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Verdi Opera Selection, Vol. 2 - Aida with Pavarotti & Chiara; Nabucco with Leo Nucci; Simon Baccanegra with Domingo / Guleghina; Harteros [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cavalletti, Massimo; Chiara, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Guleghina, Maria; Harteros, Anja; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; ...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Luisi, Fabio; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arthaus Musik celebrates Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday, who is especially known for his numerous opera compositions, and undoubtedly one of the most famous romantics. This...continue...
Run Time: 513 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish...continue...

Wagner Collection - Lohengrin / Domingo, Studer, Lloyd, Welker. Tannhauser / Weber, Gambill, Nylund, Meier. Rienzi / Jordan, Lehnhoff, Kerl, Aldrich [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-02-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Rienzi
Performers: Aldrich, Kate; Domingo, Placido; Gambill, Robert; Kerl, Torsten; Lloyd, Robert; Meier, Waltraud; Nylund, Camilla; Studer, Cheryl; Trekel, Roman; Welker, Hartmut
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Lang-Lessing;
Ensemble: Deutsche Opera Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Opera Berlin Orchestra; Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Wagner's 200th birthday arises in 2013, giving cause for celebration. Three outstanding opera productions come together for release in this exclusive set -- the legendary...continue...
Run Time: 644 min.
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Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Richard Strauss: Arabella / Emily Magee, Genia Kuhmeier, Michael Schade. Vienna State Opera Orch. & Chorus. Franz Welser-Most [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Electric Pictures Company / 2012-10-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Kuhmeier, Genia; Magee, Emily; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Welser-Most, Franz
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arabella is the las bcbct collaboration between Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It charts the twists and turns of sisters Arabella and Zdenka in finding...continue...
Run Time: 153 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Domingo, Lloyd, Studer, Vejzovic, Welker, Tichy [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Lloyd, Robert; Studer, Cheryl; Tichy, Georg; Vejzovic, Dunja; Welker, Hartmut
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Wagner set the action of his "romantic opera" Lohengrin in the "first half of the 10th century" - an instruction which director Wolfgang Weber and...continue...
Run Time: 219 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Bizet: Carmen / Kleiber, Obraztsova, Domingo, Buchanan [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Buchanan, Isobel; Domingo, Placido; Gall, Axelle; Kanfoush, Cheryl; Mazurok, Yuri; Obraztsova, Elena
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Vienna Boys Choir; Vienna State Opera Ballet; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arthaus presents a sensational filmed document from the musical legacy of Carlos Kleiber: The wonderful staging of Carmen by director Franco Zeffirelli in a live...continue...
Run Time: 154 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chin...continue...

Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Pido, Netrebko, Garanca, D'Arcangelo [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Pidò, Evelino
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Hot off her opening 2011 season appearance at the NY Metropolitan Opera, the Queen of The Met Anna Netrebko takes the lead role her much...continue...

The Best of Operetta / Offenbach, Lehar, Strauss [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène, operetta in 3 acts; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Beuron, Yann; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gfrerer, Ute; Gilfry, Rodney; Gruberova, Edita; Lott, Felicity; Naouri, Laurent; Popp, Lucia; Schellenberger, Dagmar; Senechal, Michel; Weikl, Ber...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre; Musiciens du Louvre Chorus; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Live Recordings from the Theatre Musical de Paris - Chatelet, Zurich Opera House & Wiener Staatsoper...continue...
Run Time: 447 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Magic Moments of Opera / Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven, Strauss [11 DVD]

11 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, ...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Beczala, Piotr; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Chiara, Maria; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gambill, Robert; Garanca, Elina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Marton, Eva; Nylund, C...
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Fischer, Iván; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Maazel, Lorin; Jordan, Philippe; Campanella, Bruno; Oren, Daniel; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Zurich Opera Orchestra

For the first time, gathered together in one box set are all of your favorite operas. Feel the love and passion; wrath and wit; revenge...continue...
Run Time: 1500 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish + Italian (except Aida) + Dutch (Aida only)
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Puccini: Turandot / Maazel/Vienna State Opera, Marton, Carreras [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-05-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, Jose; Marton, Eva; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

From the Vienna State Opera, Arthaus presents a timeless document of great opera. Puccini's last opera tells the story of the battle of the sexes...continue...
Run Time: 139 min.
Region: All
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Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Reimann: Medea / Boder/Vienna State Opera, Petersen, Selinger [DVD]

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

Works: Aribert Reimann: Medea
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Erod, Adrian; Kulman, Elizabeth; Petersen, Marlis; Roider, Michael; Selinger, Michaela
Conductors: Boder, Michael
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"... the unpretentious ingenuity of conductor Michael Boder and the Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, who have managed with admirable ease to bridge the gap between...continue...
Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, Italian, English, Fre...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos / de Billy/Vienna State Opera, Miles, Vargas [2 DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Dumitrescu, Dan Paul; Kobel, Benedikt; Michael, Nadja; Miles, Alastair; Salje, Cornelia; Skovhus, Boje; Tamar, Iano; Vargas, Ramon; Yang, Simon
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arthaus presents the world première of the unabridged version of Don Carlos at the Vienna State Opera, in a staging by the worldrenowned German director...continue...
Run Time: 247 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Ioan Holender Farewell Concert / Netrebko, Domingo, Quasthoff [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Falstaff...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Bonfadelli, Stefania; Botha, Johan; Coelho, Elaine; Constantinescu, Roxana; Damrau, Diana; Daniel, Boaz; Denoke, Angela; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, Placido; Eröd, Adrian; Frittoli...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Pappano, Anthony; De Billy, Bertrand; Welser-Möst, Franz; Luisi, Fabio; Schneider, Peter; Armiliato, Marco; ; Domingo, Placido; Young, Simone; Calvo, Guillermo Garcia; Lang, Thomas
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

A star-studded benefit concert to celebrate Ioan Holender's farewell after 19 years as the director of one of the world's leading and most famous opera...continue...

Gala Concerts / Abbado, Welser-Most [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; La traviata; Falstaff; Aida, opera; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Richard Strauss: ...
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia; Baltsa, Agnes; Barcellona, Daniela; Domingo, Placido; Doufexis, Stella; Emmerlich, Gunter; Futral, Elizabeth; Gallo, Lucio; Gruberova, Edita; Grundheber, Franz; Hadley, Jerry; Hampso...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Mehta, Zubin; Welser-Möst, Franz; Ozawa, Seiji; Gatti, Daniele; Thielemann, Christian; Caetani, Oleg; Seiffarth, Roland
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Chorus; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Veinna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

The greatest names in opera take to the stage for these galas from three musical centers that have come to stand as symbols of rebirth...continue...
Run Time: 385 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Placido Domingo: My Greatest Roles Vol. 3 / French Operas [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-09-28

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Mazurok, Yuri; Obraztsova, Elena; Serra, Luciana; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Rudel, Julius; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Kultur is delighted to announce the release of the third volume of DVD boxed sets showcasing some of the greatest recordings of Placido Domingo's career...continue...
Run Time: 479 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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Berg: Wozzeck / Abbado, Grundheber, Behrens, Raffeiner [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-06-29

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Grundheber, Franz; Haugland, Aage; Langridge, Philip; Raffeiner, Walter; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Claudio Abbado conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera in a powerful recording of Alban Berg's influential opera, 'Wozzeck', a terrifyingly great...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Gatti, Hampson, Gallardo-Domas, Furlanetto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-06-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Daniel, Boaz; Dumitrescu, Dan Paul; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hampson, Thomas; Nuzzo, John; Yang, Songmi
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

One of the lesser-known works by Giuseppe Verdi, 'Simon Boccanegra' is regarded by most opera lovers as one of his finest. Arthaus presents a "visually...continue...
Run Time: 137 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Popp, Gruberova, Fassbaender, Weikl, Berry [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-06-29

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Berry, Walter; Caslavsky, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gottling, Karin; Gruberova, Edita; Hopferwieser, Josef; Kunz, Erich; Lohner, Helmut; Popp, Lucia; Weikl, Bernd; Wendler, Anton
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arthaus presents the quintessence of operetta 'Die Fledermaus' in a lavish staging from the theatre where it is most at home: the Vienna State Opera....continue...
Run Time: 169 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Cata...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan/Vienna State Opera, Domingo, Kabaivanska, Van Dam [DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caslavsky, Karl; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Kabaivanska, Raina; Van Dam, Jose; Venuti, Maria; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spani...continue...

Mozart: Entführung Aus Dem Serail / Winska, Szmytka, Harnoncourt [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-11-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Gahmlich, Wilfried; Korn, Artur; Streit, Kurt; Szmytka, Elzbieta; Thate, Hilmar; Winska, Aga
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon celebrates conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday with this DVD release of Mozart's 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail' (The Abduction from the Seraglio). This...continue...
Run Time: 198 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanis...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg / Thielemann, Struckmann, Anger [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-10-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Anger, Ain; Botha, Johan; Erod, Adrian; Merbeth, Ricarda; Schade, Michael; Selinger, Michaela; Struckmann, Falk
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Wagner’s Meistersinger is a festive opera in its own right, but at the unforgettable performances of the work at the Vienna State Opera in January...continue...
Run Time: 274 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...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Muti, Álvarez, Kirchschlager, Vienna State Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-10-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Ragazzo, Lorenzo; Schade, Michael; Selig, Franz-Joseph
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

For his production of "Don Giovanni" at the Vienna International Festival (Vienna Festival), Roberto de Simone does not want to follow in the footsteps of...continue...
Run Time: 173 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Opera Exclusive - Placido Domingo Live / Carmen, Fedora, Il Trovatore [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-05-26

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Buchanan, Isobel; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Kabaivanska, Raina; Mazurok, Yuri; Obraztsova, Elena; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 418 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish
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Strauss: Elektra / Abbado/Vienna State Opera, Marton, Fassbaender, Studer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-05-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58
Performers: Fassbaender, Brigitte; Grundheber, Franz; King, James [Classical]; Marton, Eva; Studer, Cheryl
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"The highlight of the Festival was Harry Kupfer's new production of Elektra, first seen at the Vienna State Opera some weeks before Salzburg. Eva Marton...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: German, French, English, Italian, Span...continue...

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina / Abbado, Ghiaurov, Atlantov, Marusin [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-05-26

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Performers: Burchuladze, Paata; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kocherga, Anatoly; Marusin, Yuri; Semtschuk, Ludmila
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Bratislava; Vienna Boys Choir; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

This program is a live recording of Alfred Kirchner's production of Mussorgsky's 'Khovanshchina' from the Vienna State Opera. Conducted by Claudio Abbado and featuring top...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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Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Fischer/Vienna State Opera, Domingo, Marton [DVD]

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

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Lilowa, Margarita; Manuguerra, Matteo; Marton, Eva; Rydl, Kurt; Semtschuk, Ludmila
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Ballet; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Amilcare Ponchielli's opera 'La Gioconda' was recorded for this DVD at the Vienna State Opera in 1986. It is an opera in four acts to...continue...
Run Time: 169 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
Subtitles: Spanish, Italian, English, French, German
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Mozart: Cosi fan tutte / Muti/Vienna State Opera, Frittoli, Kirchschlager [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-08-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Corbelli, Alessandro; Frittoli, Barbara; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Schade, Michael; Skovhus, Bo
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Riccardo Muti's conducting of one of Mozart's most beloved operas was hailed in the press for its "freshness, rapidity and wit" and for "its wonderfully...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, En...continue...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Fischer/Vienna State Opera, Popp, Jerusalem [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-11-13

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Fink, Walter; Jahn, Gertrude; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Popp, Lucia; Ridderbusch, Karl; Sima, Gabriela; Slania, Czeslawa; Sramek, Alfred; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Smetana's second opera, 'Die Verkaufte Braut' was composed in 1863–1870, and was originally envisioned as an operetta. Though it received its premiere in Prague in...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Schoenberg: Moses und Aron / Gatti, Vienna State Opera / Grundheber, Moser, Raimondi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-05-29

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
Performers: Baechle, Janina; Grundheber, Franz; Jelosits, Peter; Larsen, Morten Frank; Moisiuc, Alexandru; Moser, Thomas; Raimondi, Ildiko; Reinprecht, Johann; Tichy, Georg
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"This performance and production of Schoenberg's unfinished opera are staggering. So often an updating to modern times does not work. But there is a timelessness,...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Vienna, Austria
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Johann Strauss II: Aschenbrodel / Halasz/Vienna State Opera Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2007-03-27

Works: Johann Strauss Jr.: Aschenbrödel
Conductors: Halász, Michael
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Aschenbrödel (Cinderella) is one of those stories meant for dancing. Its cornerstone is a fabulous ball and at its heart is love, the loss of...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore / Villazon, Netrebko [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Netrebko, Anna; Nucci, Leo; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Eschwé, Alfred
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"Villazon is a remarkably versatile tenor and he puts his individual stamp on everything he does. Nemorino was a role in the repertoire of all...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Benackova, Domingo, Santi/Vienna State Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Benacková, Gabriela; Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

New on DVD, Placido Domingo stars in verismo classic 'Andrea Chenier'. This 1981 production features a stellar cast and a classic staging by Otto Schenk,...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Europe
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Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Kleiber/Orch. & Choir Vienna Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-06-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, AV 112
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Gonda, Anna; Hornik, Gottfried; Kasemann, Franz; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lott, Felicity; Miljakovic, Olivera; Moll, Kurt; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wimberger, Peter; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 193 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, Digitally Mastered
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Country of Or...continue...