Hirte, Klaus

Can-Can: The Best of Offenbach / Rothenberger, Fassbaender, Gedda, Karajan

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaite parisienne (La Vie Parisienne); Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Orphee aux enfers); Hoffmanns Erzählungen (Les Contes D'Hoffmann); Die Schöne Helena (La Belle Hél...
Performers: Bakker, Marco; Dallapozza, Adolf; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Finke, Martin; Gedda, Nicolai; Gramatzki, Ilse; Gruber, Ferry; Hirte, Klaus; Jüten, Grit van; Jerusalem, Siegfried...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Mattes, Willy; Wallberg, Heinz; Steinberg, Pinchas

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Bohm/VPO, Wixell, Watson, Grist, Berry [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-08-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Aselford, Deirdre; Bence, Margarethe; Berry, Walter; Grist, Reri; Hirte, Klaus; Kelemen, Zoltan; Mathis, Edith; Pfeifle, Alfred; Thaw, David; Watson, Claire; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

No other work written for the music theatre has been performed at the Salzburg Festival as often as 'Le Nozze di Figaro'. These performances in...continue...
Run Time: 180 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chines...continue...

Ultimate Wagner - Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bode, Hannelore; Browner, Alison; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Dene, Jozsef; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Esser, Hermin; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Greindl, Jos...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival / Sawallisch, Nilsson, Rysanek, Silja, et al

33 CD / Decca Import / 2008-06-17

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdä...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Appel, Wolfgang; Bauer, Hartmut; Bode, Hannelore; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Browner, Alison; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Crass, Franz; Dene, Jozsef; Der...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Böhm, Karl; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

A special, limited edition 33-CD box set containing all of Wagner's operas from 'The Flying Dutchman' (1841) to his final masterpiece 'Parsifal' (1882) in performances...continue...

German Opera Masterworks - Bethoven: Fidelio, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; ...
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Brendel, Wolfgang; Carral, Dora; Chiappi, Mario; Cotrubas, Ileana; Crass, Franz; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Dunn, Mignon; ...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Prêtre, Georges

Exciting live recordings taped 1945–1972 featuring the greatest operas from Mozart to Strauss. It was Mozart who first established a viable, lasting school of German...continue...

The World's Most Romantic Operas / Gavazzeni, Ozawa, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohè...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cava, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Crass, Franz; Farina, Ida; Filici, Mari...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Böhm, Karl; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Verchi, Nino; Maag, Peter; Schippers, Thomas; Matacic, Lovro von

Seven complete operas from the romantic repertoire—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1967–1973 of the greatest...continue...

Millöcker: Der arme Jonathan, etc / Hager, Römer, Wohlers

2 CD / Gala / 2007-01-06

Works: Karl Millöcker: Der arme Jonathan; Der Bettelstudent
Performers: Bock, Kurt; Engelskamp, Josephine; Franzen, Hans; Gruber, Ferry; Harth zur Nieden, Ida; Herschele, Hildegarde; Hirte, Klaus; Hollweg, Werner; Knepel, Else; Koschat, Dora; Kusche, Benno; Kuttner, Max;...
Conductors: Hager, Leopold; Römer, Ernst
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Berg: Wozzeck / Böhm, Evans, Silja, Uhl, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-11-15

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Driscoll, Laurent; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Hirte, Klaus; Jahn, Gertrude; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kraemmer, Hans; Melchert, Helmut; Ree, Jan Van; Silja, Anja; Uhl, Fritz
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

"Geraint Evan's Wozzeck is a powerful, tragic presence... Balancing clarity and madness, power and impotence, nobility and crudeness, it is one of the great portrayals...continue...

Grand Tier - Beethoven: Fidelio / Böhm, Ludwig, King, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Crass, Franz; Grobe, Donald; Hirte, Klaus; Hotter, Hans; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Malm, Curt; Mathis, Edith; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

"[This is] a terrific bargain and a sparkling representation of Beethoven's great masterwork." - ClassicsToday...continue...

Schillings: Mona Lisa; Siegfried Wagner / Prick, Wallberg

2 CD / Gala / 2005-02-06

Works: Max von Schillings: Mona Lisa, Op. 31; Siegfried Wagner: Opera(s)
Performers: Anderson, Sylvia; Gotz, Werner; Hass, Sabine; Herrmann, Anita; Hirte, Klaus; Jung, Manfred; Lenz, Friedrich; Munkittrick, Mark; Wenkel, Ortrun
Conductors: Prick, Christof; Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: Badische State Orchestra; Munich Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Fidelio / Böhm, Ludwig, Mathis, Hotter, Vienna PO

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-04-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Crass, Franz; Grobe, Donald; Hirte, Klaus; Hotter, Hans; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Malm, Curt; Mathis, Edith; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

Beethoven's only opera is heard here in a miraculous performance with perhaps the best cast and conductor ever captured on disc. An incomparable bargain and...continue...

Trio - Wagner: Tannhäuser / Gerdes, Nilsson, Adam, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-09-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Adam, Theo; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hirte, Klaus; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Lenz, Friedrich; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Profe, Helga; Sotin, Hans; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Gerdes, Otto
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

Berg: Wozzeck / Böhm, Evans, SIlja, Uhl, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-03-06

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Driscoll, Laurent; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Hirte, Klaus; Jahn, Gertrude; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kraemmer, Hans; Melchert, Helmut; Ree, Jan Van; Silja, Anja; Uhl, Fritz
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

Wozzeck is considered by many the greatest 20th-century opera, and this great performance is the first for the Opera d'Oro catalog. It is also the...continue...

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Böhm, Prey, Mathis, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Doll, Christa; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Giehse, Margarethe; Hirte, Klaus; Janowitz, Gundula; Johnson, Patricia [vocals]; Lagger, Peter; Mathis, Edith; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Troyanos, Tat...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus

"This 'Nozze di Figaro' is one of the great versions in the catalogue...one cannot help but admire the grand classical manner, the flexibility, the homogeneity,...continue...

Weill: Aufsteig und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny / Latham-König

2 CD / Capriccio / 1988-01-01

Works: Kurt Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Performers: Franzen, Hans; Hirte, Klaus; Lehrberger, Thomas; Mayer, Frederic; Neumann, Gunther; Schlemm, Anny; Silja, Anja; Wolfrum, Paul
Conductors: ; Latham-Koenig, Jan
Ensemble: Cologne Pro Musica Vocal Ensemble; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra