Arthaus Musik
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Dechevov: Eis Und Stahl (Ice and Steel)
Yevgeny Taruntsov, Anna Toneeva, Hiroshi Matsui & Algirdas Drevinskas
Saarländisches Staatsorchester & Chorus Of The Saarländisches Staatstheater, Will Humburg (conductor) & Immo Karaman (director)
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Berg: Lulu
Laura Aikin (Lulu), Cornelia Kallisch (Gräfin Geschwitz), Alfred Muff (Dr. Schön), Peter Straka (Alwa), Steve Davislim (Painter), Guido Götzen (Schigolch), Peter Keller (Doctor); Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst, Sven-Eric Bechtolf (dir.)
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Philip Langridge (Grimes), Janice Cairns (Ellen), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ann Howard (Auntie), Andrew Greenan (Swallow), Susan Gorton (Mrs Sedley)
Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, David Atherton
Tim Albery's ENO production… conducted with drive by David Atherton, gets to the heart of the opera. I challenge anyone not to be moved by it. —
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Magda László (Leonore), Richard Holm (Florestan), Georg Wieter (Rocco), Heinz Rehfuss (Pizarro), Sonja Schöner (Marzelline), Fritz Berger (Jaquino), Alfred Pöll (Fernando); Wiener Symphoniker, Fritz Lehmann
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Firm architecture, steadfast belief, sober conducting, no added rhetoric: these are the star qualities in Sergiu Celibidache's Bruckner —
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Verdi: La Traviata
Marlis Petersen (Violetta Valéry), Kristina Antonie Fehrs (Flora Bervoix), Fran Lubahn (Annina), Giuseppe Varano (Alfredo Germont) & James Rutherford (Giorgio Germont)
Oper Graz, Tecwyn Evans (conductor) & Peter Konwitschny (stage director)
Konwitschny is radical enough to introduce a character - silent, of course - whom Verdi and his librettist left out. That is Germont's daughter...Now to the musica performance: it is heavily... —
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Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto
sung in German as 'Die heimliche Ehe'
Josef Greindl (Geronimo), Erika Köth (Carolina), Lisa Otto (Elisetta), Patricia Johnson (Fidalma), Barry Mcdaniel (Graf Robinsone) & Donald Grobe (Paolino)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Gustav Rudolf Sellner (stage director)
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Bellini: Norma
Fiorenza Cedolins (Norma), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Vincenzo La Scola (Pollione), Begoña Alberdi (Clotilde), Jon Plazaola (Flavio), Andrea Papi (Oroveso)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Giuliano Carella (conductor) & Francisco Negrin (director)
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Opera Night 2007
Famous Arias From Rossini, Verdi, Massenet, Giordano, Orff, Puccini, Donizetti, Bellini & Lehár
Agnes Baltsa, Piotr Beczala, Pavol Breslik, Franz Grundheber, Stefan Kocán, Nino Machaidze, Angela Marambio, Marina Rebeka, Matti Salminen & Krassimira Stoyanova
Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin & Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lawrence Foster
