Weber, Astrid

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Weber; Trinsinger; Beerman/Robert-Schumann-PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Gabler, Martin; Mutze, Jurgen; Penttinen, Tiina; Randall, Edward; Rasanen, Kouta; Trinsinger, Heiko; Weber, Astrid; Winter, Matthias; Zurabishvili, Zurab
Conductors: Beermann, Frank
Ensemble: Robert Schumann Philharmonic

'Manon Lescaut', Puccini's first major success, is a work of impassioned emotions based on the 18th-century novel by Abbe Prevost, depicting the doomed infatuation of...continue...
Run Time: 144 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...

Loewe: Die Drei Wünsche / Falk, Hawlata, May, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: Carl Loewe: Die drei Wünsche (The Three Wishes), comic singspiel, Op. 42
Performers: Hawlata, Franz; Kaufmann, Jonas; Klepper, Regina; May, Hermine; Prey, Florian; Weber, Astrid; Worner, Frank
Conductors: Falk, Peter
Ensemble: Stuttgart Choristers

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Weill, et al

2 CD / RCA Records / 2005-03-08

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Dürmüller, Jörg; Rensburg, Kobie van; Selig, Franz-Josef; Stenwold, Terje; Weber, Astrid
Conductors: Bruno, Weil
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Chorus

Penguin Guide
Musically, one notes instantly the extra clarity of textures and the fact hat the orchestra does not so easily overwhelm the singers...Jörg Dürmüller is...continue...