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BAROQUE OPERAS (4 DVD Box set) (NTSC)

BAROQUE OPERAS
(4 DVD Box set)

George Friderich Handel
SERSE

Serse – Paula Rasmussen
Arsamene – Ann Hallenberg
Amastre – Patricia Bardon
Romilda – Isabel Bayrakdarian
Atalanta – Sandrine Piau
Ariodate- Marcello Lippi
Elviro – Matteo Peirone

Ludwigshafen Theatre Chorus
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, conductor

Michael Hampe, stage director
Carlo Tommasi, set and costume design

Recorded live at the Semperoper, Dresden, 2-3 June 2000

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Henry Purcell
KING ARTHUR

Isabel Rey, soprano
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Birgit Remmert, contralto
Michael Schade, tenor
Oliver Widmer, baritone

King Arthur – Michael Maertens
Oswald – Dietmar König
Conon – Peter Maertens
Merlin – Christoph Bantzer
Osmond – Roland Renner
Aurelius – Christoph Kail
Emmeline – Sylvie Rohrer
Matilda – Ulli Maier
Philidel – Alexandra Henkel
Grimbald – Werner Wölbern

Vienna State Opera Chorus
Concentus Musicus Wien
NIkolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

Jürgen Flimm, stage director

Recorded live at the Felsenreitschule, 24–28 July 2004

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Jean-Baptiste Lully
PERSÉE

Persée – Cyril Auvity
Andromède – Marie Lenormand
Cassiope – Stephanie Novacek
Mérope – Monica Whicher
Céphée / Méduse – Olivier Laquerre
Phinée – Alain Coulombe
Mercure – Colin Ainsworth
Vénus / Une Nymphe guerrière – Vilma Vitols
Cyclope / Sténone / un Triton – Curtis Sullivan
Euryale – Michiel Schrey

Atelier Ballet
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Hervé NIquet, conductor

Marshall Pynkoski, stage director
Gerard Gauci, design
Jeannette Zingg, choreography
Dora Rust-d'Eye, original costume design

Recorded live at the Elgin Theatre, Toronto, 28 April 2004

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 (King Arthur, Persée), NTSC 4:3 (Serse)
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 (all) / DTS 5.1 (only in King Arthur, Persée)
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, German, French (King Arthur, Persée),
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish (Serse)
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 456 mins
No. of DVDs: 4 (DVD 9)

Composer(s):
Handel, George Frideric; Lully, Jean-Baptiste; Purcell, Henry

Lyricist(s):
Dryden, John; Minato, Nicola; Quinault, Philippe

Conductor(s):
Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Niquet, Herve; Rousset, Christophe

Orchestra(s):
Concentus Musicus Wien; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Ensemble(s):
Talens Lyriques, Les

Choir(s):
Ludwigshafen Theatre Chorus; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Artist(s):
Ainsworth, Colin; Auvity, Cyril; Bantzer, Christoph; Bardon, Patricia; Bayrakdarian, Isabel; Bonney, Barbara; Coulombe, Alain; Hallenberg, Ann; Henkel, Alexandra; Kail, Christoph; Konig, Dietmar; Laquerre, Olivier; Lenormand, Marie; Lippi, Marcello; Maertens, Michael; Maertens, Peter; Maier, Ulli; Novacek, Stephanie; Peirone, Matteo; Piau, Sandrine; Rasmussen, Paula; Remmert, Birgit; Renner, Roland; Rey, Isabel; Rohrer, Sylvie; Schade, Michael; Schrey, Michiel; Sullivan, Curtis; Vitols, Vilma; Whicher, Monica; Widmer, Oliver; Wolbern, Werner

Label: Medici Arts DVD

Genre: Opera DVD

Period: Baroque

Catalogue No: 2057938

Barcode: 880242579386

Distribution Note(s):

Not available in Japan

Physical Release: 10/2009


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11:20:07 PM, 21 November 2009

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BAROQUE OPERAS (4 DVD Box set) (NTSC)