...continue...
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Puccini: Turandot / Marton, Domingo, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-08-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Cuénod, Hughes; Domingo, Placido; Marton, Eva; Plishka, Paul
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"A straightforward, spectacular and star-cast staging by Franco Zeffirelli that comes over extremely well. At the heart of it is James Levine's massive, stormy reading....continue...
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Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Levine/Met, Norman, Battle [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-09-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Dickson, Stephen; King, James; Nentwig, Franz Ferdinand; Norman, Jessye; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"This performance represents an above-average night at the Metropolitan Opera." -The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Risë Stevens

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-07-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Alceste; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; ...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Jobin, Raoul; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sebastian, Georges; Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Richard Tucker

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-04-01

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Amilcare...
Performers: Ilitsch, Daniza; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred; Cooper, Emil; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max; Antonini, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Columbia Concert Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

A Portrait of Pavarotti - Highlights from Pavarotti Edition

3 CD / Decca / 2001-09-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bormida, Ida; Caballé, Montserrat; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Courtney, James; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiau...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Pritch...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orches...

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Strauss: Arabella / Te Kanawa, Thielemann/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-06-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella, Op. 79
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Dernesch, Helga; Kuebler, David; McIntyre, Donald; McLaughlin, Marie; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Country of Origin: Germany
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Historical - Ljuba Welitsch - Recital

1 CD / Myto Records / 1999-02-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op 54; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Franz Le...
Performers: De Paolis, Alessio; Ulanowsky, Paul; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Moralt, Rudolf; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Helen Traubel

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-10-15

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Walküre; Wesendonck Lieder; Schmerzen ("Sonne, weinest jeden Abend..."), so...
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Traubel, Helen
Conductors: O'Connell, Charles; Rodzinski, Artur; Knoch, Ernst; Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Puccini - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-06-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Turandot
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rucker, Richard; Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Va...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Buckley, Emerson; Patanè, Giuseppe; Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vien...

Opera's Greatest Duets / Pavarotti, Price, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1994-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; La traviata; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly;...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Mathis, Edith; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Guadagno, Anton; Basile, Arturo; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Magiera, Leone; Henderson, Skitch; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Modena Teatro Comunale Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera H...