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Leonardo Vinci: La Partenope / Tambascio, Prina, Schiavo, Ercolano, Ferrari, Santos. Antonio Florio [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2013-02-26

Works: Leonardo Vinci: La Partenope, opera
Performers: Ercolano, Maria; Grazia, Maria; Prina, Sonia; Schiavo, Maria Grazia; Tambascio, Gustavo
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: I Turchini di Antonia Florio

This world premiere on DVD features a superb performance presented by Antonio Florio and the cast of true Baroque Specialists such as Pino de Vittorio...continue...
Run Time: 168 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese
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Handel: Rinaldo / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan. Ottavio Dantone, Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Fritsch, Anett; Mead, Tim; Pisaroni, Luca; Prina, Sonia; Rae, Brenda
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Skin-tight rubber and lacrosse sticks bring contemporary chic to this timeless fantasy of warriors and witches in Robert Carsen's fun-filled transformation of Handel's first London...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Handel: Rinaldo / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan. Ottavio Dantone, Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Fritsch, Anett; Mead, Tim; Pisaroni, Luca; Prina, Sonia; Rae, Brenda
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Skin-tight rubber and lacrosse sticks bring contemporary chic to this timeless fantasy of warriors and witches in Robert Carsen's fun-filled transformation of Handel's first London...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Christe/Les Arts Florissants, Henschel, Prina, De Donato [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Auvity, Cyril; Bayodi, Hanna; de Donato, Luigi; Henschel, Dietrich; Prina, Sonia; Provost, Ludovic; Prunell-Friend, Agustin; Sabata, Xavier; Sancho, Juan; Schiavo, Maria Grazia; Sells...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants; Les Saqueboutiers du Toulouse

Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, Italian, English, Ger...continue...

Handel: Ezio / Curtis, Prina, Hallenberg, Giustiniani, Gauvin, Andersen, Priante, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-05-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ezio, HWV 29
Performers: Andersen, Marianne; Gauvin, Karina; Giustiniani, Anicio Zorzi; Hallenberg, Ann; Priante, Vito; Prina, Sonia
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

The next installment in Alan Curtis' award-winning recordings of Handel's operas is a real rarity. Given only five performances in Handel's lifetime, this opera has...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Curtis, DiDonato, Beaumont, Gauvin, Cherici, Priante, Il Complesso Barocco, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Beaumont, Maite; Cherici, Laura; DiDonato, Joyce; Gauvin, Karina; Priante, Vito; Prina, Sonia; Rensburg, Kobie van
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

"This new recording is interesting partly for the casting of a mezzo-soprano in the title role. Anyone wondering about this aspect should worry no further:...continue...

Rossini: La Pietra del Paragone / Spinosi, Beziat, Prina, Holloway [2DVD]

2 DVD Video / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La pietra del paragone
Performers: Giordano, Laura; Holloway, Jennifer; Lis, Francois; Prina, Sonia
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

Rossini’s opera 'La Pietra del Paragone' was performed at the Theatre du Chatelet, in Paris, in January 2007, and in Parma, in December 2006. These...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: France
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Handel: Alcina / Bolton, Kasarova, Prina, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Farao Classics / 2007-09-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Cangemi, Veronica; Kasarova, Vesselina; Prina, Sonia; Purves, Christopher; York, Deborah
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra

The festival premiere of ALCINA at the Prinzregententheater on July 17th, 2005 was, like so many other premieres of baroque operas, a highlight of the...continue...

Mozart: Ascanio In Alba / Kupke, Prina, Sandis, Reid, Damrau, Fischer / [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ascanio in Alba, K 111
Performers: Damrau, Diana; Kupke, Iris; Prina, Sonia; Reid, Charles; Sandis, Marie-Belle
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Nationaltheaters Mannheim Chorus and Orchestra

"One of this year's festival's lucky strokes . . . the nymph Silvia and trouser role Ascanio were portrayed with many facets of lyrical rapture...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Harmonie Universelle Vol 2 - Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2005-01-11

Works: Anonymous, Catalonian: El Misteri d'Elx, mystery play in 2 parts for the Feast of the Assumption; Sephardic Traditional: Lavava i suspirava, romance; Tobias Hume: Hark! Hark! (No 10 in Musical Humors...
Performers: Behringer, Michael; Carnovich, Daniele; Climent, Lambert; Cocset, Bruno; Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; Fernandez, Adriana; Figueras, Montserrat; Garrigosa, Francesc; Hantai, Marc; Kraemer, Manfredo; L...
Conductors: ; Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Hespèrion XXI

"Sometimes these are performers in a certain repertoire, on certain instruments, and in certain moments in music history that are so dominant and authoritative that,...continue...

Sarti: Giulio Sabino / Dantone, Prina, Monti, Barker, et al

2 CD / Bongiovanni / 2000-07-01

Works: Giuseppe Sarti: Giulio Sabino
Performers: Barker, Richard Valentine; Dilcheva, Kremena; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Lombardi, Donatella; Monti, Elena; Palomba, Alessandra; Prina, Sonia
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

"...[This] souvenir of the 1999 Ravenna Festival gives us little to complain about...Sonia Prina sings Sabino with firm, well-modulated tones and conveys the long-suffering hero's...continue...