Arthaus Musik
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Verdi: Otello
Wolfgang Windgassen (Otello), Sena Jurinac (Desdemona), Norman Mittelmann (Iago), Margarita Lilowa (Emilia), William Blankenship (Cassio), Adolf Dallapozza (Rodrigo); Sinfonieorchester Des Süddeutschen Rundfunks, Argeo Quadri, Otto Schenk (dir.)
This 1965 black and white, German-language television film rises above historic interest with expressive work from the principals —
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Puccini: Tosca
Fiorenza Cedolins (Tosca), Marcelo Alvarez (Cavaradossi) & Ruggero Raimondi (Scarpia), Fabio Previati (Sagristano), Marco Spotti (Angelotti); Arena Di Verona, Daniel Oren, Hugo de Ana (dir.)
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Claudio Desderi (Don Pasquale), Mario Cassi (Malatesta), Francisco Gatell (Ernesto), Laura Giordano (Norina)
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Andrea De Rosa (director)
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Hunter's Bride
Der Freischütz – The Marksman
Juliane Banse (Agathe), Michael König (Max), Michael Volle (Kaspar), Regula Mühlemann (Ännchen), Franz Grundheber (Prince Ottakar), René Pape (Hermit), Olaf Bär (Kilian)
London Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Daniel Harding
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Boito: Mefistofele
Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo)
San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)
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A Tribute to Hans Knappertsbusch
Live recording from the Theater an der Wien, Wiener Festwochen, 1962 & 1963
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
These historic performances remain more golden than their ageing picture frames —
