Classical Vocals

In this program, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa introduces a personal selection of her own favorite operatic scenes recorded at some of the world's major venues, and shares with viewers her recollections of memorable performances from the world of opera. Featuring:...

With it's unique, soaring beauty, the high male voice is today enjoying a huge resurgence in popularity. Heirs to the celebrated castrati of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, today's countertenors produce their voices by wholly natural means. In...

Recital from THEATRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES, Paris. Accopmpanied by Andras Schiff, piano with works by Mendelssohn, Wolf, Mahler, Mozart and Schubert. Star Barbara Hendricks 66 Minutes.

Drawing on her experiences in opera, the irrepressible soprano Julia Migenes invites US to look afresh at the genre she loves, with this irreverent one-woman show.

Included are several performance extracts of Janet Baker from her final performances at the Royal Opera House Covent Gardens, the English National Opera and Glyndebourne. Director Bob Bentley Star Janet Baker 72 Minutes Year of Release: 1985.

Classic tenor performances from 1950-1963 with Jussi Bjoerling, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Jan Peerce, Lauritz Melchior, Jess Thomas, Nicolai Gedda, Richard Tucker, James McCracken, and Franco Correlli.

Classic performances from 1950-1963 with Eleanor Steber, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Birgit Nilsson, Anna Moffo, Bidu Sayao, Renata Tebaldi, Lucia Albanese, Helen Traubel, Roberta Peters, Patrice Munsel, and Jeanette Macdonald.

Soprano Anne Sofie Von Otter headlines an all-star cast of talented singers performing Offenbach's best-loved operettas.

This exclusive documentary on the life and music of Verdi is hosted by baritone Thomas Hampson. Hampson sings 4 Verdi arias.

Added Feature, the Vision; Behind the Scenes, the Making of Three Tenors 61 Minutes.

Musical Journey: Germany DVD

The principal place visited is Cordoba, with it's historical records of it's Moorish past and of the reconquest. The music includes works by Russian and French composers, with only two pieces by Spanish composers. Nevertheless all the music breathes the...