Metropolitan Opera Orchestra > Romantic Period

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Voigt, Morris, Konig, Meier, Paterson. Fabio Luisi, Met Opera [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Harmer, Wendy Bryn; Konig, Hans-Peter; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, Jay Hunter; Paterson, Iain; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Siegfried / Terfel; Voigt; Morris; Siegel. Fabio Luisi, Met Opera [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Morris, Jay Hunter; Siegel, Gerhard; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walkure / Terfel, Kaufmann, Voigt, Westbroek. Levine, Met Opera [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Kaufmann, Jonas; Konig, Hans-Peter; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Deborah; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Voigt, Morris, Konig, Meier, Paterson. Fabio Luisi, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Harmer, Wendy Bryn; Konig, Hans-Peter; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, Jay Hunter; Paterson, Iain; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Siegfried / Terfel; Voigt; Morris; Siegel. Fabio Luisi, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Morris, Jay Hunter; Siegel, Gerhard; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walkure / Terfel, Kaufmann, Voigt, Westbroek. Levine, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Kaufmann, Jonas; Konig, Hans-Peter; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Deborah; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Terfel; Croft; Owens; Blythe. Levine, Met Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Croft, Richard; Owens, Eric; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Terfel; Croft; Owens; Blythe. Levine, Met Opera [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Croft, Richard; Owens, Eric; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Twilight Of The Gods - Wagner Highlights from Der Ring des Nibelungen / Blythe, Kaufmann, Morris, Terfel, Voigt et al. / MET, Levine

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Die Götterdämmerung
Performers: Ammann, Lindsay; Bardon, Patricia; Blythe, Stephanie; Cano, Jennifer Johnson; Croft, Dwayne; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Diegel, Adam; Dix, Marjorie Elinor; Erdmann, Mojca; Fillmore, Molly; Gigliot...
Conductors: Levine, James; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history

A unique and exclusive package, on multi-set

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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann, May Morris, Eric Owens, Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt / Levine - MET [8 DVD]

8 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Blythe, Stephanie; Croft, Richard; Erdmann, Mojca; Kaufmann, Jonas; Konig, Hans-Peter; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, Jay Hunter; Owens, Eric; Siegel, Gerhard; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Debora...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history

A unique and exclusive package, on multi-set

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Bizet: Carmen / Garanca, Alagna, Nezet-Seguin/Met [Blu Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-05

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Frittoli, Barbara; Garanca, Elina; Miller, Keith; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Rossini: Le Comte Ory / Benini, Florez, Damrau, DiDonato [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory
Performers: Damrau, Diana; Degout, Stephane; DiDonato, Joyce; Florez, Juan Diego; Pertusi, Michele; Resmark, Susanne; Yunus, Monica
Conductors: Benini, Maurizio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Le Comte tells the story of a libidinous and cunning nobleman who disguises himself first as a hermit and then as a nun in order...continue...
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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment (MET) / Pons, Jobin, Baccaloni, Petina

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento
Conductors: Papi, Gennaro
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Thomas: Mignon (MET) / Stevens, Melton, Benzell, Pinza

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (MET) / Tucker, Peters, Amara, Singher

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Bizet: Carmen (MET) / Stevens, Tucker, Conner, Silveri

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Verdi: Otello / Levine/Met, Vickers, Scotto, Macneil [DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: MacNeil, Cornell; Scotto, Renata; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Wagner: Die Walkure / Gary Lakes, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-07-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Die Walkure is the most dramatic opera in Wagner's Ring cycle. Here, this specially priced 4 CD ser with a star cast, James Levine produces...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Daniele Gatti. Urmana, Botha, Zajick [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Botha, Johan; Guelfi, Carlo; Urmana, Violeta; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Verdi's epic drama of ancient Egypt comes to life in the Met's monumental production, captured here in a breathtaking Live in HD presentation. Violeta Urmana...continue...
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Levine/Met, Netrebko, Polenzani [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-05-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: del Carlo, John; Kwecien, Mariusz; Netrebko, Anna; Polenzani, Matthew
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti's comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made...continue...
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Rossini: Armida / Frizza/Met, Renee Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-02-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida
Performers: Brownlee, Lawrence; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming continues her reign as 'Queen of the Met', starring in a bel canto rarity specially staged for her - a showcase for her...continue...
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/Met, Domingo, Pieczonka, Giordani [DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Giordani, Marcello; Morris, James; Pieczonka, Adrianne
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

”James Levine obviously loves this score, and he builds the opera to its tragic climax with the orchestra and chorus playing and singing gloriously. Fans...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...

Bizet: Carmen / Garanca, Alagna, Nézet-Séguin/Met [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-09-21

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Frittoli, Barbara; Garanca, Elina; Miller, Keith; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

After her triumphant success as Carmen in Riga, London, and Munich, Elina Garanca, "the Carmen of our day" (News, Austria), took the Metropolitan Opera by...continue...

Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center / Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-06-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Daniels, Barbara; Diaz, Justino; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Heilmann, Uwe; Hornik, Gottfried; Kilduff, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prey, Hermann;...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates 25 years at Lincoln Center with "one of the most exquisitely refined and extravagant assemblages of vocal artistry the Met stage...continue...
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Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Nucci, Battle, Weikert, MET [2 DVD]

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Blake, Rockwell; Dara, Enzo; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Nucci, Leo
Conductors: Weikert, Ralf
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"One of [the Met's] most ingenious stagings in recent years... made to order for a great Rossini ensemble" -The New York Times. Star soprano Kathleen...continue...
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Bellini: La Sonnambula / Juan Diego Florez, Natalie Dessay, Pido/MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-02-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Florez, Juan Diego; Pertusi, Michele
Conductors: Pidò, Evelino
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

In his latest Decca DVD release, bel canto star Juan Diego Florez undertakes the role of Elvino in Bellini's romantic drama, playing opposite the mercurial...continue...
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Rossini: La Cenerentola / Benini/MET, Garanca, Brownlee, Alberghini [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Brownlee, Lawrence; Corbelli, Alessandro; Garanca, Elina; Ralyea, John
Conductors: Benini, Maurizio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Rossini's classic take on the "Cinderella" story is a comic opera full of thrilling arias, beautiful melodies and lots of laughs. The Metropolitan's charming production...continue...
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Anna Netrebko, et al

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-11-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Beczala, Piotr; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Anna Netrebko returns to the stage in the unforgettable performance of Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor! This DVD release was originally broadcast live in HD from...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.
Region: All
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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...

Verdi: Falstaff / Levine/Met, Freni, Bonney, Horne [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-06-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; de Palma, Piero; Freni, Mirella; Graham, Susan; Horne, Marilyn; Lopardo, Frank; Plishka, Paul; Pola, Bruno
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This is the acclaimed 'Falstaff' from the Metropolitan Opera's 1992 extraordinary Zeffirelli production. Conducted under the famous baton of Maestro James Levine, this release includes...continue...

Made Famous By Classic FM

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-05-05

Works: Karl Jenkins: Adiemus; Jay Ungar: The Ashokan Farewell; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3; Ludovico Einaudi: Le Onde; Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley; Benedetti, Nicola; Coxwell, Janet; Doyle, Patrick; Fernández, Eduardo; Hunt, Fionnuala; Jansen, Janine; Johnson, Emma; Lord, Jon; Maxwell Davies, Peter, Sir; Ogden, Cr...
Conductors: Jenkins, Karl; Perkins, John; Zinman, David; Hess, Nigel; Foster, Lawrence; Goodall, Howard; Damev, Mischa; Hawes, Patrick; Litton, Andrew; Preston, Simon; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Pesek, Libor; Levine, ...
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orche...

Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / James Levine, Debrorah Voigt, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Groves, Paul; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Morris, James; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Bellini: I Puritani / Metropolitan Opera, Netrebko, Cutler, Summers [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-18

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Cutler, Eric; Netrebko, Anna; Relyea, John; Ruminski, Valerian; Valdes, Eduardo; Vassallo, Franco; Zifchak, Maria
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Live from The Metropolitan Opera, international sensation Anna Netrebko sings Elvira Walton (and her famous mad scene) in 'I Puritani', a spectacular production revived especially...continue...
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Hvorostovsky, Vargas, Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2008-11-18

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky triumph in Tchaikovsky's operatic masterpiece 'Eugene Onegin,' filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera. Their onstage chemistry, emotional singing and outstanding...continue...

Verdi: Macbeth / Levine/MET, Lucic, Guleghina, Relyea, Pittas [2 DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Guleghina, Maria; Lucic, Zeljko; Pittas, Dimitri
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Macbeth couple offer some of the juiciest leading roles in all of opera. Lady Macbeth is well done by Maria Guleghina, whose big voice...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/MET, Milnes, Tomowa-Sintow, Plishka [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-05-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Moldoveanu, Vasile; Plishka, Paul; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Led by supreme Verdi baritone Sherrill Milnes, this DVD features Verdi's rarely staged masterpiece in a performance that represents the Metropolitan Opera at its finest....continue...
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Pavarotti, Sutherland, Metropolitan Opera / An Evening With Pavarotti And Sutherland [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

For the first time on DVD, enjoy the unforgettable Metropolitan Opera gala from 1987 with Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland! Two of the greatest opera...continue...
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Pavarotti, Blegen, Bruscantini/Metropolitan Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Ellis, Brent; Pavarotti, Luciano; Wohlafka, Louise
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Decca is proud to present Luciano Pavarotti in one of his most famous roles, a traditional MET production of Donizetti’s much-loved comic classic, 'L’elisir d’amore'....continue...
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Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera / Patane/Metropolitan Opera, Pavarotti, Ricciarelli, Blegen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Berini, Bianca; Blegen, Judith; Pavarotti, Luciano; Quilico, Louis; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This DVD features Luciano Pavarotti in one of his most celebrated roles in a classic, all-star performance of one of the great Verdi operas, 'Un...continue...
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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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Pavarotti Sings Verdi - Unballo In Maschera; Il Trovatore; Ernani / Levine/Metropolitan Opera [3 DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Filmed live at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, where the legendary Italian tenor sang in 378 performances, more than anywhere else in the world, this exquisite,...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...

Verdi: Ernani / Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch., Pavarotti, Milnes, Raimondi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Mitchell, Leona; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"People who don't like Eurotrash or any other type of updated operatic stagin, take note: this 1983 Met centennial new production of 'Ernani' is a...continue...
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Bellini: I Puritani / Netrebko, Cutler, Summers / Metropolitan Opera Orch [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-12-18

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Cutler, Eric; Netrebko, Anna; Relyea, John; Ruminski, Valerian; Valdes, Eduardo; Vassallo, Franco; Zifchak, Maria
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Live from The Metropolitan Opera, international sensation Anna Netrebko sings Elvira Walton (and her famous mad scene) in 'I Puritani', a spectacular production revived especially...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Hvorostovsky, Vargas, Gergiev [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-12-18

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky triumph in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece 'Eugene Onegin,' filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera. Their onstage chemistry, emotional singing and outstan...continue...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens / Norman / Levine, Met Opera [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-08-14

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Monk, Allan; Norman, Jessye; Plishka, Paul; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Filmed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1983, Berlioz's masterpiece Les Troyens is a tragic tale of love and fate based on Virgil's Aeneid. Under the...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri / Horne, Levine/MET [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri
Performers: Ahlstedt, Douglas; Horne, Marilyn; Kesling, Diane; Malas, Spiro; Merritt, Myra; Monk, Allan; Montarsolo, Paolo
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The great Marilyn Horne heads the cast of the Met's 1986 version of Rossini's L' italiana in Algeri. DVD comes with bonus features-including a discussion...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, LPCM Stereo, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.0 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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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