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Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande / Rodney Gilfry, Isabel Rey, Michael Volle. Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Most [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Gilfry, Rodney; Rey, Isabel; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Welser-Most, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera House Chorus; Zurich Opera House Orchestra

A staging of Claude Debussy's only completed opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, recorded live at the Zurich Opera House. The opera's premiere in Paris in 1902...continue...
Run Time: 161 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, I...continue...

Berg: Lulu / Albrecht, Petibon, Breslik, Volle, Grundheber [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-02-28

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu
Performers: Breslik, Pavol; Grundheber, Franz; Petibon, Patricia; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: Salzburg Festival Orchestra

Alban Berg's opera "Lulu" is the story of a lower-class girl who sleeps her way to fame and fortune before losing everything she has and...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles: English
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Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder / Jansons/Bavarian RSO, Voigt, Fujimura [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BR Klassik / 2011-01-25

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Performers: Andersen, Stig; Fujimura, Mihoko; Pecoraro, Herwig; Voigt, Deborah; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Schoenberg's mammoth opus proved a great public success at its 1913 premiere, and was again met with critical acclaim at this 60th anniversary concert of...continue...
Run Time: 125 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Weigle/Bayreuth, Hawlata, Korn [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Ernst, Norbert; Guber, Carola; Hawlata, Franz; Kaune, Michaela; Korn, Artur; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"Ostensibly Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg tells a humorous tale about artistically inclined craftsmen. Goldsmith Veit Pogner promises his daughter Eva's hand in...continue...
Run Time: 306 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Berg: Lulu / Pappano/Royal Opera, Eichenholz, Volle, Vogt, Larmore [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-07-27

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu
Performers: Eichenholz, Agneta; Hartmann, Will; Howell, Gwynne; Langridge, Philip; Larmore, Jennifer; Rose, Peter [bass voice]; Shipp, Heather; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Volle, Michael; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Berg's masterful and thought-provoking opera tells the gripping story of the rise and fall of an alluring, destructive but vulnerable woman, culminating in her death...continue...
Run Time: 205 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Nobel Prize Concert / Ravel, Prokofiev / Argerich, Temirkanov/Royal Stockholm PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-07-27

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 15 in C major, Op. 24/2, CT. 65; Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite no 1, Op. 64a; Romeo and Juliet...
Performers: Argerich, Martha; Kaiser, Joseph; Michael, Nadja; Moser, Thomas; Schuster, Michaela; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Each year Nobel Media organises a classical concert as a tribute to the Nobel Laureates. This 2009 concert features the charismatic virtuoso Martha Argerich playing...continue...
Run Time: 80 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Pfitzner: Palestrina / Ventris, Rose, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Young [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-05-25

Works: Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina
Performers: Bracht, Roland; Daszak, John; Karg, Christiane; Rose, Peter [bass voice]; Struckmann, Falk; Ventris, Christopher; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Young, Simone
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsorchester; Bayerischen Staatsoper

Requiring 38 soloists, chorus and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's 'Palestrina' is a challenging opera to stage. In Munich, the city in which it was given...continue...
Run Time: 206 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Welser-Most/Zurich Opera, Jankova, Hartelius, Schrott [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Hartelius, Malin; Jankova, Martina; Schrott, Erwin; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This production of Mozart's 'Le Nozze di Figaro' caused a sensation when it first came out, stunning critics and audiences alike with its perfect balance...continue...

Strauss: Salome / Kaiser; Volle; Schuster; Jordan/Royal Opera House Orchestra [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-10-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op. 54
Performers: Kaiser, Joseph; Michael, Nadja; Moser, Thomas; Schuster, Michaela; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

David McVicar's powerful 2008 production of Oscar Wilde's bible-based drama takes the controversially disturbing film 'Salo' as its visual reference, setting it in a debauched...continue...
Run Time: 169 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...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...

Concert in Honour of Pope Benedict XVI / Jansons/Bavarian RSO, Palestrina, Beethoven Ninth / Documentary [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-04-29

Works: Giovanni Palestrina: Tu es Petrus; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Braun, Lioba; Schade, Michael; Stoyanova, Krassimira; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

With this DVD Arthaus Musik presents the live recording of an extraordinary concert: the Bavarian Radio Choir and Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons perform Palestrina's...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / MaGee, Mosuc, Sacca, Volle, Breedt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Magee, Emily; Mosuc, Elena; Sacca, Roberto; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

This version of Strauss's masterpiece was much acclaimed when it was first staged in Vienna on 4 October 1916 and is now the one that...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Puccini: La Boheme / Franz Welser-Most/Zurich Opera, Marcello Giordani, Elena Mosuc, Vichael Volle [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2007-03-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Giordani, Marcello; Mosuc, Elena; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Puccini's immortal opera La Boheme is captured on this DVD release of the 2005 Opernhaus Zurich production. Wesler-Most leads a superb cast in a performance...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Schreker: Die Gezeichneten / Robert Hale / Michael Volle / Kent Nagano / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-07-25

Works: Franz Schreker: Die Gezeichneten
Performers: Brubaker, Robert; Hale, Robert; Schone, Wolfgang; Schwanewilms, Anne; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

"Franz Schreker (1878-1934) was at the height of his creative powers when he wrote both the music and libretto for Die Gezeichneten. As the album...continue...
Run Time: 142 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: En...continue...

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...