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Handel: Xerxes / Mackerras, Murray, Garrett, Masterson, Robson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-03-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Xerxes, HWV 40
Performers: Booth-Jones, Christopher; Garrett, Lesley; Masterson, Valerie; Murray, Ann; Rigby, Jean; Robson, Christopher
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus; English National Opera Orchestra

Nicholas Hytner's highly innovative production of Handel's comic opera won the coveted Laurence Olivier Opera Award. This live recording from the English National Opera stars...continue...
Run Time: 186 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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The Lady & The Fool and Pineapple Poll / Charles Mackerras [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Charles Mackerras: The Lady and the Fool, romantic ballet suite (after Verdi); Arthur Sullivan: Pineapple Poll
Performers: Beriosova, Svetlana; Blair, David; Holden, Stanley; Hynd, Ronald; Larsen, Gerd; Park, Merle; Powell, Ray; Taylor, Brenda
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Released for the first time on DVD are rare studio performances of John Cranko's choreography in The Lady and The Fool and Pineapple Roll. Featuring...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Subtitles: French, German
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Handel: Julius Caesar / Mackerras, Baker, Masterson, Walker [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-02-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Performers: Baker, Janet; Bowman, James; Jones, Della; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus; English National Opera Orchestra

John Copley's production of Handel's Julius Caesar features the great mezzo-soprano Janet Baker in one the roles she made her own. She leads a cast...continue...
Run Time: 180 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
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Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen / Mackerras, Allen, Jenis [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-11-16

Works: Leos Janácek: Príhody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen)
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Jenis, Eva; Kusnjer, Ivan; Minutillo, Hana; Novak, Richard
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Orchestre de Paris

Run Time: 97 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English
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The Britten-Pears Collection [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-07-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Billy Budd, Op. 50; Owen Wingrave, Op. 85; The Beggar's Opera, ballad opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Davies, Meredith
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"This DVD is as close as we'll ever get to seeing how the originators visualized Peter Grimes. It has Peter Pears in the title role...continue...
Run Time: 545 min.
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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...

Violinist Itzhak Perlman / Violin Concertos of Prokofiev & Elgar / Rozhdestvensky [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-01-27

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19; Sir Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Or...
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra

The great Israeli-born violinist Itzhak Perlman has already left a huge number of sound recordings of his interpretations; but it adds an extra dimension to...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
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Cult Operas of the 1970s: Mozart; Beethoven; Weber; etc. / Hamburg State Opera [10 DVD]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der F...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Ahlin, Cvetka; Blankenburg, Heinz; Blankenburg, Heinz Horst; Blankenheim, Toni; Boese, Ursula; Cassilly, Richard; Deutekom, Christina; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fliether, Herbert; Flores...
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Stein, Horst; Ludwig, Leopold; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Janowski, Marek; Maderna, Bruno; Kuntzsch, Matthias
Ensemble: Hamburg State Opera Chorus; Hamburg State Opera Orchestra; NDR Children's Chorus

This DVD box set contains ten historical studio productions from the Hamburg State Opera....continue...
Run Time: 1320 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Britten: Billy Budd / Mackerras, Pears, Glossop [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Glossop, Peter; Langdon, Michael; Luxon, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir; Shirley-Quirk, John; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

This recording was the first film of any Britten opera and is the only version to star Peter Pears, who originated the role of Captain...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann / Mackerras/Hamburg Phil State Orch., Popp, Wolansky, Sotin, Fliether [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-01-30

Works: Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann
Performers: Fliether, Herbert; Grundheber, Franz; Mangin, Noel; Popp, Lucia; Sotin, Hans; Wolansky, Raymond
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

What better legacy could an opera-house director leave behind him than a string of excellent theatrical productions! Rolf Liebermann (1910-1999), who was actually a composer,...continue...
Run Time: 131 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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