PUCCINI: Boheme (La) / VERDI: Aida / STRAUSS II, J.: Die Fledermaus (Pavarotti) (PAL / NTSC)

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème

Mimi – Mirella Freni
Rodolfo –Luciano Pavarotti
Musetta – Sandra Pacetti
Marcello – Gino Quilico
Colline – Nicolai Ghiaurov
Schaunard – Stephen Dickson
Benoit / Alcindoro – Italo Tajo

Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera
Tiziano Severini, conductor

Francesca Zambello, Stage Director
David Mitchell, Set Design
Jeanne Button & Peter J. Hall, Costume Design
Brian Large, TV Director

Recorded at the San Francisco Opera, 1988

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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida

Aida - Maria Chiara
Radames - Luciano Pavarotti
Amneris - Ghena Dimitrova
Amonasro - Juan Pons
Il re - Paata Burchladze
Ramfis - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Una sacerdotessa - Francesca Garbi
Un messaggero - Ernesto Gavazzi

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Lorin Maazel, conductor

Luca Ronconi, Stage Director
Derek Bailey, TV Director

Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1985

Bonus feature: The Making of Aida

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Johann Strauss II
Die Fledermaus

Gabriel von Eisenstein – Louis Otey
Rosalinde – Nancy Gustafson
Frank – Eric Garrett
Prince Orlofsky – Jochen Kowalski
Alfred – Bonaventura Bottone
Dr. Falke – Anthony Michaels-Moore
Dr. Blind – John Dobson
Adele – Judith Howarth
Ida – Glenys Groves
Ivan – Peter Archer
Frosch – John Sessions

with Prince Orlofsky's Special Guests:
Joan Sutherland
Marilyn Horne
Luciano Pavarotti
Viviana Durante

singing arias from operas by Cilea, Rossini, Saint-Saens and Verdi for the farewell performance of Joan Sutherland.

Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Year's Eve 1990

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House
Richard Bonynge, conductor

John Cox, stage director

Picture format: NTSC (Aida, La Bohème) / PAL (Die Fledermaus) 4:3
Sound format: PCM Stereo (all operas) / Dolby Digital 2.0 (Aida, La Bohème)
Region code: 0 (La Bohème, Aida) / 2, 5 (Die Fledermaus)
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish (La Bohème, Aida), Italian (La Bohème), Dutch (Aida) / German, French (Die Fledermaus)
Menu languages: English, German, French, Spanish (all operas), Dutch, Spanish (Aida, La Bohème)
Running time: 9 hours 11 mins
No. of DVDs: 5 (4x DVD 9 + 1x DVD 5)