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“The sound is consistently spacious and free to bring out the strongly dramatic and characterful qualities of Sinopoli's reading.” Gramophone Magazine “Freni proves an outstanding choice: her girlish tones in Act I rebut any idea that she might be too mature. Of the others, Renato Bruson nicely brings out the ironic side of Lescaut's character” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Comes complete with a listening guide taking the listener on a journey through the opera's plot. “Dame Kiri gives an affecting characterization of Manon, at times rather heavily underlined but passionately convincing...Carreras is in good form, but sounds a little strained at times. The Decca sound, with the voices well forward is characteristically vivid.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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Miriam Gauci, Jan Danckaert, Antonio Ordonez, Jules Bastin, Barry Ryan Flemish Opera Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Silvio Varviso, stage direction by Robert Carsen Recording Date: 1991
Place of recording: Flemish Opera
Running Time: 124 min
Picture Format: 4:3
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
Menu Languages PAL: D, GB, F, SP
Subtitle Languages PAL: D, GB, F, I, SP
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Lucienne van Deyck, Miriam Gauci and more Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, BRT Philharmonic Chorus , Jaak Gregoor Choir, Alexander Rahbari “Gauci gives one of the most sensitive performances of this role on any set...Rahbari is a red-blooded interpreter of Italian opera, generally pacing well, even if at the very start he is disconcertingly hectic.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Virginia Zeani (Manon Lescaut), Flaviano Labò (Des Grieux), Alberto Rinaldi (Lescaut) Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza, Umberto Cattini | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Plácido Domingo - My Greatest Roles Volume 1 (Puccini)This first boxed set of Plácido Domingo’s greatest roles features operas by Puccini
Puccini: | La fanciulla del West Puccini's penultimate opera is set at the height of the California gold rush. In this Royal Opera recording, filmed in 1983, Carol Neblett sings the role of Minnie, ‘The Girl of the Golden West’, and Placido Domingo is as ignitable as ever in the role of Dick Johnson, alias the bandit, Ramirez. The much-admired production, still in repertory at The Royal Opera, is by Piero Faggioni, and the conductor is Nello Santi. Carol Neblett & Placido Domingo Nello Santi Manon Lescaut This famous production from The Royal Opera, filmed in 1983, features Kiri Te Kanawa in the title role and Plácido Domingo, whose performance of Des Grieux is considered to be unsurpassed. The role of Des Grieux is one of the most taxing in the tenor repertoire, and Domingo’s passionate portrayal is one of his greatest achievements. Lescaut is sung by Thomas Allen, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House is conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli. Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo & Thomas Allen Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Giuseppe Sinopoli Tosca For the first time, the long-awaited ‘live’, real-time Tosca, filmed in Rome in 1992, is available on DVD. For this unique and highly innovative version of Puccini’s Tosca., the acts were staggered so that they were broadcast at the very same times of day as Puccini had written into his score, and were broadcast live by satellite around the world. Tosca was also performed in the exact settings –: in the 16th-century church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, the nearby
Palazzo Farnese and finally at Castel Sant’Angelo. Plácido Domingo, Catherine Malfitano & Ruggero Raimondi Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Rome RAI, Zubin Mehta |
Picture format: NTSC 4:3 FF Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo TOSCA: Duration: 114 mins Subtitles: Eng / Fr / Ger / It MANON LESCAUT: Duration:130mins Subtitles: Eng / Fr / Ger / Sp / It / Jp LA FAN. DEL W.: Duration: 140 mins Subtitles: Eng / Ger / Sp “Domingo stars in three roles, all filmed when his talents were at their peak. The Covent Garden Fanciulla is exceptional, Manon Lescaut generally good and the real-time Roman Tosca more than a technical feat.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Nessun Dorma - Favourite Puccini Operas
Puccini: | La Bohème Live Recording from the San Francisco Opera House 1988 Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti & Gino Quilico Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, Tiziano Severini Turandot Live Recording from the San Francisco Opera House 1994 Eva Marton, Michael Sylvester & Lucia Mazzaria Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, Donald Runnicles Manon Lescaut Live Recording from the Flemish Opera 1991
Live Recording from the Flemish Opera 1991 Miriam Gauci, Jan Danckaert & Antonio Ordonez The Flemish Opera Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Silvio Varviso Madama Butterfly Live Recording from Teatro All Scala Milan 1986 Yasuko Hayashi, Hak-Nam Kim & Peter Dvrosky Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel |
Turandot, Region 0 NTSC Madama Butterfly, Region 0 NTSC La Boheme, Region 0 NTSC Manon Lescaut, Region 2, 5 PAL Recording Date: 1994
Running Time: 507 min
Picture Format: 4:3
Sound Format: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 2.0
Language: I
Menu Languages NTSC: D, F, GB, SP
Subtitle Languages NTSC: D, F, GB, I, SP
“[On Manon Lescaut] ...sharp and snappy production….Miriam Gauci is vocally skilled and dramatically inventive, charting the rise and fall of the venal yet lovable heroine with taste and a lavish top register” BBC Music Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Jussi Björling in Two Puccini OperasLa Boheme and Manon Lescaut: Live Performances from the Met (1948 & 1956)
Puccini: | Manon Lescaut 31st March 1956 Licia Albanese (Manon), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Frank Guarrera (Lescaut), Fernando Corena (Geronte), Thomas Hayward (Edmondo), George Cehanovsky (Innkeeper), James McCracken (Lamplighter) Giuseppe Antonicelli La Bohème 25th December 1948 Bidú Sayão (Mimi), Jussi Björling (Rodolfo), Mimi Benzell (Musetta), Frank Valentino (Marcello), George Cehanovsky (Schaunard), Nicola Moscona (Colline), Salvatore Baccaloni (Benoit/Alcindoro), Anthony Marlowe (Parpignol) Dimitri Mitropoulos |
Digitally restored by Ward Marston in 2008 | | | (also available to download from $32.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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