MAGIC MOMENTS OF OPERA (NTSC) (DVD Box Set)

MAGIC MOMENTS OF OPERA
(11 DVD Box Set)

Lethal
Georges Bizet
CARMEN

Carmen – Elena Obraztsova
Don José – Plácido Domingo
Escamillo – Yuri Mazurok
Micaëla – Isobel Buchanan
Frasquita – Cheryl Kanfoush
Mercédès – Axelle Gall
Zuniga – Kurt Rydl
Moralès – Hans Helm
Remendado – Heinz Zednik
Dancaïre – Paul Wolfrum

Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber, conductor

Franco Zeffirelli, stage director

Recorded live from the Wiener Staatsoper, December 1978

Nocturnal
Johann Strauss II
DIE FLEDERMAUS

Gabriel von Eisenstein – Bernd Weikl
Rosalinde – Lucia Popp
Frank – Erich Kunz
Prinz Orlofsky – Brigitte Fassbaender
Alfred – Josef Hopferwieser
Dr. Falke – Walter Berry
Dr. Blind – Anton Wendler
Adele – Edita Gruberova
Ida – Karin Göttling
Frosch – Helmut Lohner
Iwan – Karl Caslavsky

Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Norbert Balatsch)
Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

Otto Schenk, stage director
Günther Schneider-Siemssen, set design
Milena Canonero, costume designer
Gerlinde Dille, choreography

Recorded live from the Vienna State Opera, 1980.

Enchanting
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE

Tamino – Piotr Beczala
Pamina – Dorothea Röschmann
Papageno – Detlef Roth
Sarastro – Matti Salminen
The Queen of Night – Désirée Rancatore
An Elderly Priest [Speaker] – Wolfgang Schöne
First Lady – Cécile Perrin
Second Lady – Helene Schneiderman
Third Lady – Hélène Perraguin
Papagena – Gaële Le Roi
Monostatos – Uwe Peper
First Priest – Bjarni Thor Kristinsson
Second Priest – Wilfried Gahmlich
First man in armour – Robert Künzli
Second man in armour – Bjarni Thor Kristinsson
First Slave – Vadim Artamonov
Second Slave – Olivier Berg
Third Slave – Paolo Bondi
The three boys – Soloists of the Tölzer Knabenchor

Paris National Opera Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: David Levi)
Iván Fischer, conductor

Benno Besson, stage director
Jean-March Stehlé, set and costume designer
André Diot, lighting designer

Recorded at the Opéra National de Paris, 2001

Free-Spirited
Ludwig van Beethoven
FIDELIO

Leonore – Camilla Nylund 
Florestan – Jonas Kaufmann  
Don Pizarro – Alfred Muff 
Rocco – László Pólgár 
Marzelline – Elizabeth Rae Magnuson  
Jaquino – Christoph Strehl 
Don Fernando – Günther Groissböck 
Erster Gefangener – Boguslaw Bidzinski  
Zweiter Gefangener – Gabriel Bermúdez

Zurich Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

Jürgen Flimm, stage director
Rolf Glittenberg, set designer

Recorded at the Opernhaus Zürich in February 2004

Monumental
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

Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1985

Heartbreaking
Jules Massenet
WERTHER

Werther – Marcelo Álvarez
Charlotte – Elīna Garanča
Albert – Adrian Eröd
Sophie – Ileana Tonca
Schmidt – Peter Jelosits
Le Bailli – Alfred Šramek
Bühlmann – Clemens Unterreiner
Johann – Markus Pelz
Käthchen – Maria Gusenleitner

Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor

Andrei Serban, stage director
Peter Pabst, set designer

Recorded live from the Vienna State Opera, 2005.

Sharp-Witted
Gioachino Rossini
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

Il Conte d’Almaviva – Roberto Saccà
Bartolo – Carlos Chausson
Rosina – Joyce DiDonato
Figaro – Dalibor Jenis
Basilio – Kristinn Sigmundsson
Fiorello – Nicholas Garrett
Berta – Jeannette Fischer
Un Ufficiale – Denis Aubry

Paris National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Bruno Campanella, conductor

Coline Serreau, stage director

Recorded live at the Opéra National de Paris, 2002

Combative
Richard Wagner
TANNHÄUSER
Tannhäuser – Robert Gambill
Elisabeth – Camilla Nylund
Venus – Waltraud Meier
Wolfram von Eschenbach – Roman Trekel
Landgraf – Stephen Milling
Walther von der Vogelweide – Marcel Reijans
Biterolf – Tom Fox
Reimar von Zweter – Andreas Hörl
Heinrich der Schreiber – Florian Hoffmann
Ein junger Hirt – Katherina Müller

Vienna Philharmonia Choir
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor

Nikolaus Lehnhoff, stage director
Raimund Bauer, set design
Andrea Schmidt-Futterer, costumes

Recorded live from the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, 2008

Breathtaking
Giacomo Puccini
TOSCA

Floria Tosca – Fiorenza Cedolins
Mario Cavaradossi – Marcelo Álvarez
Il barone Scarpia – Ruggero Raimondi
Cesare Angelotti – Marco Spotti
Il sagrestano – Fabio Previati
Spoletta – Enrico Facini
Sciarrone – Giuliano Pelizon
Un carceriere – Angelo Nardinocchi
Un pastorello – Ottavia Dorrucci

Coro e Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona
(chorus master: Marco Faelli)
Coro di voci bianche “A.Li.Ve”
(conductor: Paolo Facincani)
Daniel Oren, conductor

Hugo de Ana, stage director, set, costume and lighting designer

Recorded live at the Arena di Verona, July 2006

High-Tension
Richard Strauss
ELEKTRA

Elektra – Eva Marton
Klytämnestra – Brigitte Fassbaender
Chrysothemis – Cheryl Studer
Aegisth – James King
Orest – Franz Grundheber

Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor

Harry Kupfer, stage director
Hans Schavernoch, set design
Reinhard Heinrich, costume design
Robert Stangl, lighting

Recorded from the Vienna State Opera, 1989

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Picture format: NTSC 4:3 / 16:9
Sound format: various
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish + Italian (except Aida) + Dutch (Aida only)
Running time: 25 hours
No. of DVDs: 11 (DVD 9)