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Wagner: Great Scenes from Der Ring des Nibelungen / Bezuyen, Breedt, Dohmen, Konig, Lukas. Christian Thielemann

2 CD / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"This set is essential" concluded Gramophone of the Ring cycle when this 2008 production was issued complete. Christian Thielemann leads a performance of masterful pacing...continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italia...continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Brocheler, Merritt, Smit, Runkel, Keyes, Rydl, Kruse, Schone, Altmeyer. Hartmut Haenchen [11 DVDs]

11 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Altmeyer, Jeanine; Brocheler, John; Clark, Graham; Gjevang, Anne; Keyes, John; Kruse, Heinz; Merritt, Chris; Mikulas, Peter; Runkel, Reinhild; Rydl, Kurt; Secunde, Nadine; Smit, Henk; Stabell, Carsten
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: Hague Philharmonic; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

This 1999 production of The Ring was the first to be based on the definitive complete edition of Wagner's music. Pierre Audi's production for the...continue...
Run Time: 1008 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish...continue...

Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenie en Tauride) / Véronique Gens, Salomé Haller, Nicolas Testé, Anne Sofie von Otter [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-03-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Alvaro, Laurent; Antoun, Frédéric; Cornet, Martijn; Gens, Veronique; Haller, Salome; Helmer, Christian; Testé, Nicolas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble; Netherland Opera Chorus

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of Agamemnon. In Aulis, the drama of Iphigenia rages until she is spared....continue...
Run Time: 267 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch
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Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenie en Tauride) / Véronique Gens, Salomé Haller, Nicolas Testé, Anne Sofie von Otter [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-03-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Alvaro, Laurent; Antoun, Frédéric; Cornet, Martijn; Gens, Veronique; Haller, Salome; Helmer, Christian; Testé, Nicolas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble; Netherland Opera Chorus

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of Agamemnon. In Aulis, the drama of Iphigenia rages until she is spared....continue...
Run Time: 267 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch
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Paul Dukas: Ariane de Barbe-bleue / van Dam, Charbonnet, Bardon, Coma-Alabert, Jimenez, Haller. Deneve [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-02-26

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Charbonnet, Jeanne-Michele; Coma-Alabert, Gemma; Copons, Elena; Haller, Salome; Jimenez, Beatriz; Valldaura, Alba; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Deneve, Stephane
Ensemble: Gran Teatre de Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre de Liceu Orchestra

Ariane et Barbe-bleue makes its premiere on DVD. Dukas's opera sees free spirit Ariane become the 6th wife of the infamous Barbe-bleue, who gives his...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Paul Dukas: Ariane de Barbe-bleue / van Dam, Charbonnet, Bardon, Coma-Alabert, Jimenez, Haller. Deneve [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-02-26

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleue
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Charbonnet, Jeanne-Michele; Coma-Alabert, Gemma; Copons, Elena; Darlev, Dimitar; Jimenez,Beatriz; Martinez, Xavier; Palloni, Pierpaolo; Valldaura, Alba; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Deneve, Stephane
Ensemble: Gran Teatre de Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre de Liceu Orchestra

Ariane et Barbe-blue makes its premiere on Blue Ray. Dukas's opera sees free spirit Ariane become the 6th wife of the infamous Barbe-bleue, who gives...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Itali...continue...

Rossini: Mose in Egitto / Riccardo Zanellato, Alex Esposito, Dmitry Korchak, Sonia Ganassi. Roberto Abbado [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Esposito, Alex; Ganassi, Sonia; Korchak, Dmitry; Zanellato, Riccardo
Conductors: Abbado, Roberto
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna Chorus; Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra

A modern-day interpretation of Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto" sets the scene at the prestigious Rossini Festival in Pesaro. For conductor Roberto Abbado, the transposition of...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Rossini: Mose in Egitto / Riccardo Zanellato, Alex Esposito, Dmitry Korchak, Sonia Ganassi. Roberto Abbado [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Esposito, Alex; Ganassi, Sonia; Korchak, Dmitry; Zanellato, Riccardo

A modern-day interpretation of Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto" sets the scene at the prestigious Rossini Festival in Pesaro. For conductor Roberto Abbado, the transposition of...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Handel: Deidamia / Sally Matthews, Veronica Cangemi, Olga Pasichnyk, Silvia Tro Santaté. Ivor Bolton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deidamia, opera
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Chiummo, Umberto; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Matthews, Sally; Pasichnyk, Olga; Santate, Silvia Tro; Schaafsma, Jan-Willem
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Concerto Koln

In Händel's last Italian opera, Deidamia, set at the time of the Trojan War, Achilles disguises himself as a woman and takes refuge at the...continue...
Run Time: 208 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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