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Richard Wagner’s oeuvre is impressive. Even during his lifetime it was clear that his visions for music theatre were ground-breaking and unique.

2013 sees Wagner’s 200th birthday – an important occasion for Arthaus Musik to recognize and honour him. The catalogue contains three outstanding opera productions which will now be released together in this exclusive Wagner Collection DVD Box. Besides the legendary Lohengrin from Vienna with Plácido Domingo in the title role, you will find the sensual production of Tannhäuser by Nikolaus Lehnhoff from Baden-Baden as well as the recent spectacular and provocative staging of Rienzi at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Sound Format: PPCM Stereo (Lohengrin) + DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 (Tannhäuser, Rienzi)

Picture Format: 16:9 / 4:3 (only Lohengrin)

DVD Format: 5 x DVD 9 & 1 x DVD 5, NTSC

Subtitle Languages: DE (Original Language) IT, GB, FR, ES

Running Time: 580 mins + 84 mins (bonus)

FSK: 12

Arthaus presents a Hommage to one of the most outstanding and charismatic operatic artists in the last 50 years: Plácido Domingo.

Box Set Plácido Domingo including legendary documents available now.

Sound Format: PCM Stereo (Carmen, Lohengrin) / PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 (Il trovatore)

Picture Format: 4:3

DVD Format: 1 x DVD 5, 3 x DVD 9 / PAL

(Carmen, Lohengrin) / NTSC (Il trovatore)

Subtitle Languages: GB, DE, FR, IT, ES / GB, DE, FR, IT (Lohengrin)

Running Time: about 500 mins

FSK: 12

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates 25 years at Lincoln Center.

The cast-list for the evening reads like a Who's Who of 20th-century opera.

Thrill to “hours and hours of glorious opera...A triumphant celebration of virtuosity (Toronto Globe and Mail) as New York’s legendary opera company celebrates its first quarter century at Lincoln Center with “one of the most exquisitely refined and extravagant assemblages of vocal artistry the Met stage has yet hosted” (New York Times). “Not just another night at the opera” (Los Angeles Times), this extraordinary gala features complete acts from three favorite works, starring dozens of the world’s greatest singers, all conducted by Met music director James Levine.

Cheryl Studer, in the title role, leads an excellent cast in Elijah Moshinsky's 1994 production of Verdi's extravagant and magnificent Egyptian opera. Aida was acclaimed at its first performance in 1871 and has grown in stature ever since to become one of the best-loved and most-performed grand operas of all time.

Riccardo Muti conducts a fine cast in the powerful and atmospheric 1991 production of Verdi’s ninth opera, whose story of the heroic tussle between Ezio, a Roman general, and Attila, the Nordic invader was written for the 1846 Teatro la Fenice season and premiered there to huge acclaim.

Riccardo Muti conducts a fine cast led by Giorgio Zancanaro in the title role of Rossini’s towering and opulent last opera, filmed in 1988, with the Corps de Ballet, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala.

• This lesser-known opera has a prologue and three acts and is based on the play Attila, King of the

Huns by Werner

• It was premiered in La Fenice in Venice in 1846

• This DVD is a joint production with La Scala and RAI

Recorded live at La Scala in 1991

Set Design by RUDOLF and REINHARD HEINRICH

Wagner set the action of his “romantic opera” Lohengrin in the “first half of the 10th century” – an instruction which director Wolfgang Weber and his stage designers Rudolf and Reinhard Heinrich clearly took very seriously when they produced it at the Vienna State Opera in 1990. We do indeed experience the early, gloomy Middle Ages: muted colours, dark clouds, barren landscapes and simple shapes dominate the scene. Weber’s simplicity succeeds in evoking clear symbolism; his staging does not impress by means of the spectacular, but underlines the dramatic sense embodied in the music, allowing the outstanding singers full scope to express themselves in this remarkable production under Claudio Abbado. The main roles are taken by Cheryl Studer as Elsa, and Plácido Domingo as Lohengrin – which he first performed as his debut role at the Hamburg State Opera in 1968, at the age of 27.

Sound Format: PCM Stereo

Picture Format: 4:3

DVD Format: 1 x DVD 5 & 9, NTSC

Subtitle Languages: DE (Original Language), GB, FR, IT, ES

Running Time: 219 mins

FSK: 12

A documentary featuring one of the finest Spanish voices of recent times.The film accompanies Montserrat Caballé on a trip through the most significant cities, historical performances and audio recordings of her life. We witness her in conversation, in numerous historic performances and, through the testimonies of friends and fellow musicians, gain a deeper understanding of Montserrat the person and Caballé the artist. Caballé Beyond Music includes an exclusive selection of legendary audiovisual archives, some of them unpublished, which constitute probably the best operatic moments in existence. This film is a complex and passionate portrait of a woman who can only be described as a myth.Yet the objective is to get the truth which lies beyond the myth of this extraordinary performer - her sensitivity and vitality underscore her uncontested place as one of the greatest communicators of the 20th Century.

"Music is magic and it is a privilege to live with it. With this film I wish to share with you the most important moments in my career, which are also the best moments of my life." Montserrat Caballé

harmonia

NTSC 16:9, DD 2.0, DTS 5.1

Region code: 0,Audience: all

Languages: Spanish, German

Subtitles: English, French, Italian

Running time: 98 mins