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Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
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Romantique - Elina Garanca sings arias from Sapho, Dalila, Joan of Arc et al. / Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Orleanskaya deva (The Maid of Orléans); Charles Gounod: Sapho; Faust; La Reine de Saba; Nic...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Romantique is a knockout!

In Romantique, Elina Garanca makes a smashing return to the studio and puts her imprint upon the big Romantic repertory, brilliantly

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Recording information: Bologna, Salone Bolognini (03/2012)....continue...

Patrie! Duets from French Romantic Opera by Halevy, Saint-Saens, Kosice , Gounod / Thébault, Pruvot

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Camille Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII; Jules Massenet: Eve; Le Mage; Charles Gounod: Polyeucte; Emile Paladilhe: Patrie!; Ambroise Thomas: Le Caïd
Performers: Pruvot, Pierre-Yves; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Talpain, Didier
Ensemble: ; Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra

The keyboard sonatas of C.P.E. Bach (1714 - 1788) bear hallmarks of a composer who lived through a significant moment in musical history: he composed...continue...
Recording information: Slovak State Philharmonic Hall, Kosice, Slovakia (04/16/2010-04/18/2010)....continue...

Holy Night: Choral Music for Advent & Christmas / Vivaldi, Telemann, Haydn, Johannsen, Mendelssohn, et al.

1 CD / Carus / 2011-10-25

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Ihr lieben Christen freut euch nun, BuxWV 51; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Georg Philipp Telemann: In deinem Wort und Sakrament, TWVW 1; Johann David Heinichen: Te Deum; ...
Performers: Berndt, Thomas; Berner, Michael; Bourve, Antonia; Giefer, Romano; Gotting, Tobias; Hamann, Jens; Johannsen, Kay; Kovács, Robert; Lunn, Joanne; Mayhaus, Raphaela; Petzold, Martin; Rydén,...
Conductors: Speck, Holger; Kaljuste, Tönu; Johannsen, Kay; Kopp, Peter; Bernius, Frieder; Prinz, Johannes; Lustig, Hans-Joachim; Heger, Robert; Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: ; Dresdner Instrumental-Concert; Ensemble 94

The Carus catalog offers the music lover a wide range of Christmas music, from traditional carols to exciting rarities. This compilation represents the beauty &...continue...

The Top Ten Opera Classics

1 CD / X5 Group / 2011-10-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Xerxes; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magi...
Performers: Anderson, Victoria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Charles K.L.; Holzapfel, Maszella; Mera, Yoshikazu; Noel, Rita; Rocchi, Manlio

With something of an Opera renaissance going on around the globe, this album can be seen as an entrance ticket to the spectacular world of...continue...

Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila / Netopil, Kerl, Tarasova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-04-26

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Büttner, Thorsten; Borovinov, Milcho; Faveyts, Tijl; Kerl, Torsten; Mijailovic, Nikola; Pels, Onno; Tarasova, Marianna; Van der Linden, Gijs
Conductors: Netopil, Tomás
Ensemble: Flanders Opera Choir; Flanders Opera Orchestra

Staged by the Flanders Opera in 2009, this production relocates the Samson & Dalila story to the contemporary Middle East. "In our approach to this...continue...
Run Time: 136 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...

New Year's Eve Concert 2010 / Dudamel/Berlin PO, Garanca [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-03-08

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Dalila; Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Manuel de Falla...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The 2010 New Years Eve concert from Berlin frames two of the most prominent stars on DG’s roster in the glit-edged splendor these two young...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese
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Royal Swedish Opera Archives 3

2 CD / Caprice Records / 2011-01-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Sampson et Dalila; Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Les Troyens à Carthage
Performers: Bjorling, Sigurd; Dellert, Kjerstin; Ericson, Barbro; Hendriksen, Arne [Vocals]; Hoiseth, Kolbjorn [Vocals]; Jonsson, Busk-Margit [Vocals]; Kjellgren, Ingeborg; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals];...
Conductors: Sandberg, Herbert

Placido Domingo: My Greatest Roles Vol. 3 / French Operas [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-09-28

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Mazurok, Yuri; Obraztsova, Elena; Serra, Luciana; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Rudel, Julius; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Kultur is delighted to announce the release of the third volume of DVD boxed sets showcasing some of the greatest recordings of Placido Domingo's career...continue...
Run Time: 479 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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Susan Graham Live at Verbier: French Songs / Malcom Martineau [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Juxtapositions / 2010-08-31

Works: Georges Bizet: Chanson d'avril; César Franck: Nocturne, M 85; Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre; Emmanuel Chabrier: Mélodies (6), for voice and piano; Alfred Bachelet: Chère ...
Performers: Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm

One reviewer of Susan Graham's Verbier Festival recital praised her 'radiant voice' and marveled at her ability to convey the subtle nuances of what seems...continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

A Portrait Of Conchita Supervia, Vol. 1

4 CD / Gala Import / 2010-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola; Il barbieri di Siviglia; L'italiana in Algeri; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Adieu de l'hôtesse arabe; Juan Man&ea...
Performers: Appoloni, Anita; Baracchi, Aristide; Bettoni, Vincenzo; Ederle, Nino; Ferraris, Ines; Gil, Maria; Mannarini, Ida; Manurita, Giovanni; Marques, Antonio; Marshall, Frank; Redondo, Marcus; Scattola, Car...
Conductors: Albergoni, Angelo; Acevedo, Emilio; Martinez, Modesto; Gennai, Leopoldo Emanuele; Capdevila, Antonio; Cloez, Gustave

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Elisabeth Höngen

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-04-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Der Troubadour; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson und Dalila; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Grefe, Gustav; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kupper, Annelies; Ludwig, Walther; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Solti, Sir Georg

Born in 1906 in Germany, Elisabeth Hongen completed her musical studies at the Academy of Music in Berlin. Championed by Karl Bohm, she sang at...continue...

Nan Merriman sings Opera Arias

1 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Ambro...
Performers: Ketelaars, Leo; Lugt, Elisabeth; Merriman, Nan; Rizzoli, Bruna; Sante, Sophia van; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Basile, Arturo; Fournet, Jean

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

Airs, Mélodies, Oratorios / Lucienne Delvaux, et al

2 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Carl Philipp Eman...
Performers: Beckma, Frank; Delhaye, Albert; Delvaux, Lucienne; Vecray, Huberte
Conductors: Hertog, Johannes den; Fournet, Jean; Doneux, Edgard; André, Franz; Travis, Francis
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Living a Dream

1 CD / Decca / 2009-01-27

Works: Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Francesco Sartori: Canto della terra, song; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phanto...
Performers: Bold, M.; Finch, Catrin; Jenkins, Katherine; Paracelli, J.
Conductors: Inglis, Anthony

Katherine Jenkins' Italian-language version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" ("L'Amore Sei Tu"), first performed live at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire on August...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); The Prague Symphony (various instruments); J. Paracelli (guitar); Guillo (keyboards); M. Bold (percussion).

Originally released in Europe in 2005 b...continue...

The Opera Gala - Live From Baden Baden / Netrebko, Garanca, Vargas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-24

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigolett...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramon Vargas and...continue...

Verstummte Stimmen

4 CD / Membran / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Ab...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Anday, Rosette; Berg, Johannes; Hussa, Maria; Jager, Robert [Piano]; Janssen, Herbert; Jokl, Fritzi; Kalter, Sabine; Kipnis, Alexander; Lehmann, Lotte; Massary, Fritzi; Metzger, Ottilie...
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Moralt, Rudolf; Paumgartner, Bernhard; Prüwer, Julius; Goehr, Walter; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Günther, Felix; Dobrindt, Otto; Meyrowitz, ...

2008 four CD set. Verstummte Stimmen (Voices Falling Silent) is an exposition in Germany in honor of the artists from the opera and concert houses...continue...

Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals

11 CD / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; Tancredi; Semiramide; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto; La donna del lago; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, op...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; ; Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Rom...

"Each of the 11 CDs comes in a slip case with the original cover art, but no texts or translations are provided. At the price...continue...

The Art of Christa Ludwig

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94; Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Songs (5) ...
Performers: Callas, Maria; de Peyer, Gervase; Downes, Herbert; Fleming, Amaryllis; Ludwig, Christa; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Stich-Randall, ...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Böhm, Karl; Stein, Horst; Forster, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Ludwig's range of repertoire was remarkable, from Bach through Mozart to Brahms, Mahler and Strauss. She was equally at home in German Lieder, French melodies,...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Dom?s, Cri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Maazel, Lorin; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Christie, William; Barenboim, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Colin; Nagano, Kent; Le...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for...continue...

101 Opera Masterpieces, Vol. 1 [Box Set]

10 CD / ZYX Records / 2008-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Macbeth; Nabucco; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Don Carlos; I lombardi; Otello; Ernani; Giacomo Puccini:...
Performers: Antonioni, Giulio; Baldani, Ruza; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Casinelli, Ricardo; Cooper, Sylvia; Cvejik, Biserka; D'Orazi, Gui...

The Opera Gala - Live from Baden-Baden

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-01-22

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigolett...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The new faces of opera present opera favorites in a glamorous live concert recording: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramon Vargas and the highly acclaimed young...continue...

The Opera Gala - Live From Baden-Baden / Netrebko, Garanca, Vargas, Tezier [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-01-08

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigolett...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramon Vargas and...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Léo Delib...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badaro, Thelma; Baldwin, Anthony; Benvenuti, Monica; Beretta, Anna; Bickerstaff, Robert; Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Bris, Michele Le; Cahill, Teres...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Fournet, Jean; Piantini, Carlos

Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live recordings...continue...

Opera Obsession! Act IV - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-09-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ernani; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wo...
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Caballé, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; ...

The fourth volume in Opera d'Oro's best-selling super-budget series celebrating the very best tracks from the vast Opera d'Oro catalog! Features the greatest singers of...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio / Holger Speck, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2007-09-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio, Op. 12
Performers: Bourvé, Antonia; Czinczel, Sabine; Giefer, Romano; Hamann, Jens; Schneider, Gundula; Ullmann, Marcus
Conductors: Speck, Holger
Ensemble: Les Favorites; Rastatt Vocal Ensemble

Vivent les vacances! - Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Lalo

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Par une belle nuit, nocturne for soprano, alto & piano; Little Celandine (Fleur des bois), for soprano, alto & piano; Sérénade; Au printemps, song for voice & piano; Sou...
Performers: Brua, Claire; Bura, Claire; Cyferstein, Serge; Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr, Les; Marin-Degor, Sophie

Enchanting

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2007-07-03

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Charles Gounod: Faust; C...
Performers: Russell, Sally-Anne
Conductors: Milton, Nicholas

Celebrate the magnificent mezzo-soprano operatic repertoire with this album of classic arias sung by the luscious voice of Sally-Anne Russell. Featuring favourites such as the...continue...

Artist Portrait - Monica Groop

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-06-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170; Cantata no 35, "Geist und Seele wird verwirret" BWV 35; Cantata no 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben" BW...
Performers: Groop, Monica; Hynninen, Jorma; Wikman, Haakan
Conductors: Kangas, Juha; Tang, Muhai; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

"As a single disc collection of recordings by Finnish mezzo soprano Monica Groop, this 2007 release entitled Artist Portrait could hardly be bettered. As showcased...continue...

Live Recordings 1967-1999

3 CD / Orfeo / 2007-05-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Benackova, Gabriela; Burke, Richard; Carroli, Silvano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Diepold, Alexander; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Frittoli, Barbara; Gall, Axelle; Go...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Klobucar, Berislav; Luisi, Fabio; Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James; Oren, Daniel; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Slatkin, Leonard; Santi, Nello; Albrecht, Gerd; Viotti, Marcello; Badea...

Grace Bumbry In Concert [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-03-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Don Carlos; La traviata; Luigi Cherubini: Medea; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Jules...
Performers: Bumbry, Grace
Conductors: Pradella, Massimo
Ensemble: Italian Switzerland Radio/TV Orchestra

Run Time: 92 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Opera Souvenirs - Four Canadian Singers

1 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2007-01-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Les Filles de Cadiz "Chanson Espagnole"; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Thomas Campion: Peaceful Westerne Winde; John Bartlet: What Thing ...
Performers: Albani, Emma; Dolalda, Pauline; Fischer, Sarah; Gauthier, Eva; Haskell, Paul C.; Lawry, Justin; Rucker, William D.; Thomas, Joseph D.

This important release highlights four stars of Canada 's past. Sarah Fischer emigrated to Montreal in 1908 and made her debut as Carmen in 1918....continue...
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Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël; Respighi / Anders Eby, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Proprius / 2006-10-17

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël, for solo voices, chorus, strings, harp & organ, Op. 12; Ottorino Respighi: Lauda per la Natività del Signore, for soloists, chorus & ensemble, P....
Performers: Aruhn, Britt Marie; Hagegard, Erland; Lundmark, Ulf; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Eby, Anders
Ensemble: Mikaeli Chamber Choir

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nadezhda Obukhova

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-10-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride; Snow Maiden; Sadko; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Georges Bizet: Carm...
Performers: Ivanov, Andrei; Kozlovsky, Ivan; Masliennikova, Irina; Obukhova, Nadezhda; Ozerov, Nikolai

In the year before the 1917 Revolution, Nadezhda Obukhova sang her debut at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Only six weeks later, she appeared as the female...continue...

Voices Behind the Iron Curtain - Stalin Era Soviet Singers

4 CD / Preiser / 2006-09-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Pyotr I...
Performers: Aleksandrovich, Mikhail; Arkhipova, Irina; Badridse, David; Barssova, Valeriya; Baturin, Alexander; Bolshakov, G.; Borisenko, Veronika; Burlak, Ivan; Davidova, V.; Dolukhanova, Zara; Firssova, Vera; ...

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nikandr Khanayev

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-07-01

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Pyotr Il'yich Tchai...
Performers: Baturin, Alexander; Davidova, V.; Khanaev, Nikhander; Maksakova, Maria; Peregudov, Alexander; Petrova, Faina; Reizen, Mark
Conductors: Samosud, Samuel; Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Golovanov, Nikolai; Nebolsin, Vasili

Nikandr Sergeyevich Khanayev was born into poverty and lost his parents at the age of six. The misery of his young life was somewhat relieved...continue...

Grand Tier - Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila/ Fournet, Vickers

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-06-13

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Dominguez, Oralia; Driessen, Henk; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chorus

"If you haven't heard Vickers in the role of Samson, you haven't heard Samson... [he is] caught here in his absolute prime...Oralia Dominguez sings Dalila...it's...continue...

Portrait / Olga Borodina

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; La Cenerentola; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Don ...
Performers: Bezzubenkov, Gennady; Borodina, Olga; Focile, Nuccia; Gergieva, Larissa; Grigorian, Gegham; Guleghina, Maria; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth; Putilin, Nikolai; Skigin, Semion; Stebli...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Summers, Patrick; Gergiev, Valery; Haitink, Bernard; Davis, Colin; Bychkov, Semyon; Korniev, Nikolai
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Kirov Theater Chorus; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; St. Petersburg Chamber Choir; Welsh Nation...

A specially compiled program that honors the rich recording legacy of outstanding Russian mezzo-soprano, Olga Borodina. She has carved out a premier position among today's...continue...

Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. / Metropolitan Opera Gala [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Luisa Miller; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Pietro Masca...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Gheorghiu, Angela; Grant Murphy, Heidi; Hadley, Jerry; Hagegard, Hakan; Hampson, Thomas; Hei-Kyung...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Living a Dream

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2005-10-31

Works: Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Francesco Sartori: Canto della terra, song; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Phantom of...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

The classical singing sensation releases this 2005 follow up to her 2004 album "Second Nature". She follows a trail blazed before her by Sarah Brightman....continue...
Originally released in Europe in 2005 but not available in the United States until 2009, LIVING A DREAM finds light classical singer Katherine Jenkins in a somewhat pop-oriented mood. The album's sign...continue...

100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

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...

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...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Saint-Saëns: Messe de Requiem, etc / Fasolis, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Requiem, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 54; Romance du soir, song for SATB, Op. 118; Choruses (2) for chorus with piano ad lib, Op. 68; Choruses (2), Op. 141; Choruse...
Performers: Cera, Francesco; Dotti, Marie-Paule; Laurens, Guillemette; Lombardi, Luca; Patuzzi, Mario; Teste, Nicolas
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Italian Switzerland Radio/TV Chorus

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila / Fournet, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-06-08

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Dominguez, Oralia; Driessen, Henk; Rijk, Aad De; Vant'Hoff, Bert; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Symphony

An oustanding recording of the most famous opera by Saint-Saens, and one of the glories of the entire French opera repertoire, in crystalline sound with...continue...