Smith, Catriona

Handel: Alcina / Catherine Naglestad, Alice Coote, Helene Schneiderman, Catriona Smith. Alan Hacker [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Coote, Alice; Naglestad, Catherine; Schneiderman, Helene; Smith, Catriona
Conductors: Hacker, Alan
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Orchestra

With this Alcina directing team Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito show just how modern Handel can be. The production is fascinating, conclusive, and full of...continue...
Run Time: 159 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
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Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Zagrosek, Staatsorchester Stuttgart [7 DVD]

7 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Behle, Renate; Bonnema, Albert; Bracht, Roland; Castle, Sarah; Collins, Janet; Denoke, Angela; DeVol, Luana; Ens, Phillip; Gambill, Robert; Gasteen, Lisa; Gohrig, Heinz; Herrera, Gabriela; Indridadot...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

As a special holiday offer, Euroarts presents the hugely successful Ring cycle from the Staatsoper Stuttgart in a box set. The prologue Rheingold and all...continue...
Run Time: 901 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...

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Wagner: The Ring

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: Stephen Johnson: An Introduction to Wagner
Performers: Behle, Renate; Bonnema, Albert; Bracht, Roland; Castle, Sarah; Collins, Janet; Denoke, Angela; DeVol, Luana; Diefenthal, Margit; Ejsing, Mette; Ens, Phillip; Göetjes, Wiebke; Göhrig, Heinz;...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar

Based in legend, Wagner's 'The Ring of Nibelung' has become a legend in its own right: a supreme challenge for conductors, singers, opera producers, and...continue...

Gluck: Alceste / Carydis/Stuttgart Opera Orch. & Chorus, Naglestad, Kaasch, Schneider, Rydh, Smith [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-01-30

Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Ebbecke, Michael; Kaasch, Donald; Naglestad, Catherine; Rydh, Johan; Smith, Catriona
Conductors: Carydis, Constantinos
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

The Vienna version of Alceste was Gluck's second reform opera after Orfeo ed Euridice. The libretto and music revolve around a self-sacrificing main character, and...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Wagner: Das Rheingold / Zagrosek, Staatsoper Stuttgart

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Bracht, Roland; Ens, Phillip; Indridadottir, Helga Ros; Joswig, Margarete; Kaston, Motti; Kunzli, Robert; Lorenz, Eberhard Francesco; Probst, Wolfgang; Ruuttunen, Esa; Schneider, Bernard; Schuster, M...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus

Comprising four separate operas, Wagner's visionary Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) took 25 years to complete. The prologue Das Rheingold deals...continue...

Smyth: Mass in D / Wolf, Philharmonia Choir Stuttgart, et al

1 CD / Audite / 1997-01-01

Works: Dame Ethel Smyth: Mass in D major
Performers: MacAllister, Scott; Macco, Andreas; Schneiderman, Helene; Smith, Catriona; Trefz, Hermann
Conductors: Wolf, Helmut
Ensemble: Stuttgart Philharmonia Choir; Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen

"Performances are committed and memorable, with soloists, chorus, and orchestra giving their all in the service of such extraordinary music - probably Smyth's masterpiece. Sound...continue...