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The First Recitals - arias from La Boheme, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Falstaff et al. / Mirella Freni, soprano

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-09-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Pietro Mascagni: L' Amico Fritz; Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Giann...
Performers: Ferro, Gianni Dal; Freni, Mirella; Remsey, Viktor [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Savini, Ino; Quadri, Argeo
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

The recordings on this CD are taken from Freni's first two solo recitals. The first was recorded in 1959 with the orchestra of the Bavarian...continue...

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia / de Billy, Gruberova, Breslik, Vassallo, Coote [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-01-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Performers: Breslik, Pavol; Coote, Alice; Gruberova, Edita; Vassallo, Franco
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

A scandalous tale of murder, torture, incest, homosexuality, drunkenness and orgies, Donizetti's opera is one of the great masterpieces of Italian bel canto repertoire. This...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, ...continue...

Mozart: The Magic Flute for Kids

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute
Performers: Berry, Walter; Brokmeier, Willi; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gramatzki, Ilse; Kirschstein, Leonore; Miljakovic, Olivera; Moll, Kurt; Moser, Edda; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schreier, ...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Tannhauser / Mehta, Kollo, Meier, Weikl [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-06-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes H.; Kollo, Rene; Meier, Waltraud; Nocker, Hanns; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Secunde, Nadine; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994. Shot over three...continue...
Run Time: 195 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Wagner: Lohengrin / Kaufmann, Harteros, Nagano [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Harteros, Anja; Kaufmann, Jonas; Koch, Wolfgang; Schuster, Michaela
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Wagner’s Lohengrin is the mythical tale of the mysterious Knight of the Grail, who appears to defend the princess Elsa - wrongly accused of the...continue...

Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland / Kent Nagano/Bavarian State Orch., Matthews, Rempe, Henschel [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-04-29

Works: Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland
Performers: de Mey, Guy; Henschel, Dietrich; Humes, Steven; Jansen, Cynthia; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame; Komsi, Pia; Matthews, Sally; Rempe, Julia; Rieger, Christian; Schneider, Stefan; Trebes, Rudiger; Watts, Andrew ...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Children's Choir; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

It is perhaps the most poetic of all children's books: Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The Korean composer Unsuk Chin has clothed the tale equally...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Munich
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Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Kleiber, Fassbaender, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-11-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Bence, Margarete; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Hooley, William; Klarwein, Franz; Kusche, Benno; Paskuda, Georg; Peter, Albrecht; Popp, Sophie; Ridderbusch, Karl; Thaw, David; Waas, A...
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Another entry in the immortal catalogue of conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004), a colossus among 20th-century musicians. Although Kleiber had one of the most limited repertoires...continue...

Grand Tier - R. Strauss: Die Ägyptische Helena / Keilberth, Rysanek, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-05-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Holm, Richard; Kupper, Annelies; Malaniuk, Ira; Rysanek, Leonie; Uhde, Hermann
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

"A tremendous performance. While in mono and obviously not comparable to the range of Telarc's digital recording, it is, in fact, better balanced, and the...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Wagner: Lohengrin; Verdi / Guschlbauer, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2006-09-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Brunner, Evelyn; Bruson, Renato; Denize, Nadine; Hémonet, Pierre Le; Kabaivanska, Raina; Kang, Byung Woon; Kazbek, Merih; Kiertzner, Jens; Mertz, Lucien; Raimondi, Ruggero; Richert, Fran&ccedi...
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor; Molinari-Pradelli, F.
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Rhin-Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra; Rhine Opera Chorus

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame; Weber / Shuraitis, Varády, et al

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2006-07-02

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Anhorn, Carmen; Atlantov, Vladimir; Brinkmann, Bodo; Helm, Karl; Kuhn, Alfred; Obraztsova, Elena; Ress, Ulrich; Schemtschuk, Ludmilla; Varady, Julia; Voroshilov, Alexander; Wewezow, Gudrun; Yamaj, Yo...
Conductors: Zhuraitis, Algis
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Strauss: Arabella / Kempe, Della Casa, Trötschel, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2006-03-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Malaniuk, Ira; Nentwig, Kathe; Peter, Albrecht; Proebstl, Max; Trötschel, Elfriede; Uhde, Hermann
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

This set features a live performance of 'Arabella' given by the Bayerischen Staatsoper at the Royal Opera House during their visit to London since the...continue...

Strauss: Arabella / Keilberth, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-01-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Carnuth, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Ehrengut, Walter; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gunter, Horst; Hoppe, Carl; Kohn, Karl Christian; Mücke, Karl; Malaniuk, Ira; Matthes, Walther; Mertes, Matthias; ...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

"Della Casa soars above the stave with the creamiest, most beautiful sounds and constantly charms one with her swiftly alternating moods of seriousness and gaiety."...continue...

Mozart: The Magic Flute / Moll, Araiza, Gruberova, Popp, Sawallisch [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-12-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Brendel, Wolfgang; Gruberova, Edita; Moll, Kurt; Orth, Norbert; Popp, Lucia; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seralio, Francisco Araiza [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Grist, Reri; Gruberova, Edita; Orth, Norbert; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

A classic DVD of Mozart's beloved comic opera conducted by one of the most acclaimed Mozart conductors of the 20th century, Karl Bohm. Edita Gruberova's...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Germany
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Bayerische Staatsoper 1997-2005 Live / Mehta, Bolton, et al

1 CD / Farao Classics / 2005-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante, HWV 33; Serse, HWV 40; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Ro...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Daniels, David [Countertenor]; Gantner, Martin; Gritton, Susan; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Meier, Waltraud; Murray, Ann; Nilon, Paul; Röschmann, Dorothea; Sei...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra

Handel: Xerxes / Bolton, Murray, Kenny, Kaufmann, et al

3 CD / Farao Classics / 2005-02-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse, HWV 40
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Chiummo, Umberto; Kaufmann, Julie; Kenny, Yvonne; Murray, Ann; Robson, Christopher; Zinkler, Jan
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Mehta, Seiffert, Rydl, Meier, et al

4 CD / Farao Classics / 2004-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Fujimura, Mihoko; Meier, Waltraud; Rydl, Kurt; Schnaut, Gabriele; Seiffert, Peter; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

" Mehta benefits from the often incandescent and technically masterful playing of his orchestra and from the ideal acoustics of the Nationaltheater, finely caught by...continue...

R. Strauss: Die Ägyptische Helena / Keilberth, Rysanek, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-04-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Holm, Richard; Kupper, Annelies; Malaniuk, Ira; Rysanek, Leonie; Uhde, Hermann
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Sometimes called Strauss's "bel canto opera", The Egyptian Helen is rarely staged or recorded. This is the only budget edition ever issued, and it is...continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Heger, Sieder, Schech, Paul, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2002-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Lemnitz, Tiana; Paul, Karl; Rohr, Otto van; Schech, Marianne; Seider, August; Streich, Rita; Volker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Verdi: Aida / Muti, Tomowa-Sintow, Fassbaender, Domingo, etc

2 CD / Orfeo / 2002-06-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Hillebrand, Nikolaus; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Orth, Norbert; Seibel, Marianne; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Beethoven: Fidelio / Bohm, Behrens, Bavarian State Opera

2 CD / Orfeo / 2001-07-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Hillebrand, Nikolaus; King, James [Vocals]; Lenz, Friedrich; McIntyre, Donald; Moll, Kurt; Orth, Norbert; Popp, Lucia; Wilbrink, Hans
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Westminster - Beethoven: Fidelio / Knappertsbusch, Jurinac

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-06-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Dickie, Murray; Guthrie, Frederick; Jurinac, Sena; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Paskuda, Georg; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Stader, Maria
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Austrian soprano Sena Jurinac was born in Croatia in 1921. This famous Fidelio, recorded in 1961, is evidence of her international fame as a member...continue...

Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron / Allers, Prey, Anheisser, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-08-15

Works: Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron
Performers: Anheisser, Wolfgang; Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Brokmeier, Willi; Bumbry, Grace; Cvejik, Biserka; Gedda, Nicolai; Litz, Gisela; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Streich, Rita
Conductors: Allers, Franz
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Famous Opera Choruses- Wagner, Beethoven, Nicolai, etc

1 CD / Tuxedo Music / 2000-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Otto Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi:...
Performers: Maionica, Silvio; Paul, Karl; Schech, Marianne; Tieozzi; Von Rohr, Otto
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf; Heger, Robert; Pflüger, Gerhard; Capuana, Franco; La Rosa Parodi, Armando; Singer, Georges
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Hamburg Choir; Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony...

Franz Volker live als Erik, Lohengrin und Othello

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Cunitz, Maud; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Klose, Margarete; Muller, Maria; Schmidt, Karl; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Heger, Robert; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Schuler, Johannes; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Rossini: Mosè / Sawallisch, Vaness, Soffel, Araiza, et al

2 CD / Orfeo / 1999-07-02

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Brinkmann, Bodo; Lenz, Friedrich; Moll, Kurt; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Soffel, Doris; Vaness, Carol; Villa, Eduardo; Wulkopf, Cornelia
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Strauss: Die Schweigsame Frau / Sawallisch, Grist, et al

2 CD / Orfeo / 1999-07-02

Works: Richard Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau, Op. 80
Performers: Bohme, Kurt; Grist, Reri; Grobe, Donald; Kusche, Benno; Loulis, Glenys; McDaniel, Barry; Modl, Martha; Peter, Albrecht; Proebstl, Max; Schadle, Lotte
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Pfitzner: Palestrina / Heger, Patzak, Hotter, Frantz, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 1997-11-28

Works: Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Carnuth, Walter; Ducrue, Dr. Hans; Frantz, Ferdinand; Gerhein, Ina; Hoppe, Carl; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Kusche, Benno; Mosch, Karl; Nentwig, Kathe; Ostertag, Karl; Patzak, Juliu...
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Keilberth, Watson, Töpper, etc

3 CD / Orfeo / 1996-07-15

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Koth, Erika; Stolze, Gerhard; Topper, Hertha; Watson, Claire; Wiener, Otto; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Krauss, Hotter, Ursuleac

2 CD / Preiser / 1995-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Hann, Georg; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Ostertag, Karl; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

"This 1944 Munich aircheck--renowned for Hans Hotter's magisterial Ditchman, achieved at the tender age of thirty-five, and for Clemens Krauss' lucid, intense, atmospheric conducting--has been...continue...

Wagner: Das Liebesverbot / Sawallisch, Hass, Coburn, et al

3 CD / Orfeo / 1995-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, opera
Performers: Coburn, Pamela; Engen, Keith; Grumbach, Raimund; Hass, Sabine; Kuhn, Alfred; Lenz, Friedrich; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Sapell, Hermann; Schunk, Robert; Seibel, Marianne
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Bayerische Staatsoper Live - R. Strauss: Salome / Keilberth

2 CD / Orfeo / 1993-09-22

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene
Performers: Barth, Irmgard; Borkh, Inge; Carnuth, Walter; Ebeling, Gertrud; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Hoppe, Karl; Hotter, Hans; Lorenz, Max; Ostertag, Karl; Peter, Albrecht; Proebstl, Max; Sabo, Katja; Wunzer, Rudolf
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Bayerische Staatsoper Live - Egk: Die Verlobung / Werner Egk

2 CD / Orfeo / 1993-09-22

Works: Werner Egk: Die Verlobung in San Domingo, opera
Performers: Bence, Margarete; Holm, Richard; Kohn, Karl Christian; Lear, Evelyn; Nocker, Hans Gunther; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Egk, Werner
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra