Vernhes, Alain

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites / Nagano, Griotton, Brunet, Isokoski [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-06-28

Works: Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des carmélites
Performers: Brunet, Sylvie; Gritton, Susan; Guilmette, Hélène; Isokoski, Soile; Resmark, Susanne; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsorchester

On stage for the first time at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich comes the opera which solidified Poulenc's reputation as a composer of fine vocal...continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites / Nagano, Griotton, Brunet, Isokoski [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-06-28

Works: Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des carmélites
Performers: Brunet, Sylvie; Gritton, Susan; Guilmette, Hélène; Isokoski, Soile; Resmark, Susanne; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsorchester

On stage for the first time at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich comes the opera which solidified Poulenc's reputation as a composer of fine vocal...continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Gounod: Mireille / Minkowski, Mula, Castronovo [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / FRA Musica / 2011-01-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Mireille
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; Ferrari, Franck; Mula, Inva; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

This exceptional production features Gounod’s largely forgotten opera Mireille. Performed at the Opéra National de Paris, it was a great triumph for conductor Marc Minkowski...continue...
Run Time: 179 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
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Gounod: Mireille / Minkowski, Mula, Castronovo [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / FRA Musica / 2011-01-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Mireille
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; Ferrari, Franck; Mula, Inva; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

This exceptional production features Gounod’s largely forgotten opera Mireille. Performed at the Opéra National de Paris, it was a great triumph for conductor Marc Minkowski...continue...
Run Time: 179 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Lopez-Cobos, Schicoff, Terfel [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-10-26

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers: Floquet, Bambi; Gubisch, Nora; Jean, Christian; Maurette, Jean-Luc; Mentzer, Susanne; Rancatore, Desiree; Ribot, Josep Miquel; Senechal, Michel; Shicoff, Neil; Smith, Nigel; Swenson, Ruth Ann; Terfel...
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Three stories of passionate affairs, lost loves and the illusions of an artist! Hoffman, a musician and poet, recounts his love for the automaton Olympia,...continue...
Run Time: 173 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...

Massenet: Manon / Lopez-Cobos, Fleming, Alvarez, Chaignaud, Senechal [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-03-31

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Fleming, Renee; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Arthaus presents an exceptional 'Manon' from the Opera Paris on DVD. With American star soprano Renee Fleming in the many faceted title role, Argentinean tenor...continue...
Run Time: 164 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...

Prokofiev: The Love For Three Oranges / Deneve, Vernhes, Defontaine [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-01-27

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33a
Performers: Defontaine, Martial; Khomov, Serghei; Le Roux, Francois; Piau, Sandrine; Shafajinskaja, Anna; Vernhes, Alain; White, Willard
Conductors: Deneve, Stephane
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Prokofiev's enchantingly surreal commedia dell'arte masterwork is turned into a spectacular triumph of total theatre in this vital production from the Amsterdam Muziektheater. De Nederlandse...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Ital...continue...

Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges, opera / Deneve/Rotterdam PO, Vernhes, Defontaine, Le Roux [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-09-26

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33
Performers: Defontaine, Martial; Komov, Sergei; Piau, Sandrine; Vernhes, Alain; White, Willard
Conductors: Deneve, Stephane
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Prokofiev's enchantingly surreal commedia dell'arte masterwork is turned into a spectacular triumph of total theatre in this vital production from the Amsterdam Muziktheater. De Nederlandse...continue...
Run Time: 145 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Opera Classics - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust / Casadesus

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Schirrer, Rene; Todorovitch, Marie-Ange; Vernhes, Alain; Vocals], Michael Myers [Tenor
Conductors: Casadesus, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: Lille National Orchestra

When Hector Berlioz was sent by his physician father to study medicine in Paris, he instead entered the Conservatoire to study composition. Goethe's 'Faust,' in...continue...

Dessay, N. / De Billy, B.: Thomas: Hamlet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Keenlyside, Simon; Uria-Monzon, Beatrice; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

This romantic and rarely performed opera by Ambroise Thomas is now available on DVD in a new production from the Gran Teatre del Liceu in...continue...
Run Time: 176 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Radio France - Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande /Haitink, Otter

3 CD / Naïve / 2002-01-22

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Couderec, Florence; Hery, Luc; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Naouri, Laurent; Schaer, Hanna; Varnier, Jerome; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra

"In the 1930s Debussy's 'Pelleas et Melisande' was written off by one critic as 'fit for snobs and pederasts'. Since then we've had Desormiere, Inghelbrecht...continue...

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette / Plasson, Gheorghiu, Alagna

3 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-04-07

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Beuron, Yann; Constantin, Anne; Fechner, Till; Fel, Christopher; Flechter, Guy; Fondary, Alain; Galvez-Vallejo, Daniel; Gheorghiu, Angela; Henry, Didier; Lamprecht, Doris; Larcher, C...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel