DVD Video, Decca (label)
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Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedAnna Caterina Antonacci (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don Jose), Norah Amsellem (Micaela), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Escamillo), Jacques Imbrailo (Morales), Matthew Rose (Zuniga), Elena Xanthoudakis (Frasquita), Viktoria Vizin (Mercedes), Caroline Lena Olsson (Lillas Pastia), Jean Sebastien Bou (Le Dancaire),...
Pappano in the pit takes the whole thing at a tremendous lick while coaxing some lovely playing from the Royal Opera House Orchestra. For all that, this is opera as spectacle with good tunes... — More…
Awards:
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Building a Library, March 2015, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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44 CDs + 2 DVD Videos
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Massenet: Manon
Carlos Acosta (Des Grieux), Tamara Rojo (Manon), José Martin (Lescaut), Christopher Saunders (Monsieur G.M.), Laura Morera (Lescaut’s Mistress), Genesia Rosato (Madame), Thomas Whitehead (The Gaoler), Paul Kay (Beggar Chief) & Philip Mosley (Old Gentleman)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,...
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Lehár: The Merry Widow
sung in English
Renée Fleming (Hanna Glawari), Nathan Gunn (Danilo), Kelli O’Hara (Valencienne), Alek Shrader (Camille)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus & Ballet, Sir Andrew Davis
Davis keeps Lehar's effervescent score bubbling along and this would be the perfect, light-hearted operatic fare to see in the New Year...There's a great sense of fun running through the entire... — More…
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79 CDs + 2 DVD Videos
$292.00
