MAGIC MOMENTS OF OPERA (11 DVD Box Set)
Georges Bizet: CARMEN
Carmen - Elena Obraztsova
Don Jose - Placido Domingo
Escamillo - Yuri Mazurok
Micaela - Isobel Buchanan
Frasquita - Cheryl Kanfoush
Mercedes - Axelle Gall
Zuniga - Kurt Rydl
Morales - Hans Helm
Remendado - Heinz Zednik
Dancaire - Paul Wolfrum
Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
Franco Zeffirelli, stage director
Recorded live from the Wiener Staatsoper, December 1978
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 Gottling
Frosch - Helmut Lohner
Iwan - Karl Caslavsky
Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra (chorus master: Norbert Balatsch)
Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor
Otto Schenk, stage director
Gunther Schneider-Siemssen, set design
Milena Canonero, costume designer
Gerlinde Dille, choreography
Recorded live from the Vienna State Opera, 1980
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
Tamino - Piotr Beczala
Pamina - Dorothea Roschmann
Papageno - Detlef Roth
Sarastro - Matti Salminen
The Queen of Night - Desiree Rancatore
An Elderly Priest [Speaker] - Wolfgang Schone
First Lady - Cecile Perrin
Second Lady - Helene Schneiderman
Third Lady - Helene Perraguin
Papagena - Gaele Le Roi
Monostatos - Uwe Peper
First Priest - Bjarni Thor Kristinsson
Second Priest - Wilfried Gahmlich
First man in armour - Robert Kunzli
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 Tolzer Knabenchor
Paris National Opera Chorus and Orchestra (chorus master: David Levi)
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Benno Besson, stage director
Jean-March Stehle, set and costume designer
Andre Diot, lighting designer
Recorded at the Opera National de Paris, 2001
Ludwig van Beethoven: FIDELIO
Leonore - Camilla Nylund
Florestan - Jonas Kaufmann
Don Pizarro - Alfred Muff
Rocco - Laszlo Polgar
Marzelline - Elizabeth Rae Magnuson
Jaquino - Christoph Strehl
Don Fernando - Gunther Groissbock
Erster Gefangener - Boguslaw Bidzinski
Zweiter Gefangener - Gabriel Bermudez
Zurich Opera House Chorus and Orchestra (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Jurgen Flimm, stage director
Rolf Glittenberg, set designer
Recorded at the Opernhaus Zurich in February 2004
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
Jules Massenet: WERTHER
Werther - Marcelo Alvarez
Charlotte - Elina Garanca
Albert - Adrian Erod
Sophie - Ileana Tonca
Schmidt - Peter Jelosits
Le Bailli - Alfred Sramek
Buhlmann - Clemens Unterreiner
Johann - Markus Pelz
Kathchen - 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
Gioachino Rossini: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Il Conte d’Almaviva - Roberto Sacca
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 Opera National de Paris, 2002
Richard Wagner: TANNHAUSER
Tannhauser - 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 Horl
Heinrich der Schreiber - Florian Hoffmann
Ein junger Hirt - Katherina Muller
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
Giacomo Puccini: TOSCA
Floria Tosca - Fiorenza Cedolins
Mario Cavaradossi - Marcelo Alvarez
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
Richard Strauss: ELEKTRA
Elektra - Eva Marton
Klytamnestra - 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
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)
