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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Elder, Gheorghiu, Kaufmann [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2012-05-01

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur
Performers: Borodina, Olga; Bottone, Bonaventura; Corbelli, Alessandro; Gheorghiu, Angela; Kaufmann, Jonas; Muraro, Maurizio
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Andriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea's verismo drama explores celebrity,...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Elder, Gheorghiu, Kaufmann [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-04-17

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur
Performers: Borodina, Olga; Bottone, Bonaventura; Corbelli, Alessandro; Gheorghiu, Angela; Kaufmann, Jonas; Muraro, Maurizio
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea's verismo drama explores celebrity,...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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The World's Greatest Operas / Carmen, Aida, Tosca, Magic Flute [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-10-24

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

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

Turnage: Anna Nicole / Pappano, Westbroek, Bickley, White [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-09-27

Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Anna Nicole
Performers: Bickley, Susan; De Pont Davies, Rebecca; Doyle, Grant; Finley, Gerald; Hoare, Peter; Lixenberg, Lore; Oke, Alan; Rees, Andrew; Westbroek, Eva-Maria; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

A young Playboy model, an octogenarian billionaire husband, intrusive media fascination and a tragically early death. This is a roller-coaster of a real contemporary life...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Sp...continue...

Turnage: Anna Nicole / Pappano, Westbroek, Bickley, White [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-09-27

Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Anna Nicole
Performers: Bickley, Susan; De Pont Davies, Rebecca; Doyle, Grant; Finley, Gerald; Hoare, Peter; Lixenberg, Lore; Oke, Alan; Rees, Andrew; Westbroek, Eva-Maria; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

A young Playboy model, an octogenarian billionaire husband, intrusive media fascination and a tragically early death. This is a roller-coaster of a real contemporary life...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Britten: Peter Grimes / Jon Vickers, Heather Harper, Jonathan Summers, Elizabeth Bainbridge

2 CD / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Robinson, Forbes; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Full track lists and synopses n English, German and French.

A "powerful, heroic interpretation"-The Penguin Guide...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (04/1978/05/1978)....continue...

Bravo Pavarotti [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Ernani; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, K 366; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'...
Performers: Clark, Graham; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Rescigno, Nicola; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Welsh N...

This DVD celebrates the 75th anniversary of the birth of Luciano Pavarotti (10/12/1935). Known worldwide as the superstar of stadium concerts and sporting spectaculars, Luciano...continue...
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Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese
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Verdi: Don Carlo / Pappano, Royal Opera, Villazon, Keenlyside [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2010-10-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Ganassi, Sonia; Halfvarson, Eric; Keenlyside, Simon; Lloyd, Robert; Poplavskaya, Marina; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner's new staging of Verdi's grandest - and arguably greatest - opera, 'Don Carlo', was the highlight of the 2007/2008 Royal...continue...

Gounod: Faust / Gheorghiu, Alagna, Terfel, Pappano [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2010-10-05

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keenlyside, Simon; Koch, Sophie; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Angela Gheorghiu stars as Marguerite alongside a divine cast of operatic superstars, including Roberto Alagna, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Sophie Koch, in David McVicar's...continue...

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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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Florez, DiDonato, ROH, Pappano [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Corbelli, Alessandro; DiDonato, Joyce; Florez, Juan Diego; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Keenlyside, Simon
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The cast of this Barbiere, taken from performances in July 2009 at the London's Royal Opera House, could quite simply not be bettered today: dazzling...continue...

Birtwistle: The Minotaur / Pappano/Royal Opera, Tomlinson, Reuter [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-02-23

Works: Harrison Britwistle: The Minotaur
Performers: Langridge, Philip; Reuter, Johan; Rice, Christine; Tomlinson, John; Watts, Andrew [ctr tenor]
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Run Time: 175 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Placido Domingo: My Greatest Roles, Vol 1 / Puccini [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-11-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Domingo, Placido; Malfitano, Catherine; Neblett, Carol; Raimondi, Ruggero; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Master of well over 100 great operatic roles, winner of a dozen Grammy Awards, a great humanitarian, Placido Domingo's musical lyricism and passion have placed...continue...
Run Time: 424 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, German
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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...

Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens

4 CD / Testament / 2009-08-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Spoken Word: Jon Vickers in conversation with Jon Tolansky
Performers: Allman, Robert; Carlyle, Joan; Davies, Rhoderick; Elms, Lauris; Evans, Edgar; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Langdon, Michael; Lewis, Ronald; Robinson, Forbes; Rouleau, Joseph; Shuard, Amy; Thebom, Bl...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

From our privileged position, half a century on, there may be a temptation to feel superior and to undervalue the 1957 Covent Garden Trojans and...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Downes/Royal Opera, Alvarez, Gavanelli, Schafer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-05-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Gavanelli, Paolo; Schäfer, Christine
Conductors: Downes, Edward
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Verdi's drama of revenge, in its stunning new production by David McVicar, is filled with some of the composer's most celebrated music. Sir Edward Downes...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.1
Subtitles: English
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Mackerras/Royal Opera, Keenlyside, DiDonato, Vargas [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Gleadow, Robert; Halfvarson, Eric; Keenlyside, Simon; Ketelsen, Kyle; Persson, Miah; Poplavskaya, Marina; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

'Don Giovanni' is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart's music, and the words of his great collaborator Da Ponte, are brought to...continue...
Run Time: 202 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Royal Opera House, Jose Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-04-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Cura, Jose; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Naef, Yvonne; Villarroel, Veronica
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Jose Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Veronica Villarroel and Yvonne Naef lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera, in Elijah Moshinsky's new Royal Opera House...continue...
Run Time: 172 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English
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Icon - Montserrat Caballé sings Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Boito, Mascagni, Giordano

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Macbeth; Un ba...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; K...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Levine, James; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno; Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe was one of the world's leading operatic divas during the latter part of the 20th century. This 4-CD set brings together...continue...

Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Originals - Donizetti: La fille du régiment / Bonynge, Sutherland, Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-02-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento
Performers: Bruyere, Jules; Coates, Edith; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Gorde, Omar; Jones, Alan; Malas, Spiro; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sinclair, Monica; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The classic recording is now available at mid-price for the first time! Recorded in 1967, the recording features Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti at the...continue...

Maazel: 1984 / Maazel/Royal Opera House, Keenlyside, Gustafson, Margison [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-02-17

Works: Lorin Maazel: 1984
Performers: Brownlee, Lawrence; Damrau, Diana; Danby, Graeme; Gustafson, Nancy; Keenlyside, Simon; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

When this new Decca DVD release of "1984" came out in Italy, it was the best-selling new music DVD on the national charts in the...continue...

Birtwistle: The Minotaur / Pappano/Royal Opera, Tomlinson, Reuter [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Harrison Britwistle: The Minotaur
Performers: Langridge, Philip; Reuter, Johan; Rice, Christine; Tomlinson, John; Watts, Andrew [ctr tenor]
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This world premiere of a gripping new work by composer Harrison Birtwistle and librettist David Harsent, commissioned by The Royal Opera, brings the monstrous Greek...continue...
Run Time: 175 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, Fr...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Caterina Antonacci [Blu-Ray]

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

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

"This terrifically-cast and conducted Carmen goes to the top of the list, which is saying a great deal... Bizet's expert scoring is underlined but never...continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
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Angela Gheorghiu - My Puccini

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; Tosca
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bacelli, Monica; Biccire, Patrizia; Cangelosi, David; Ciofi, Patrizia; Coliban, Sorin; Gheorghiu, Angela; Howell, Gwynne; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Coppola, Anton; Armstrong, Richard; Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

EMI Classics is proud to present Angela Gheorghiu: 'My Puccini', a stunning homage to the legend of Puccini featuring the finest arias from his best-loved...continue...

Maria Callas - The Complete Puccini Studio Recordings

15 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Boniface, Edgard; Borriello, Mario; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This elegant 15-CD set includes all of Callas' studio recordings of Puccini operas: Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. These are all...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Kaufman; Antonacci; Amsellem; Pappano/Royal Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-10-28

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

Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese
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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Rizzi/Royal Opera House, Cura, Hvorostovsky [Blu-Ray]

3 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-08-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Cura, Jose; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Naef, Yvonne; Villarroel, Veronica
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Jose Cura and Dmitri Hvorostovsky lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera, in Elijah Moshinsky's Royal Opera House production co-produced with Teatro Real...continue...
Run Time: 172 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Kempe, Hotter, Nilsson, Windgassen, Vinay, et al

13 CD / Testament / 2008-08-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Allman, Robert; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Coates, Edith; Dalberg, Frederick; Evans, Edgar; Fisher, Sylvia; Grant, June; Hale, Una; Hotter, Hans; Howitt, Barbara; Ilosvay, Maria von; Klein, Peter; Kra...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Richard Wagner's complete 'Ring' cycle led by Rudolf Kempe, recorded live at the Royal Opera House in 1957 is now available from Testament in new...continue...

Historical - Verdi: La Traviata / Rescigno, Callas, Valletti, Zanasi, Collier, Roberts, Troy, Robinson, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2008-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Callas, Maria; Collier, Marie; Roberts, Lea; Robinson, Forbes; Troy, Dermot; Valletti, Cesare; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: ; Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

To quote Verdi's own words, the very first performance of 'La Traviata' that took place at the Teatro La Fenice of Venice, on March 6,...continue...

Mozart: Die Zauberflote / Davis/Royal Opera, Roschmann, Damrau [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-04-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Damrau, Diana; Hartmann, Will; Keenlyside, Simon; Roschmann, Dorothea; Selig, Franz-Joseph; Thompson, Adrian; Tynan, Ailish
Conductors: Davis, Colin, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The internationally renowned Mozart interpreter Sir Colin Davis conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House and a glittering cast in David McVicar's...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) / Campanella/Royal Opera House, Dessay, Florez, Palmer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-04-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Performers: Corbelli, Alessandro; Dessay, Natalie; Florez, Juan Diego; French, Dawn; Palmer, Felicity
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Dessay and Florez more or less epitomize what the opera was meant to be: a cute story of two cute people who sing florid, cute...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Solti/Royal Opera House, Te Kanwa [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Agache, Alexandru; Beesley, Mark; Opie, Alan; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Sylvester, Michael; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

A well-received, stylish 1991 Royal Opera production staged by Elijah Moshinsky and premiered with Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti. This quality production, directed...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Falstaff, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore / Royal Opera House / Terfel, Cura, et al [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Rigoletto; Il trovatore
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Auty, Peter; Barnard, Thomas; Broadbent, Graeme; Cura, José; Frittoli, Barbara; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Halfvarson, Eric; Hayes, Quentin; Hoare, Peter; Howell, ...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Rizzi, Carlo; Downes, Edward
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

this 3 DVD box set presents some of the world's leading artists in outstanding productions, all from the stage of the world famous Royal Opera...continue...
Run Time: 498 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Stemme, Pappano, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-05-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Capriccio, Op 85; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Clews, Richard; Grodnikaite, Liora; Manning, Peter; Siegel, Gerhard; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Nina Stemme belongs in this select company. With the extra dramatic over-drive she can switch on when needed and her superb portraits of Salome and...continue...

Donizetti: Dom Sébastien / Elder, Kasarova, Filianoti, et al

4 CD / Opera Rara / 2007-05-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Dom Sébastien
Performers: Bernays, John; Caruso, Carmelo; Cliffe, Nigel; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Gleadow, Robert; Hickenbottom, Lee; Hill, Martyn; Kasarova, Vesselina; Keenlyside, Simon; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Slater, An...
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Donizetti considered Dom Sebastien, Roi de Portugal (1843), his final completed opera, written for the Paris Opera, to be his masterpiece, and in spite of...continue...

Verd: Falstaff / Giulini, Royal Opera House / Bruson, Wildermann, Egerton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Boozer, Brenda; Bruson, Renato; Egerton, Francis; Hendricks, Barbara; MacPherson, George; Nucci, Leo; Wildermann, William
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"The Falstaff (it's a pleasure to report) is a delight from start to finish... Bruson is a magnificent Falstaff, whether from the twinkle in his...continue...
Run Time: 138 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: USA
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Puccini: Tosca / Davis, Caballé, Carreras, et al

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-10-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Elvin, William; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Trimarchi, Domenico [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, ...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Roberto Alagna - Nessun Dorma

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; La cena delle beffe; Fedora; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Riccardo Zandonai: Giulietta e Romeo; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La boh&e...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"The selection is good, with a welcome admixture of rarities. One 'Neessun dorma' might be thought enough, but it was a good idea to finish...continue...

French Opera Arias

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

Works: François Bazin: Maître Pathelin; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Luigi Cherubini: Les abencérages; Charles Gounod: Mireille; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L' Amant jaloux (Les Fausses...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ellis, James; Foster, Lucy; Fyfe, Elizabeth
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Gramophone wrote of this album of French Opera Arias: "A fine recital by Alagna which finds him in good voice and exploiting a sensitive feeling...continue...
This disc received the 2001 Gramophone magazine award for "Best Recital Recording."...continue...

Wagner: Gotterdammerung Act II, etc / Beecham, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2006-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; Siegfried
Performers: Habich, Eduard; Janssen, Herbert; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Leider, Frida; Marherr, Elfriede; Melchior, Lauritz; Nezadal, Maria; Schorr, Friedrich; Thorborg, Kerstin; Vocals], Emanuel List [Bass; Weber, ...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Here is an essential release for anyone who loves great Wagnerian singing and the conducting art of Sir Thomas Beecham. By the time of this...continue...

The Best

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; M...
Performers: Bartoli, Alberto; Brown, Kameron; Centonze, Michele; Freni, Mirella; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Giannetti, Veris "Pecos"; Nanni, Stefano "Tellus"; Odorici, Piero; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; P...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Karajan, Herbert von; Maag, Peter; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Chailly, Riccardo; Mehta, Zubin; Chiaramello, ...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orch...

Luciano Pavarotti recently celebrated his 40th anniversary as a recording artist and has just begun his 40-date worldwide farewell tour that will kick off in...continue...
Few operatic tenors of the 20th century were more honored than Luciano Pavarotti, and none were as popular; his fame went far beyond the usual boundaries of classical music and his music was as widely...continue...

Grand Tier - Puccini: Tosca / Gibson, Milanov, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-08-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Langdon, Michael; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Robinson, Forbes; Tree, David
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Regardless of how many 'Toscas' decorate your shelves, you wouldn't want to miss the only one with the pairing of Zinka Milanov and Franco Corelli....continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Gheorghiu, Solti/Orch. & Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [DVD/CD Combo]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2005-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Beesley, Mark; Earle, Roderick; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Leah-Marian; Knight, Gillian; Leggate, Robin; Lopardo, Frank; Nucci, Leo; Van Allan, Richard
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This DVD features the performance that turned Angela Gheorghiu into an overnight international sensation. The occasion also marked Sir Georg Solti's first performances of Verdi's...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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Gluck: Alceste / Mackerras, Baker, Tear, et al

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2005-06-04

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Best, Matthew; Curtis, Mark; Davies, Maldwyn; Gelling, Philip; Hall, Elaine Mary; Roe, Janice Hooper; Shirley-Quirk, John; Summers, Jonathan; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"...In this [performance], Dame Janet gave one of the great performances of her life: she is extraordinary as Gluck's Alceste, a part that in the...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Bonynge, Sutherland, Horne, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; MalagL, Stefania; McAlpine, William; Rouleau, Joseph; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Tagliavini, Franco
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito; Wagner / Pritchard, Masur

2 CD / Gala / 2005-02-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Cahill, Teresa; Hollweg, Werner; Howells, Anne; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Minton, Yvonne
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The Essential Plácido Domingo

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-10-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass...
Performers: Adams, John; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; McGovern, Maureen; Rudel, Julius; Scotto, Renata; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Cobos, Luis; Levine, James; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Queler, Eve; Patanè, Giuseppe; DeMain, John; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Roa, Mig...
Ensemble: ; American Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of...

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini; Auber / Pritchard, Gedda

3 CD / Gala / 2004-06-05

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux; Daniel-François Auber: La muette de Portici
Performers: Bisson, Napoleon; Bruyere, Jules; Dobson, John; Gedda, Nicolai; Godfrey, Victor; Massard, Robert; Minton, Yvonne; Vaughan, Elizabeth; Ward, David
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Ehrling, Sixten
Ensemble: ; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Kiri Te Kanawa - Highlights from "Faust", "Otello", etc

2 CD / Bella Voce / 2004-05-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bisson, Yves; Burrows, Stuart; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossutta, Carlo; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Fernandez, Wilhelmenia; Fyson, Leslie; Howell, Gwynne; Krause, Tom; Soyer, R...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: National Theater Opera Chorus of Paris; National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra