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Humperdinck: Konigskinder / Jonas Kaufmann; Isabel Rey; Oliver Widmer; Liliana Nikiteanu. Ingo Metzmacher - Zurich Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-10-30

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Königskinder, opera
Performers: Kaufmann, Jonas; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Rey, Isabel; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Tenor superstar Jonas Kaufmann leads the cast in the first-ever DVD release of the beautiful fairytale opera from the composer of Hansel und Gretel.

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Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix / Fischer, Gruberova, van Der Walt, Polgar [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-05-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Performers: Ariostini, Armando; Asher, Nadine; Gruberova, Edita; Polgar, Laszlo; Walt, Deon Van der; Will, Jacob
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

For the performance at the Zurich opera, the producer Daniel Schmid changed the sentimental story into an ironical post-card idyll and thus achieved a modern...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Dohnanyi, Johansson, Lipovsek, Diener [DVD]

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

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Johansson, Eva; Lipovsek, Marjana; Mayr, Reinhard; Muff, Alfred; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Martin Kuej's production at the Zurich opera house brings this bloody, ancient story into the present day: In the courtyard of her father who was...continue...
Run Time: 102 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...

Paisiello: Nina / Galstian, Kaufmann, Veccia, Bartoli, Polgar [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-01-31

Works: Giovanni Paisiello: Nina, o sia La pazza per amore
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Galstian, Juliette; Kaufmann, Jonas; Polgar, Laszlo; Veccia, Angelo
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

The eponymous heroine of Paisiello's 'Nina' had a far-reaching influence on the operatic taste of the Romantic era. The mad haroines of Bellini and Donizetti...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, French, English, Japa...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...

Italian Operas / Rossini, Verid, Puccini, Cilea [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-10-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Bolognese, Mario; Borodina, Olga; Borras, Jean-Francois; Camastra, Marco; Chausson, Carlos; Dessi, Daniela; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Guleghina, Maria; ...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Marzendorfer, Ernst; Muti, Riccardo; Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This box contains four splendid productions of masterpieces of Italian opera: Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata, Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'...continue...
Run Time: 554 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...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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Berg: Lulu / Wesler-Most/Zurich Opera, Aikin, Kallisch [DVD]

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

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu
Performers: Aikin, Laura; Kallisch, Cornelia; Muff, Alfred; Straka, Peter
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

When Lulu premiered in Zurich in 1937 it immediately created a scandal. The sexually explicit topic and dubious characters of the drama barely cause a...continue...
Run Time: 164 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...

Puccini: Tosca / Carignani, Magee, Kaufmann, Hampson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Kaufmann, Jonas; Magee, Emily
Conductors: Carignani, Paolo
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Superstar opera tenor Jonas Kaufmann is featured in this DVD, the next in a series of critically acclaimed opera DVDs from the artist. The DVD...continue...

Verdi: Macbeth / Welser-Most/Zurich Opera, Hampson, Marrocu [DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Lima, Luis; Marrocu, Paoletta; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House, 2001 + With this opera, Verdi composed a true music drama. For this great early opera, he demanded...continue...
Run Time: 141 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, Italian, English, Fre...continue...

Rossini: 3 Operas / Muti, Möst, DiDonato, Bartoli, Raimondi [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2010-11-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Il turco in Italia; Moïse et Pharaon (rev. of Mosè in Egitto), opera
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Bartoli, Cecilia; Ceron, Antonello; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Fischer, Jeannette; Frittoli, Barbara; Ganassi, Sonia; Garrett, Nicholas; Giuseppini, Gi...
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno; Welser-Möst, Franz; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This Rossini box set combines a number of opera highlights: his well-known operas II barbiere di Siviglia, II Turco in Italia and MoÏse et Pharaon....continue...
Run Time: 473 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...

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Fedoseyev, Zurich Ballet, Semionova, Jermakov [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2010-06-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Performers: Jermakov, Stanislav; Mehrabyan, Arsen; Pellmont, Karin; Semionova, Polina
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Welser-Most, Hartelius, Bonitatibus, Jankova [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-05-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Camarena, Javier; Drole, Ruben; Hartelius, Malin; Jankova, Martina; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Jealous men and unreliable women: Mozart's "Opera buffa" 'Cosi fan tutte' is a masterpiece of its genre. This operatic gem which is part comedy, part...continue...
Run Time: 200 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, Italian, Ge...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Diener, Saccà, Zurich Opera, Haitink [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-04-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Bidzinski, Boguslaw; Diener, Melanie; Gallo, Lucio; Moody, Morgan; Muff, Alfred; Sacca, Roberto; Stražanac, KreUimir; Strehl, Christoph; Trattnigg, Sandra
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

'Translucence, transparency - warmth' are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of Beethoven's only opera, and all are...continue...
Run Time: 149 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Zurich, Ranzani [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-04-27

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Bermúdez, Gabriel; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Cura, Jose; Davidson, Cheyne; Friedli, Irene; Guelfi, Carlo; Marrocu, Paoletta; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Zvetanov, Boiko
Conductors: Ranzani, Stefano
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" speak to one's heart and soul. They are regarded as the most absorbing tragedies of Italian music...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Span...continue...

Mozart: The Magic Flute for Children (Abridged) / Zurich Opera House [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Bidzinski, Boguslaw; Elliott, James; Enguita, Eugenia; Guo, Sen; Kalman, Peter; Kohl, Christiane; Kono, Katsunori; Kraschewski, Adreana; Krueger, Jeffery; Kyriakidou, Irini; Moody, Morgan; Olvera, Re...
Conductors: Barthel, Thomas
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

This abridged version of Mozart's masterpiece offers very young, young and not-so-young audiences a first taste of the fascinating world of opera. Papageno guides us...continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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Grieg / Turnage / Dean: Peer Gynt / Zurich Ballet, Jensen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2009-10-27

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Performers: Adamczak, Agnieszka; Bidzinski, Boguslaw; Kohl, Christiane; Voje, Angelica; Zhu, Huiling
Conductors: Jensen, Eivind Gullberg
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

In Peer Gynt Zurich choreographer Heinz Spoerli has attempted a daring combination of Grieg's score and modern sounds for a dance translation of the interior...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: French, English
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Offenbach: La Belle Helene / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera, Kasarova, Van der Walt [DVD]

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

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène
Performers: Chausson, Carlos; Kasarova, Vesselina; Van der Walt, Deon; Vogel, Volker; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Offenbach's light-hearted opera is based on the story of Helen of Troy. 'La Belle Helene' mercilessly satirizes the social mores of the declining Parisian upper...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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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...

D'Albert: Tiefland / Welser-Most/Zurich Opera, Matthias Goerne, Laszlo Polgar [DVD]

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

Works: Eugen D'albert: Tiefland
Performers: Goerne, Matthias; Polgar, Laszlo; Schnitzer, Petra Maria
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

One of the most successful European operas of the first half of the 20th century, D'Albert's 'Tiefland' has had a long history and this minimalist...continue...

Weber: Der Freischutz / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera House, Davidson, Groschel, Nielsen [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-01-27

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Clamer, Raphael; Davidson, Cheyne; Groschel, Werner; Hartelius, Malin; Nielsen, Inga; Polgar, Laszlo; Salminen, Matti; Seiffert, Peter; Vogel, Volker
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

A DVD release of Weber's masterpiece Der Freischütz in a production by the legendary director Ruth Berghaus. Chorus and orchestra of the Zurich Opera are...continue...
Run Time: 159 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...

Prokofiev: Cinderella / Zurich Ballet/Fedoseyev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2008-11-01

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Performers: Jermakov, Stanislav; Seneca, Karine
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

Heinz Spoerli’s Zurich Ballet Cinderella production, filmed as a musical from Hollywood, turned out to be a huge success at its premiere and must rank...continue...
Run Time: 105 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Schumann: Genoveva / Banse; Muff; Mathey; Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera [DVD]

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

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Drole, Ruben; Gantner, Martin; Kallisch, Cornelia; Leigh, Matthew; Mathey, Shawn; Muff, Alfred; Slawinski, Tomasz
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

On 25th June 1850, Robert Schumann's only opera, 'Genoveva', received its first performance at Leipzig State Theatre. It was a much-awaited event, as Schumann, widely...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: German, English, French, Span...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...

Handel: Orlando / Christie/Zurich Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-09-30

Works: George Frideric Handel: Orlando, HWV 31
Performers: Clark, Christina; Jankova, Martina; Mijanovic, Marijana; Peetz, Katharina; Wolff, Konstantin
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

After it's premiere in London in 1733, there were no subsequent productions of Orlando and the work rapidly disappeared into obscurity, not finding its way...continue...
Run Time: 155 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...

R. Strauss: Arabella / Welser-Most/Zurich Opera House, Fleming [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella, Op. 79
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Kleiter, Julia; Larsen, Morten Frank; Weigel, Johan
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming, the most sought-after Strauss singer, is now on DVD in one of her greatest roles for the first time. "With her silken tones,...continue...
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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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Busoni: Doktor Faust / Jordan/Zurich Opera, Thomas Hampson, Gregory Kunde [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-01-29

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Doktor Faust, K 303
Performers: Groissbock, Gunther; Hampson, Thomas; Kunde, Gregory; Macias, Reinaldo; Trattnigg, Sandra; Zysset, Martin
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

While Berlioz based his 'La Damnation de Faust' (1846) on the seminal work of Goethe, Ferrucio Busoni went back to the earlier German puppet plays...continue...
Run Time: 274 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Switzerland
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Santi/Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Leo Nucci [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-11-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Mosuc, Elena; Nucci, Leo; Peetz, Katharina; Polgar, Laszlo
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

"It has long been a truism that Nello Santi is an exceptionally gifted conductor of Verdi, but it is always a pleasure to observe to...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Switzerland
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Schubert: Fierrabra / Welser-Most/Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Franz Schubert: Fierrabras, D 796
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Kaufmann, Jonas; Strehl, Christoph
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Though known primarily for his instrumental works and lieder, Franz Schubert completed no less than four one-act Singspiel and two operas both in three acts....continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Welser-Most/Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Hartelius, Malin; Jankova, Martina; Keenlyside, Simon; Mayr, Reinhard; Mei, Eva; Muff, Alfred; Scharinger, Anton
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte's first collaboration, 'Le Nozze di Figaro,' was a great musical success - not only does the music show...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Britten: Peter Grimes / Welser-Most/Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33
Performers: Magee, Emily; Muff, Alfred; Ventris, Christopher
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Premiered in 1945, Benjamin Britten's 'Peter Grimes' stands high amongst the outstanding operatic achievements of the 20th century. The tragic story of a poor, demented...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Santi/Zurich Opera, Ruggero Raimondi, Juan Diego Flórez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-09-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rey, Isabel; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Following DVD releases of Il Barbiere di Siviglia from Madrid and La Fille du Regiment from Genoa, Decca continues the DVD series presenting Juan Diego...continue...
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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...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito / Franz Welser-Most/Zurich Opera, Jonas Kaufmann, Vesselina Kasarova, Eva Mei [DVD]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621
Performers: Kasarova, Vesselina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Mei, Eva
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Most productions of this opera rightly focus on the musical body of the opera that was definitely composed by Mozart. For this new production of...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Monteverdi: L'orfeo / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Calabro, Suzanne; Franzen, Hans; Groschel, Werner; Hermann, Roland; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Linos, Glenys; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Turban, Dietlinde
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Minetto, Maria; Oliver, Alexander; Perry, Janet; Salminen, Matti; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Tappy, Eric; Yakar, Rachel
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
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Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'ulisse In Patria / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Hollweg, Werner; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Keller, Peter; Perry, Janet; Schmidt, Trudeliese
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Monteverdi Opera Boxed Set [5 DVD Box Set]

5 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; L'Incoronazione di Poppea; L'Orfeo
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Hollweg, Werner; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Salminen, Matti; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Tappy, Eric; Turban, Dietlinde; Yakar, Rachel
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Santi, Kasarova, Lanza [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2007-01-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Chausson, Carlos; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kasarova, Vesselina; Lanza, Manuel; Macias, Reinaldo
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

A "firework display of exhilarating comedy" was how the press described this Barber of Seville, enthusing about the "unforced liveliness" of the cast. The cast...continue...
Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata / Eva Mei, Thomas Hampson, Piotr Beczala [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2006-01-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Hampson, Thomas; Mei, Eva
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This performance comes live from the 2005 Zurich Opera House featuring Eva Mei, Piotr Beezala, and Thomas Hampson. Franz Welser-Most conducts the Chorus and Orchestra...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
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Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte; Don Giovanni; Cecilia Bartoli, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chorus And Orch. Of The

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2005-10-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bartoli, Cecilia; Chausson, Carlos; Gilfrey, Rodney; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Polgar, Laszlo; Rey, Isabel; Sacca, Roberto; Salminen, Matti; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Two lovely Da Ponte operas, Così fan tutte and Don Giovanni, with two of the most accomplished top stars of classical music, Cecilia Bartoli and...continue...
Run Time: 486 min.
Region: All
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Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe - The Merry Widow / Chorus And Orchestra Of The Zurich Opera House [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2005-07-19

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Gfrerer, Ute; Gilfry, Rodney; Hartmann, Rudolf; Prikopa, Herbert; Schellenberger, Dagmar
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Helmut Lohner excels in presenting this amusing love story on stage. The gorgeous set, the elegant costumes, and the presentation of the characters add up...continue...
Run Time: 125 min.
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Rossini: Il Turco In Italia / Cecilia Bartoli Ruggero Raimondi Zurich Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2005-03-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Macias, Reinaldo; Raimondi, Ruggero; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

'It turco in Italia' is one of Rossini's wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed inventions. Cecilia Bartoli has...continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
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Welser-Most, Franz: Wagner: Tannhauser [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2004-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Kabatu, Isabelle; Kringelborn, Solveig; Seiffert, Peter; Trekel, Roman
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Intially produced in Dresden in 1845, 'Tannhauser' provoked a storm of newspaper criticism, but was warmly received by a few ardent friends and admirers, among...continue...
Run Time: 180 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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.
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Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
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Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2003-03-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

For 240 years nothing was known of Monteverdi's 'Odysseus' opera, a work based closely on books 13 to 23 of Homer's epic poem. But it...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
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Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo
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Mozart: Don Giovanni [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2002-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Gilfry, Rodney; Polgar, Laszlo; Rey, Isabel; Sacca, Roberto; Salminen, Matti
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This production of 'Don Giovanni' at the Zurich Opera House was staged by the highly creative team of conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, dirctor Jurgen Flimm and...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: Italian, French, Eng...continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2001-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bartoli, Cecilia; Chausson, Carlos; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 275 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: French, English, Japanese
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