1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca /
2012-05-01
Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur
Performers:
Borodina, Olga; Bottone, Bonaventura; Corbelli, Alessandro; Gheorghiu, Angela; Kaufmann, Jonas; Muraro, Maurizio
Conductors:
Elder, Mark
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Andriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea's verismo drama explores celebrity,...continue...
Run Time: 150 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color Subtitles: English
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DEC B001675459
2 DVD Video / Decca /
2012-04-17
Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur
Performers:
Borodina, Olga; Bottone, Bonaventura; Corbelli, Alessandro; Gheorghiu, Angela; Kaufmann, Jonas; Muraro, Maurizio
Conductors:
Elder, Mark
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea's verismo drama explores celebrity,...continue...
Run Time: 150 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Subtitles: English
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DEC B001669609
2 CD / Decca /
2012-03-13
Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Conductors:
Davis, Colin
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
"The pacing of each tableau vivant is handled so superbly by Sir Colin that there is not a single moment of longueur...The casting polarizes this...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting (02/1990)....continue...
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DEC B001651002
3 CD / Decca /
2012-03-13
Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers:
Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fontana, Gabrielle [Vocals]; Runkel, Reinhild
Conductors:
Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
"Jeffrey Tate's prime virtue is his ability to convey a score's harmonic and textural chiaroscuro and it is very evident here, though at some cost...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London (07/1986)....continue...
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DEC B001654102
2 CD / Myto Records /
2011-11-05
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Conductors:
Santi, Nello
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
This performance was recorded at Covent Garden on 13th January 1960....continue...
Recording information: Covent Garden, London (01/13/1960)....continue...
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MYT 00297
1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte /
2011-09-27
Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Anna Nicole
Performers:
Bickley, Susan; De Pont Davies, Rebecca; Doyle, Grant; Finley, Gerald; Hoare, Peter; Lixenberg, Lore; Oke, Alan; Rees, Andrew; Westbroek, Eva-Maria; White, Jeremy
Conductors:
Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble:
Royal Opera Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
A young Playboy model, an octogenarian billionaire husband, intrusive media fascination and a tragically early death. This is a roller-coaster of a real contemporary life...continue...
Run Time: 120 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...
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BOA 1054D
1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte /
2011-09-27
Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Anna Nicole
Performers:
Bickley, Susan; De Pont Davies, Rebecca; Doyle, Grant; Finley, Gerald; Hoare, Peter; Lixenberg, Lore; Oke, Alan; Rees, Andrew; Westbroek, Eva-Maria; White, Jeremy
Conductors:
Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble:
Royal Opera Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
A young Playboy model, an octogenarian billionaire husband, intrusive media fascination and a tragically early death. This is a roller-coaster of a real contemporary life...continue...
Run Time: 120 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround Subtitles: English, French, German, Sp...continue...
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BOA 7088D
2 CD / Decca /
2011-07-12
Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers:
Robinson, Forbes; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors:
Davis, Colin
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Full track lists and synopses n English, German and French. A "powerful, heroic interpretation"-The Penguin Guide...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (04/1978/05/1978)....continue...
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DEC B001572802
2 DVD Video / EMI Classics /
2010-10-05
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers:
Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Ganassi, Sonia; Halfvarson, Eric; Keenlyside, Simon; Lloyd, Robert; Poplavskaya, Marina; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors:
Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner's new staging of Verdi's grandest - and arguably greatest - opera, 'Don Carlo', was the highlight of the 2007/2008 Royal...continue...
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EMI 316099
2 DVD Video / EMI Classics /
2010-10-05
Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers:
Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keenlyside, Simon; Koch, Sophie; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors:
Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Angela Gheorghiu stars as Marguerite alongside a divine cast of operatic superstars, including Roberto Alagna, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Sophie Koch, in David McVicar's...continue...
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EMI 316119
4 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2010-09-28
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers:
Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Mazurok, Yuri; Obraztsova, Elena; Serra, Luciana; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors:
Kleiber, Carlos; Rudel, Julius; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Kultur is delighted to announce the release of the third volume of DVD boxed sets showcasing some of the greatest recordings of Placido Domingo's career...continue...
Run Time: 479 min. Region: 1 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM, Dolby 2.0 Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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KUL D4649
2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics /
2010-04-20
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers:
Corbelli, Alessandro; DiDonato, Joyce; Florez, Juan Diego; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Keenlyside, Simon
Conductors:
Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
The cast of this Barbiere, taken from performances in July 2009 at the London's Royal Opera House, could quite simply not be bettered today: dazzling...continue...
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VCL 945819
3 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-11-10
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West
Performers:
Allen, Thomas; Domingo, Placido; Malfitano, Catherine; Neblett, Carol; Raimondi, Ruggero; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors:
Mehta, Zubin; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Santi, Nello
Ensemble:
Rome Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Master of well over 100 great operatic roles, winner of a dozen Grammy Awards, a great humanitarian, Placido Domingo's musical lyricism and passion have placed...continue...
Run Time: 424 min. Region: 1 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM, Dolby 2.0 Subtitles: English, French, German
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KUL D4603
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pilgrim's Pr...
Performers:
Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Voca...
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...
The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...
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CHA 10568
2 CD / Decca /
2009-08-25
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers:
Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors:
Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble:
; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...
Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...
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DEC B001305902
4 CD / Testament /
2009-08-11
Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Spoken Word: Jon Vickers in conversation with Jon Tolansky
Performers:
Allman, Robert; Carlyle, Joan; Davies, Rhoderick; Elms, Lauris; Evans, Edgar; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Langdon, Michael; Lewis, Ronald; Robinson, Forbes; Rouleau, Joseph; Shuard, Amy; Thebom, Bl...
Conductors:
Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
From our privileged position, half a century on, there may be a temptation to feel superior and to undervalue the 1957 Covent Garden Trojans and...continue...
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TES 1443
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-05-26
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers:
Alvarez, Marcelo; Gavanelli, Paolo; Schäfer, Christine
Conductors:
Downes, Edward
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Verdi's drama of revenge, in its stunning new production by David McVicar, is filled with some of the composer's most celebrated music. Sir Edward Downes...continue...
Run Time: 170 min. Region: 1 Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.1 Subtitles: English
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KUL D0830
2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte /
2009-05-26
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers:
DiDonato, Joyce; Gleadow, Robert; Halfvarson, Eric; Keenlyside, Simon; Ketelsen, Kyle; Persson, Miah; Poplavskaya, Marina; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors:
Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
'Don Giovanni' is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart's music, and the words of his great collaborator Da Ponte, are brought to...continue...
Run Time: 202 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...
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BOA 1009
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-04-28
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers:
Frittoli, Barbara; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors:
Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
The spectacular opening production of London's newly-restored Royal Opera House, first broadcast live on BBC television in December 1999, brings a riot of color to...continue...
Run Time: 159 min. Region: 1 Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.1 Subtitles: English
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KUL D0823
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-04-28
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers:
Cura, Jose; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Naef, Yvonne; Villarroel, Veronica
Conductors:
Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Jose Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Veronica Villarroel and Yvonne Naef lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera, in Elijah Moshinsky's new Royal Opera House...continue...
Run Time: 172 min. Region: 1 Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0 Subtitles: English
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KUL D0849
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
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DEC B001280502
2 CD / Decca /
2009-04-14
Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers:
Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors:
Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble:
; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...
This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...
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DEC B001280102
2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute /
2009-04-04
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri; Semiramide; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers:
Brouwenstijn, Gre; Dominguez, Oralia; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors:
Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble:
Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
During his very long career sir Georg Solti conducted Verdi's 'Messa da Requiem' many times, but no version, either studio or live, can compare with...continue...
Recording information: Köln (11/17/1958)....continue...
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IDI 6567/8
2 CD / Decca /
2009-02-24
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento
Performers:
Bruyere, Jules; Coates, Edith; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Gorde, Omar; Jones, Alan; Malas, Spiro; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sinclair, Monica; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors:
Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
The classic recording is now available at mid-price for the first time! Recorded in 1967, the recording features Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti at the...continue...
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DEC B001256602
1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute /
2009-01-02
Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers:
Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Raimondi, Gianni; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors:
Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rescigno, Nicola; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Saying something new about Maria Callas is an impossible task. In the fifties she was the absolute star of the international opera scene and since...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1958....continue...
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IDI 6558
1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca /
2008-11-18
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers:
Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Kaufmann, Jonas; Rose, Matthew; Vizin, Viktoria; Xanthoudakis, Elena
Conductors:
Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
"This terrifically-cast and conducted Carmen goes to the top of the list, which is saying a great deal... Bizet's expert scoring is underlined but never...continue...
Run Time: 152 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
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DEC B001216859
2 CD / EMI Classics /
2008-11-11
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; Tosca
Performers:
Alagna, Roberto; Bacelli, Monica; Biccire, Patrizia; Cangelosi, David; Ciofi, Patrizia; Coliban, Sorin; Gheorghiu, Angela; Howell, Gwynne; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors:
Coppola, Anton; Armstrong, Richard; Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan
EMI Classics is proud to present Angela Gheorghiu: 'My Puccini', a stunning homage to the legend of Puccini featuring the finest arias from his best-loved...continue...
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EMI 174412C
15 CD / EMI Classics /
2008-10-28
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers:
Badioli, Carlo; Boniface, Edgard; Borriello, Mario; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass...
Conductors:
De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
This elegant 15-CD set includes all of Callas' studio recordings of Puccini operas: Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. These are all...continue...
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EMI 158942B
1 DVD Video / Decca /
2008-10-28
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers:
Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Kaufmann, Jonas; Rose, Matthew; Vizin, Viktoria; Xanthoudakis, Elena
Conductors:
Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese
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DEC B001216709
1 CD / BBC Legends /
2008-10-14
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde
Performers:
Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors:
Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
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BBC 42392
4 CD / Gala /
2008-10-04
Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried
Conductors:
Barbirolli, John, Sir; ; Alwin, Karl
Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra
"To hear these singers tear into their parts with gusto and unrestrained theatricality is to enter another time. The god-like majesty of Schorr's Wotan, the...continue...
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GLA 668
3 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte /
2008-08-26
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers:
Cura, Jose; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Naef, Yvonne; Villarroel, Veronica
Conductors:
Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Jose Cura and Dmitri Hvorostovsky lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera, in Elijah Moshinsky's Royal Opera House production co-produced with Teatro Real...continue...
Run Time: 172 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0 Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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BOA 7006
13 CD / Testament /
2008-08-12
Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers:
Allman, Robert; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Coates, Edith; Dalberg, Frederick; Evans, Edgar; Fisher, Sylvia; Grant, June; Hale, Una; Hotter, Hans; Howitt, Barbara; Ilosvay, Maria von; Klein, Peter; Kra...
Conductors:
Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Richard Wagner's complete 'Ring' cycle led by Rudolf Kempe, recorded live at the Royal Opera House in 1957 is now available from Testament in new...continue...
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TES 1426
2 CD / EMI Classics /
2008-05-27
Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nac...
Performers:
Anderszewski, Piotr; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha; Bonney, Barbara; Capuçon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo; Coles, Samuel; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Debost, Michel; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, F...
Conductors:
Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Wordsworth, Barry; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Plasson, Michel; Harding, Daniel; Hickox, Richard; Janowski, Marek; Warren-Green, Christopher; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Gardelli...
Ensemble:
Academy of London; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Br...
Studies that the unborn child in its mother's womb is able to perceive exterior noises. That being the case, you might as well let your...continue...
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EMI 190032B
2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute /
2008-05-01
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers:
Callas, Maria; Collier, Marie; Roberts, Lea; Robinson, Forbes; Troy, Dermot; Valletti, Cesare; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors:
Rescigno, Nicola;
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
To quote Verdi's own words, the very first performance of 'La Traviata' that took place at the Teatro La Fenice of Venice, on March 6,...continue...
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IDI 6541/2
2 CD / Ponto Recordings /
2008-05-01
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera
Performers:
Atlantov, Vladimir; Borissova, Galina; Glossop, Peter; Klyonov, Oleg; Korolyov, Yuriy; Maslennikov, Alexei; Rouleau, Joseph; Simionato, Giulietta; Sokolov, Andrei; Vishnevskaya, Galina; Yaroslavzev, ...
Conductors:
Svetlanov, Evgeny; ; Balkwill, Bryan
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; USSR State Academy Chorus; USSR State Academy Symphony Orchestra
This Ponto release of 'Otello' marks the eightieth birthday of Galina Vishnevskaya, one of the finest Russian singers of her generation. It joins a discography...continue...
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PTO 1056
1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte /
2008-04-29
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers:
Damrau, Diana; Hartmann, Will; Keenlyside, Simon; Roschmann, Dorothea; Selig, Franz-Joseph; Thompson, Adrian; Tynan, Ailish
Conductors:
Davis, Colin, Sir
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
The internationally renowned Mozart interpreter Sir Colin Davis conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House and a glittering cast in David McVicar's...continue...
Run Time: 182 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0 Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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BOA 7002
2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte /
2008-04-29
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers:
Araya, Graciela; Finley, Gerald; James, Ana; Persson, Miah; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schrott, Erwin; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors:
Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
"This performance seems to get to the heart of arguably Mozart's greatest opera more successfully than almost any other production of the composer's stage works...continue...
Run Time: 202 min. Picture Format: NTSC, Color Country of Origin: England
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BOA 0990
11 CD / Decca /
2008-04-15
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; Tancredi; Semiramide; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto; La donna del lago; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, op...
Performers:
Ellis, Osian; Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin
Conductors:
Lewis, Henry; ; Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Carl
Ensemble:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Rom...
"Each of the 11 CDs comes in a slip case with the original cover art, but no texts or translations are provided. At the price...continue...
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DEC B001089302
1 DVD Video / EMI Classics /
2008-04-11
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Performers:
Corbelli, Alessandro; Dessay, Natalie; Florez, Juan Diego; French, Dawn; Palmer, Felicity
Conductors:
Campanella, Bruno
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
"Dessay and Florez more or less epitomize what the opera was meant to be: a cute story of two cute people who sing florid, cute...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color Country of Origin: USA
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EMI 190029
1 DVD Video / Decca /
2007-11-13
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers:
Agache, Alexandru; Beesley, Mark; Opie, Alan; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Sylvester, Michael; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors:
Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
A well-received, stylish 1991 Royal Opera production staged by Elijah Moshinsky and premiered with Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti. This quality production, directed...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color Country of Origin: USA
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$32.98
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DEC B001010809
3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte /
2007-06-26
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Rigoletto; Il trovatore
Performers:
Alvarez, Marcelo; Auty, Peter; Barnard, Thomas; Broadbent, Graeme; Cura, José; Frittoli, Barbara; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Halfvarson, Eric; Hayes, Quentin; Hoare, Peter; Howell, ...
Conductors:
Haitink, Bernard; Rizzi, Carlo; Downes, Edward
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
this 3 DVD box set presents some of the world's leading artists in outstanding productions, all from the stage of the world famous Royal Opera...continue...
Run Time: 498 min. Picture Format: NTSC, Color Country of Origin: USA
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$79.49
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BOA 0980
1 CD / EMI Classics /
2007-05-08
Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Capriccio, Op 85; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers:
Clews, Richard; Grodnikaite, Liora; Manning, Peter; Siegel, Gerhard; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]; White, Jeremy
Conductors:
Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
"Nina Stemme belongs in this select company. With the extra dramatic over-drive she can switch on when needed and her superb portraits of Salome and...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
EMI 787972B
4 CD / Opera Rara /
2007-05-08
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Dom Sébastien
Performers:
Bernays, John; Caruso, Carmelo; Cliffe, Nigel; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Gleadow, Robert; Hickenbottom, Lee; Hill, Martyn; Kasarova, Vesselina; Keenlyside, Simon; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Slater, An...
Conductors:
Elder, Mark
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
"Donizetti considered Dom Sebastien, Roi de Portugal (1843), his final completed opera, written for the Paris Opera, to be his masterpiece, and in spite of...continue...
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$74.99
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OPR 33
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2007-04-24
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers:
Boozer, Brenda; Bruson, Renato; Egerton, Francis; Hendricks, Barbara; MacPherson, George; Nucci, Leo; Wildermann, William
Conductors:
Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
"The Falstaff (it's a pleasure to report) is a delight from start to finish... Bruson is a magnificent Falstaff, whether from the twinkle in his...continue...
Run Time: 138 min. Region: 1 Picture Format: NTSC, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Country of Origin: USA
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KUL D4202
3 CD / Ponto Recordings /
2006-11-04
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Johannes Brahms: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 86; Romances and Songs (5), Op. 84; Songs (4), Op. 46; Songs (9) for...
Performers:
Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Curry, Carol Ann; Hamburger, Paul; Harwood, Elizabeth; Minton, Yvonne; Shirley-Quirk, John; Van der Bilt, Peter; Westi, Kurt
Conductors:
Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Pritchard, John
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Scottish Opera Chorus
One of the most highly acclaimed productions by Scottish Opera in the 1960s was its English-language 'Cosi fan tutte.' Dame Janet Baker sang Dorabella in...continue...
$35.99
$31.99
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PTO 1052
2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics /
2006-10-31
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers:
Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Elvin, William; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Trimarchi, Domenico [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, ...
Conductors:
Davis, Colin
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Penguin GuidePacing the music naturally and sympathetically, Sir Colin Davis proves a superb Puccinian, one who not only presents Puccini's drama with richness and force...continue...
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PTE 5186147
2 CD / Decca /
2006-09-12
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigole...
Performers:
Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collier, Marie; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Regine; Cross, Gr...
Conductors:
Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Davis, Colin; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin; Pidò, Evelino; Mackerr...
Ensemble:
; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symph...
Featuring an all-star lineup that includes Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras and many others. This is...continue...
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$16.98
DEC B000707102
6 CD / EMI Classics /
2006-08-29
Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers:
Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors:
Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble:
; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...
100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...
$20.98
$17.98
EMI 708532B
6 CD / EMI Classics /
2006-08-29
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Sa...
Performers:
Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors:
Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble:
; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...
$20.98
$17.98
EMI 708722
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