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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...

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...

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...

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...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Welser-Most, Hartelius, Bonitatibus, Jankova [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray 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

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as AHM 101495. Jealous men...continue...
Run Time: 200 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish
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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...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Zurich, Ranzani [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray 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: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...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
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Diener, Saccà, Zurich Opera, Haitink [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray 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

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 1023D. 'Translucence, transparency...continue...
Run Time: 149 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande / Welser-Most, Gilfry, Rey, Volle [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2010-02-23

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Gilfry, Rodney; Polgar, Laszlo; Rey, Isabel; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Schumann: Genoveva / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera, Banse, Mathey, Gantner [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-01-26

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

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as AHM 101327. On 25th...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Dohnanyi / Zurich Opera Orch. & Chorus / Lipovsek, Johansson, Diener [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2009-10-27

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58
Performers: Chalker, Margaret; Diener, Melanie; Johansson, Eva; Lipovsek, Marjana; Mayr, Reinhard; McConnell, Cassandra; Moody, Morgan; Muff, Alfred; Schasching, Rudolf; Winkler, Andreas; Zoller, Christine
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 102 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Santi/Zurich Opera, Florez, Raimondi, Rey [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2009-04-14

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

This is a BLU-RAY disc that will not play in a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as DEC B000944109. Juan Diego Florez,...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian Spanish, Chinese
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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...

Busoni: Doktor Faust / Hampson, Jordan/Zurich Opera [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-01-27

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

'Doktor Faust' remained a fragment at the time of the composer's death. Busoni died in 1924, unable to complete what he himself described as his...continue...
Run Time: 215 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Santi/Zurich Opera, Nucci, Mosuc, Beczala [Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-11-25

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

'Rigoletto' tells the story of the crippled court jester Rigoletto and his adored daughter Gilda, whom he desperately tries to protect from the advances of...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

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...

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...
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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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...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
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...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese
Country ...continue...

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.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, Frenc...continue...

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
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, Frenc...continue...

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.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
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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.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
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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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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
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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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