Fassbaender, Brigitte

The Best of Operetta / Offenbach, Lehar, Strauss [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène, operetta in 3 acts; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Beuron, Yann; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gfrerer, Ute; Gilfry, Rodney; Gruberova, Edita; Lott, Felicity; Naouri, Laurent; Popp, Lucia; Schellenberger, Dagmar; Senechal, Michel; Weikl, Ber...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre; Musiciens du Louvre Chorus; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Live Recordings from the Theatre Musical de Paris - Chatelet, Zurich Opera House & Wiener Staatsoper...continue...
Run Time: 447 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...

Magic Moments of Opera / Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven, Strauss [11 DVD]

11 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, ...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Beczala, Piotr; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Chiara, Maria; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gambill, Robert; Garanca, Elina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Marton, Eva; Nylund, C...
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Fischer, Iván; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Maazel, Lorin; Jordan, Philippe; Campanella, Bruno; Oren, Daniel; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Zurich Opera Orchestra

For the first time, gathered together in one box set are all of your favorite operas. Feel the love and passion; wrath and wit; revenge...continue...
Run Time: 1500 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish + Italian (except Aida) + Dutch (Aida only)
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Levine/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / James Levine - Celebrating 40 Years At The Met / [21 DVD]

21 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck, Op. 7; John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Bedrich...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Blegen, Judith; Cassilly, Richard; Clark, Graham; Creech, Philip; Dalayman, Katarina; Devlin, Michael; Fassbaender, Brigitte; F...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's...continue...

Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Popp, Gruberova, Fassbaender, Weikl, Berry [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-06-29

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Berry, Walter; Caslavsky, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gottling, Karin; Gruberova, Edita; Hopferwieser, Josef; Kunz, Erich; Lohner, Helmut; Popp, Lucia; Weikl, Bernd; Wendler, Anton
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arthaus presents the quintessence of operetta 'Die Fledermaus' in a lavish staging from the theatre where it is most at home: the Vienna State Opera....continue...
Run Time: 169 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Cata...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Abbado/Vienna State Opera, Marton, Fassbaender, Studer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-05-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58
Performers: Fassbaender, Brigitte; Grundheber, Franz; King, James [Classical]; Marton, Eva; Studer, Cheryl
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"The highlight of the Festival was Harry Kupfer's new production of Elektra, first seen at the Vienna State Opera some weeks before Salzburg. Eva Marton...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: German, French, English, Italian, Span...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Karajan/Berlin PO, Fassbaender, Stewart, Schreier, Altmeyer [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Altmeyer, Jeanine; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Kelemen, Zoltan; Schreier, Peter; Stewart, Thomas; Stolze, Gerhard
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

This 1978 studio production of 'Das Rheingold', the prologue to 'The Ring', is the only segment of the famous Salzburg Festival/Metropolitan Opera productions, first seen...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel / Gruberová, Solti/Vienna Philharmonic Orch.[DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Performers: Dernesch, Helga; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gruberova, Edita; Jurinac, Sena; Prey, Hermann
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This DVD features Frederica von Stade in Rossini's adaptation of the classic Cinderella story. Included is the beautiful 'Nacqui all'affanno' aria. Engelbert Humperdinck's classic opera...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Strauss: Rosenkavalier / Jones, Jungwirth, Kleiber/Orchester Der Bayerischen [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, AV 112
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra

"Kleiber's conducting is spacious, transparent and warm. Brigitte Fassbaender is ideal as Octavian, Gwyneth Jones a moving Marschallin, Lucia Popp a sweet-voiced if mature Sophie,...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Carlos Kleiber/Bayerisches Staatsorchester [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-01-11

Works: Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Coburn, Pamela; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Perry, Janet; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Subtitles: German, English, French, Chinese
Country of Origin: USA
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Movie Adagios / Solti, Tebaldi, Lupu, Schiff, Fleming, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade for Winds no 10 in B flat major, K 361 (370a); Così fan tutte, K 588; Req...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Brymer, Jack; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Fleming, Renée; Gürtler, Dietfried; Hasson, Maurice; Krause, Tom; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Popp, Lucia;...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Segal, Uri; Gardelli, Lamberto; Atzmón, Moshe; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Mauceri, John; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ingman, Nick; Chailly, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Kertész,...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields members; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clevel...

Dvorák: Requiem / Sawallish, Benackova, Fassbaender

2 CD / Supraphon / 1999-02-05

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Requiem Mass, Op. 89/B 165
Performers: Benackova, Gabriela; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Moser, Thomas; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Chorus