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Deutsche Oper Berlin: 100 Years, 1912-2012 / Live recordings from the 1960s, treasures in black & white / Ludwig, Tebaldi, Grummer, Fischer-Dieskau et al. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Don Carlos; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Dooley, James; Dooley, William; Ferr, Mario; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Grobe, Donald; Grummer, Elisabeth; Johnson, Patricia; King, James; Koth, Erika; Lo...
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc; Patané, Giuseppe; Rother, Artur; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

For its 100th anniversary the Deutsche Oper Berlin presents a special edition of live recordings. This special edition box contains the live recordings from the...continue...
Run Time: 729 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): PCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian
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Ihre gröáten Erfolge

2 CD / ZYX Records Import / 2012-04-17

Works: Carl Zeller: Der Vogelhändler; Franz von Suppé: Boccacio; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Rund um die Liebe; Franz Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns; ...
Performers: Albrecht, Otto; Dolz, Dolf; Fritz, Bruno; Gedda, Nicolai; Glawitsch, Rupert; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Gunter, Horst; Lais, Detlev; Pfeifle, Alfred; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Stephan, Wilhelm; Marszalek, Franz; Hermann, Harry; Zacharias, Helmut; Jary, Michael; Walter, Fried; Burkhardt, Paul; Szell, George; Rother, Artur

Recording information: 1950-1958....continue...

The Hero of New Beyreuth / Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor (rec. 1950 - 1958)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz (The Marksman); Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland (Lowlands); Richard Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman); Rienzi; Die Meistersinger von Nü...
Performers: Czubok, Engelbert; Fischer, Res; Greindl, Josef; Hann, Georg; Hoffmann, Grace; Kuen, Paul; Kupper, Annelies; Modl, Martha; Muller, Maria; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astri...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Fricsay, Ferenc; Leitner, Ferdinand; Rischner, Alfons; Ludwig, Leopold; Jochum, Eugen; Kraus, Richard; Keilberth, Joseph; Weigert, Hermann; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...
Ensemble: ; Billiards Quintet

La Boheme, Madame Butterfly & More / Opera Sung In German

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-09-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Das Mädchen aus dem Goldenen Westen; Madame Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Der Mantel
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Frick, Gottlob; Friedrich, Karl; Gester, Kurt; Gunter, Horst; Hoppe, H...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Geese, Heinz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Szenkar, Eugen; Ackermann, Otto; Schroder, Kurt; Wallat, Hans; Rother, Artur; Stein, Horst; Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto;...

Maud Cunitz sings highlights from Der Freischütz, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-09-13

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Die sizilianische Vesper
Performers: Cunitz, Maud; Frick, Gottlob; Klose, Margarete; Metternich, Josef; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Terkal, Karl
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Schroder, Kurt

Born in London in 1911, Maud Cunitz returned with her parents to Germany before the outbreak of World War I. She started singing minor roles...continue...

Verdi: Opera Arias and Duets

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-05-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Der Troubadour; Rigoletto; La Traviata; Ein Maskenball; Don Carlos; Die Macht des Schicksals; Die sizilianische Vesper
Performers: Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Steinkopf, Hanns; Schuler, Johannes

These duets are among the finest recordings these two singers ever made, at a time when both of them were at the height of their...continue...

Documents of a singing career: Annelies Kupper

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Eugen d'Albert: Die toten Augen; Tiefland; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Sta...
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Kupper, Annelies; Reinmar, Hans; Schlemm, Anny; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Sandberg, Herbert; Heger, Robert; Kraus, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Reinshagen, Victor; Rother, Artur; Lehmann, Fritz

Annelies Kupper (1906-1987) was born in Poland. She was a schoolteacher while at the same time studying voice. She launched her stage career at the...continue...

Seine Grössten Erfolge: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-02-15

Works: Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Undine; Der Wildschütz; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni;...
Performers: Billing, Klaus; Casa, Lisa della; Fehrenberger, Lorenz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Greindl, Josef; Greverus, Boris; Klust, Hertha; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Reutter, Hermann; Schock, Rud...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Fricsay, Ferenc; Rother, Artur; Kraus, Richard; Keilberth, Joseph; Cluytens, André; Ludwig, Leopold; Böhm, Karl; Schmitz, Paul; Lohe, Jean; Busch, Fritz; Rossi, Mario;...

Hermann Uhde

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-09-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Julius Cäsar; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Richard Wagner: The Flying Du...
Performers: Uhde, Hermann
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; ; Rother, Artur; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: ; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Hermann Uhde was one of the most interesting singing performers of the "New Bayreuth" between 1951 and 1960. Uhde's performances offered a combination of intellect...continue...

Martha Modl

2 CD / Preiser / 2010-06-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orpheus und Eurydike; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan u...
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Mödl, Martha; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Löwlein, Hans; Rother, Artur; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Keilberth, Joseph; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Schuchter, Wilhelm

Gluck: Iphigénie in Aulis

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Clam, Leopold; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Krebs, Helmut; Musial, Martha; Reith, Maria; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Buschkötter, Wilhelm; Gaebel, Kurt; Walter, Fried; Ludwig, Leopold

A Portrait of Marianne Schech

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Giacomo M...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Benningsen, Lilian; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Cunitz, Maud; Fahberg, Antonia; Gerhein, Ina; Hoppe, Karl; Koth, Erika; Kuyswyk, Anny van; Lindermeier, Elisabeth; Metternich, Josef; M...
Conductors: Rischner, Alfons; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Rother, Artur; Jochum, Eugen; Müller-Kray, Hans; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Striegler, Kurt; Kraus, Richard; Leonhardt, Carl; Kempe, Rudolf

Fritz Wunderlich Sings Operetta & Opera Arias & Duets

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2010-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Zaide; Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Albert Lortzing: Undine; Der Waffenschmied; Johann ...
Performers: Sailer, Friederike; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Rischner, Alfons; Müller-Kray, Hans; Rother, Artur; Mareczek, Fritz; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner

"It is a huge source of regret that Fritz Wunderlich's career lasted a mere 11 years and since his tragic death opera lovers have speculated...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Jaro Prohaska

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-12-08

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Performers: Anders, Peter; Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Klose, Margarete; Lorenz, Max; Muller, Anneliese; Muller, Maria; Prohaska, Jaro; Soot, Fritz; Suthaus, Ludwig; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Furtwängler, Wilhelm

One of the most outstanding bass-baritones between 1920 and 1950 was Jaro Prohaska. For 12 years he was among the leading performers at the Bayreuth...continue...

Dokumente einer Sängerkarriere - Wolfgang Windgassen

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-11-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz
Performers: Czubok, Engelbert; Hann, Georg; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]; Wissmann, Lore
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leopold; Rother, Artur

Wolfgang Windgassen's name is inseparably linked with the Bayreuth Festival and Wieland Wagner. He first performed there in 1951 in a production of Parsifal. A...continue...

A Portrait of Anton Dermota: Opera and Songs

2 CD / Gala / 2009-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Macbeth; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Bedrich Smetana: Die Verkaufte Braut; Giovanni Bononcini: Polifem; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von...
Performers: Berger-Weyerwald, Hilda; Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Kamann, Karl; Kern, Adele; Lienbach, Lisa; Nikolaidi, Elena; Rethy, Esther; Schwaiger, Rosl; Steingruber, Ilona; Topitz-Feile...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Ludwig, Leopold; Moralt, Rudolf; Schönherr, Max; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Hundertmark, Frank; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Kassowitz, Gottfried; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Schuc...

In Memoriam Christel Goltz

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-09-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Hermann Goetz: Der Widersp...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Frantz, Ferdinand; Frick, Gottlob; Höngen, Elisabeth; Katona, Julius; Löbel, Hans; Lorenz, Max; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano; Windgassen, Wolfgang [T...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Striegler, Kurt; Leitner, Ferdinand; Schmitz, Paul; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Württemberg State...

Christel Goltz (1912-2008) was one of the most outstanding dramatic singers of German origin. Singing and acting were combined in her case and there were...continue...

Eterna - Helge Rosvaenge - Gounod, Weber, Verdi, Bizet

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, op...
Performers: Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Hager, Robert; Steinkopf, Hans

When Helge Rosvaenge celebrated his 40th anniversary on the stage of the Deutsche State Opera in Berlin, at the age of 65, he demonstrated clearly...continue...

Eterna Collection-Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit /Schlusnus

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Richard Wagner: Tannh...
Performers: Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Schuler, Johannes; ; Blech, Leo; Rother, Artur; Steinkopf, Hans
Ensemble: ; Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin (Members)

This CD features historic recordings of the great Heinrich Schlusnus, a baritone who sang not only with his throat but also with his heart -...continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Klose

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; G...
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Abendroth, Hermann; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra

Margarete Klose was the celebrated prima dramatic contralto of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Her strong personality influenced the Berlin opera scene for a generation....continue...

Eterna Collection -Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit/ Cebotari

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Richard Strauss: Final Scene
Performers: Cebotari, Maria; Ludwig, Walther
Conductors: Rother, Artur

Maria Cebotari was a wonderful Mozart performer who exuded effortlessness and charm. The petite lady with the sensitive face could portray everything from flattery, seductiveness...continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger / Karl Schmidt-Walter

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, op...
Performers: Lang, Wilhelm; Scheppan, Hilde; Schmitt-Walter, Karl
Conductors: Stein, Horst; Rother, Artur; Steinkopf, Hans; Dobrindt, Otto
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

In 1955, the Berlin Staatsoper staged a series of splendid premieres to mark the reopening of the richly traditional opera house, which had risen up...continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Ludwig

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; François-Adrien Boieldieu: La dame blanche; Friedrich von Flotow: Alessandro...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Ludwig, Walther; Schmitt-Walter, Karl
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Stein, Horst; Leitner, Ferdinand; Steinkopf, Hans; Lehmann, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stuttgart State Orchestra

Walther Ludwig was born the son of a businessman in Bad Oeynhausen and was initially studying medicine when, just for fun, sang for a friend...continue...

Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann - excerpts / Rother, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Langhammer, Irmgard; Muller, Anneliese; Prohaska, Jaro; Reimann, Kurt; Soot, Fritz; Stoll, Walter; Streich, Rita; Stumpf, Franz; Witting, Gerhard
Conductors: Rother, Artur

The young Offenbach had been thrilled by the first performance of this fantastic play by Barbier and Carre in 1851, and would eventually produce the...continue...

Eterna Collection-Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Lemnitz

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eug...
Performers: Husch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Volker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Rother, Artur; Gruber, Arthur
Ensemble: ; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

In a successful singing career stretching over 35 years, Lemnitz proved that even in such exalted realms as opera and concert singing the simple adage...continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Berger

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giuseppe ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Schmidt, Karl; Schuler, Johannes; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm

Erna Berger, who was born near Dresden in 1900, exhibited unusual musicality very early. Though her family disapproved of her of her attempt to pursue...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Kim Borg

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor;...
Performers: Borg, Kim; Wächter, Eberhard
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Leitner, Ferdinand

The Finnish singer Kim Borg was born in 1919. His studies in chemistry were interrupted by the war and it wasn't until 1946 that he...continue...

10 Great Tenors

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, Mario ...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Offenbach Anthologie, Vol. 4

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Performers: Balbon, Andre; Belhomme, Hippolyte; Berglund, Joel; Bettendorf, Emmy; Devries, David; Feraldy, Germaine; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Guenot, Louis; Klose, Margarete; Korjus, Milizia; Luart, Emma; Marak, Ott...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Cloez, Gustave; Rother, Artur; Desormiere, Roger; Schönbaumsfeld, Franz; Frigara, Maurice; Orthmann, Erich; Bastin, Maurice; Grevillius, Nils; Bigot, Eugene; Weissmann, Fri...

Grosse Sänger unseres Jahrhunderts: Inge Borkh

1 CD / / 2006-10-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; U...
Performers: Bajew, Christo; Borkh, Inge; Josef Neumann; N.N.; Rohr, Otto van; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Wiener, Otto
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Fournet, Jean; Müller-Kray, Hans; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Krannhals, Alexander

Verdi: Ein Maskenball / Berlin Radio Choir and Orchestra

2 CD / Preiser / 2006-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino
Performers: Burgwinkel, Josef; Callam, Gertrude; Garavello, Augusto; Muller, Hans; Ranczak, Hildegarde; Reinmar, Hans; Rosvaenge, Helge; Wocke, Hans
Conductors: Steiner, Heinrich; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

This recording is an authentic document from the heyday of Helge Rosvaenge, but sadly it is a complete opera recording that is incomplete. The recording...continue...

Mozart Singers of the Past

3 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serai...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Beuf, Augusto; Bori, Lucrezia; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gigli, Beniamino; Ginster, Ria; Gueden, Hilde [Sopra...
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno; Cleva, Fausto; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sabino, Antonio; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Walter, Bruno; Black, Frank; Busch, Fritz; Berrettoni, Umberto; Barbirolli, John; Collingwo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan...

The recordings in this CD edition of outstanding Mozart singers were made between 1926 and 1950. This is the period of shellac records made with...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Hildegarde Ranczak

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Friedrich vo...
Performers: Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Anders, Peter; Ranczak, Hildegarde; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Schmidt, Franz; Rother, Artur; Krauss, Clemens; Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Described by the great conductor Clemens Krauss as "an interpreter of high-spirited, unreserved female characters: individual timbre, attractive and distinctive appearance." Her career was launched...continue...

Reopening of the Vienna State Opera - 1955 / Goltz, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2005-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Baylé, Theo; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Braun, Hans; Braun, Helena; Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Equiluz, Ku...
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto; Swarowsky, Hans; Böhm, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Erede, Alberto; Prohaska, Felix; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Kegel, Herbert; Knappertsbusch, Ha...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alda Noni

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-08-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Ama...
Performers: Monteanu, Petre
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Moralt, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Quadri, Argeo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Milano Symphonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Dokumente Einer Sängerkarriere - Peter Anders

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-01-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ave Maria; Rugger...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Jurinac, Sena
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leopold; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Gaebel, Kurt

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lea Piltti

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208; Idomeneo; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Lieder (5), Op. 15; Lieder (8), ...
Performers: Lang, Wilhelm; Piltti, Lea; Reinmar, Hans; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schilp, Maria Luise; Strauss, Richard; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Kretschmar, Curt; Zaun, Fritz; Rother, Artur; Winter, Hans Adolf; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Städtisches Orchestra Berlin

Lebendige Verganenheit - Josef Greindl

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Charles Gounod: Faust; Richard Stra...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Gerhein, Ina; Greindl, Josef; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Tegetthoff, Else
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Schuler, Johannes; Szenkar, Eugen; Fricsay, Ferenc; Leitner, Ferdinand

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Margarete Klose Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-01-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Giulio Cesare; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don...
Performers: Klose, Margarete; Lemnitz, Tiana
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Abendroth, Hermann; Rother, Artur; Kempe, Rudolf; Celibidache, Sergiu
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich State Opera Orchestra; Prussian Staatskapelle Berlin

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marie-Luise Schilp

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Engelbert Humperd...
Performers: Beilke, Irma; Bensing, Herbert; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kronenberg, Carl; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlip, Marie-Luise; Wuttke, Elisabeth
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Schroder, Kurt; Zillig, Winfried; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Gruber, Arthur
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Johanna Blatter

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-02-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson e...
Performers: Demuth, Irma; Hufnagel, Elisabeth; Richter, Traute; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Blech, Leo; Ludwig, Leopold; Fricsay, Ferenc; Fischer, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greates Heroines

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Otello; Il Trovatore; Gioac...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caniglia, Maria; Destinn, Emmy; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Maynor, Dorothy; Melba, Nellie; Monte, Toti Dal; Muller, Maria; Muzio, Claudia; Oliver...
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Rother, Artur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Pitt, Percy; Cellini, Renato; Dobroven, Issay

The perfect companion to Opera d'Oro's previous release, "Opera's Greatest Heroes"! The heroines of opera have not had an easy path to victory; most of...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - The 30 Tenors

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem Mass; Eduardo...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, Ivan; ...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Rother, Artur; Bourdon, Rosario; Sabajno, Carlo; Elmendorff, Karl; Orlov, Alexander; Gurlitt, Manfred; Rapée, Erno; Erede, Alberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Quadri, Argeo; Barbiro...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Radio City Music Hall Orchestra

Opera d'Oro has gathered together 30 of the greatest male voices of the last century to each belt out an aria on "The 30 Tenors"....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

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Günther Treptow

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-03-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Wesendonck Lieder; Wilhelm Kienzl: Der Evangelimann, Op. 45; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Rugge...
Performers: Eipperle, Trude; Kuen, Paul; Schilp, Maria Luise; Treptow, Gunther
Conductors: Zillig, Winfried; Schroder, Kurt; Rother, Artur; Schuler, Johannes; Koetsier, Jan; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Luddecke, Hermann; Ludwig, Leopold; Loibner, Wilhelm
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ludwig Suthaus

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-11-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, op...
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Ducrue, Dr. Hans; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Muller, Maria; Prohaska, Jaro; Suthaus, Ludwig; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone
Conductors: Görlich, Gustav; Lederer, Felix; Schuler, Johannes; Abendroth, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur; Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (Abridged)

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Eugen Onegin; Night, song for voice & piano, Op. 73/2; In dark hell, song for voice & piano, Op. 16/6; Work(s)
Performers: Grummer, Elisabeth; Hasslo, Hugo; Jurinac, Sena; Klose, Margarete; Lang, Wilhelm; Litz, Gisela; Luhr, Ernst Max; Muller, Anneliese; Nissen, Hans Hermann; Prohaska, Jaro; Reimann, Kurt; Schock, Rudolf...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Schuchter, Wilhelm

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Acts 2 & 3 / Rother

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-10-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Hann, Georg; Nissen, Hans-Heinz; Prohaska, Jaro; Schirp, Wilhelm; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Chorus

The Art of Maria Müller - Wagner, Puccini, Brahms, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Wesendonck Lieder; Träume ("Sag, welch wunderbare Träume"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendo...
Performers: Hoffmann, Ludwig; Janssen, Herbert; Klose, Margarete; Muller, Maria; Newton, Ivor; Pattiera, Tino; Pilinszky, Sigismund; Prohaska, Jaro; Raucheisen, Michael; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Tietjen, Heinz; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin Municipal Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Georg Hann - Oper und Lied 1938-44 - Mozart, Haydn, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-04-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Modest Muss...
Performers: Hann, Georg; Lang, Wilhelm; Teschemacher, Margarete
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Rother, Artur; Keilberth, Joseph; Leonhardt, Carl; Raucheisen, Michael
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra