Warner Vision
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)
Roberto Alagna (Carlos), Karita Mattila (Elisabeth de Valois), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Jose van Dam (Philippe), Waltraud Meier (Eboli), Eric Halfvarson (Grand Inquisitor)
Paris Theatre du Chatelet, Antonio Pappano
This performance appeared on VHS back in March 1997. On a new, wide-screen television, it makes a far more arresting effect. The action seems to be happening in the room with you.
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Verdi: Aida
Margaret Price (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radamès), Stefania Toczyska (Amneris), Simon Estes (Amonasro), Kurt Rydl (Ramfis), Kevin Langan (Il Re di Egitto), Susan Quittmeyer (Sacerdotessa), Colenton Freeman (Messaggero)
Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Luis Antonio García-Navarro
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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
(recorded at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in 1986)
Susan Dunn (Elena), Leo Nucci (Guido di Montforte), Veriano Luchetti (Arrigo), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Giovanni da Procida), Gianfranco Casarini (Il Sire di Bethume), Sergio Fontana (Il Conte Vaudemont), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Ninetta), Sergio Bertocchi (Danieli), Bruno Lazzaretti (Tebaldo), Giuseppe...
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Benjamin Luxon, Hildegard Heichele (guest appearances by Hinge & Bracket, Charles Aznavour, Merle Park & Wayne Eagling)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Placido Domingo
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Raina Kabaivanska, Eleonora Jankovic, Nazzareno Antinori, Lorenzo Saccomani, Maurizio Arena
an unforgettably moving performance from Raina Kabaivanska...From the moment she comes demurely on stage she identifies completely with the role...Antinori sings ardently as a convincingly unthinking... — More…
