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Cat. No.: 073 4111 |
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TRACK LISTING R. STRAUSS: Elektra This month's spotlight DVD: Birgit Nilsson sings Elektra at the Met. Filmed live in 1980, this Metropolitan Opera production of Strauss's Elektra features James Levine conducting an all-star cast led by Leonie Rysanek and Birgit Nilsson. This is one of Nilsson's signature roles and she is arguably the greatest Elektra of all time. Her enormous power and range ride over Strauss' orchestra with ease. The cast also includes the magnificent Leonie Rysanek as Elektra's troubled sister and Donald McIntyre as Orest. Bonus material includes Nilsson singing 'Isolde's Narrative and Curse' and a Swedish folksong, plus two radio interviews from different phases of the soprano's illustrious career. 'With Nilsson's intense, overwhelming singing. . . it was a triumph for her...Leonie Rysanek is one of the few sopranos who can almost match Miss Nilsson note for note. . . Levine's work was superb' The New York Times |
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Cat. No.: 073 4206 |
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TRACK LISTING KÁLMÁN: Csárdásfürstin Anna Moffo and René Kollo star in Kálmán's comic operetta Csárdásfürstin. Opera legends Anna Moffo and René Kollo revel in the irresistible melodies of Emmerich Kálmán's charming operetta about a Hungarian cabaret singer who falls in love with a young aristocrat. Filmed in the original locations in Budapest, this enchanting, colourful film version of the classic operetta is directed by Miklós Szinetár. After its premiere in 1915, Csárdásfürstin (The Gypsy Princess) was an immediate success, putting Kálmán on the map as one of the most popular exponents of Viennese operetta. As one of today's rare operetta DVDs, this delightful release is a true collector's item and a first-time international release on DVD.
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Cat. No.: 073 4202 |
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DG proudly presents the first full-length DVD documentary on the illustrious tenor Fritz Wunderlich. In close cooperation with the Wunderlich family, Deutsche Grammophon is proud to bring you the first-ever full-length documentary on Fritz Wunderlich. This DVD is an unprecedented tribute featuring previously unreleased interviews, performance excerpts, and private films from the Wunderlich family archives. Forty years after his tragic death on September 17, 1966, Wunderlich's family, friends and colleagues speak openly about the legendary tenor's life and legacy. The programme includes nearly an hour of previously unreleased footage along with extensive bonus material including notable performances (Die Zauberflöte, Eugene Onegin) and 15 never-before-seen interviews from the past two years. This documentary spans the entirety of Wunderlich's life, from his childhood in Kusel to his accidental death just weeks before his scheduled Met debut. It shows the performer during his student years in Freiburg, his early engagements at the Stuttgart Opera, and his private stays on the farm of Wimmerhof during the Salzburg Festival. This is Wunderlich as you have never seen him before. It is a moving story told through his eyes with footage from his own camera and through the voices of those who knew him best. 'Fritz Wunderlich is one of those singers whom I've never felt were historical. In his recordings he sounds so much of the present, so much of today that it's as though he were still among us.' Rolando Villazón |
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Cat. No.: 071 4089 |
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TRACK LISTING HANDEL: Giulio Cesare in Egitto Peter Sellars's daring and novel adaptation of Handel's opera Giulio Cesare previously released on Laser Disc and VHS is now available on DVD! Though sung in the original Italian, Giulio Cesare is relocated in the unspecified future in the Middle East. Cesare is the unquestioned leader of a major world power who visits the Empire's number one global trouble spot. The story unfolds in a major international hotel still under construction but already victim of terrorist bombs. Ptolemy is a 14-year-old 'self styled local potentate' and Cleopatra his beautiful and spoiled elder sister. Sellars's imaginative restaging of the opera proves to be still politically relevant today. Included in this DVD are the English subtitles supplied by director Peter Sellars himself, specifically created to match and enhance his personal vision of this opera. Sellars's Giulio Cesare is performed uncut. The result is an extravaganza more than four hours long! Peter Sellars is one of the leading theatre, opera, and television directors in the world today, having directed more than one hundred productions, large and small, across America and internationally. His contemporary visions of Mozart's operas Cosi fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, and Don Giovanni, are already available on DVD. Countertenor Jeffrey Gall (Giulio Cesare), one of America's most prominent countertenors, leads a strong cast including the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Sesto) who also appears on Peter Sellars's DVD of Mozart's Don Giovanni (as Donna Elvira). Also featured are baritone James Maddalena (Achilla) who first gained international recognition for his notable portrayal of Richard Nixon in the world premiere of John Adams's Nixon in China and Drew Minter (Tolomeo) internationally acclaimed for his performances and recordings of the music of Handel. For its first release on DVD, Giulio Cesare features both a LPCM Stereo soundtrack and a new DTS 5.1 Surround soundtrack. |
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Cat. No.: 074 3146 |
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VARIOUS ARTISTS | DONIZETTI: La fille du Régiment
TRACK LISTING DONIZETTI: La Fille du Régiment A sparkling new Decca opera DVD of Donizetti's opéra-comique - first performed in Paris in 1840. Sensational Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez and acclaimed Italian soprano Patrizia Ciofi lead a superb ensemble cast in Donizetti's sparkling opera-comique from the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa. Juan Diego Flórez proves he's the new King Of The High C's in one of his greatest stage roles. He gives a sensational performance of Tonio's aria 'Ah! mes amis...' - with 9 top Cs sung not once, but twice! This sparkling Donizetti' bel canto favourite was made famous by Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland. This acclaimed production sets the action in the final days of World War II. Marie is the daughter of an American army captain, Tonio is a young French villager whose love for her leads him to join the American ranks. When the secret of Marie's birth is revealed and her Mother insists on an aristocratic suitor, only an appeal to the memory of young love can reunite them... |
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