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Strauss: Elektra / Dohnanyi, Johansson, Lipovsek, Diener [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Johansson, Eva; Lipovsek, Marjana; Mayr, Reinhard; Muff, Alfred; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Martin Kuej's production at the Zurich opera house brings this bloody, ancient story into the present day: In the courtyard of her father who was...continue...
Run Time: 102 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...

Strauss: Elektra / Dohnanyi, Johansson, Lipovsek, Diener [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Johansson, Eva; Lipovsek, Marjana; Mayr, Reinhard; Muff, Alfred; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Martin Kuej's production at the Zurich opera house brings this bloody, ancient story into the present day: In the courtyard of her father who was...continue...
Run Time: 102 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Paisiello: Nina / Galstian, Kaufmann, Veccia, Bartoli, Polgar [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-01-31

Works: Giovanni Paisiello: Nina, o sia La pazza per amore
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Galstian, Juliette; Kaufmann, Jonas; Polgar, Laszlo; Veccia, Angelo
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

The eponymous heroine of Paisiello's 'Nina' had a far-reaching influence on the operatic taste of the Romantic era. The mad haroines of Bellini and Donizetti...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, French, English, Japa...continue...

Halevy: Clari / Bartoli, Zurich Opera, Fisher [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Jacques Halévy: Clari
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Chausson, Carlos; Kaluza, Stefania; Liebau, Eva; Osborn, John; Scorsin, Giuseppe; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Orchestra La Scintilla; Zurich Opera Chorus

Maria Malibran, like Pauline Viardot, was a daughter of the influential vocal pedagogue, Manuel García. In Halévy's obscure Clari, composed for Malibran in 1828, Cecilia...continue...
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Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, German, English, French, Spanish
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Rossini: 3 Operas / Muti, Möst, DiDonato, Bartoli, Raimondi [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2010-11-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Il turco in Italia; Moïse et Pharaon (rev. of Mosè in Egitto), opera
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Bartoli, Cecilia; Ceron, Antonello; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Fischer, Jeannette; Frittoli, Barbara; Ganassi, Sonia; Garrett, Nicholas; Giuseppini, Gi...
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno; Welser-Möst, Franz; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This Rossini box set combines a number of opera highlights: his well-known operas II barbiere di Siviglia, II Turco in Italia and MoÏse et Pharaon....continue...
Run Time: 473 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Welser-Most, Hartelius, Bonitatibus, Jankova [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-05-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Camarena, Javier; Drole, Ruben; Hartelius, Malin; Jankova, Martina; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Jealous men and unreliable women: Mozart's "Opera buffa" 'Cosi fan tutte' is a masterpiece of its genre. This operatic gem which is part comedy, part...continue...
Run Time: 200 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, Italian, Ge...continue...

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

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-05-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Camarena, Javier; Drole, Ruben; Hartelius, Malin; Jankova, Martina; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

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

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-04-27

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Bermúdez, Gabriel; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Cura, Jose; Davidson, Cheyne; Friedli, Irene; Guelfi, Carlo; Marrocu, Paoletta; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Zvetanov, Boiko
Conductors: Ranzani, Stefano
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" speak to one's heart and soul. They are regarded as the most absorbing tragedies of Italian music...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Span...continue...

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

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-04-27

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Bermúdez, Gabriel; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Cura, Jose; Davidson, Cheyne; Friedli, Irene; Guelfi, Carlo; Marrocu, Paoletta; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Zvetanov, Boiko
Conductors: Ranzani, Stefano
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" speak to one's heart and soul. They are regarded as the most absorbing tragedies of Italian music...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

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

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

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

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

Grieg / Turnage / Dean: Peer Gynt / Zurich Ballet, Jensen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2009-10-27

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Performers: Adamczak, Agnieszka; Bidzinski, Boguslaw; Kohl, Christiane; Voje, Angelica; Zhu, Huiling
Conductors: Jensen, Eivind Gullberg
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

In Peer Gynt Zurich choreographer Heinz Spoerli has attempted a daring combination of Grieg's score and modern sounds for a dance translation of the interior...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: French, English
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R. Strauss: Arabella / Welser-Most/Zurich Opera House, Fleming [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella, Op. 79
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Kleiter, Julia; Larsen, Morten Frank; Weigel, Johan
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming, the most sought-after Strauss singer, is now on DVD in one of her greatest roles for the first time. "With her silken tones,...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito / Franz Welser-Most/Zurich Opera, Jonas Kaufmann, Vesselina Kasarova, Eva Mei [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2007-03-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621
Performers: Kasarova, Vesselina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Mei, Eva
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Most productions of this opera rightly focus on the musical body of the opera that was definitely composed by Mozart. For this new production of...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Monteverdi: L'orfeo / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Calabro, Suzanne; Franzen, Hans; Groschel, Werner; Hermann, Roland; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Linos, Glenys; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Turban, Dietlinde
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
Region: All
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Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese
Country ...continue...

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Minetto, Maria; Oliver, Alexander; Perry, Janet; Salminen, Matti; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Tappy, Eric; Yakar, Rachel
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, LPCM Stereo, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese
Countr...continue...

Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Santi, Kasarova, Lanza [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2007-01-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Chausson, Carlos; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kasarova, Vesselina; Lanza, Manuel; Macias, Reinaldo
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

A "firework display of exhilarating comedy" was how the press described this Barber of Seville, enthusing about the "unforced liveliness" of the cast. The cast...continue...
Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte; Don Giovanni; Cecilia Bartoli, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chorus And Orch. Of The

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2005-10-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bartoli, Cecilia; Chausson, Carlos; Gilfrey, Rodney; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Polgar, Laszlo; Rey, Isabel; Sacca, Roberto; Salminen, Matti; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Two lovely Da Ponte operas, Così fan tutte and Don Giovanni, with two of the most accomplished top stars of classical music, Cecilia Bartoli and...continue...
Run Time: 486 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, Frenc...continue...

Rossini: Il Turco In Italia / Cecilia Bartoli Ruggero Raimondi Zurich Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2005-03-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Macias, Reinaldo; Raimondi, Ruggero; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

'It turco in Italia' is one of Rossini's wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed inventions. Cecilia Bartoli has...continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
Subtitl...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2002-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Gilfry, Rodney; Polgar, Laszlo; Rey, Isabel; Sacca, Roberto; Salminen, Matti
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This production of 'Don Giovanni' at the Zurich Opera House was staged by the highly creative team of conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, dirctor Jurgen Flimm and...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: Italian, French, Eng...continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2001-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bartoli, Cecilia; Chausson, Carlos; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 275 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: French, English, Japanese
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