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Verdi: Rigoletto / Leo Nuci, Elena Mosuc, Piotr Beczala, Lazlo Polgar. Nello Santi, Zurich Opera Orch. & Chorus (Special price, includes Blu-Ray catalog) [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An exhilarating live recording from the Opernhaus Zurich stars acclaimed baritone Leo Nucci as the namesake of the opera, alongside the inimitable Elena Mosuc as...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix / Fischer, Gruberova, van Der Walt, Polgar [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-05-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Performers: Ariostini, Armando; Asher, Nadine; Gruberova, Edita; Polgar, Laszlo; Walt, Deon Van der; Will, Jacob
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

For the performance at the Zurich opera, the producer Daniel Schmid changed the sentimental story into an ironical post-card idyll and thus achieved a modern...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Italian Operas / Rossini, Verid, Puccini, Cilea [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-10-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Bolognese, Mario; Borodina, Olga; Borras, Jean-Francois; Camastra, Marco; Chausson, Carlos; Dessi, Daniela; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Guleghina, Maria; ...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Marzendorfer, Ernst; Muti, Riccardo; Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This box contains four splendid productions of masterpieces of Italian opera: Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata, Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'...continue...
Run Time: 554 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...continue...

Verdi: Macbeth / Welser-Most/Zurich Opera, Hampson, Marrocu [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-01-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Lima, Luis; Marrocu, Paoletta; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House, 2001 + With this opera, Verdi composed a true music drama. For this great early opera, he demanded...continue...
Run Time: 141 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, Italian, English, Fre...continue...

Rossini: 3 Operas / Muti, Möst, DiDonato, Bartoli, Raimondi [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2010-11-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Il turco in Italia; Moïse et Pharaon (rev. of Mosè in Egitto), opera
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Bartoli, Cecilia; Ceron, Antonello; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Fischer, Jeannette; Frittoli, Barbara; Ganassi, Sonia; Garrett, Nicholas; Giuseppini, Gi...
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno; Welser-Möst, Franz; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This Rossini box set combines a number of opera highlights: his well-known operas II barbiere di Siviglia, II Turco in Italia and MoÏse et Pharaon....continue...
Run Time: 473 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Fedoseyev, Zurich Ballet, Semionova, Jermakov [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2010-06-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Performers: Jermakov, Stanislav; Mehrabyan, Arsen; Pellmont, Karin; Semionova, Polina
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Fedoseyev, Zurich Ballet, Semionova, Jermakov [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2010-06-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Performers: Jermakov, Stanislav; Mehrabyan, Arsen; Pellmont, Karin; Semionova, Polina
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir
Ensemble: Zurich Ballet; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
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Schumann: Genoveva / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera, Banse, Mathey, Gantner [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-01-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Drole, Ruben; Gantner, Martin; Kallisch, Cornelia; Leigh, Matthew; Mathey, Shawn; Muff, Alfred; Slawinski, Tomasz
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as AHM 101327. On 25th...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Grieg / Turnage / Dean: Peer Gynt / Zurich Ballet, Jensen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2009-10-27

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Performers: Adamczak, Agnieszka; Bidzinski, Boguslaw; Kohl, Christiane; Voje, Angelica; Zhu, Huiling
Conductors: Jensen, Eivind Gullberg
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

In Peer Gynt Zurich choreographer Heinz Spoerli has attempted a daring combination of Grieg's score and modern sounds for a dance translation of the interior...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: French, English
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Offenbach: La Belle Helene / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera, Kasarova, Van der Walt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-04-28

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène
Performers: Chausson, Carlos; Kasarova, Vesselina; Van der Walt, Deon; Vogel, Volker; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Offenbach's light-hearted opera is based on the story of Helen of Troy. 'La Belle Helene' mercilessly satirizes the social mores of the declining Parisian upper...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Santi/Zurich Opera, Florez, Raimondi, Rey [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rey, Isabel; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc that will not play in a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as DEC B000944109. Juan Diego Florez,...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian Spanish, Chinese
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Santi/Zurich Opera, Nucci, Mosuc, Beczala [Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-11-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Mosuc, Elena; Nucci, Leo; Peetz, Katharina; Polgar, Laszlo
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

'Rigoletto' tells the story of the crippled court jester Rigoletto and his adored daughter Gilda, whom he desperately tries to protect from the advances of...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Schumann: Genoveva / Banse; Muff; Mathey; Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-10-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Drole, Ruben; Gantner, Martin; Kallisch, Cornelia; Leigh, Matthew; Mathey, Shawn; Muff, Alfred; Slawinski, Tomasz
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

On 25th June 1850, Robert Schumann's only opera, 'Genoveva', received its first performance at Leipzig State Theatre. It was a much-awaited event, as Schumann, widely...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: German, English, French, Span...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Haitink/Zurich Opera; Naef; Ventris; Volle; Salminen [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Groissbock, Gunther; Haunstein, Rolf; Naef, Yvonne; Salminen, Matti; Ventris, Christopher; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 256 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spani...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Santi/Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Leo Nucci [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-11-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Mosuc, Elena; Nucci, Leo; Peetz, Katharina; Polgar, Laszlo
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

"It has long been a truism that Nello Santi is an exceptionally gifted conductor of Verdi, but it is always a pleasure to observe to...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Switzerland
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Schubert: Fierrabra / Welser-Most/Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Franz Schubert: Fierrabras, D 796
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Kaufmann, Jonas; Strehl, Christoph
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Though known primarily for his instrumental works and lieder, Franz Schubert completed no less than four one-act Singspiel and two operas both in three acts....continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Santi/Zurich Opera, Ruggero Raimondi, Juan Diego Flórez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-09-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rey, Isabel; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Following DVD releases of Il Barbiere di Siviglia from Madrid and La Fille du Regiment from Genoa, Decca continues the DVD series presenting Juan Diego...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Santi, Kasarova, Lanza [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2007-01-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Chausson, Carlos; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kasarova, Vesselina; Lanza, Manuel; Macias, Reinaldo
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

A "firework display of exhilarating comedy" was how the press described this Barber of Seville, enthusing about the "unforced liveliness" of the cast. The cast...continue...
Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata / Eva Mei, Thomas Hampson, Piotr Beczala [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2006-01-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Hampson, Thomas; Mei, Eva
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This performance comes live from the 2005 Zurich Opera House featuring Eva Mei, Piotr Beezala, and Thomas Hampson. Franz Welser-Most conducts the Chorus and Orchestra...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, Frenc...continue...

Rossini: Il Turco In Italia / Cecilia Bartoli Ruggero Raimondi Zurich Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2005-03-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Macias, Reinaldo; Raimondi, Ruggero; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

'It turco in Italia' is one of Rossini's wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed inventions. Cecilia Bartoli has...continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
Subtitl...continue...

Welser-Most, Franz: Wagner: Tannhauser [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2004-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Kabatu, Isabelle; Kringelborn, Solveig; Seiffert, Peter; Trekel, Roman
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Intially produced in Dresden in 1845, 'Tannhauser' provoked a storm of newspaper criticism, but was warmly received by a few ardent friends and admirers, among...continue...
Run Time: 180 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Bellini: Beatrice Di Tenda [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2003-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Hernandez, Rahi; Kaluza, Stefania; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

In his opera 'Beatrice di Tenda' Bellini did not continue, as he did in 'Norma', with the virtuosity and coloratura artistry of the voice but...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...