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Handel: Rodelinda / Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe / Matthew Diamond, Harry Bicket, MET

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2012-11-06

Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth's celebrated production of Handel's Rodelinda from the Metropolitan Opera - based on the...continue...

Handel: Rodelinda / Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe. Harry Bicket, MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Davies, Iestyn; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Linn, Moritz; Scholl, Andreas; Shenyang
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth's celebrated production of Handel's Rodelinda from the Metropolitan Opera - based on the...continue...

Strauss: Capriccio / Davis/Met, Renee Fleming [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2011-12-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Braun, Russell; Connolly, Sarah; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Larsen, Morten Frank; Rose, Peter [bass voice]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"The role suits her ideally at this stage of her career, and she sang splendidly. The performance over all, sensitively conducted by Andrew Davis and...continue...
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Freni, Pavarotti, Croft, Vargas, Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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With Luciano Pavarotti as a powerful Des Grieux, James Levine conducts a comparably big-boned performance of Manon Lescaut, bringing out the red-blooded drama of...continue...
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Strauss: Capriccio / Renee Fleming, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-11-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Braun, Russell; Connolly, Sarah; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Larsen, Morten Frank; Rose, Peter [bass voice]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Following the success of Fleming’s Der Rosenkavalier DVD, comes Fleming’s interpretation of Strauss’s chamber-opera, Capriccio....continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Pavarotti, Guleghina, Pons, Levine [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-11-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Guleghina, Maria; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pons, Juan
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

In continuing the great tradition of Decca's magnificent Met Opera DVDs, Giordano's Andrea Chénier is captured here in excellent quality, showcasing Luciano Pavarotti, the premiere...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Daniele Gatti. Urmana, Botha, Zajick [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Botha, Johan; Guelfi, Carlo; Urmana, Violeta; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Verdi's epic drama of ancient Egypt comes to life in the Met's monumental production, captured here in a breathtaking Live in HD presentation. Violeta Urmana...continue...
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Puccini: Turandot / Nelsons, Guleghina, Giordani, Poplavskaya [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Giordani, Marcello; Guleghina, Maria; Poplavskaya, Marina; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in...continue...
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Rossini: Armida / Frizza/Met, Renee Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-02-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida
Performers: Brownlee, Lawrence; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming continues her reign as 'Queen of the Met', starring in a bel canto rarity specially staged for her - a showcase for her...continue...
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Levine/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / James Levine - Celebrating 40 Years At The Met / [21 DVD]

21 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck, Op. 7; John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Bedrich...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Blegen, Judith; Cassilly, Richard; Clark, Graham; Creech, Philip; Dalayman, Katarina; Devlin, Michael; Fassbaender, Brigitte; F...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Pavarotti, Verrett, Met [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: MacNeil, Cornell; Pavarotti, Luciano; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Filmed at the height of Luciano Pavarotti's career, this DVD of a performance from December 19th, 1978 captures Pavarotti in one of his most acclaimed...continue...

Bellini: La Sonnambula / Juan Diego Florez, Natalie Dessay, Pido/MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-02-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Florez, Juan Diego; Pertusi, Michele
Conductors: Pidò, Evelino
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

In his latest Decca DVD release, bel canto star Juan Diego Florez undertakes the role of Elvino in Bellini's romantic drama, playing opposite the mercurial...continue...
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Massenet: Thais / Lopez-Cobos/MET, Fleming, Hampson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-01-26

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Hampson, Thomas; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming triumphs as the glamorous courtesan Thais in Massenet's romantic tragedy set in fourth century Alexandria and the Egyptian desert. The timeless struggle between...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
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Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Hvorostovsky, Vargas, Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2008-11-18

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky triumph in Tchaikovsky's operatic masterpiece 'Eugene Onegin,' filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera. Their onstage chemistry, emotional singing and outstanding...continue...

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Pavarotti, Blegen, Bruscantini/Metropolitan Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Ellis, Brent; Pavarotti, Luciano; Wohlafka, Louise
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Decca is proud to present Luciano Pavarotti in one of his most famous roles, a traditional MET production of Donizetti’s much-loved comic classic, 'L’elisir d’amore'....continue...
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Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera / Patane/Metropolitan Opera, Pavarotti, Ricciarelli, Blegen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Berini, Bianca; Blegen, Judith; Pavarotti, Luciano; Quilico, Louis; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This DVD features Luciano Pavarotti in one of his most celebrated roles in a classic, all-star performance of one of the great Verdi operas, 'Un...continue...
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Pavarotti, Sutherland, Metropolitan Opera / An Evening With Pavarotti And Sutherland [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

For the first time on DVD, enjoy the unforgettable Metropolitan Opera gala from 1987 with Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland! Two of the greatest opera...continue...
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Verdi: Ernani / Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch., Pavarotti, Milnes, Raimondi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Mitchell, Leona; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"People who don't like Eurotrash or any other type of updated operatic stagin, take note: this 1983 Met centennial new production of 'Ernani' is a...continue...
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Hvorostovsky, Vargas, Gergiev [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-12-18

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky triumph in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece 'Eugene Onegin,' filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera. Their onstage chemistry, emotional singing and outstan...continue...
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Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

By Request / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2003-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly); Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492; Così fan t...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; Fleming, Renée; Grusin, Dave; Levine, James; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; Mackerras, ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg; Summers, Patrick; Tate, Jeffrey; Levine, James
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's

Personnel: Renée Fleming (soprano); Joseph Calleja (tenor); Lee Ritenour (guitar); Dave Grusin (piano).

Recording information: London, England (05/1994-05/2003); New York, NY (05/1994-05/...continue...

A Portrait of Pavarotti - Highlights from Pavarotti Edition

3 CD / Decca / 2001-09-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bormida, Ida; Caballé, Montserrat; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Courtney, James; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiau...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Pritch...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orches...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (vocals)....continue...

I Want Magic! / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 1998-09-15

Works: Bernard Herrmann: Wuthering Heights, opera; Douglas S. Moore: The Ballad of Baby Doe, opera in 2 acts; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Car...
Performers: Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New York Voices

"Fleming's voice is sumptuous, her lower register especially sounds so warmly resonant that I found myself thinking of Leontyne Price in her glory days...[and she]...continue...