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La Stupenda: The Glory of Joan Sutherland. Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Fille du Regiment; Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur; Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; plus a gala concert with Lucian Pavarotti. Australian Opera, Richard Bonynge [6 DVDs]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-10-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La fille du régiment, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Performers: Allman, Robert; Austin, Anson; Begg, Heather; Elkins, Margreta; Grant, Clifford; Johnston, Suzanne; Pringle, John; Shaw, John; Stevens, Ronald; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Thane, Amanda; Wegner, John; Yu...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethen Sydney Orchestra

This unique 5 DVD collection brings together, for the first time, the legendary Australian soprano Joan Sutherland in four key dramatic coloratura roles that were...continue...
Run Time: 725 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTXC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English
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Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Cheryl Barker, Catherine Carby, Manfred Hemm, Emma Pearson. Opera Australia, Andrew Litton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-08-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Brunsdon, Andrew; Carby, Catherine; Choo, Henry; Dark, Jacqueline; Fyfe, Warwick; Hemm, Manfred; Pearson, Emma
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

Der Rosenkavalie, the most successful opera of Strauss and von Hofmannsthal's partnership, is a story of love, lust and human frailty. The story is not...continue...
Run Time: 199 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...continue...

Delibes: Lakme / Joel-Hornak, Matthews, di Toro, Bennett [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-04-24

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé
Performers: Bennett, Stephen; di Toro, Aldo; Matthews, Dominica; Matthews, Emma
Conductors: Joel-Hornak, Emmanuel
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Australian Opera Orchestra

Lakmé, Delibes greatest opera, is performed by Opera Australia in all its oriental glory. Starring the exquisite coloratura soprano Emma Matthews as the innocent girl...continue...
Run Time: 143 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish
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Puccini: La Boheme / Edwards, Park, Kizart, Carbo, Fiebig [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-02-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Carbo, Jose; Fiebig, Taryn; Kizart, Takesha Meshe; Lowrencev, Shane; Park, Ji-Min; Parkin, David
Conductors: Lu, Shao-Chia; Edwards, Gale
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

This sensational new production of La bohFme, the inspired concept of director Gale Edwards, is set in early 1930s Berlin, a city of liberal indulgence,...continue...
Run Time: 117 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Germ...continue...

Gilbert And Sullivan: The Mikado / Butel, Breen, Fiebig, Fyfe, Dark [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-01-31

Works: Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado
Performers: Breen, Kanen; Butel, Mitchell; Dark, Jacqueline; Fiebig, Taryn; Fyfe, Warwick
Conductors: Castles-Onion, Brian
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Victoria Orchestra

The Mikado is perhaps the most widely-loved and hilarious of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy Operas. With a fabulous cast astutely directed by Stuart Maunder, this...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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The Gilbert & Sullivan Collection / Opera Australia [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-11-15

Works: Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; HMS Pinafore; Trial by Jury; Patience; The Gondoliers
Performers: Alexander, Richard; Begg, Heather; Bolton Wood, John; Cousens, Peter; Douglas, Christine; Ewer, Graeme; Gard, Robert; Hislop, Roxane; Hobson, David; Johnston, Suzanne; Jone, Andrew; Lemke, Roger; Man...
Conductors: Greene, Andrew; Stanhope, David; Franks, Dobbs
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra; Opera Australia Chorus; Opera Australia Melbourne Chorus; Orchestra Victoria

The Mikado made fun of English bureaucracy, thinly disguised by its Japanese setting. Enjoying over 650 performances at the Savoy Theatre, this work remains Gilbert...continue...
Run Time: 563 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Verdi: La Traviata / Cillario, Carden, Gunn, Greager, Wilkie [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Carden, Joan; Greager, Richard; Gunn, Rosemary; Wilkie, Neville
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra

Verdi skillfully combines the triumphant celebration of life with a tragic and heartrending love story by Alexandre Dumas. This Opera Australia production stars Joan Carden...continue...
Run Time: 122 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Fischer/Australian Opera, Gasteen, Black [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-09-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Black, Jeffrey; Gasteen, Lisa; Hobson, David
Conductors: Fischer, György
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

No hero-villain story is more compelling than Mozart's timeless tale of the world's most legendary lover in the last days of his life. The irresistible...continue...
Run Time: 162 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Rossini: Cinderella / Cillario, Cullen, McDonald, Johnston, Black [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-09-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Black, Jeffrey; Cullen, Bernadette; Johnston, Suzanne; McDonald, Anne-Marie
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra

This colorful production by the Australian Opera features Bernadette Cullen, Anne-Maree McDonald, Suzanne Johnston, Gary Bennett and Jeffrey Black with the Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra....continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Sutherland, Gard, Begg, Austin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-06-30

Works: Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Austin, Anson; Begg, Heather; Gard, Robert; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra

Created by the waltz king Johann Strauss, 'Die Fledermaus' is the dizzyingly silly story of Eisenstein who would rather party than go to jail; his...continue...
Run Time: 172 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Patrick Summers/Opera Australia, Cheryl Barker, Jay Hunter Morris [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-05-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; McNicol, Douglas; Morris, Jay Hunter; Silveus, Ingrid
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Australian Opera Orchestra

'Madama Butterfly' the beloved opera classic with a Puccini score is an all time favorite. This dazzling Opera Australia production features Cheryl Baker, Jay Hunter...continue...
Run Time: 141 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Nabucco / Cillario/Opera Australia, Johathan Summers, Elizabeth Connell [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-05-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Martin, Bruce; Summers, Jonathan
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Victoria State Orchestra

Verdi's Nabucco confronts the monumental themes of religious difference and nationhood that are so apposite today. Nabucco is famous for its deeply moving choruses and...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: USA
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Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience / Stanhope/Sydney Opera House, live 1995, Douglas, Begg, Warlow [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-03-25

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Patience
Performers: Begg, Heather; Douglas, Christine; Olsen, Dennis; Warlow, Anthony
Conductors: Stanhope, David
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

Set in the early 20th century, the aesthetic poet Bunthorne sings his love for Patience, the village milkmaid. Meanwhile he has captured the heart of...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Bonynge/The Sydney Opera House, live 1983, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth Collins [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-03-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Collins, Kenneth; Elms, Lauris; Summers, Jonathan; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra

Two enemies, passionate and vengeful; an old gypsy woman with a mysterious bond to them both, and a passionate young woman who must either betrayan...continue...
Run Time: 141 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Country of Origin: USA
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