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Handel: Giulio Cesare / Natalie Dessay, Lawrence Zazzo, isabel Leonard, Varduhi Abrahamyan et al. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Berg, Nathan; Dessay, Natalie; Dumaux, Christophe; Lefevre, Aimery; Leonard, Isabel; Visse, Dominique; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Haim, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée

Handels popular opera, Giulio Cesare, is named after the great Roman emperor, but it's most memorable character is Cleopatra. In this production by Laurent Pelly...continue...

Philippe Jaroussky: La voix des Reves, Greatest Moments in Concert / Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Various: Philippe Jaroussky - La voix des Reves, Greatest Moments in Concert
Performers: Jaroussky, Philippe

Established as one of Virgin Classics' bestselling artists, Philippe Jaroussky, who has been described as "the Apollo of countertenors" by Germany's A Die Zeit, stands...continue...

The Enchanted Island, a baroque pastiche with music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau et al. / Danielle de Niese, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Placido Domingo [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Various: The Enchanted Island, a baroque pastiche
Performers: Appleby, Paul; Claire, Layla; Daniels, David; De Niese, Danielle; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Emerson, Ashley; Madore, Elliot; Oropesa, Lisette; Pisaroni, Luca
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Massenet: Cendrillon / de Billy, DiDonato, Gutierrez, Coote, Podles [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Jules Massenet: Cendrillon
Performers: Coote, Alice; DiDonato, Joyce; Gutierrez, Eglis; Lafont, Jean-Philippe; Podles, Ewa
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus

With Joyce DiDonato as Cinderella capturing all hearts – not just Prince Charming’s – Massenet’s enchanting, sophisticated retelling of the classic fairytale makes its debut...continue...
Run Time: 165 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Christie, de Niese, Jaroussky [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Bonitatibus, Anna; Cencic, Max Emanuel; De Niese, Danielle; Jaroussky, Philippe; Quintans, Ana
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

The culmination of a three-year Monteverdi project led by conductor William Christie and director Pier Luigi Pizzi at Madrid's Teatro Real, L'incoronazione di Poppea brings...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Subtitles: English, French
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Verdi: La Traviata / Langree, Dessay, Castronovo, Tezier [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; De La Muela, Silvia; Dessay, Natalie; Scarabelli, Adelina; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Langree, Louis
Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; London Symphony Orchestra

Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violleta in Vedi's La Traviata in a new production by the French director Jean-Francois Sivadier at the...continue...
Run Time: 139 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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Quatuor Ebene: Fiction at the Folies Bergere [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Various: Work(s)
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Ebène

Mozart: Piano Concertos 22 & 25 / David Fray [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2011-06-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482; Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503
Performers: Fray, David
Conductors: Van Zweden, Jaap; Zweden, Jaap van
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Virgin Classics invites you to go behind the scenes with David Fray, Instrumentalist of the Year in France's Victoires de la Musique 2010. This exciting...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC
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Puccini: Tosca / Colaneri/Met, Mattila, Alvarez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-12-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Courtney, James; Gagnidze, George; Makepeace, Jonathan; Mattila, Karita; Pittsinger, David; Plishka, Paul; Sorensen, Joel
Conductors: Colaneri, Joseph
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This production of Tosca opened the Metropolitan Opera's 2009 - 10 season, the first to be programmed entirely by the house's General Manager Peter Gelb,...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Levine/Met, Dessay, Voigt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Gunn, Nathan; Margison, Richard; Mentzer, Susanne; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Two of today's reigning sopranos - Deborah Voigt and Natalie Dessay - embody the contrasting philosophies at the heart of this 2003 Metropolitan Opera production...continue...

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Florez, DiDonato, ROH, Pappano [DVD]

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...

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Callegari, Villazon, Bayo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-04-06

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Obregon, Cristina; Pratico, Bruno; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

When Donizetti's comedy, updated to the mid-20th century by the Uruguayan-born director Mario Gas, was mounted at Barcelona's magnificent Liceu opera house in 2005, Opera...continue...

Lehar: La Veuve Joyeuse / Korsten/Opera de Lyon, Gens, Ludlow, Gietz [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Gens, Veronique; Guerrero, Alexandre; Léger, Magali; Le Roux, Francois; Lefort, David; Ludlow, Ivan
Conductors: Korsten, Gérard
Ensemble: Lyon Opera Chorus; Lyon Opera Orchestra

The heroine of 'La Veuve Joyeuse' is called Missia Palmieri, but she had started off in 1905 as Hanna Glawari in Vienna, where this operetta...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande / De Billy, Dessay, Degout, Naouri [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Degout, Stephane; Dessay, Natalie; Ens, Phillip; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Mirfin, Timothy; Naouri, Laurent
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

"There's more to life than top notes," Natalie Dessay has said. She has, of course, made her reputation with the florid, stratospheric heroines of Romantic...continue...
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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