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The Verdi Collection / Various artists & orchestras (6 DVDs for the price of 2) [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-10-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Il corsaro; I vespri siciliani; La forza del destino

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): Nabucco

Alberto Gazale; Susan Neves; Orlin Anastassov; Yasu Nakajima, tenor Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova/Riccardo Frizza Johnatan

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Run Time: 817 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Christe/Les Arts Florissants, Henschel, Prina, De Donato [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-06-06

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Auvity, Cyril; Bayodi, Hanna; de Donato, Luigi; Henschel, Dietrich; Prina, Sonia; Provost, Ludovic; Prunell-Friend, Agustin; Sabata, Xavier; Sancho, Juan; Schiavo, Maria Grazia; Sells...
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants; Les Saqueboutiers du Toulouse

Dynamic recently signed an agreement with Teatro Real of Madrid ensuring the filming of several of their most remarkable opera productions. The three-years collaboration will...continue...
Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, Italian, English, Ger...continue...

Rossini: Ermione / Brych/Prague CO, Ganassi, Pizzolato [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-06-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ermione
Performers: Ganassi, Sonia; Kunde, Gregory; Pizzolato, Marianna; Samoylova, Irina; Siragusa, Antonio; Ulivieri, Nicola; von Bothmer, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Prague Chamber Choir

When first staged, Ermione was not very successful because probably Rossini moved too far away from the taste of Italian public at the time. Ermione...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, Italian, English, German...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Galli/Puccini Festival, Cifrone, Secco, Surian, Ferrari [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-05-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Boscolo, Franco; Cifrone, Antonia; Ciuffo, Fernando; Ferrari, Riccardo; La Guardia, Massimo; Secco, Stefano; Surian, Giorgio
Ensemble: Puccini Festival Chorus; Puccini Festival Orchestra

An opera of markedly strong sensations, written by a musician who excelled in the psychological characterization of weak, losing figures, Tosca is nonetheless one of...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, Italian, English, German...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Montanaro/Sferisterio Opera, Surguladze, Lungu, Zabala [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-04-04

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Courjal, Nicolas; D'Aguanno, Emanuele; Do, Philippe; Dudziak, Francis; Gardina, Paola; Lungu, Irina; Mischketa, Gezim; Surguladze, Nino; Zabala, Alexandra
Ensemble: Sferisterio Opera Festival Orchestra

Macerata's new 'Carmen' marked the debut in opera direction for the home-child Dante Ferretti, the set designer who scored no less than nine nominations and...continue...
Run Time: 157 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, Italian, English, German...continue...

Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys, Opera in 3 Acts / Davin/Royal Opera de Wallonie [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-03-05

Works: Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys
Performers: Girard, Guylaine; Graus, Leonard; Gueze, Sebastien; Martin-Bonnet, Eric; Piunti, Giuseppina; Tissons, Marc; Van Mechelen, Werner
Ensemble: Opéra Royal de Wallonie Chorus; Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestra

This Liege production, directed by Jean-Louis Pichon, comes from Saint-Etienne. Impressing sets, with large rocks, underline the mythical subject; costumes skillfully blend medieval and 19th-century...continue...
Run Time: 180 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, Italian, English, German...continue...

Martin y Soler: Il Burbero di buon cuore / Veronique Gens; Cecilia Diaz [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-02-09

Works: Vicente Martin y Soler: Il Burbero di buon cuore
Performers: Chausson, Carlos; De La Merced, Elena; Diaz, Cecilia; Gatell, Francisco; Gens, Veronique; PIrgu, Saimir; Pisaroni, Luca; Ramon i Monzo, Josep-Miquel
Ensemble: Teatro Real Orchestra

'Il Burbero di buon cuore' is a dramma giocoso in two acts composed by Vicente Martin y Soler to a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte....continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, SS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French & Spanish...continue...

Luca Mosca: Signor Goldoni / Molino, Hannigan, Gaiello, Zavalloni [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-02-09

Works: Luca Mosca: Signor Goldoni
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Gaiello, Alda; Hannigan, Barbara; Leibundgut, Michael; Mingardo, Sara; Zavalloni, Cristina; Ziegler, Chris
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Born in Milan in 1957, Luca Mosca studied at the Conservatory there, receiving degrees in piano with studies under Eli Perrotta and Antonio Ballista, in...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, SS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French & Spanish...continue...

Galluppi: L'Olimpiade / Marcon/Venice Baroque Orch., Mark Tucker, Ruth Rosique, Roberta Invernizzi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-01-03

Works: Baldassare Galuppi 1706 - 1785): L'Olimpiade
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Basso, Romina; Gottwald, Franziska; Invernizzi, Roberta; Rosique, Ruth; Tucker, Mark; Zanasi, Furio
Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra

This production was recorded at the Teatro Malibran of La Fenice in Venice in celebration of the 3rd centenary of Galuppi's birth. This is the...continue...
Run Time: 210 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): SS 5.1, LPCM 2.0
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French and Spanis...continue...

Renata Scotto: The 1984 Tokyo Recital; Thomas Fulton, piano / Works by A. Scarlatti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini et al [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2009-01-03

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Cara e dolce; Bellezza, che s'ama; Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; La pastorella; Giuseppe Verdi: La preghiera del poeta; Al tuo bambino; Il brigidino; É l...
Performers: Fulton, Thomas; Scotto, Renata

The recital on our DVD dates back to 1984 and photographs a Renata Scotto in her full artistic maturity. At the time the singer was...continue...
Run Time: 84 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
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Donizetti: Don Gregorio / Montanari/Bergamo Musica Festival, Valerio, Trucco, Martirosyan [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-11-01

In its new adaptation, the work differs from the original version under several aspects, the most important one being the insertion of spoken dialogues in...continue...

Donizetti: LÆelisir dÆamore / De Marchi/Bergamo Musica Festival; Benetta; Hernandez [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-10-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Performers: Benetta, Silvia Dalla; Borin, Elena; Esposito, Alex; Hernandez, Raul; Salerno, Damiano
Ensemble: Bergamo Music Festival Chorus; Bergamo Music Festival Orchestra

These DVDs offer the possibility to watch Donizetti performed in his native city of Bergamo, during the most important world festival dedicated to the Italian...continue...

Lazar Berman: The 1988 Tokyo Recital / Schumann; Liszt; Schubert [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-10-04

Works: Robert Schumann: Sonata for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11; Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie"; Sposalizio; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria - F. Schu...
Performers: Berman, Lazar

The program of this Lazar Berman recital recorded in Tokyo in 1988 collects some of the artist's most authoritative performances. Schumann's 'Sonata in F-sharp minor,...continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Rossini: Paolo Bordogna / Ferrara/Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano, Papatheologou, Korchak; Cantarero [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra
Performers: Bordogna, Paolo; Cantarero, Mariola; Cifolelli, Stefan; Custer, Manuela; Esposito, Alex; Ferrara, Mario; Korchak, Dmitry; Panozzo, Cosimo; Papatheologou, Kleopatra; Pertusi, Michele; Prato, Vittorio
Ensemble: Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento; Prague Chamber Choir

This DVD is the only edition of 'La gazza ladra' filmed in high definition. It has been recorded at the prestigious Rossini Opera Festival, which...continue...
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Puccini: La Boheme / Robertson/Puccini Festival Orch. & Chorus / Fantini, Lombardi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-04-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Boscolo, Franco; Fantini, Norma; Lombardi, Donata D'Annunzio; Patucelli, Andrea; Pisapia, Massimiliano; Viviani, Gabriele
Ensemble: Puccini Festival Chorus; Puccini Festival Orchestra

Perhaps the finest compliment ever made to Puccini came from Claude Debussy, who, when chatting with Manuel De Falla, declared that he knew no one...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Heart and Virtuosity / "Premio Paganini" International Violin Competition Finalists [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-02-07

The International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" was founded in 1954 with the goal of creating a violin competition with an international scope that would bring...continue...
Run Time: 105 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Italy
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Handel: Ariodante / Alan Curtis/Il Complesso Barocco, Hallenberg, Cherici [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-02-07

This DVD was filmed in high definition format at the Sferisterio Opera Festival of Macerata in August 2007. As a bonus track, it contains an...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Meyerbeer: Il Crociato in Egitto / Villaume/Teatro La Fenice, Maniaci, Ciofi, Vinco [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-01-04

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Favaron, Luca; Gibellato, Stefano; Maniaci, Michael; Pasini, Silvia; Pedrini, Emanuele; Polverelli, Laura; Portari, Fernando; Vinco, Marco; Zennaro, Iorio
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

'Il Crociato in Egitto' was Meyerbeer's last and greatest Italian success and it was the opera that made his name on the international scene. Meyerbeer...continue...
Run Time: 203 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Italy
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Bellini: Norma / Arrivabeni/Fondazione Orch. Regionale, Theodossiou, Ventre, Barcellona [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-01-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Marchiagiano, Coro Lirico; Minnucci, Roberta; Orfila, Simon; Pavan, Giancarlo; Ventre, Carlo
Ensemble: Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche

This DVD, was filmed in high definition at the Sferisterio Opera Festival of Macerata in August 2007. It features, in the title role, the famous...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Italy
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Franco Corelli and Ranata Tebaldi: Live in Tokyo, 1973 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2007-11-04

This DVD brings the complete recording of the concert that Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli gave at the NHK Auditorium in Tokyo on November 21st...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Japan
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Giacchino Rossini: Bianca E Falliero [2DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2007-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Torvaldo e Dorliska
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Fischer, Jeannette; Meli, Francesco; Pertusi, Michele; Pratico, Bruno; Takova, Darina
Ensemble: Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento; Prague Chamber Choir

Much of the adventurous action in Torvaldo finds extraordinary happenings animated by the “crescendo." Striking examples are the taut, overwhelming, wonderful Finale I, especially in...continue...
Run Time: 157 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Italy
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Teatro La Fenice Opera Collection / Strauss / Massenet / Bizet / Rossini / et al. [9DVD]

9 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2007-10-06

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: Italy
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Verdi: La forza del destino / Karytinos/G.F. Malipiero Orch., Branchini, Zulian, Di Felice [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2007-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Battaglia, Paolo; Branchini, Susanna; Carraro, Tiziana; Di Felice, Marco; Rumetz, Paolo; Zulian, Renzo
Ensemble: Rovigo Teatro Sociale Chorus; Venice Philharmonic Orchestra "G.F. Malipiero"

La Forza del Destino is, indeed, an experimental creation, by a composer who was already mature but still looking for new incentives and challenges. The...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Italy
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Cavalli: La Didone / Biondi/Europa Galante, McFadden, Staveland, Domenech [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2007-09-01

Works: Pier Fancesco Cavalli: La Didone
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Alvarez, Isabel; Cluster, Manuella; De Liso, Marina; Domènech, Jordi; Lombardi, Donatella; McFadden, Claron; Morace, Filippo; Schiavo, Maria Grazia; Staveland, Magnus
Ensemble: Europa Galante

The story of Cavalli's Didone comes to life thanks to numerous solo passages of highly varied character and structure, designed both for simple basso continuo...continue...
Run Time: 173 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: Italy
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Gioacchini Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Pizzolato, Vinco, Renezetti / Teatro di Bologna [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2007-07-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri
Performers: Bargnesi, Barbara; De Simone, Bruno; Esposito, Alex; Lo Monaco, José Maria; Mironov, Maxim; Pizzolato, Marianna; Vinco, Marco
Ensemble: NHK Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Prague Chamber Choir

Rossini was careful not to study the ancient models and happily left them to "sleep in the dust": indeed, if there is just one adjective...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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