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Rossini: 3 Operas / Muti, Möst, DiDonato, Bartoli, Raimondi [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2010-11-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Il turco in Italia; Moïse et Pharaon (rev. of Mosè in Egitto), opera
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Bartoli, Cecilia; Ceron, Antonello; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Fischer, Jeannette; Frittoli, Barbara; Ganassi, Sonia; Garrett, Nicholas; Giuseppini, Gi...
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno; Welser-Möst, Franz; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This Rossini box set combines a number of opera highlights: his well-known operas II barbiere di Siviglia, II Turco in Italia and MoÏse et Pharaon....continue...
Run Time: 473 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...

Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande / Welser-Most, Gilfry, Rey, Volle [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2010-02-23

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Gilfry, Rodney; Polgar, Laszlo; Rey, Isabel; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Opéra National De Paris: Prokofiev, Rossini, Tchaikovsky [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-10-27

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Performers: Antoine, Guillaume; Ballestra, Jean-Luc; Banks, Barry; Bogatcheva, Irina; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Galouzine, Vladimir; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Jenis, Dalibor; Minutillo, Hanna Esther; Papian, H...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Campanella, Bruno; Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

TDK presents three exceptional recordings of superb operas from productions by the Opéra national de Paris, that reflect an operatic history of over 100 years:...continue...
Run Time: 446 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Dohnanyi / Zurich Opera Orch. & Chorus / Lipovsek, Johansson, Diener [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2009-10-27

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58
Performers: Chalker, Margaret; Diener, Melanie; Johansson, Eva; Lipovsek, Marjana; Mayr, Reinhard; McConnell, Cassandra; Moody, Morgan; Muff, Alfred; Schasching, Rudolf; Winkler, Andreas; Zoller, Christine
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 102 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Mehta/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Urmana, Guelfi [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2009-08-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Dal Monte, Duccio; De Simone, Bruno; Gertseva, Julia; Giordani, Marcello; Guelfi, Carlo; Luongo, Alessandro; Polinelli, Filippo; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Trevisan, Antonella; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Mehta, Mehli
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Run Time: 189 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Opera Exclusive: Arena Di Verona / Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Aida [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-06-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Chiara, Maria; Ghiuselev, Nicolai; Giordani, Marcello; Johannsson, Kristijan; Pons, Juan; Raimondi, Ruggero; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Oren, Daniel; Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona

Run Time: 407 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Dohnanyi/Zurich Opera, Pereira, Volle, Breedt [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2009-06-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Magee, Emily; Mosuc, Elena; Sacca, Roberto; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as TDK OPAAN. This version of...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Opera Exclusive - Placido Domingo Live / Carmen, Fedora, Il Trovatore [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-05-26

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Buchanan, Isobel; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Kabaivanska, Raina; Mazurok, Yuri; Obraztsova, Elena; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 418 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish
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Opera Exclusive - Mozart at the Salzburg Festival [3 DVD]

6 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; La clemenza di Tito, K 621
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Battle, Kathleen; Berry, Walter; Boesch, Christian; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cotrubas, Ileana; Garanca, Elina; Gruberova, Edita; Kasarova, Vesselina; Marshall, Margaret; Morris, James; ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Muti, Riccardo; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoperchor; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 537 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish...continue...

Mozart: La finta giardiniera / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera Orch., Schasching, Mei, Strehl [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K 196
Performers: Bermudez, Gabriel; Kleiter, Julia; Mei, Eva; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Schasching, Rudolf; Strehl, Christoph
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Verdi: La forza del distino / Zubin Mehta, Duccio Dal Monte, Violeta Urmana, Carlo Guelfi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-01-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Dal Monte, Duccio; De Simone, Bruno; Gertseva, Julia; Giordani, Marcello; Guelfi, Carlo; Luongo, Alessandro; Polinelli, Filippo; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Trevisan, Antonella; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

In his 2007 production for the Maggio Musicale in Florence, French opera director Nicolas Joel - named as the next director of the Opera de...continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.0 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: ...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Oren, Cedolins, Alvarez, Raimondi, Spotti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2009-01-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Facini, Enrico; Previati, Fabio; Raimondi, Ruggero; Spotti, Marco
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona

A superlative staging of Puccini's 'Tosca' by Italian opera producer Hugo de Ana brought to you from the world-famous Arena di Verona and complete with...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian,...continue...

Strauss: Salome / Harding, Bronder, Vermillion, Struckmann [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2008-11-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op. 54
Performers: Bronder, Peter; Klink, Matthias; Michael, Nadja; Nicoli, Natela; Struckmann, Falk; Vermillion, Iris
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Nadja Michael is a singer who, with her effortlessly appealing depth and great volume, not only satisfies all requirements for the diabolic soprano part of...continue...
Run Time: 108 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Jiemin/Teatro di San Carlo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2008-09-30

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: De Mola, Cinzia; Di Castri, Barbara; Di Felice, Marco; Komlosi, Ildiko; Park, Sung Kyu
Conductors: Jiemin, Zhang
Ensemble: Chorus of Teatro di San Carlo; Orchestra of Teatro di San Carlo

Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Ge...continue...

R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / MaGee, Mosuc, Sacca, Volle, Breedt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Magee, Emily; Mosuc, Elena; Sacca, Roberto; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

This version of Strauss's masterpiece was much acclaimed when it was first staged in Vienna on 4 October 1916 and is now the one that...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Macbeth / Nucci, Lori, Vala [DVD]

3 DVD Video / TDK / 2007-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Borgogelli, Noris; de Stefano, Riccardo; Iori, Enrico Giuseppe; Iuliano, Roberto; Nucci, Leo; Pascoli, Nicola; Ronzoni, Davide; Tramonti, Tiziana; Turco, Enrico; Valayre, Sylvie
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Parma Teatro Regio Chorus; Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra

Macbeth is one of the most multi-layered, profound and demanding roles that Verdi ever wrote for a baritone and the Italian singer Leo Nucci is...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Rossini: La Cenerentola / Palumbo, Teatro Carlo / Siragusa, Vinco [2 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2007-05-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Antoniozzi, Alfonso; Di Censo, Carla; Ganassi, Sonia; Gardina, Paola; Orfila, Simon; Siragusa, Antonio; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Palumbo, Renato

Paul Curran's production, originally created for Naples in 2004, and presented to rapturous acclaim in Genoa in May 2006, finds a rather unusual setting for...continue...
Run Time: 169 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Puccini: Turandot / Carella/Gran Teatre del Liceu, Luana DeVol, Franco Farina, Barbara Frittoli [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2007-02-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: De Vol, Luana; Farina, Franco; Frittoli, Barbara; Palatchi, Stefano
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Teatro del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

"This physically beautiful production of Puccini's Turandot from the Liceu in Barcelona features sumptuous costumes by Franca Squarciapino and equally grand sets by Ezio Frigerio....continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: En...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Zubin Mehta - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Raimondi, Frittoli, Lanza, Shtoda, Cantarero [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2007-02-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Cantarero, Mariola; Frittoli, Barbara; Lanza, Manuel; Raimondi, Ruggero; Shtoda, Daniil; Zilio, Elena
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

In the regular series of recordings from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, TDK releases Verdi's farcical opera Falstaff under the direction of the renowned Festival's artistic...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: En...continue...

Rossini: Tancredi / Frizza/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gimenez, Barcellona, Spotti, Takova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2007-01-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Di Castri, Barbara; Gimenez, Raul; Marchesini, Nicola; Spotti, Marco; Takova, Darina
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

"Rossini was only 21 when his Tancredi was premiered at Venice's major operatic venue, La Fenice, in 1813--but he already had nine operas behind him,...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio / Mehta/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, John, Mei, Rydl, Trost [DVD]

8 DVD Video / TDK / 2006-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; John, Markus; Mei, Eva; Montazeri, Mehrzad; Rydl, Kurt; Trost, Rainer
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin

Written for the German Opera Company, set up by Joseph II, National-Singspiel, Mozart created one of the more interesting manifestations of the current penchant for...continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Fre...continue...

Giordano: Fedora / Gavazzeni/Teatro alla Scala, Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2006-10-31

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This production created by Lamberto Puggelli for Mirella Freni at La Scala in 1993 became an enormous success, showing her as an operatic tragedienne with...continue...
Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Germ...continue...

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Matti Salminen / Brian Asawa / Sebastian Weigle [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2006-07-25

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Halvarson, Eric; Kotcherga, Anatoly; Langridge, Philip; Salminen, Matti; Shagidullin, Albert; Toczyska, Stefania
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

Brian Asawa and Philip Langridge star in this live performance from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, October 2004....continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, Fr...continue...

George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare / Michael Hofstetter [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2006-02-21

Works: George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Performers: Beaumont, Maite; De la Merced, Elena; Oliver, Flavio; Podles, Ewa
Conductors: Hofstetter, Michael
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

TDK presents Giulio Cesare, one of Handel's most fascinating and exquisite works on DVD. It was brought to Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu under the...continue...
Run Time: 216 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Puccini: Turandot: Re-Release / Valery Gergiev, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gabriele Schnaut [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2006-01-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Schnaut, Gabriele
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 141 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Sp...continue...

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Opera) / Zubin Mehta, Maggio Musicale Fiorenti [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2006-01-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Gallo, Lucio; Gvazava, Eteri; Surian, Giorgio
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Bellini: La Sonnambula (Opera) / Daniel Oren, Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentio [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-10-18

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Mei, Eva; Prestia, Giacomo
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Run Time: 138 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Itali...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Opera) / Riccardo Muti, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-09-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Cura, José; Gallo, Lucio; Guleghina, Maria
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This recording features Puccini's heart-breaking opera from one of the best opera houses of the world, featuring tenor Jose Cura and soprano Maria Guleghina as...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-03-22

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Baskov, Nikolay; Gavrilova, Maria; Martirosyan, Aik; Redkin, Vladimir
Conductors: Ermler, Mark
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Chorus; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

TDK presents a lavish and naturalistic staging of 'Eugene Onegin' by Tachaikovsky. Vladimir Redkin with his profound, glowing baritone takes the title-role, and Maria Gavrilova...continue...
Run Time: 157 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
Subtitl...continue...

Various / New Years Concert 2004 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-02-22

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La traviata; ...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

When a fire destroyed the Gran Teatro La Fenice in 1996, the world knew that some day it would have to be reopened in its...continue...
Run Time: 59 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: Italy...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-02-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Peirone, Matteo; Servile, Roberto
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

TDK presents a recording of a marvelous new opera production from Milan on DVD. Franco Zeffirelli stage Puccini's masterpiece 'La Boheme' with international opera stars...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-10-19

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Bonfadelli, Stefania; Castelli, Maria; Frontiali, Roberto; Maini, Giovanni; Olivieri, Cristiano; Palazzi, Mirco
Conductors: Fournillier, Patrick
Ensemble: Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Chorus; Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Orchestra

In this staging for the opera house in Genoa, Graham Vick concentrated all his attention on the performers and employed the simplest of means to...continue...
Run Time: 145 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
Su...continue...

Strauss: Ariadne Aux Naxos [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-09-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60
Performers: Feldhoff, Heinz; Grist, Reri; Hellmann, Claudia; Hillebrecht, Hildegard; Otto, Lisa; Schadle, Lotte; Stern, Georg; Thaw, David; Thomas, Jess; Unger, Gerhard
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This production featured a cast of superlative actor-singers, recruited from Munich and Stuttgart as well as the Vienna State Opera. A contemporary review, from the...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W and Color
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
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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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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Concetti, Andrea; Gallo, Lucio; Guelfi, Carlo; Konstantinov, Julian; La Scola, Vincenzo; Mattila, Karita
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

'Simon Boccanegra' is Verdi's second opera based on an historical drama by the Spanish author Garcia Gutierrez - the first was Il Trovatore. The political...continue...
Run Time: 143 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Fr...continue...

Wagner / Hans Knappertsbusch Weiner Fes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Uhl, Fritz; Watson, Claire
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 72 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3 , B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Italian
Country of ...continue...

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: Cosi Fan Tutte [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2003-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Bruera, Daniela; Güra, Werner; Kammerloher, Katharina; Roschmann, Dorothea; Trekel, Roman
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Staged as a 'hippie musical' under the motto "To cheat on your partner or not, that is the question', this Cosi fan Tutte takes place...continue...
Run Time: 179 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2003-10-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Berry, Walter; Grist, Reri; Thaw, David; Watson, Claire; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This production created for the opening of the Salzburg Festival in 1966, which remained on the programme for five years, was Karl Bohm's last Salzburg...continue...
Run Time: 180 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3 , B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Italian
Country of...continue...

Bellini: Beatrice Di Tenda [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2003-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Hernandez, Rahi; Kaluza, Stefania; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

In his opera 'Beatrice di Tenda' Bellini did not continue, as he did in 'Norma', with the virtuosity and coloratura artistry of the voice but...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Verdi: Jerusalem [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2003-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Jérusalem

For this performance at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa in November 2000, the Italian musicologist Arrigo Quatrochi produced an arrangement based on Verdi's Paris...continue...
Run Time: 166 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Fre...continue...

Verdi: I Due Foscari [DVD]

8 DVD Video / TDK / 2003-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari
Performers: La Scola, Vincenzo; Nucci, Leo; Pendachanska, Alexandrina
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

A sombre lagoon drama based on a tragedy by Lord Byton: 'I Due Foscari' is among the later re-discovered operas by Verdi. The present live...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Fr...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Fabio Biondi [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2003-01-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Anderson, June; Barcellona, Daniela
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio
Ensemble: Orchestra Europa Galante; Verdi Festival Chorus

In this production, June Anderson takes on a role called 'the Mount Everst of soprano roles'. Norma, a pagan Druid princess who plunges from ecstasy...continue...
Run Time: 163 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Fren...continue...