Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Hans Thomalla: Fremd, opera / Annette Seiltgen, Julia Spaeth: sopranos; Stephan Storck, bass; Carlos Zapien, tenor

2 Super Audio CD / Col Legno / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Kalitzke, Johannes
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Zagrosek, Staatsorchester Stuttgart [7 DVD]

7 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Behle, Renate; Bonnema, Albert; Bracht, Roland; Castle, Sarah; Collins, Janet; Denoke, Angela; DeVol, Luana; Ens, Phillip; Gambill, Robert; Gasteen, Lisa; Gohrig, Heinz; Herrera, Gabriela; Indridadot...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

As a special holiday offer, Euroarts presents the hugely successful Ring cycle from the Staatsoper Stuttgart in a box set. The prologue Rheingold and all...continue...
Run Time: 901 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...

Glass Box - Philip Glass Nonesuch Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch / 2008-09-30

Works: Philip Glass: Contrary Motion; Music with Changing Parts; Music in Similar Motion; Music in 12 parts; Einstein on the Beach; Closing; North Star; Dressed like an Egg; Mad Rush; MEDLEY; Koyaanisqatsi;...
Performers: Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Arner, Leonard; Baker, Timothy; Balm, Neil; Barab, Seymour; Bargen, Karl; Bauch, Ethan; Beckenstein, Marion; Benary, Barbara; Benincasa, Rex; Bielawa, Lisa; Bielecki,...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Keene, Christopher; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Goldray, Martin; Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: ; American Composers Orchestra; Bruckner Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Kronos Quartet; Lyric Quartet; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Quena Ensemble; String Orchestra; S...

This elegantly packaged 10-disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his Oscar-nominated...continue...

Hartmann: Simplicius Simplicissimus / Claudia Mahnke / Frank Van Aken / Heinz Gohrig / etc. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-10-30

Works: Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Simplicius Simplicissimus
Performers: Berger-Tuna, Helmut; Ebbecke, Michael; Gohrig, Heinz; Haydee, Marcia; Mahnke, Claudia; Munkittrick, Mark; Van Aken, Frank
Conductors: Ryan, Kwamé
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

This new production of Karl Amadeus Hartmanns opera 'Simplicius Simplicissimus' at the Staatsoper Stuttgart is performed in its first chamber-music version. A symphonic version, which...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Wagner: Die Walkure / Zagrosek, Stuttgart State Opera / Gambill, Westbroek, Behle [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2007-05-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Behle, Renate; Denoke, Angela; Gambill, Robert; Jun, Attila; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Vaughn, Tichina; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Die Walkure. The production was directed by the "psychoanalyst" Christoph Nel, who chose to reveal Wagner's characters, their ambivalences and their conflicts, using contemporary settings,...continue...
Run Time: 229 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Zagrosek, Bonnema, Bracht, et al

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-04-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bonnema, Albert; Bracht, Roland; Castle, Sarah; Collins, Janet; DeVol, Luana; Indridadottir, Helga Ros; Iturralde, Hernan; Kapellmann, Franz-Josef; Patchell, Sue; Poulson, Lani; Vaughn, Tichina; West...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Comprising four separate operas, Wagner's visionary Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) took 25 years to complete. Centred around a ring of...continue...

Gluck: Alceste / Carydis/Stuttgart Opera Orch. & Chorus, Naglestad, Kaasch, Schneider, Rydh, Smith [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-01-30

Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Ebbecke, Michael; Kaasch, Donald; Naglestad, Catherine; Rydh, Johan; Smith, Catriona
Conductors: Carydis, Constantinos
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

The Vienna version of Alceste was Gluck's second reform opera after Orfeo ed Euridice. The libretto and music revolve around a self-sacrificing main character, and...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Mozart: La Finta Giardiniera / Zagrosek/Stuttgart Staatsoper, Ohlmann, Reinprecht, Shankle, Costea, Schneiderman [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2006-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K 196
Performers: Bespalovaite, Irena; Costea, Cellia; Ohlmann, Daniel; Reinprecht, Alexandra; Rosen, Rudolf; Schneiderman, Helene; Shankle, Norman
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Mozart's charming opera tells the story of a Countess who disguises herself as a gardener in order to find and forgive her lover, who thinks...continue...
Run Time: 139 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, German, French, English, Spanish
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Homage to Brahms / Gabriele Ferro, et al

1 CD / Edition HERA / 2005-10-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54; Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Performers: Remmert, Birgit
Conductors: Ferro, Gabriele
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

"Ferro's view of the Second Symphony is a lyrical one, with lines singing and the edges rounded off. The music is very beautiful, though it...continue...

Wagner: Gotterdammerung [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bonnema, Albert; Bracht, Roland; DeVol, Luana; Iturralde, Hernan; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Vaughn, Tichina; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

This production is presented on its own terms, ignoring the wider myth-bound associations, concentration on the immediate motivations, emotinos and obsessions of the characters. Here,...continue...
Run Time: 269 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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Wagner: Siegfried [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Gasteen, Lisa; Gohrig, Heinz; Herrera, Helene; Jun, Attila; Schone, Wolfgang; Waag, Bjorn; West, Jon Frederick
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Jossi Wieler's direction, in sets by Anna Viebrock, exercises an unprecedented power of suggestion to draw from 'Siegfried' the glummest of all comedies, making laughter...continue...
Run Time: 251 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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Wagner: Die Walkure [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Behle, Renate; Denoke, Angela; Gambill, Robert; Jun, Attila; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Christof Nel is an artist concerned to reveal Wagner's character, their ambivalences and their conflicts, from the inside. To this end, he has no hesitation...continue...
Run Time: 229 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Germany
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Wagner: Das Rheingold [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Indridadóttir, Helga Rós; Lorenz, Eberhard Francesco; Probst, Wolfgang; Ruuttunen, Esa; Schuster, Michaela
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Interest in the premiere of this production, given in the Stuttgart State Opera in March in 1999, was unprecedented. For the first time in the...continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Germany
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Mozart: Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail [DVD]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Bracht, Roland; Gohrig, Heinz; Klink, Matthias; Ladner, Kate; Naglestad, Catherine
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: French, English, Japanese, Spanish
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New Line - Nono: Al gran sole carcio d'amore / Zagrosek

2 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 2001-06-19

Works: Luigi Nono: Al gran sole carico d'amore, opera for soloists, choruses, orchestra & tape
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Holzapfel, Helmut; Kleindienst, Stella; Liebermann, Melinda; Marquardt, Markus; Munkittrick, Mark; Winter, Urs; Wittmoser, Carsten
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

"I had been anticipating this for months, and I am not disappointed... Stuttgart is doing some very cool work these days, especially with the new...continue...

Songs from the Trilogy

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-08-22

Works: Philip Glass: MEDLEY; Akhnaten; Einstein on the Beach
Performers: Andoniadis, George; Childs, Lucinda; Cummings, Claudia; Esswood, Paul; Gibson, Jon [Avant-Garde]; Glass, Philip; Hiskey, Iris; Johnson, Samuel [Reggae]; Landry, Richard; Liss, Rhonda; McFarland, Robe...
Conductors: Keene, Christopher; Davies, Dennis R.; Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra; Stuttgart State Orchestra

Personnel: Philip Glass (organ); Iris Hiskey, Claudia Cummings, Sheryl Woods (soprano); Paul Esswood, Douglas Perry (tenor); Paul Zukofsky (violin); Richard Landry (bass clarinet); Jon Gibson (sopra...continue...