Arthaus Musik
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Puccini: Tosca
Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Mario Cavaradossi) & Claudio Sgura (Scarpia)
Teatro Carlo Felice, Marco Boemi (conductor) & Renzo Giacchieri (stage director)
One can praise both [Dessi and Armiliato]for vierting from tradition by actually singing many phrases that most other singers deliver parlando...[Sgura possesses a timbre rather warmer than... — More…
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Gluck: Alceste
Catherine Naglestad (Alceste), Donald Kaasch (Admète), Bernhard Schneider (Evandre), Catriona Smith (Le Coryphée), Johan Rydh (Grand Prêtre d'Apollon/Dieu infernal), Nam Soo Kim (La voix de l'Oracle), Motti Kastón (Apollon), Michael Ebbecke (Hercule), Wolfgang Probst (Un Héraut)
Staatsopernchor...
Naglestad's Alceste is passionate and torn, voluptuous of voice and compelling on stage. Carydis delivers wonderfully tasteful, intelligent Gluck, full of detail and exquisitely phrased. The... — More…
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Thomas Hampson (SImon Boccanegra), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (Amelia/Maria), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Fiesco), Miroslav Dvorský (Gabriele Adorno), Boaz Daniel (Paolo), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Pietro)
Chorus and Orchestra of The Vienna State Opera, Daniele Gatti (conductor) & Peter Stein (director)
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Gian Carlo Menotti: Die Alte Jungfer Und Der Dieb & Das Medium
Historical Studio Production, 1961 & 1964
Elisabeth Höngen (Miss Todd), Olive Moorefield (Laetitia), Hilde Konetzni (Miss Pinkerton) & Eberhard Waechter (Bob), Elisabeth Höngen (Madame Flora), José De Vine (Monika Maria), Nino Albanese (Toby) & Hilde Konetzni (Mrs. Nolan)
Orchestra of The Wiener Volksoper, Wolfgang Rennert,...
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Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
A Film by Tony Palmer
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
The London Sinfonietta, David Zinman
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José Carreras & Montserrat Caballé
Famous ballads, arias and duets by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Vivaldi, Bellini, Scarlatti, Lara, Stradella & Tosti
José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé & Miguel Zannetti (piano
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Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
John Meehan (Count Danilo), Karen Kain (Widow Hanna Glawari), Raymond Smith (Camille), Yoko Ichino (Valencienne)
The National Ballet of Canada, The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, Ermanno Florio
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Berg: Wozzeck
Franz Grundheber (Wozzeck), Hildegard Behrens (Marie), Walter Raffeiner (Tambourmajor), Philip Langridge (Andres), Heinz Zednik (Hauptmann), Aage Haugland (Doktor); Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, Adolf Dresen (dir.)
Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna State Opera Chorus,...
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Massenet: Werther
Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elīna Garanča (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli); Vienna State Opera, Philippe Jordan, Andrei Serban (dir.)
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Luigo Nono, Intolleranza 1960
Sean Panikkar, Sarah Maria Sun, Anna Maria Chiuri, Antonio Yang, Musa Ngqungwana, Victor Afung Lauwers, Jan Lauwers (stage Director), Wiener Philharmoniker (orchestra), Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)
