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Red Army Chorus: The Best of the Original Ensemble

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-05-21

Works: Zerjinski: Riders' March; Russian Traditional: Troika, folk song; Dark eyes ("Ochi chornye," "Black Eyes"), folk song; Eh, Ukhnyem (Song of the Volga Boatmen), folk song; Kalinka (Little Snowfall), f...
Performers: Gavva, Valeriy; Gluboky, Pyotr; Korshunov, Vadim; Maistruck, Vladimir; Martinov, Aleksey; Martinov, Alexey; Solovyanenko, Anatoly; Tumanyan, Barseg; Volkov, Igor; Zhaivoronok, Boris
Conductors: Maltsev, Anatoly; Agafonnikov, Igor
Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz;...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Georges Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2012-10-30

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Sarabia, Guillermo; Soyer, Roger; Vanzo, Alain
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Arena di Verona Festival - Verdi: Aida; Bizet: Carmen; Puccini: Tosca [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Aceto, Raymond; Alvarez, Marcelo; Berti, Marco; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Chiara, Maria; Dashuk, Maya; Domashenko, Marina; Ghiuselev, Nicola; Johannsson, Kristijan; Pons, Juan; Raimondi, Ruggero; Zajick, D...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Lombard, Alain; Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona

Arthaus Musik presents three legendary outstanding operas from the Arena di Verona Festival featuring world renowned conductors as Nello Santi and Daniel Oren. Star singers...continue...
Run Time: 415 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: IT, EN, DE, FR, ES, CN
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Great Voices of the Century / Prey, Damrau, Domingo, Bartoli, Schock, Kraus, Wunderlich

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze de Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Missa in C, KV 257, "Credo-Messe"; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Don Giovanni; Vincenzo Bellini: I Pur...
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia [Soprano Vocal]; Arnaltes, Edelmiro; Bartoli, Cecilia; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Damrau, Diana; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hollweg, Werne...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Paternostro, Roberto; Wöss, Kurt; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gardelli, Lamberto; Raichev, Rouslan; Simonov, Georgi; Kraus, Richard; Marinov, Ivan; Froschauer, Helmuth; Knubben, Klaus; Sussk...

Great Voices of the Century is a wonderful collection featuring the greatest voices of the century as well as the greatest works by Mozart, Donizetti,...continue...

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles [Highlights] / Ileana Cotrubas, Alain Vanzo, Roger Sofer

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Sarabia, Guillermo; Soyer, Roger; Vanzo, Alain
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Gramophone Magazine
An enjoyable, recommendable performance of Bizet's fascinating opera à PrOtre draws superb playing and singing from his forces.
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Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris (07/18/1977-07/27/1977)....continue...

Carlo Colombara: The Art of The Bass [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Attila; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Sergey Rachma...
Performers: Colombara, Carlo
Conductors: Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Milani, Fabrizio; Rath, Gyorgy G.
Ensemble: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra

Described as "the great Verdian bass" (Le Figaro) and a "Mefistofele who stood out over all the others" (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Russian
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Bizet: Carmen / Piollet, Uria-Monzon, Alagna, Schrott, Poplavskaya [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2011-10-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Poplavskaya, Marina; Schrott, Erwin; Uria-Monzon, Beatrice
Conductors: Piollet, Marc
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

"Bieitos muted Carmen brings a fresh vision" Wall Street Journal. "... one of the few current interpreters that can cope with this most difficult tessitura...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spa...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Piollet, Uria-Monzon, Alagna, Schrott, Poplavskaya [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2011-10-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Poplavskaya, Marina; Schrott, Erwin; Uria-Monzon, Beatrice
Conductors: Piollet, Marc
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

"Bieitos muted Carmen brings a fresh vision" Wall Street Journal. "... one of the few current interpreters that can cope with this most difficult tessitura...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Catalan, Germ...continue...

The World's Greatest Operas / Carmen, Aida, Tosca, Magic Flute [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bespalovaite, Irena; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Damrau, Diana; Gerhaher, Christian; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Groves, Paul; Grundheber, Franz; Gu...
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony; Chailly, Riccardo; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;...

The World's Greatest Operas is a 6 DVD Deluxe set, containing 4 of the most famous and most performed operas - Aida, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte...continue...

Glyndebourne: Comedy & Tragedy / Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi, etc. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Sergei Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op 24
Performers: Auty, Peter; Battaglia, Paolo; Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Best, Jonathan; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Corbelli, Alessandro; Daza, Alfredo; Di Pasquale, Luciano; Elliott, Alasdair; Giordano,...
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir; Benini, Maurizio; Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world's most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and...continue...
Run Time: 750 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
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Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Pathos, Passion & Patriotism / La Traviata, Carmen & Jackie O [5 DVD]

5 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-06-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Michael Daugherty: Jackie O
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Carnevale, Federica; Courjal, Nicolas; D'Aguanno, Emanuele; Delcour, Patrick; Do, Philippe; Dudziak, Francis; Forte, Cinzia; Gardina, Paola; Grayson, Elizabeth; Lungu, Irina; McAn...
Conductors: Arrivabeni, Paolo; Montanaro, Carlo; Franklin, Christopher
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Lugo Teatro Rossini Orchestra; Opéra Royal de Wallonie Chorus; Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestra; Sferisterio Opera Festival Orchestra

Run Time: 390 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French & Spanish
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Great Singers Live: Nicolai Ghiaurov

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-05-31

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; Mikhail Glinka: Ein Leben für den Zaren; Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; Modest Mussorg...
Performers: Ghiaurov, Nicolai
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo

"Previously unreleased recordings by Nicolai Ghiaurov from the 1960's under the direction of Georges Prêtre and Alfredo Antonini. The program contains key roles of the...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Montanaro/Sferisterio Opera, Surguladze, Lungu, Zabala [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Courjal, Nicolas; D'Aguanno, Emanuele; Do, Philippe; Dudziak, Francis; Gardina, Paola; Lungu, Irina; Mischketa, Gezim; Surguladze, Nino; Zabala, Alexandra
Conductors: Montanaro, Carlo
Ensemble: Sferisterio Opera Festival Orchestra

Run Time: 157 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, Italian, English, German, ...continue...

Georges Bizet: Les Pecheurs des perles / Marcello Viotti / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: de Donato, Luigi; Grassi, Luca; Massis, Annick; Nakajima, Yasu
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Run Time: 122 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: Italy
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Bizet: Carmen / Gardiner, Antonacci, Richards [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / FRA Musica / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Brook, Matthew; Cavallier, Nicolas; Dudziak, Francis; Gill, Annie; Gillet, Anne-Catherine; Novaro, Riccardo; Ordonneau, Vincent; Richards, Andrew
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

New from the enterprising new DVD label FRA Musica, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, leads the period-instrument Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and an all star cast...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Lombard, Domashenko, Dashuk [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-10-26

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Accurso, Roberto; Aceto, Raymond; Benini, Dario; Berti, Marco; Camastra, Marco; Dashuk, Maya; Domashenko, Marina; Feltracco, Antonio; Josipovic, Milena; Pastorello, Cristina
Conductors: Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona

This DVD captures a warm summer's evening in July 2003 when thousands of spectators gathered for the passionate tale of the self-willed gypsy 'Carmen', staged...continue...
Run Time: 150 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...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Georges Bizet: Carmen [Highlights]

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-05-18

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Beuron, Yann; Cals, Isabelle; Cavallier, Nicolas; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hampson, Thomas; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Rivenq, Nicolas; Tezier, Ludovic; Vidal, Elisabeth
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Da Capo: Opera Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Gaetano Doni...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Bumbry, Grace; Casa, Lisa della; Cervana, Sona [vocals]; Geszty, Sylvia; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lorenz, Siegfried; Neuki...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Neumann, Václav; Fricke, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe...

Overtures, arias, and choruses: a medley of melodies that every opera lover knows!...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Corelli, Freni, Guelfi, Simionato, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-10-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Ercolani, Renato; Freni, Mirella; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Lelio, Loretta Di; Malfatti, Guido; Palmieri, Norma; Rosetti, Maria; Simionato, Giulietta; Viaro, Enzo
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre

Jose was the role of Corelli's debut and the one he performed most often. Here he is in his early prime, sounding like a hungry...continue...

Georges Bizet: Carmen

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Cadoni, Fernanda; Gigli, Beniamino; Gigli, Rina; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Marcangeli, Anna; Mazzini, Guido; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tomei, Giulio; Tommaso, S. De
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo

Georges Bizet: Carmen

3 CD / RCA Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Besancon, Maurice; Corelli, Franco; Demigny, Bernard; Freni, Mirella; Linval, Monique; Macaux, Genevieve; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Leontyne; Schooten, Frank
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Bizet: Carmen / Dervaux, Simionato, Corelli, Freni, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-06-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Di Lelio, Loretta; Freni, Mirella; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Malfatti, Guido; Palmieri, Norma; Rossetti, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Viaro, Enzo
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: Palermo Teatro Massimo Chorus; Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

This CD features an exceptional vocal cast: Franco Corelli is at the top of his performance; Giulietta Simionato is wonderful and sensual and Mirella Freni...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Jordan/Glyndebourne Opera, von Otter, Haddock [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Best, Jonathan; Haddock, Marcus; Hayes, Quentin; Hegarty, Mary; Judson, Colin; Lopez, Franck; Milne, Lisa; Naouri, Laurent; Rice, Christine; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Voschezang, Hans; Wise, Anthony
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

David McVicar's exhilarating production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, restores the Opera Comique to Bizet's masterpiece. Philippe Jordan, in his Glyndebourne...continue...
Run Time: 229 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Bizet: Carmen / Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Caterina Antonacci [Blu-Ray]

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

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Kaufmann, Jonas; Rose, Matthew; Vizin, Viktoria; Xanthoudakis, Elena
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"This terrifically-cast and conducted Carmen goes to the top of the list, which is saying a great deal... Bizet's expert scoring is underlined but never...continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
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Bizet: Carmen / Kaufman; Antonacci; Amsellem; Pappano/Royal Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-10-28

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Kaufmann, Jonas; Rose, Matthew; Vizin, Viktoria; Xanthoudakis, Elena
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese
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The Red Army Chorus

2 CD / Analekta / 2008-09-16

Works: Zerjinski: Riders' March; Russian Traditional: Troika, folk song; Dark eyes ("Ochi chornye," "Black Eyes"), folk song; Eh, Ukhnyem (Song of the Volga Boatmen), folk song; Kalinka (Little Snowfall), f...
Performers: Gavva, Valeriy; Gluboky, Pyotr; Korshunov, Vadim; Maistruck, Vladimir; Martinov, Aleksey; Martinov, Alexey; Solovyanenko, Anatoly; Tumanyan, Barseg; Volkov, Igor; Zhaivoronok, Boris
Conductors: Agafonnikov, Igor; Maltsev, Anatoly; Maltsev, Colonel Anatoly
Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus

The A.V. Alexandrov Ensemble of the Soviet Army, twice decorated with the Order of the Red Banner and Red Star, is one of the foremost...continue...

Elections Classiques 2007 - Coffret 50 Airs Prefer

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle no 2 en mi bémol majeur D. 929; Ave Maria; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie no 9 en ré mineur Op. 125 -; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emper...
Performers: Asperen, Bob van; Bonney, Barbara; Braley, Frank; Bruscantini, Sesto; Callas, Maria; Cals, Isabelle; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Cavallier, Nicolas; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dessa...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Vonk, Hans; Serafin, Tullio; Barenboim, Daniel; Harding, Daniel; Marin, Ion; Willcocks, David; Karajan, Herbert von; Klemperer, Otto; Munch, Charles; Paavo, Jä...

Bizet: Carmen / Herbert Kegel, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Aderhold, Bruno; Apreck, Rolf; Cervena, Sona; Croonen, Maria; Enger, Ursula; Klemm, Wilhelm; Lauhofer, Robert; Leib, Gunther; Neukirch, Harald
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus

Paperback Opera - Bizet: Carmen / Dervaux, Madeira, Filacuridi, Roux, Geay, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2008-07-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Barthelemy, Vivette; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Filacuridi, Nicola; Geay, Robert; Hamel, Michel; Madeira, Jean; Marty, Daniel; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sicot, Irène; Vivalda, Janette
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra

This Carmen continues the Preiser paperback series: no libretto and scant notes, but great historic performances at a budget price. Jean Madeira, the Carmen of...continue...

The Pavarotti Story

4 CD / Decca / 2008-04-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Otello; I lombar...
Performers: Bono; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eno, Brian; Evans, David; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; John, Elton; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Kerns, Ric...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Patanè, George; Rescigno, Nicola; Chailly, Riccardo; Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Levine, James; Kertész, Istv...

This commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music. Presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of...continue...
Personnel: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Dr. David Evans , Elton John, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Joan Sutherland (soprano); Christa Ludwig, Elke Schary, Jane Shaulis (mezzo soprano); Plácido Domingo, ...continue...

Bizet: Carmen

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bunger, Reid; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dickie, Murray; King, James [Vocals]; Kunz, Erich; Lilowa, Margarita; Ludwig, Christa; Pilou, Jeannette; Popp, Lucia; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin

Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Amadini, Maria; Arie, Raffaele; Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Begali, Ottorino; Benzi, Arma...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Santini, Gabriele; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

This 70-CD set features everything Callas ever recorded in the studio, including newly licensed and remastered material....continue...

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grac...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

Bizet: The Pearl Fishers / Prêtre, Cotrubas, Vanzo, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-23

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Sarabia, Guillermo; Soyer, Roger; Vanzo, Alain
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Paris Opéra Orchestra

Ultimate Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; MEDLEY; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 208, "W...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Blyth, Bruce; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Boskovsky, Willi; Burrows, Stuart; Farnes, Richard; Flood, David; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruenberg, Erich; Howarth, Elgar; Jo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Munchinger, Karl; Morris, Wyn; Gamba, Piero; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Previn, Andre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Anserm...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Decca's Ultimate Classics is a five-CD box set that presents the best-known pieces of classical music in a straightforward, no-frills program. Most of the selections are quite famous, taken from large...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Elie Cohen, et al

2 CD / Divine Art / 2006-10-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bernadet, Andree; Guenot, Louis; Mathyl, Teo; Nespoulous, Martha; Roussel, Robert; Thill, Georges; Vavon, Andree; Visconti, Raymonde
Conductors: Gaubert, Philippe; Cohen, Elie
Ensemble: Paris Opéra Chorus

This renowned recording was made in 1928/29 although one side (The Flower Song) was made in early 1927, under the direction not of Cohen but...continue...

Great Opera Choruses

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Otello; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Macbeth; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Büchner, Eberhard; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Harling, Stuart; Leib, Günther; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Maionic...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Böhm, Karl; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von

Weekend Classics - A Bizet Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Domingo, Placido; Harling, Stuart; Kenny, Yvonne; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Milnes, Sherrill; Nafe, Alicia
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Bastille Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Bizet: Carmen / Karajan, Simionato, Gedda, Vienna SO

2 CD / Andante / 2005-11-15

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Gedda, Nicolai; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Guthrie, Frederick; Ribacchi, Luisa; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Signore, Gino del; Simiona...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Andante presents Karajans celebrated 1954 concert performance of Bizets Carmen on 2CDs. The cast includes many emerging artists Karajan later used in his Vienna and...continue...

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles / Fournet, Simoneau, Alarie

2 CD / Philips / 2005-09-13

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Bianco, Rene; Depraz, Xavier; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Elisabeth Brasseur Chorus

Mario del Monaco at the Bolshoi - Bizet, Leoncavallo, etc

3 CD / Myto Records / 2005-07-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Arkhipova, Irina; Bolshakov, Alexei; Del Monaco, Mario; Fabrisanov, Kaisar; Fokin, Philip; Ionov, Ivan; Ivanov, Alexei; Lisitsian, Pavel; Lositzina, Nadezhda; Maslennicova, Leocadia; Masliennikova, I...
Conductors: Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Tieskovini, Basiliev
Ensemble: ; Bolshoi Theatre Chorus

Carmen in Russian? No - in Russian, Italian and occasionally French - a linguistic mish-mash but it was a fabulously exciting evening nonetheless. Del Monaco's...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Bumbry, Vickers, Karajan [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Diakov, Anton; Diaz, Justino; Equiluz, Kurt; Freni, Mirella; Hamari, Julia; Kerns, Robert; Miljakovic, Olivera; Paunov, Milen; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

"This video of 'Carmen' has had a number of incarnations, appearing on laser disc, tape, and DVD. Based on a stage production, it was artfully...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Bizet: Carmen

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Cortez, Viorica; Freni, Mirella; Gontcharenko, Bernanrd; Liblin, Eliane; Meloni, Claude; Paskalis, Kostas; Trempont, Michel; Vickers, Jon; Voli, Albert
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

A Survey of European Zonophone Recordings 1901-1903

1 CD / Symposium / 2005-02-01

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op....
Performers: Ackt, Aino; Agussol, Pauline; Caron, Rose; Cucini, Alice; Delmas, Jean Francois; Fugere, Lucien; Laffitte, Leon; Magini-Coletti, Antonio; Mastio, Catherine; Melchissedec, Leon; Negri, Giovanni Battis...

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles / Fournet, Simoneau, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-02-01

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Bianco, Rene; Depraz, Xavier; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Elisabeth Brasseur Chorus

Long neglected, this early opera by Bizet has gradually risen in popularity in recent years until it has become second only to 'Carmen' among Bizet's...continue...

The Greatest Opera Show on Earth / Bartoli, Carreras, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-01-04

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tos...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Burrowes, Norma; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; Domingo, Placido;...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Mauceri, John; Mehta, Zubin; Dutoit, Charles; Fischer, György; Chailly, Ricca...