Blu-Ray Video, Beethoven (composer)
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Adrianne Pieczonka (Leonore), Tomasz Konieczny (Pizarro), Hans-Peter König (Rocco), Olga Bezsmertna (Marzelline), Norbert Ernst (Jaquino)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Konztertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Franz Welser-Möst
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Beethoven: Fidelio
Lise Davidsen (Leonore), David Butt Philip (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro, Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Siliņš (Don Fernando)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Tobias Kratzer
The production itself is a controversial one...Few complaints about the musical performance, which is distinguished from the point of view of Covent Garden’s chorus and orchestra as well as... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Beethoven: Fidelio
Nicole Chevalier (Leonore), Eric Cutler (Florestan), Gabor Bretz (Don Pizarro), Christof Fischesser (Rocco), Melissa Petit (Marzelline), Benjamin Hulett (Jaquino), Karoly Szemeredy (Don Fernando), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Manfred Honeck, Christoph Waltz (director)
Manfred Honeck and Christoph Waltz show nothing but absolute faith in the dramaturgical success of the results...All the leads look and sound the part...Nicole Chevalier and Eric Cutler both... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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In Rehearsal & Performance
Standard Definition Video on Blu-ray Disc
Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Symphony Orchestra of the Südwestfunk Baden-Baden, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti, Erich Leinsdorf, Carlos Kleiber, Sergiu Celibidache, Vaclav Neumann, Ferenc Fricsay, Carlo Maria Giulini, Karl Böhm
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Opera Collection
Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), László Polgár (Rocco), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino) Alfred Muff (Pizarro), Elizabeth Rae Magnuson (Marzelline), Günther Groissböck (Fernando), Boguslaw Bidzinski (First Prisoner) & Gabriel Bermúdez (Second Prisoner), Juliane Banse (Genoveva),...
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Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart & Beethoven
Juliane Banse (soprano), Bruno Ganz (narrator), Christine Schäfer (soprano)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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The Mumbai Concerts
Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Denis Matsuev (piano), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Mehta is ageing in fine style: the control and precision of his conducting remain phenomenal, yet there is none of the sports car gear-changing which, in earlier vintages, he often seemed unable... — More…
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Beethoven: Leonore (1805 version)
Nathalie Paulin (Leonore), Jean-Michel Richer (Florestan), Stephen Hegedus (Rocco), Pascale Beaudin (Marzelline), Matthew Scollin (Pizarro), Keven Geddes (Jacquino), Alexandre Sylvestre (Don Fernando), Opera Lafayette Orchestra and Chorus, Ryan Brown
Lafayette’s modest production suggests that first thoughts were good thoughts but that Leonore is a different opera from Fidelio...Playing original instruments, the Opera Lafayette Orchestra... — More…
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Roberto Saccà (Florestan), Melanie Diener (Leonore), Alfred Muff (Rocco), Sandra Trattnigg (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Lucio Gallo (Don Pizarro), Krešimir Stražanac (Don Fernando)
Zurich Opera Orchestra & Zurich Opera Chorus, Bernard Haitink (conductor) & Katharina Thalbach...
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A Tribute to Hans Knappertsbusch
Live recording from the Theater an der Wien, Wiener Festwochen, 1962 & 1963
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
These historic performances remain more golden than their ageing picture frames — More…