Kasarova, Vesselina

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria / Vesselina Kasarova, Dietrich Henschel, Malin Hartelius, Jonas Kaufmann - Zurich Opera, Harnoncourt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Performers: Hartelius, Malin; Henschel, Dietrich; Jankova, Martina; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Rey, Isabel; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Orchestra La Scintilla of the Zurich Opera House

Run Time: 155 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Japanese,...continue...

Mozart at Salzburg Festival - 3 complete operas: Marriage of Figaro; Magic Flute & Clemenza di Tito [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Berry, Walter; Boesch, Christian; Bonney, Barbara; Cotrubas, Ileana; Garanca, Elina; Grist, Reri; Gruberova, Edita; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mathis, Edith; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schade, Michael; Schreier,...

Spanning 1966 to 2003, these three performances offer up a stunning retrospective not only of the Salzburg Festival, but of changing winds in the presentation...continue...
Run Time: 529 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby, Mono, Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Italia...continue...

Lied-Duette / Gruberova, Kasarova, Haider

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Johannes Brahms: Die Meere ("Alle Winde schlafen..."), duet for soprano, alto & piano, Op. 20/3; Die Schwestern ("Wir Schwestern zwei"), duet for soprano, alto & piano, Op. 61/1; Robert Schumann: Sch...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Kasarova, Vesselina

Italian Operas / Rossini, Verid, Puccini, Cilea [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-10-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Bolognese, Mario; Borodina, Olga; Borras, Jean-Francois; Camastra, Marco; Chausson, Carlos; Dessi, Daniela; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Guleghina, Maria; ...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Marzendorfer, Ernst; Muti, Riccardo; Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This box contains four splendid productions of masterpieces of Italian opera: Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata, Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'...continue...
Run Time: 554 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Minkowski, Harteros, Kasarova, Hammarstrom [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Bruns, Benjamin; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarström, Kristina; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mühlbacher, Alois; Plachetka, Adam
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

In its first Baroque opera since the 1960s, the Vienna Staatsoper presents an absorbing new production of Handel's Alicina. An all-star cast of specialists tell...continue...
Run Time: 226 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Minkowski, Harteros, Kasarova, Hammarstrom [2 DVD]

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Bruns, Benjamin; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarström, Kristina; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mühlbacher, Alois; Plachetka, Adam
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

In its first Baroque opera since the 1960s, the Vienna Staatsoper presents an absorbing new production of Handel's Alicina. An all-star cast of specialists tell...continue...
Run Time: 226 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Span...continue...

Berlin Opera Night / Nagano, Kirchschlager, Kasarova, Bumbry, Pape [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-04-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni, K 527; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Tura...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Bumbry, Grace; Castronovo, Charles; Crider, Michele; Galouzine, Vladimir; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Licitra, Salvatore; Pape, Rene; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Schwanewil...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

"The sound and picture are excellent. Kent Nagano and the orchestra are first-rate." - Bob Rose, Fanfare Major stars of the international opera stage unite...continue...
Run Time: 73 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito / Harnoncourt, Schade, Kasarova, Roschmann [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-03-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Garanca, Elina; Kasarova, Vesselina; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Arthaus presents a new way of perceiving La clemenza di Tito with this star-studded production from the 2003 Salzburg Festival. Here conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, renowned...continue...
Run Time: 160 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...

Chopin At The Opera / A Jan Schmidt-Garre Film [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-08-31

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Work(s)
Performers: Feuchtwanger, Peter; Hebelkova, Katerina; Kasarova, Vesselina; Libor, Christiane; Pontinen, Roland

For Chopin opera was the highest form of art- even though he never entertained the thought of writing for the stage himself. At the castle...continue...
Run Time: 102 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
...continue...

Impressionen Vol 1

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2009-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Einkehr ("Bei einem Wirte wundermild"), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/4 (TrV 200/4)...
Performers: Agnas, Urban; Bernardini, Don; Borowska, Joanna; Bros, Jose; Castel, Francois; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Deutsch, Helmut; Fourcade, Philippe; Groop, Monica; Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Ka...
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich; Luisi, Fabio; Sjokvist, Gustav; Bibl, Rudolph; Steinberg, Pinchas; Boncompagni, Elio; Panni, Marcello

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda / Gruberova, Kasarova, Morosow, Bernardini

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2009-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Bernardini, Don; Gruberova, Edita; Kasarova, Vesselina; Morozov, Igor; Robinsak, Branko; Sumego, Daniel
Conductors: Steinberg, Pinchas
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Youth Chorus

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...

Offenbach: La Belle Helene / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera, Kasarova, Van der Walt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-04-28

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène
Performers: Chausson, Carlos; Kasarova, Vesselina; Van der Walt, Deon; Vogel, Volker; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Offenbach's light-hearted opera is based on the story of Helen of Troy. 'La Belle Helene' mercilessly satirizes the social mores of the declining Parisian upper...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Caro Amor/Various

2 CD / Sony Classical Import Import / 2009-03-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Alcina; Arminio; Poro; Rinaldo; Admeto; Serse; Rodelinda; Il Pastor Fido; Salomon; Semele; Radamisto; Giulio Cesare; Armida Abbandonata; Riccardo Primo; Messiah; C...
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Boldoczki, Gabor; Bostridge, Ian; Ciomei, Sergio; Dasch, Annette; Gadzala, Artur; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsi...
Conductors: Curtis, Alan; Bicket, Harry; Goodwin, Paul; Stephenson, Mark; Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: ; Hanover Band; Il Complesso Barocco; London Musici Chamber Choir

Sento Brillar

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 2008-08-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ottone; Arianna in Creta; Il Pastor Fido, opera, HWV 8c; Ariodante; Alcina
Performers: Kasarova, Vesselina
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Handel: Alcina / Bolton, Kasarova, Prina, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Farao Classics / 2007-09-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Cangemi, Veronica; Kasarova, Vesselina; Prina, Sonia; Purves, Christopher; York, Deborah
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra

The festival premiere of ALCINA at the Prinzregententheater on July 17th, 2005 was, like so many other premieres of baroque operas, a highlight of the...continue...

Donizetti: Dom Sébastien / Elder, Kasarova, Filianoti, et al

4 CD / Opera Rara / 2007-05-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Dom Sébastien
Performers: Bernays, John; Caruso, Carmelo; Cliffe, Nigel; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Gleadow, Robert; Hickenbottom, Lee; Hill, Martyn; Kasarova, Vesselina; Keenlyside, Simon; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Slater, An...
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Donizetti considered Dom Sebastien, Roi de Portugal (1843), his final completed opera, written for the Paris Opera, to be his masterpiece, and in spite of...continue...

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito / Franz Welser-Most/Zurich Opera, Jonas Kaufmann, Vesselina Kasarova, Eva Mei [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2007-03-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621
Performers: Kasarova, Vesselina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Mei, Eva
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Most productions of this opera rightly focus on the musical body of the opera that was definitely composed by Mozart. For this new production of...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Santi, Kasarova, Lanza [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2007-01-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Chausson, Carlos; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kasarova, Vesselina; Lanza, Manuel; Macias, Reinaldo
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

A "firework display of exhilarating comedy" was how the press described this Barber of Seville, enthusing about the "unforced liveliness" of the cast. The cast...continue...
Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola

2 CD / RCA Records Import / 2006-10-23

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Chernov, Vladimir; Kasarova, Vesselina; Martorana, Maria Laura; Pecchioli, Paolo; Schmidt, Judith; Simone, Bruno de; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo

2007 release of Rossini's classic operatic interpretation of the story of Cinderella. Stars Vesselina Kasarova in the title role....continue...

Mozart: Mitridate re di Ponto

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-07-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a)
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Kasarova, Vesselina; Larisa Rudakova; Litschauer, Heidi; Murphy, Heidi Grant; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Sieden, Cyndia; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Norrington, Roger

Bayerische Staatsoper 1997-2005 Live / Mehta, Bolton, et al

1 CD / Farao Classics / 2005-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante, HWV 33; Serse, HWV 40; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Ro...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Daniels, David [Countertenor]; Gantner, Martin; Gritton, Susan; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Meier, Waltraud; Murray, Ann; Nilon, Paul; Röschmann, Dorothea; Sei...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra

Ramón Vargas - Between Friends / Sutej, Gauci, Nucci, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-02-24

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Maometto II; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Giacom...
Performers: Baronchelli, Davide; Frontiali, Roberto; Gauci, Miriam; Gerelo, Vassily; Guidotti, Emidio; Kasarova, Vesselina; Lanza, Manuel; Lavarian, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Rota, Alberto; Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Sutej, Vjekoslav
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

One of the most recurring themes in opera is friendship and the many guises it takes. From duty, honor and love to sacrifice, disregard and...continue...
Personnel: Ramón Vargas (tenor saxophone).

Recording information: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy (04/08/2003-04/15/2003)....continue...

Kyurkchiyski - Bulgarian Soul / Vesselina Kasarova

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-01-13

Works: Traditional: Dilmana, Dilbera; Kalimanka, Denka; Give me, o God, the wings of a swan; A little lamb was bleating; Rufinka lies ill; Melody; The sun is shining; I'm so angry, mother; Vocalize; Mama wa...
Performers: Kasarova, Vesselina; Schweizer-Sekulinova, Ermila
Conductors: Moneva, Vania; Delibozov, Tsanko
Ensemble: Cosmic Voices; Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra

Inspired Voices - Music to Enhance Your Spirit

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-01-08

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Hodie aperuit nobis; Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johannes Brahms: Der englische Gruss ("Gegrüsset"), for mixed ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Domingo, Placido; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Haider, Friedrich; Kasarova, Vesselina; Knutson, Lydia Heather; Lamb, Andrew; Moffo, Anna; Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth; Piau, Sandrine...
Conductors: Thornton, Barbara; Marlow, Richard; Fiedler, Arthur; Davis, Colin; Froschauer, Helmuth; Goodman, Roy; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Levine, James; Hills, Margaret; Eichhorn, Kurt; Westenburg, Richard
Ensemble: ; Hanover Band; La Petite Bande; Sequentia (Early music ensemble); Trinity College Choir, Cambridge

Berlioz: Damnation Of Faust [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2000-07-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Groves, Paul; Kasarova, Vesselina; Macco, Andreas; White, Willard
Conductors: Cambreling, Philippe
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: English, J...continue...

Vesselina Kasarova - Rossini: Arias & Duets / Fagen, Flórez

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-03-09

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Bianca e Falliero; La Cenerentola; Semiramide; Armida; Otello; La Donna del Lago
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego; Kasarova, Vesselina
Conductors: Fagen, Arthur
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova returns on RCA with tenor Juan Diego Florez in this new recording of Arias and Duets by Rossini. Of Kasarova, Gramophone remarked:...continue...

Weber: Oberon / Janowski, Kasarova, van del Walt, et al

3 CD / RCA Records / 1997-11-11

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon
Performers: Kasarova, Vesselina; May, Hermine; Nielsen, Inga; Person, Heidi; Seiffert, Peter; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus

"No words can praise too highly the contribution of the orchestral players here. Their ensemble efforts and individual solo contributions are of a uniformly high...continue...
Personnel: Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo soprano); Peter Seiffert (tenor); Bo Skovhus (baritone).

Recording information: Jesus Christ Church, Berlin, Germany....continue...

Mozart: Arias / Vesselina Kasarova, Sir Colin Davis, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-08-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a); Don Giovanni; Lucio Silla, K 135;...
Performers: Kasarova, Vesselina
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Mikorey, Stefan, Dr.
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

"Kasarova is the dynamo among the bountiful crop of modern mezzos. She tears passionately into everything she sings; and if the intensity is sometimes rather...continue...

Vesselina Kasarova - A Portrait / Haider, Munich Radio SO

1 CD / RCA Records / 1996-11-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentol...
Performers: Hennis, Tim; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mitternacht-Geibendorfer, Isolde; Muller, Barbara [Vocals]; Savitzky, Leonid; Schulist, Andreas; Siegele, Dankwart
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This is the stuff of legends: I can't recall the last time I heard a debut opera recital that has given me so much pleasure....continue...

Rossini: Tancredi / Kasarova, Mei, Vargas, Peeters, et al

3 CD / RCA Records Import / 1996-09-17

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mei, Eva; Peeters, Harry; Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Abbado, Roberto
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...In his review of the Naxos set Fogel said 'It is hard to imagine that a finer recording will come forward in the foreseeable future.'...continue...