Future Releases

A film by Norbert Beilharz

This Documentary shows Claudio Abbado as he is rehearsing Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with world-famous singers Montserrat Caballé, Cecilia Gasdia, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Peter Dvorsky, Chris Merritt , Samuel Ramey and the Choir and Orchestra of the Scala di Milano.

It documents rehearsals in at three different locations: the church of San Marco in Milan, the main stage at Teatro alla Scala and in one of the rehearsal rooms of the opera house, recorded in 1985.

An opportunity to see and directly compare the performances of the well acclaimed sopranos Montserrat Caballé and Cecilia Gasdia and the tenors Peter Dvorsky and Chris Merritt.

Director Norbert Beilharz is a worldwide renowned specialist for classical music documentaries.

DVD release comes right in time for the 80th Anniversary Celebrations of Claudio Abbado in June 2013 and will be accompanied by two further EuroArts June releases: Claudio Abbado Anniversary Box (Item. No.: 2059588 and the Abbado Beethoven Box (Item No.: 2057374)

Special Packaging: Digipak with hotfoil embossing + Sticker 8Oth Anniversary Edition

Picture format DVD: NTSC 4:3

Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo

Region code: 0

Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish

Booklet notes: English, French, German

Running time: 119 mins

A new release of EuroArts successful series My Favourite Opera. Here we study the results of involvement with a specific role. We witness musical and stage rehearsals in 1991, listen to what the artists have to say about the work in progress and share in private moments.

“I can feel deep into Giulietta’s soul” explains Katia Ricciarelli. The world famous and distinguished Italian star soprano fascinates as Giulietta in Vincenzo Bellini’s I capuleti e i Montecchi alongside Diana Montague (as Romeo), Dano Raffanti (Tebaldo), Macello Lippi (Capellio) and Antonio Salvadori (Lorenzo).

This opera is inspired by the tragic love story of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It is an opera about power, hate, jealousy, rivalry, love. The role of the Giulietta was one of the high points of Katia Ricciarelli’s career.

Katia Ricciarelli is best known for her roles in Rossini, Verdi and Puccini Operas but also appeared on screen and won the best actress prize Nastro D’Argento for her role in Pupi Avati’s La seconda notte di nozze.

This intimate portrait of a great opera singer also reveals how an opera production at the highest level is created.

Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9

Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo

Region code: 0

Languages: English, German, French

Booklet notes: English, German, French

Running time: 58 mins

A film by Felix Breisach

Verdi’s Life told by Thomas Hampson

Fly, thought, on Golden Wings is the famous prisoners’ chorus from one of Verdi’s most famous opera Nabucco through which he entered the hearts of his compatriots, and in those hearts he has remained, It is also the name and motto of this fascinating documentary about Verdi’s life.

Almost seventy years of creative activity lay between Verdi’s first compositions for Busseto and his corrections of the Falstaff score in 1893. Verdi’s “popular trilogy”, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata, revolutionized the musical theatre landscape.

The documentary follows Verdi’s life to places of his origin and those most important for him. The documentary is hosted by Thomas Hampson, the eloquent and world famous baritone.

Including four complete Verdi Arias sung by Thomas Hampson: I due Foscari “O vecchio cor, che batti” • Macbeth “Pietà, rispetto, amore”• Il Trovatore “Tout est désert … Son regard“ • La Traviata „Di Provenza il mar“.

A Documentary in time for the Verdi Year 2013 in honour of Verdi’s 200th Anniversary.

Picture format DVD: NTSC 4:3

Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo

Region code: 0 (worldwide)

Languages: English, German, French

Booklet notes: English, German, French

Running time: 60 mins

Release of the successful DVD on Blu-ray Disc.

What makes Abbado’s Mahler performance so remarkable is that their impact is never achieved at the expense of the multiple sensitivities, subtleties and extreme sophistication.

Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and Schoenberg’s Pelleas and Melisande are performed by one of the world’s leading youth orchestras: The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

Includes an introduction to Schoenberg’s Pelleas and Melisande by Alberica Archinto and Elli Stern, offering fascinating insights into this unparalleled composition.

DVD release comes right in time for the 80th Anniversary Celebrations of Claudio Abbado and will be accompanied by the other EuroArts June releases: Claudio Abbado Special Anniversary Box and the Abbado Beethoven Box.

Picture format Blu-ray Disc: 1080i Full HD

Sound formats Blu-Ray Disc: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio

Region code: All (worldwide)

Subtitles: English, French, German

Booklet notes: English, French, German

Runnning time: 113 mins

Blu-ray release of the successful DVD Box on the occasion of Claudio Abbado’s 80th Anniversary.

In February 2001 the Berliner Philharmoniker and Claudio Abbado were guests at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with all Beethoven symphonies. Their success was overwhelming with standing ovations after each performance.

This exclusive box containing the complete Beethoven Symphonies performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker includes a special multi-angle feature: each Disc offers sequences from the “conductor camera” showing the maestro from his perspective.

Including the 26 mins interview “Abbado on Beethoven”.

Critics spoke of seminal moments in the history of music.

Picture format Blu-ray Disc: 16:9

Sound formats Blu-ray Disc: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1

Region code: All (worldwide)

Subtitles (Symphony No. 9): English, French, German, Spanish, Italian

Booklet notes: English, French, German

Running time: 413 mins

This DVD Box will be released in honour of Claudio Abbado’s 80th anniversary on June 26th. It contains an extensive collection of concert recordings and the documentary Hearing the Silence, capturing the outstanding work and repertoire of this formidable conductor on 8 DVDs.

Claudio Abbado, musical director of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (1968-1986) and the Berliner Philharmoniker (1989-2002) has always been supportive to the younger music generation and hence founded excellent orchestras such as the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, European Union Youth Orchestra and the Orchestra Mozart. His musical career took him all over the world to the most prestigious opera and concert houses from Milan, London, Chicago to Berlin, Vienna and Bologna. A tremendous achievement which is captured in this Box.

These 8 DVDs contain marvellous recordings of Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Stravinksky, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Verdi, Mahler and Bach performed by excellent Orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, accompanied by exceptional soloists like Alfred Brendel , Andrea Rost, Karita Mattila, Barbara Bonney all conducted by one of the greatest conductors of our time.

Picture format: NTSC 16:9

Sound formats: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1

DVD 2 & 5 PCM Stereo

Region code: All (worldwide)

Booklet Notes: English, German, French

Running Time: Disc 1: 97 mins, Disc 2: 79 mins, Disc 3: 94 mins,

Disc 4: 122 mins, Disc 5: 67 mins, Disc 6: 84 mins,

Disc 7: 106 mins, Disc 8: 100 mins (total 749 mins)