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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Mackerras/Royal Opera, Keenlyside, DiDonato, Vargas [2 DVD]

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...

The Blu-Ray Experience: Opera & Ballet Highlights [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi,...
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berg, Nathan; Cirillo, Lucia; Dahlin, Anders; Damrau, Diana; di Pasquale, Luciano; Donose, Ruxandra; Machado, Aquiles; Matthews, Sally; Mironov, Maxim; Papian, H...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pahn, Vello; Davis, Colin, Sir; Lopez-Cobos, Jesus; Jordan, Philippe; Kershaw, Stewart; Jurowski, Vladimir; Rousset, Christophe; Reynolds, Julian; Connelly, Paul; Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra; Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra; Les Talens Lyriques; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Netherlands Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchest...

'Opera & Ballet: The Blu-ray Experience' includes opera and ballet highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue, and gives everyone the opportunity to experience the stunning...continue...
Run Time: 50 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio, Dolby True HD
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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Pappano/Royal Opera House, Schrott, Persson, Finley [2 DVD]

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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Mozart: Die Zauberflote / Davis/Royal Opera, Roschmann, Damrau [Blu-Ray]

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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Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals

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...

Hérold/Lanchberry: La fille mal gardée

1 CD / Lim / 2007-03-20

Works: Ferdinand Hérold: La Fille Mal Gardée, ballet
Conductors: Lanchbery, John
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

John Lanchbery conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House performing excerpts from La Fille Mal Gardee. The ballet dates from 1789 and has had...continue...

Mozart: Così fan tutte, etc; Brahms / Gibson, Pritchard

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...

French Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: François Bazin: Maître Pathelin; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Luigi Cherubini: Les abencérages; Charles Gounod: Mireille; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L' Amant jaloux (Les Fausses...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ellis, James; Foster, Lucy; Fyfe, Elizabeth
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Gramophone wrote of this album of French Opera Arias: "A fine recital by Alagna which finds him in good voice and exploiting a sensitive feeling...continue...
This disc received the 2001 Gramophone magazine award for "Best Recital Recording."...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti, Siepi, Freni, Jurinac, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-05-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Freni, Mirella; Gencer, Leyla; Jurinac, Sena; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Savoie, Robert; Siepi, Cesare; Ward, David
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This amazing all-star performance of "the greatest opera" is taken from a live performance in London in February 1962. Some of the most legendary singers...continue...

Gluck: Alceste / Mackerras, Baker, Tear, et al

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2005-06-04

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Best, Matthew; Curtis, Mark; Davies, Maldwyn; Gelling, Philip; Hall, Elaine Mary; Roe, Janice Hooper; Shirley-Quirk, John; Summers, Jonathan; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"...In this [performance], Dame Janet gave one of the great performances of her life: she is extraordinary as Gluck's Alceste, a part that in the...continue...

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito; Wagner / Pritchard, Masur

2 CD / Gala / 2005-02-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Cahill, Teresa; Hollweg, Werner; Howells, Anne; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Minton, Yvonne
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Una Voce Poco Fa - Portrait of Teresa Berganza

2 CD / Decca Import / 2004-05-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ch'io mi scordi di te...No...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Domingo, Placido; Hagger, Roger; Lauret, Benito; Lavilla, Felix; Parsons, Geoffrey
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Pritchard, John; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Lauret, Benito; Gombau, Gerardo
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza was one of the most sought-after artists for her interpretations of Rossini and Mozart for years from the late 1950s onwards. CD...continue...

Mozart: Die Zauberflote [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2003-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Damrau, Diana; Hartmann, Will; Keenlyside, Simon; Roschmann, Dorothea; Selig, Franz-Joseph
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: 160 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English, Spanish
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti, Siepi, Gencer, Jurinac, Freni

3 CD / Living Stage / 2003-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Gencer, Leyla; Jurinac, Sena; Savoie, Robert; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Vissi d'arte - The Magnificent Voice of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-04-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro; I masnadieri; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra; Giacomo Meyerbe...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bello, Vincenzo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Oliver, Alexander; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Ba...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Masini, Gianfranco; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Mehta, Zubin; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Maag, Peter; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; López-Cobos, Jesús; Bon...
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; ORTF National Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Wandswort...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Krauss, Konetzni, Schwarzkopf, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2002-08-29

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Friedrich, Karl; Konetzni, Hilde; Schoeffler, Paul; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Weber, Ludwig
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

A Portrait of Mozart

6 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-10-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Serenade no 6 in D major, K 239 "Serenata notturna"; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat ...
Performers: Bernheimer, Julia; Giménez, Raúl [Tenor Vocals]; Halstead, Anthony; Hill, Martyn; Janowitz, Gundula; Kite, Christopher; Lawson, Colin; Shumsky, Oscar [Violin/Conductor]; Thomas, David [...
Conductors: Goodman, Roy; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Hanover Band; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Mozart: The Concert Arias / Te Kanawa, Gruberova, et al

5 CD / Decca / 1997-11-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ah, lo previdi...Ah, t'invola agl'occhi miei, recitative and aria for soprano & orchestra, K. 272; Vado, ma dove?, K 583; O temerario Arbace!...Per quel paterno, recitative a...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Corena, Fernando; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gruberova, Edita; Hobarth, Elfriede; Knussen, Stuart; Kuchl, Rainer; Laki, Krisztina; Parsons, Geoffrey; Te Kanaw...
Conductors: Fischer, György; Pritchard, John; Peters, Reinhard; Quadri, Argeo
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Haydn Orchestra

Complete Mozart Edition Vol 41 - Don Giovanni / Davis

3 CD / Philips / 1992-01-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Burrows, Stuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Taylor, Charles [Violin]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; van Allan, Richard [B...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra