Kerl, Torsten

Wagner Collection - Lohengrin / Domingo, Studer, Lloyd, Welker. Tannhauser / Weber, Gambill, Nylund, Meier. Rienzi / Jordan, Lehnhoff, Kerl, Aldrich [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-02-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Rienzi
Performers: Aldrich, Kate; Domingo, Placido; Gambill, Robert; Kerl, Torsten; Lloyd, Robert; Meier, Waltraud; Nylund, Camilla; Studer, Cheryl; Trekel, Roman; Welker, Hartmut
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Lang-Lessing;
Ensemble: Deutsche Opera Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Opera Berlin Orchestra; Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Wagner's 200th birthday arises in 2013, giving cause for celebration. Three outstanding opera productions come together for release in this exclusive set -- the legendary...continue...
Run Time: 644 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila / Netopil, Kerl, Tarasova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-04-26

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Büttner, Thorsten; Borovinov, Milcho; Faveyts, Tijl; Kerl, Torsten; Mijailovic, Nikola; Pels, Onno; Tarasova, Marianna; Van der Linden, Gijs
Conductors: Netopil, Tomás
Ensemble: Flanders Opera Choir; Flanders Opera Orchestra

Staged by the Flanders Opera in 2009, this production relocates the Samson & Dalila story to the contemporary Middle East. "In our approach to this...continue...
Run Time: 136 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...

Ultimate Mozart Opera Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Serag...
Performers: Borowska, Joanna; Breedt, Michelle; Coles, Priti; Daniel, Boaz; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Girolami, Renato; Halasz, Judith; Kerl, Torsten; Kwon, Hellen; Leitner, Lotte; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Wordsworth, Barry

This marvellous selection reveals Mozart’s astonishing gift for laying bare the inner lives of the many beloved characters from his most famous operas, whether embroiled...continue...

Wagner: Rienzi / Lang-Lessing, Kerl, Aldrich [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi
Performers: Aldrich , Kate; Bieber, Clemens; Bronk, Stephen; Jerkunica, Ante; Kerl, Torsten; Nylund, Camilla; Szumanski, Krzysztof
Conductors: Lang-Lessing, Sebastian
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

Richard Wagner's early opera 'Rienzi' is stylistically closer to Meyerbeer and bel canto than to Wagner's later masterworks. Yet even this early work - especially...continue...
Run Time: 182 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...

Wagner: Rienzi / Lang-Lessing, Kerl, Aldrich [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi
Performers: Aldrich , Kate; Bieber, Clemens; Bronk, Stephen; Jerkunica, Ante; Kerl, Torsten; Nylund, Camilla; Szumanski, Krzysztof
Conductors: Lang-Lessing, Sebastian
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

Richard Wagner's early opera 'Rienzi' is stylistically closer to Meyerbeer and bel canto than to Wagner's later masterworks. Yet even this early work - especially...continue...
Run Time: 182 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...

Beethoven: Fidelio Op. 72 / Elder, Kennedy, Milne, Sherratt, Kampe, et al

2 CD / Glyndebourne / 2009-03-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Cleverton, Anthony; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Kampe, Anja; Kerl, Torsten; Milne, Lisa; Sherratt, Brindley; Vale, Nathan; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor; Waddington, Henry
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

With 'Fidelio', Beethoven found the perfect vehicle to express his lifelong commitment to liberty. The work exposes the reality that at any moment in the...continue...

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Mozart's "Don Giovanni", narration with musical excerpts
Performers: Daniel, Boaz; Girolami, Renato; Kerl, Torsten; Monarcha, Janusz; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Raimondi, Ildiko; Schörg, Regina; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Halász, Michael

The 'Opera Explained' series introduces in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Barenboim/Bayreuth Festival, Robert Holl, Matthias Holle [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Holl, Robert; Holle, Matthias; Kerl, Torsten; Ketelsen, Hans-Joachim; Korhonen, Jyrki; Magee, Emily; Maus, Peter; Pampuch, Helmut; Reiter, Alfred; Schmidt, Andreas; Schneider, Bernhard; Seiffert, Pet...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

A classic production from the Bayreuth Festival’s performance history is now available here for the first time on DVD! Staged and directed by Richard Wagner’s...continue...
Run Time: 274 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Live Recordings 1967-1999

3 CD / Orfeo / 2007-05-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Benackova, Gabriela; Burke, Richard; Carroli, Silvano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Diepold, Alexander; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Frittoli, Barbara; Gall, Axelle; Go...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Klobucar, Berislav; Luisi, Fabio; Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James; Oren, Daniel; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Slatkin, Leonard; Santi, Nello; Albrecht, Gerd; Viotti, Marcello; Badea...

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Highlights) / Halász, Skovhus, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Aronson, David; Daniel, Boaz; Eder, Gyorgy; Girolami, Renato; Kerl, Torsten; Monarcha, Janusz; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Raimondi, Ildiko; Schörg, Regina; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Halász, Michael

Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni,' a work of his maturity, retells the story of Don Juan, the famous seducer of women. In this extraordinary 'dramma giocoso,'...continue...

Korngold: Die tote Stadt

2 CD / Orfeo / 2004-12-07

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Performers: Denoke, Angela; Denschlag, Daniela; Gaudernak, Lukas; Grigorian, Stella; Ivan, Simina; Kerl, Torsten; Lorenz, Eberhard; Roider, Michael; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald

Torsten Kerl

1 CD / Oehms / 2004-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre;...
Performers: Kerl, Torsten
Conductors: Anguelov, Ivan