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Massenet: Manon
Natalie Dessay (Manon), Rolando Villazon (Le Chevalier des Grieux), Samuel Ramey (Le Comte des Grieux), Manuel Lanza (Lescaut)
Orquesta Sinfónica e coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu, Victor Pablo Pérez
David Caviar's production of Massenet's masterpiece is strong on period flavour… It's strong, too, in the delineation and interaction of the two protagonists… Dessay's Manon shines, not only... — More…
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Puccini: La Rondine
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Angela Gheorghiu (Magda), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero), Lisette Oropesa (Lisette), Samuel Ramey (Ramblado), Marius Brenciu (Prunier)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Marco Armiliato
Armiliato's conducting...captures the right warmth, and the former Dream Team still look superb...The lyrical young Ruggero still suits Alagna...Ramey's now leathery tone embodies Ramblado's... — More…
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Four-act Italian version
Luciano Pavarotti (Don Carlo), Samuel Ramey (Filippo II), Paolo Coni (Rodrigo), Daniela Dessi (Elisabetta), Luciana D’intino (Eboli), Alexander Anisimov (Il Grande Inquisitore), Marilena Laurenza (Tebaldo), Nuccia Focile (Una voce dal cielo)
Teatro alla Scala Milan, Riccardo Muti
If you want the edition of the work revised in Italian by Verdi, first performed in 1884, this is your only choice to date on DVD – and it proves, as it did on VHS, a satisfying experience.
The... — More…
Glyndebourne Diamonds
Five Great Opera Productions from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Bernard Haitink, Raymond Leppard, John Pritchard
[On Falstaff] This performance is typical of the high standards of ensemble playing pertaining at Glyndebourne in the 1970s. — More…
The Verdi Collection
Matteo Manuguerra (Nabucco), Veriano Luchetti (Ismaele), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Zaccaria), Renata Scotto (Abigaille), Elena Obraztsova (Fenena), Robert Lloyd (Gran Sacerdote), Kenneth Collins (Abdallo), Anne Edwards (Anna), Plácido Domingo (Ernani), Mirella Freni (Elvira), Renato Bruson (Carlo), Nicolai...
28 CDs + DVD Video
$84.00
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Puccini: Turandot
Maria Guleghina (Turandot), Marcello Giordani (Calàf), Marina Poplavskaya (Liù), Samuel Ramey (Timur)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet, Andris Nelsons
Zeffirelli's classic 1990s Met production, unashamedly glitzy, crowded and spectacular comes up remarkably fresh in this second video incarnation...Guleghina's ice-princess is intensely feminine...Giordano... — More…
Verdi: Macbeth
Shirley Verrett, Leo Nucci, Samuel Ramey, Veriano Luchetti & Antonio Barasorda
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
Verdi: Attila
Samuel Ramey (Attila), Cheryl Studer (Odabella), Giorgio Zancanaro (Ezio), Kaludi Kaludov (Foresto), Ernesto Gavazzi (Uldino), Mario Luperi (Leone)
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti
Spectacular and pacy, Attila fills the stage with barbarians, gives them good tunes to sing and places them in a busy world where every moment may bring a reversal of fortune. Moreover, the four... — More…
Bizet: Carmen
Agnes Baltsa (Carmen), José Carreras (Don José), Samuel Ramey (Escamillo), Leona Mitchell (Micaëla), Myra Merritt (Frasquita), Diane Kesling (Mercédès), Bruce Hubbard (Le Dancaïre), Anthony Laciura (Le Remendado), Vernon Hartman (Moralès)
Metropolitan Opera, James Levine
Verdi: Nabucco
Maria Guleghina, Juan Pons, Samuel Ramey, Wendy White & Gwyn Hughes Jones
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine