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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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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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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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Offer, Opera Highlights Volume 3
The Finest Singers of our Day Explaining and Performing their Favourite Arias
Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel, Yvonne Kenny & Christine Schäfer
Great American Orchestras - The Big 5 Box
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra
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, Inbrunst im Herzen: Famous German Arias & Scenes
Brigitte Fassbander (mezzo), Eva Marton (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo), Franz Hawlata (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor)
Bach, C P E: Die letzen Leiden des Erlösers, Wq. 233 (H776)
Thomas Dewald, Anette Elster, Christine Schäfer, Ellen Schuring, Roman Trekel & Raphael Alpermann (Organ)
Kammerorchester C.P.E. BACH, Hartmut Haenchen
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Figaro), Anna Netrebko (Susanna), Bo Skovhus (Count), Dorothea Röschmann (Countess), Christine Schäfer (Cherubino), Marie McLaughlin (Marcellina), Franz-Josef Selig (Bartolo), Patrick Henckens (Basilio), Oliver Ringelhahn (Curzio), Florian Boesch (Antonio), Eva Liebau (Barbarina)
Konzertvereinigung...
…a fully rounded musical performance is marred by a staging that includes all sorts of gimmicks. By and large the opera could hardly be more strongly cast. Anna Netrebko is a dreamy, vulnerable... — More…
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...
...a remarkable Rigoletto...a DVD that has to be in your collection. — More…
