Browse: DVD Video, Christine Schäfer (soprano)
Berg: Lulu
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Christine Schäfer (Lulu), Kathryn Harries (Gräfin Geschwitz), Wolfgang Schöne (Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper), David Kuebler (Alwa), Patricia Bardon (Dresser/Gymnast/Groom)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis
Warner has reissued Glyndebourne's 1996 staging of all three acts of Lulu, a much-lauded affair that won the Gramophone Award for Best Video in 1997. Graham Vick's direction is admirable not... — More…
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New, Offer, Mozart: Da Ponte Operas
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Dorothea Röschmann, Bo Skovhus, Christopher Maltman, Erwin Schrott, Annette Dasch, Matthew Polenzani, Miah Persson, Isabel Leonard, Florian Boesch, Topi Lehtipuu, Patricia Petibon; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Bertrand de Billy, Ádám Fischer, Wiener Philharmoniker
Hansel and Gretel
Christine Schafer (Gretel), Alice Coote (Hansel), Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude), Alan Held (Peter), Philip Langridge (Witch), Sasha Cooke (Sandman), Lisette Oropesa (Dew-Fairy)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski
…Vladimir Jurowski conducts superbly, and the cast, singing in accessible English, is first-rate, especially Alice Coote and Christine Schäfer and Alan Held's towering Wotanesque Father. The... — More…
Debussy Complete Works - The Centenary Edition
Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Charles Dutoit, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Maurizio Pollini, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Zoltán Kocsis, Gérard Souzay
22 CDs + 2 DVD Videos
$76.50
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Offer, Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Christine Schäfer (soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
it's a performance of great warmth, dignity and impressive power. Much of the visual interest is provided by the batonless Christian Thielemann, using his eyes and large, eloquent hands, almost... — More…
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Offer, Handel: Theodora, HWV 68
Christine Schäfer (Theodora), Bejun Mehta (Didymus), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Valens), Bernarda Fink (Irene), Joseph Kaiser (Septimius), Ryland Davies (Messenger)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Christof Loy (stage director)
The performances are generally dramatically real...Outstanding is Bejun Mehta's sweet-toned yet dynamic Didymus. Ivor Bolton secures an efficient musical performance. — More…
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Claudio Abbado: The Last Years
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Orchestra Mozart, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado
Offer, Mozart: The Great Operas Box Set
Laura Aikin (Konstanze), Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte), Kurt Rydl (Osmin), Mojca Erdmann (Blonde), Michael Smallwood (Pedrillo), Steven Van Watermeulen (Bassa Selim), Lorenzo Regazzo (Figaro), Heidi Grant Murphy (Susanna), Peter Mattei (Count), Christiane Oelze (Countess), Christine Schäfer (Cherubino),...
Offer, Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Illustrated Synopsis & Cast Gallery
Lorenzo Regazzo (Figaro), Heidi Grant Murphy (Susanna), Peter Mattei (Count), Christiane Oelze (Countess), Christine Schäfer (Cherubino), Helene Schneiderman (Marcellina), Roland Bracht (Bartolo), Burkhard Ulrich (Basilio), Eberhard Francesco Lorenz (Curzio), Frédéric Caton (Antonio), Cassandre Berthon...
Update is the imperfect noun we use. Christoph Marthaler's production has transposed 18th-century upstairs-downstairs to bridal retail in 2001. We get Mozart's music and Da Ponte's words, subject... — More…
Offer, Verdi: Rigoletto
Paolo Gavanelli (Rigoletto), Marcelo Alvarez (Il Duca), Christine Schäfer (Gilda), Eric Halfvarson (Sparafucile), Graciela Araya (Maddalena), Elizabeth Sikora (Giovanna), Giovanni Battista Parodi (Monterone), Quentin Hayes (Marullo), Peter Auty (Borsa)
Orchestra & Chorus of Royal Opera...
David McVicar, who has as much nerve as he has talent, takes this sordid tragedy and offers us the pleasure of rediscovering the great powers of opera — More…