Margison, Richard

Ponchielli: La Giocanda / Callegari, Voigt, Fiorillo, Podles [2 DVD]

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

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Colombara, Carlo; Fiorillo, Elisabetta; Guelfi, Carlo; Margison, Richard; Podles, Ewa; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

New production of La Gioconda recorded at the renowned opera house in Barcelona. The staging was realized in cooperation with the Arena di Verona and...continue...
Run Time: 174 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...

The World's Greatest Operas / Carmen, Aida, Tosca, Magic Flute [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bespalovaite, Irena; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Damrau, Diana; Gerhaher, Christian; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Groves, Paul; Grundheber, Franz; Gu...
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony; Chailly, Riccardo; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;...

The World's Greatest Operas is a 6 DVD Deluxe set, containing 4 of the most famous and most performed operas - Aida, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte...continue...

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Levine/Met, Dessay, Voigt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Gunn, Nathan; Margison, Richard; Mentzer, Susanne; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Two of today's reigning sopranos - Deborah Voigt and Natalie Dessay - embody the contrasting philosophies at the heart of this 2003 Metropolitan Opera production...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Chailly/Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, Catherine Malfitano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Malfitano, Catherine; Margison, Richard; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

This stunning DVD of Puccini's masterpiece, 'Tosca,' features an outstanding cast, including Catherine Malfitano in the title role, Bryn Terfel as Scarpia (his role debut),...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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On the Threshold of Hope - Mieczyslaw Weinberg

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-10-03

Works: Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonata for clarinet & piano, Op. 28; Jewish Songs after Shmuel Halkin, for voice & piano, Op. 17; Piano Quintet, Op. 18
Performers: Margison, Richard; Valdepenas, Joaquin; Werner, Dianne
Conductors:
Ensemble: ARC Ensemble

Opera House - Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa / Järvi, Leiferkus, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa
Performers: Diadkova, Larissa; Gorchakova, Galina; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Larin, Sergei; Leiferkus, Sergei; Margison, Richard; Pederson, Monte; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Betrayal, torture, execution, murder and madness are all present in Tchaikovsky's fascinating portrayal of anti-hero Mazeppa and his world, dramatically realized in Neeme Jarvi's heady...continue...

Opera in English - Beethoven: Fidelio / Parry, Brewer, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Catling, Ashley; Evans, Rebecca; Hunka, Pavlo; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Margison, Richard; Purves, Christopher; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: Parry, David

"Christine Brewer is so much in command, and in such splendid voice, that there is no doubt that it is Vanessa's story." - Gramophone "The...continue...

Millennium Opera Gala at Roy Thomson Hall

1 CD / CBC Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Hamlet; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Gioachino Rossini...
Performers: Bayrakdarian, Isabel; Braun, Russell; Brueggergosman, Measha; Dahl, Tracy [Soprano]; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Margison, Richard; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Polegato, Brett; Quilico, Gino; Robbin, Cathe...
Conductors: Bradshaw, Richard; Bernardi, Mario
Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Toronto Symphony Orchestra