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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

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Puccini: Turandot / Nelsons, Guleghina, Giordani, Poplavskaya [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Giordani, Marcello; Guleghina, Maria; Poplavskaya, Marina; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in...continue...
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Levine/Met, Netrebko, Polenzani [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-05-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: del Carlo, John; Kwecien, Mariusz; Netrebko, Anna; Polenzani, Matthew
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti's comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made...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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Puccini: Tosca / Colaneri/Met, Mattila, Alvarez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-12-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Courtney, James; Gagnidze, George; Makepeace, Jonathan; Mattila, Karita; Pittsinger, David; Plishka, Paul; Sorensen, Joel
Conductors: Colaneri, Joseph
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This production of Tosca opened the Metropolitan Opera's 2009 - 10 season, the first to be programmed entirely by the house's General Manager Peter Gelb,...continue...
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Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center / Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-06-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Daniels, Barbara; Diaz, Justino; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Heilmann, Uwe; Hornik, Gottfried; Kilduff, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prey, Hermann;...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates 25 years at Lincoln Center with "one of the most exquisitely refined and extravagant assemblages of vocal artistry the Met stage...continue...
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Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Nucci, Battle, Weikert, MET [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-05-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Blake, Rockwell; Dara, Enzo; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Nucci, Leo
Conductors: Weikert, Ralf
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"One of [the Met's] most ingenious stagings in recent years... made to order for a great Rossini ensemble" -The New York Times. Star soprano Kathleen...continue...
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Humperdinck: Hansel And Gretel / Blegen, von Stade, Fulton, MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-05-11

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Performers: Blegen, Judith; Devlin, Michael; Elias, Rosalind; Kesling, Diane; Kraft, Jean; Norden, Betsy; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Fulton, Thomas
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This DVD presents the Met's classic storybook staging as performed on Christmas Day, 1982 - in English. "No singers today play Hansel and Gretel more...continue...
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Rossini: La Cenerentola / Benini/MET, Garanca, Brownlee, Alberghini [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Brownlee, Lawrence; Corbelli, Alessandro; Garanca, Elina; Ralyea, John
Conductors: Benini, Maurizio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Rossini's classic take on the "Cinderella" story is a comic opera full of thrilling arias, beautiful melodies and lots of laughs. The Metropolitan's charming production...continue...
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Anna Netrebko, et al

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-11-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Beczala, Piotr; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Anna Netrebko returns to the stage in the unforgettable performance of Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor! This DVD release was originally broadcast live in HD from...continue...
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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala - Oct. 22, 1983 [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Berberian, Ara; Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Darrenkamp, John; Di F...
Conductors: Levine, James; ; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The gala celebration is a collection of opera's best-loved favorites and immediately catches attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna...continue...
Run Time: 231 min.
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Verdi: Falstaff / Levine/Met, Freni, Bonney, Horne [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-06-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; de Palma, Piero; Freni, Mirella; Graham, Susan; Horne, Marilyn; Lopardo, Frank; Plishka, Paul; Pola, Bruno
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This is the acclaimed 'Falstaff' from the Metropolitan Opera's 1992 extraordinary Zeffirelli production. Conducted under the famous baton of Maestro James Levine, this release includes...continue...

Bellini: I Puritani / Metropolitan Opera, Netrebko, Cutler, Summers [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-18

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Cutler, Eric; Netrebko, Anna; Relyea, John; Ruminski, Valerian; Valdes, Eduardo; Vassallo, Franco; Zifchak, Maria
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Live from The Metropolitan Opera, international sensation Anna Netrebko sings Elvira Walton (and her famous mad scene) in 'I Puritani', a spectacular production revived especially...continue...
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Tan Dun: The First Emperor / Dun/MET, Domingo, Futral, DeYoung [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: Tan Dun: The First Emperor
Performers: DeYoung, Michelle; Domingo, Placido; Futral, Elizabeth; Groves, Paul; Hsing-Kao, Wu; Tian, Hao Jiang
Conductors: Tan Dun
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"The First Emperor" is one of those spectacular MET stagings, bursting with colorful costumes and striking sets in noted film director Zhang Yimou’s production. It’s...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Luisotti/MET, Gheorghiu, Vargas, Arteta [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Arteta, Ainhoa; Gheorghiu, Angela; Gradus, Oren; Kelsey, Quinn; Plishka, Paul; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Luisotti, Nicola
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Angela Gheorghiu leads a magnificent cast in Franco Zeffirelli's iconic production of Puccini's La Bohème - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in Hi-Definition. Mimì...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Levine/MET, Mattila, Giordani [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giordani, Marcello; Mattila, Karita; Travis, Dale
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Continuing its collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera and its Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series, EMI Classics is proud to release the METs classic...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/MET, Milnes, Tomowa-Sintow, Plishka [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-05-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Moldoveanu, Vasile; Plishka, Paul; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Led by supreme Verdi baritone Sherrill Milnes, this DVD features Verdi's rarely staged masterpiece in a performance that represents the Metropolitan Opera at its finest....continue...
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Verdi: Ernani / Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch., Pavarotti, Milnes, Raimondi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Mitchell, Leona; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"People who don't like Eurotrash or any other type of updated operatic stagin, take note: this 1983 Met centennial new production of 'Ernani' is a...continue...
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Bellini: I Puritani / Netrebko, Cutler, Summers / Metropolitan Opera Orch [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-12-18

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Cutler, Eric; Netrebko, Anna; Relyea, John; Ruminski, Valerian; Valdes, Eduardo; Vassallo, Franco; Zifchak, Maria
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Live from The Metropolitan Opera, international sensation Anna Netrebko sings Elvira Walton (and her famous mad scene) in 'I Puritani', a spectacular production revived especially...continue...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens / Norman / Levine, Met Opera [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-08-14

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Monk, Allan; Norman, Jessye; Plishka, Paul; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Filmed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1983, Berlioz's masterpiece Les Troyens is a tragic tale of love and fate based on Virgil's Aeneid. Under the...continue...
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Verdi: Stiffelio / Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orch. / Domingo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Stiffelio
Performers: Chernov, Vladimir; Domingo, Placido; Plishka, Paul; Sweet, Sharon
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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Verdi: Luisa Miller / Scotto, Domingo, Levine/MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Kraft, Jean; Milnes, Sherrill; Morris, James; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Domingo had one of his best nights yet...pouring out tones of gleaming, manly strength and suavity. Milnes was likewise in top form while Bonaldo Giaiotti...continue...
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Puccini: Tosca / Levine / MET, Domingo, Behrens, MacNeil [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Christopher, Russell; Courtney, James; Domingo, Placido; Laciura, Anthony; MacNeil, Cornell; Tajo, Italo
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Domingo's Cavaradossi is a gorgeous piece of singing...this production contains enough atmosphere for twenty Tosca's." -New York Magazine...continue...
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Wagner: Tannhäuser / Marton, Troyanos, Cassiliy, Levine/MET [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-07-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Cassilly, Richard; Macurdy, John; Marton, Eva; Troyanos, Tatiana; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This classic Otto Schenk production of Tannhauser is conducted by James Levine and filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in 1982. Celebrated helden-tenor Richard Cassilly...continue...
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Mozart: Idomeneo / Pavarotti, Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-04-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, K 366
Performers: Alexander, John [tenor]; Behrens, Hildegard; Clark, Richard [bass]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Jenkins, Timothy; Pavarotti, Luciano; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Considered the greatest "opera seria," 'Idomeneo' was composed when Mozart was just twenty-five and is a tour de force for all singers. This is a...continue...
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Levine, Upshaw, Te Kanawa

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Forest, Michael; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Glazener, Laurence; Grant, Heidi; Grossman, Jerry [Cello]; Guyer, Joyce; Hampson, Thomas; Laciura, Anthony; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Rute...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

"Taut ensemble and well-detailed playing." - Gramophone "Beautifully prepared and confidently performed with an ensemble finish that comes only from frequent teamwork." - Metropolitan Opera...continue...

Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor / Joan Sutherland, Krauss, Bonynge/MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Elvira, Pablo; Kraus, Alfredo; Plishka, Paul; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Donizetti's 'Lucia di Lammermoor' is a romantic tragedy of two feuding families, betrayal, politics and forbidden love. This DVD features Joan Sutherland and Alfredo Krauss....continue...
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Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Price, Giacomini, Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Courtney, James; Darrenkamp, John; Fissore, Enrico; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Jones, Isola; Kesling, Diane; Laciura, Anthony; Nucci, Leo; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Puccini: La Boheme / Pavarotti, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Monk, Allan; Niska, Maralin; Pavarotti, Luciano; Plishka, Paul; Scotto, Renata; Tajo, Italo; Velis, Andrea; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Terfel, Fleming, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Groves, Paul; Kopcak, Sergej; Kringelborn, Solveig; Relyea, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The new DVD release features Mozart's darkest operatic masterpiece with a superb cast featuring Renee Fleming and Bryn Terfel, masterfully conducted by James Levine with...continue...
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg / Heppner, Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-01-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Grove, Jill; Heppner, Ben; Mattila, Karita; Morris, James; Pape, Rene; Polenzani, Matthew; Relyea, John
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This release features the critically acclaimed performance by Ben Heppner, Renee Pape and Karita Mittila on DVD!...continue...
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Levine, Freni, Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; Freni, Mirella; Groves, Paul; Laciura, Anthony; Pavarotti, Luciano; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vargas, Ramón [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Saint Saens: Samson et Dalila / Domingo, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Anthony, Charles; Borodina, Olga; Domingo, Placido; Fink, Richard Paul; Fitch, Bernard; Leiferkus, Sergei; Pape, Rene; Walker, Alfred
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Placido Domingo in another of his signature roles tries heroically to resist Olga Borodina's seductive Delilah. This performance from the opening of the 1998 season...continue...
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Domingo, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-08-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Diaz, Justino; Domingo, Placido; Jones, Isola; MacNeil, Cornell
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Verdi: Otello / Domingo, Fleming, Levine/Metropolitan Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-04-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Croft, Richard; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Morris, James
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"James Levine conducts with bristling tension, and Raymond Hughes's chorus is impressive. There are no extra features, but the packaging is informative and attractive: with...continue...
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Wagner: Tristan Und Isold / Heppner, Eaglen, Levine/Metropolitan Opera [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-03-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Dalayman, Katarina; Eaglen, Jane; Heppner, Ben; Ketelsen, Hans-Joachim; Pape, Rene
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

For the first time on DVD, the MET's performance of Richard Wagner's great operatic hymn of love, Tristan und Isolde. This new production from the...continue...
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Beethoven: Fidelio / Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch.[DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-11-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Heppner, Ben; Lloyd, Robert; Mattila, Karita; Pape, Rene; Polenzani, Matthew; Struckmann, Falk
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Karita Mattila is a Leonora of astonishing force and concentration, qualities achieved at no loss of vocal beauty. As Florestan, Ben Heppner brings considerable grace...continue...
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Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [7 DVD Set]

7 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-11-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Götterdämmerung; Siegfried; Die Walküre; Das Rheingold
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lakes, Gary; Ludwig, Christa; Morris, James; Norman, Jessye; Raffell, Anthony; Salminen, Matti; Svenden, Birgitta; Wlaschiha, Ekkehard; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"DVD's second 'Ring' cycle deserves a warm welcome, however qualified. None of the video-recorded versions can be called ideal; but the Met cycle has plenty...continue...
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Strauss: Arabella / Te Kanawa, Thielemann/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-06-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella, Op. 79
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Dernesch, Helga; Kuebler, David; McIntyre, Donald; McLaughlin, Marie; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Bizet: Carmen / Baltsa, Carreras, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-12-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, José; Mitchell, Leona; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 172 min.
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Verdi: Aida / Domingo, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-12-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Burchuladze, Paata; Domingo, Placido; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Millo, Aprile; Milnes, Sherrill; Zajic, Dolora
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 158 min.
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Mozart: The Magic Flute / Battle, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-12-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Battle, Kathleen; Hemm, Manfred; Kilduff, Barbara; Moll, Kurt; Schmidt, Andreas [baritone]; Serra, Luciana; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 169 min.
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Prima Voce - Great Singers in Donizetti

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-06-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Lucrezia Borgia; Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Maria di Rudenz; La Favorita; Dom Sébastien; La figlia del reggimento
Performers: Albani, Carlo; Anselmi, Giuseppe; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badini, Ernesto; Battistini, Mattia; Bori, Lucrezia; Boronat, Olimpia; Butt, Clara, Dame; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galvany, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; ...
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Ghione, Franco; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This two-CD set surveys one of the greatest periods of singing on record and includes many of the greatest exponents of their art: Marcel Journet,...continue...

Verdi: I Lombardi / Levine, Anderson, Leech, Pavarotti, etc

2 CD / Decca / 1997-09-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Griffey, Anthony Dean; Leech, Richard; Pavarotti, Luciano; Racette, Patricia; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Shaulis, Jane; ssis, Yanni
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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Pavarotti appeared at the Met production of ILombardi in 1993: this recording is the delayed result. He's in good voice and sings...continue...

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

Verdi: La Traviata / Levine, Studer, Pavarotti, Pons

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1993-02-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Hanriot, John; Kelly, Sondra; Laciura, Anthony; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pola, Bruno; Pons, Juan; Robbins, Julien; Sendrowitz, Mitchell; Studer, Cheryl; Wells, Jeffrey; White, Wendy [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Levine, Upshaw, Te Kanawa

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1992-02-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Forest, Michael; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Grant, Heidi; Guyer, Joyce; Hampson, Thomas; Laciura, Anthony; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Troyanos, Tatiana; Upshaw,...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Levine, Battle, Pavarotti

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1990-12-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Dara, Enzo; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rutenberg, Craig; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus