Opera

Celebrated for her glorious interpretations of Richard Strauss' great soprano roles, Renee Fleming leads an international cast in this eargerly-awaited new and complete recording of Strauss' gorgeously lyrical opera DAPHNE.1. Orchestereinleitung...

CD/DVD pressing. Cecilia Bartoli revisits the early Romantic era of Rossini, Bellini and their contemporaries, and views the Bel canto glory days through the eyes of Maria Malibran : Romantic icon, Bel canto muse, and the most extraordinary opera star of...

Carl Orff's First Work: Ancient Japan In 1913, when he was only eighteen years old, Carl Orff finished his first opera - Gisei. This tragic story featuring the sacrificial death of a child as well as Japanese culture in general so greatly inspired the...

Brothers Richard and Adam were working in their parent's sandwich shop in Holywell, Wales, when overnight, things changed for them. The young opera singers, Richard (22, tenor) and Adam (19, baritone) appeared on the mega-hit show Britain's Got Talent,...

Born in Valencia, where she studied piano, oboe, and singing at the city's conservatory, Mariv? Blasco has collaborated with prestigious groups including Europa Galante (Fabio Biondi), L'Arpeggiata (Christina Pluhar), La Fenice (Jean Tubery), and "B"...

Booty!!!1. Overture 2. March ; Duet a Highly Respectable Wife 3. Hanna's Entrance Gentlemen, No More 4. Solo I'm Off to Chez Maxim 5. Duet Proceed, One Girl Has Almond Eyes 6. Finale Ladies Choice 7. Vijla Song Let's All Now Waken Memories 8. Duet Such a...

Bookends from the most successful partnership in the history of English light opera, in newly remastered Decca recordings. As the first full-length operatic collaboration between W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, The Sorcerer has never achieved the...

Bayreuth 1952 - Issued from the original source.1. Act 1. Vorspiel 2. Act 1. Da Zu Dir Der Helland Kam 3. Act 1. Verweilt! Ein Wort! Ein Einzig Wort! 4. Act 1. David, Was Stehst? 5. Act 1. Mein Herr, Der Singer Meisterschlag 6. Act 1. Seid Meiner Treue...

Bavarian-born Johann Simon Mayr achieved renown as an Italianate opera composer, his earlier work taking the form of sacred oratorios. Gioas is a combination of both forms, being a parody-oratorio closely following Mayr's opera I misteri eleusini, which...

Based on Victor Hugo' most sensational play, Lucre Borgia, a scandalous tale of murder, torture, incest, homosexuality, drunkenness and orgies, Donizetti' opera is one of the great masterpieces of Italian bel canto repertoire.1. Prologue: Preludio 2...

Bach: Cantatas / Natalie Dessay, Emmanuelle Ha?m, Le Concert D'Astr?e, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Performer: Natalie Dessay, Conductor: Emmanuelle Ha?m, Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astr?e. I must admit that I was intrigued when I received this...

Australian pressing. For their 1989 festival the committee of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir invited Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to join the Choir and the Utah Symphony Orchestra under maestro Julius Rudel. The choice of repertoire remained open, and Dame Kiri...