Opera

Walter Felsenstein (1901-1975), founder and general director of the Komische Oper in Berlin, was one of the twentieth century's greatest creative theatre directors, who played a hugely important role in the revival of opera as a theatrical art form. A bri

Il Turco in Italia is one of Rossini's wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed invention. It is Rossini's fi rst collaboration with Felice Romani - Bellini's librettist - on this opera and Romani understood perfectl

A bleak wind chord of E flat minor opens Wagner, Richard;'s G?tterd?mmerung. It establishes the dominant atmosphere of the piece from it's first bar: twilight, a deceptive half-light, prevails. Shadowy figures stumble towards the abyss. The last evening...

The free man must be his own maker"Wagner, Richard;'s Ring of the Nibelung reflects the composer's autobiography as much as the political turmoil of his times. As work progressed, another figure grew to be as important as the hero Siegfried, the god...

Hunter's Bride" is a film opera based on the romantic opera Der Freisch?tz" by Carl Maria von Weber. Dreams and hopes of young people are told in this exquisite fairy tale. Max and Kaspar, both hunters, fight side by side in the Napoleonic Wars, as well...

The enclosed DVD video release is an ARTHAUS MUSIK presentation of no more and no less than the perfect blend of two human senses: a music lover"s eye and ear will both experience the very finest quality production. Alone the star-studded vocal ensemble

George London was one of the most impressive bass-baritones of the postwar era. He sang on the side of Callas, Maria; Renata Tebaldi and Nicolai Gedda, to name only a few, and captured the audience's hearts with his distinctive voice and his charismatic...

The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the most active dance companies in the world. The dancers, used to practicing 5 to 7 hours a day, develop themselves by working with coaches and choreographers, but first and foremost through a close relationship with...

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique project. All of the composer's 26 Operas, as well as the Requiem - which is closely related to the Operas -...

The Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to all of Verdi's works, including the lesser known gems like Alzira, here presented for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray. The uninitiated can also get a quick introduction to the opera before moving on to...

Act 1 / Acte 1 (40:40) Act 2 / Acte 2 (35:20) Act 3 / Acte 3 (47:12)

When the wife of a Protestant preacher is an adulterer, problems are inevitable from the outset of Verdi's Stiffelio. Even today the finale seems astonishingly bold: superficially it deals with forgiveness and reconciliation, but the orchestral writing...