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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Barenboim/La Scala, Waltraud Meier, Ian Storey, Michelle de Young [DVD]

3 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2009-01-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: DeYoung, Michelle; Grochowski, Gerd; Meier, Waltraud; Salminen, Matti; Storey, Ian
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Conducting without a score, Barenboim's feel for this opera is now more deep-seated than ever, and even the much-performed Prelude is breathtakingly fresh in this...continue...

David Fray Plays J.S. Bach - Swing, Sing and Think [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2009-01-13

'Swing, Sing, and Think' is an absorbing 95-minute documentary about the young French pianist David Fray, directed by distinguished filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon, whose previous film...continue...

Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne / Rouland, Devellereau, Wesseling [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2008-11-11

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La vie parisienne
Performers: Bou, Jean-Sebastien; Callahan, Marc; Canniccioni, Michelle; Devellereau, Marie; Fouchecourt, Jean Paul; Garcia, Jesus; Naouri, Laurent; Wesseling, Maria Riccarda
Ensemble: Lyon Opera Chorus; Lyon Opera Orchestra

After the smash hit of 'La Fille du Regiment' with Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Florez, Virgin Classics continues to develop its DVD catalog with...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
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Landi: Il Sant'Alessio / Christie/Les Arts Florissants / Jaroussky, Cencic [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Stefano Landi: Il Sant'Alessio
Performers: Angel, Ryland; Bertin, Pascal; Bonnevalle, Jean-Paul; Buet, Alain; Cencic, Max Emanuel; de Donato, Luigi; Guillon, Damien; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lemos, Jose; Sabata, Xavier; Wey, Terry
Ensemble: La Maitrise de Caen; Les Arts Florissants

Baroque composer Stefano Landi’s lesser-known opera Sant’Alessio - the earliest opera on a historical, rather than mythological subject — has rarely been performed because of...continue...
Run Time: 162 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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 / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2008-05-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Performers: Corbelli, Alessandro; Dessay, Natalie; Florez, Juan Diego; French, Dawn; Palmer, Felicity
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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Massenet: Manon / Perez/Gran Teatre del Liceu, Dessay, Villazon, Ramey [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2008-01-15

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Henry, Didier; Lanza, Manuel; Ramey, Samuel; Villazon, Rolando
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

For their first-ever encounter in a staged opera, Natalie Dessay as Manon and Rolando Villazon as des Grieux were the much-awaited highlight of Barcelona’s Liceu...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Spain
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Natalie Dessay - Greatest Moments [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2007-01-16

For anyone who has seen soprano Natalie Dessay on stage it is obvious that her gifts as an actress are equal to her amazing vocal...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore / Villazon, Netrebko [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2007-01-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Netrebko, Anna; Nucci, Leo; Villazon, Rolando
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"Villazon is a remarkably versatile tenor and he puts his individual stamp on everything he does. Nemorino was a role in the repertoire of all...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor / John Nelson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2007-01-16

On March 29 and 30, 2006, John Nelson gave live performances of Bach's B Minor Mass with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris in a most...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Valeriy Sokolov (violin) Natural Born Fiddler / A film by Bruno Mansaingeio [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2006-09-12

The film is of a 2004 concert performance of Mr. Sokolov in the Saint-Pierre des Cuisines Auditorium in Toulouse, accompanied on the piano by Svetlana...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte / Daniel Harding [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2006-08-01

Virgin Classics has released on DVD the live new production of last summer's sensation (2005) from the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte', conducted by...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Massenet: Werther / Thomas Hampson [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2006-07-18

In July 2006, Virgin Classics releases a DVD of a rare concert performance of the baritone version of Massenet's opera 'Werther' from the Theatre du...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Daniels, David: Britten:A Midsummer Night's [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2006-01-24

Virgin Classics is pleased to release on DVD the live stage production of Brittens opera as given at the Teatro del Liceu in April 2005....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Dessay, Natalie: Stravinsky: Le Rossignol [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2005-11-08

"Director Christian Chaudet has given us a 'Rossignol' for the age of digital communications and globalization run amok: visually fluid and mesmerizing, not a 'pretty'...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Anderszewski, Piotr: Beethoven: Diabelli Variations [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2004-06-15

Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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