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Verdi: Ernani / Bergonzi, Price, MacNeil, Tozzi

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Farrell, Tucker, Bardelli - MET

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Donizetti: l'Elisir d'amore / Peters, Bergonzi, Guarrera, Corena - MET

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Verdi: Luisa Miller / Caballé, Tucker, Milnes, Tozzi, Flagello

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Bizet: Carmen (MET) / Stevens, Tucker, Conner, Silveri

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (MET) / Tucker, Peters, Amara, Singher

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment (MET) / Pons, Jobin, Baccaloni, Petina

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento
Conductors: Papi, Gennaro
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Thomas: Mignon (MET) / Stevens, Melton, Benzell, Pinza

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci / Levine/Met, Domingo, Stratas, Milnes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-08-16

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Shinall, Vern; Stratas, Teresa; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 151 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Berg: Lulu / Levine/Met, Migenes, Lear, Riegel [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-08-16

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Lear, Evelyn; Little, Frank; Mazura, Franz; Migenes, Julia; Riegel, Kenneth
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 234 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Verdi: Otello / Levine/Met, Vickers, Scotto, Macneil [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-08-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: MacNeil, Cornell; Scotto, Renata; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 143 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Mozart: The Magic Flute / Levine/Met, Polenzani, Huang, Gunn [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-08-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Harmer, Wendy Bryn; Lindsey, Kate; Mumford, Tamara; Polenzani, Matthew
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 112 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Summers/Met, Racette, Zifchak [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giordani, Marcello; Racette, Patricia; Zifchak, Maria
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Minghella has minimized the singers' actions...there is no over-emoting. The sad story is allowed to speak for itself...Racette's Butterfly is magnificent. Her full-bodied voice is...continue...
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Strauss: Salome / Summers/Met, Mattila, Uusitalo, Begley [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op 54
Performers: Begley, Kim; Kaiser, Joseph; Komlosi, Ildiko; Mattila, Karita; Uusitalo, Juha
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"As astoundingly lithe mover, [Mattila] plays the rapacious princess with a teenager's impetuosity and energy...No-one can surpass her when crazed anticipation is needed, which means...continue...
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/Met, Domingo, Pieczonka, Giordani [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Giordani, Marcello; Morris, James; Pieczonka, Adrianne
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

”James Levine obviously loves this score, and he builds the opera to its tragic climax with the orchestra and chorus playing and singing gloriously. Fans...continue...
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Adams: Doctor Atomic / Gilbert/Met, Finley, Cooke, Owens [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Performers: Arwady, Meredith; Clark, Graham; Cooke, Sasha; Fink, Richard Paul; Finley, Gerald; Glenn, Thomas; Owens, Eric
Conductors: Gilbert, Alan
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Gilbert brings sparkle to Adams's tart woodwind counterpoint and great refinement to the strings, imbuing the scenes with Kitty Oppenheimer (Sasha Cooke) with unhurried lyricism....continue...
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Moments of Passion

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-10-03

Works: Placido Domingo, Jr.: Willkommen Bei Uns (Welcome), for voice & orchestra; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Agustín Lara: Granada; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigo...
Performers: Arteta, Ainhoa; Caballe, Montserrat; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; Hernandez, Julio; Hernandez, Orlando; Kaye, Jeff; Mayone, Gary; McGovern, Maureen; Milnes, Sherrill; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Plishka, P...
Conductors: Grin, Leonid; Cobos, Luis; Silvetti, Bebu; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Holdridge, Lee; Levine, James; Downes, Edward; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Bastille Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal ...

In four consecutive World Cup tournaments from 1990 to 2002, the Three Tenors sang to packed stadiums of fans and helped revive interest in live opera, particularly in America. By 2006, though, with J...continue...

The Essential Plácido Domingo

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-10-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass...
Performers: Adams, John; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; McGovern, Maureen; Rudel, Julius; Scotto, Renata; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Cobos, Luis; Levine, James; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Queler, Eve; Patanè, Giuseppe; DeMain, John; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Roa, Mig...
Ensemble: ; American Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of...

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (Highlights) / Levine, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-04-15

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Groves, Paul; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Morris, James; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Svenden, Birgitta; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Puccini - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-06-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Turandot
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rucker, Richard; Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Va...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Buckley, Emerson; Patanè, Giuseppe; Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vien...

Opera - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Turan...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Caballé, Montserrat; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Marton, Eva; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ste...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Sebastian, Georges; Kohn, Eugene; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Rudolf, Max; Cobos, Luis; Pritchard, John; Buckley, Emerson; Schippers, Thomas;...
Ensemble: ; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metro...

Verdi - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; La traviata; Falstaff; Luisa Miller; Nabucco; Requiem Mass; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dale, Laurence; Dickie, Murray; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Millo, Aprile; Pavarotti, Luciano; Plishka,...
Conductors: Levine, James; Buckley, Emerson; Ormandy, Eugene; Schippers, Thomas; Santi, Nello; Domingo, Placido; Pritchard, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Maazel, Lorin; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Lausanne Pro Arte Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropo...

Verdi: Aida - Highlights / Levine, Millo, Domingo, Zajick

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Anthony, Charles [Tenor Vocal]; Cook, Terry; Domingo, Placido; Millo, Aprile; Morris, James; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Zajic, Dolora; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Orchestra