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Lauritz Melchior (Tannhäuser), Helen Traubel (Elisabeth), Herbert Janssen (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Kerstin Thorborg (Venus), Alexander Kipnis (Landgraf), John Garris (Walther von der Vogelweide), Osie Hawkins (Biterolf), Emery Darcy (Heinrich der Schreiber), John Gurney (Reinmar von Zweter), Maxine Stellman (Hirt) Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, George Szell | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Günther Treptow (Tannhäuser), Trude Eipperle (Elisabeth), Heinrich Schlusnus (Wolfram), Aga Joesten (Venus), Otto von Rohr (Hermann) Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks, Kurt Schröder | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Günther Treptow (Tannhäuser), Trude Eipperle (Elisabeth), Heinrich Schlusnus (Wolfram), Aga Joesten (Venus), Otto von Rohr (Hermann) Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks, Schröder (Kurt), Zillig (Winfried) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Karl Liebl (Tannhäuser), Gré Brouwenstijn (Elisabeth), Eberhard Wächter (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Deszö Ernster (Landgraf), Herta Wilfert (Venus), Alois Pernerstorfer (Biterolf), Murray Dickie (Walther von der Vogelweide), Walter Brunelli (Heinrich der Schreiber), Peter Harrower (Reinmar von Zweter), Rosl Schwaiger (Hirt) Orchestra Sinfonica & Coro di Roma della RAI, Artur Rodzinsky Live recording, 1957 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Wagner Collection: Opera Edition
Wagner: | Lohengrin Live Recording from The Wiener Staatsoper, 1990 Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Robert Lloyd (Heinrich der Vogler), Cheryl Studer (Elsa), Dunja Vejzovic (Ortrud), Hartmut Welker (Telramund) & Georg Tichy (Der Heerrufer des königs) Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado (conductor) & Wolfgang Weber (stage director) Tannhäuser Live Recording from The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden 2008 Robert Gambill (Tannhäuser), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Roman Trekel (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Stephen Milling (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), Marcel Reijans (Walther von der Vogelweide), Tom Fox (Biterolf), Andreas Hörl (Reimar von Zweter), Florian Hoffmann (Heinrich der Schreiber), Katherina Müller (Ein junger Hirt), Claudia Chmelar, Anna-Katina Tilch, Manuela Leonhartsberger, Martina König (Edelknaben) & Reinier van der Eng (Geist des Tannhäuser) Philharmonia Chor Wien & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (director) Rienzi Version in two parts by Philipp Stölzl and Christian Baier. Live Recording from The Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2010 Torsten Kerl (Rienzi), Kate Aldrich (Adriano) & Camilla Nylund (Irene) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sebastian Lang-Lessing (conductor) & Philipp Stölzl (stage director) |
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 | 
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| |  | Magic Moments of Opera
Beethoven: | Fidelio, Op. 72 Live from the Opernhaus Zürich, 2004 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) Chorus & Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Jürgen Flimm (director) | Bizet: | Carmen Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 1978 Elena Obraztsova (Carmen), Isobel Buchanan (Micaëla), Yuri Mazurok (Escamillo), Isobel Buchanan (Micaëla), Cheryl Kanfoush (Frasquita), Axelle Gall (Mercédès), Kurt Rydl (Zuniga), Hans Helm (Moralès), Heinz Zednik (Remendado) & Paul Wolfrum (Dancaïre) Stage Orchestra, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, The Vienna Boys’ Choir and Ballet of the Wiener Staatsoper, Carlos Kleiber (conductor) & Franco Zeffirelli (stage director) | Massenet: | Werther Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 2005 Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elina Garanca (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli), Peter Jelosits (Schmidt), Marcus Pelz (Johann), Clemens Unterreiner (Brühlmann) & Maria Gusenleitner (Käthchen) Orchestra, Stage Orchestra and Chorus der Wiener Staatsoper & Children of the Opernschule der Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & Andrei Serban (director) | Mozart: | Die Zauberflöte, K620 Live from the Opéra national de Paris, 2001 Piotr Beczala (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Detlef Roth (Papageno), Matti Salminen (Sarastro), Désirée Rancatore (Königin der Nacht), Gaële Le Roi (Papagena), Wolfgang Schöne (Sprecher), Uwe Peper (Monostatos), Cécile Perrin, Helene Schneiderman & Hélène Perraguin (Drei Damen) Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra National de Paris, Iván Fischer (conductor) & Benno Besson (stage director) | Puccini: | Tosca Live from the Arena di Verona, 2006 Fiorenza Cedolins (Floria Tosca), Marcelo Alvarez (Mario Cavaradossi) & Ruggero Raimondi (Il Barone Scarpia), Fabio Previati (Sagristano), Marco Spotti (Angelotti), Enrico Facini (Spoletta), Giuliano Pelizon (Sciarrone), Ottavia Dorrucci (Un pastore) & Angelo Nardinocchi (Un carceriere) Arena Di Verona, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Hugo de Ana (stage director) | Rossini: | Il barbiere di Siviglia Live from the Opéra national de Paris Joyce DiDonato (Rosina), Roberto Saccà (Graf Almaviva), Dalibor Jenis (Figaro), Carlos Chausson (Bartolo), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Basilio), Nicholas Garrett (Fiorello), Jeannette Fischer (Berta) & Denis Aubry (Polizeioffizier) Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra National de Paris, Bruno Campanella (conductor) & Coline Serreau (stage director) | Strauss, J, II: | Die Fledermaus Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 1980 Bernd Weikl (Gabriel von Eisenstein), Lucia Popp (Rosalinde), Erich Kunz (Gefängnisdirektor Frank), Brigitte Fassbaender (Prinz Orlofsky), Josef Hopferwieser (Alfred), Walter Berry (Dr Falke), Anton Wendler (Dr Blind), Edita Gruberova (Adele), Karin Göttling (Ida), Helmut Lohner (Frosch) & Karl Caslavsky (Iwan) Orchestra, Ballet and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor) & Otto Schenk (director) | Strauss, R: | Elektra Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 1989 Eva Marton (Elektra), Brigitte Fassbaender (Klytämnestra), Franz Grundheber (Orest), James King (Aegisth), Goran Simic (Attendant of Orest), Waltraud Winsauer (Confidant), Noriko Sasaki (Train Bearer), Wilfried Gahmlich (Young Servant), Claudio Otelli (Old Servant), Gabriele Lechner (Attendant) & Margarita Lilowa, Gabriele Sima, Margareta Hintermeier, Brigitte Poschner-Klebel, Joanna Borowska (Maids) Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado (conductor) & Harry Kupfer (stage director) | Verdi: | Aida Live from the Teatro alla Scala 1985 Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze (The King of Egypt), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramphis), Francesca Garbi (Priestess) & Ernesto Gavazzi (Messenger) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (stage director) | Wagner: | Tannhäuser Live from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden 2008 Robert Gambill (Tannhäuser), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Roman Trekel (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Stephen Milling (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), Marcel Reijans (Walther von der Vogelweide), Tom Fox (Biterolf), Andreas Hörl (Reimar von Zweter), Florian Hoffmann (Heinrich der Schreiber), Katherina Müller (Ein junger Hirt), Claudia Chmelar, Anna-Katina Tilch, Manuela Leonhartsberger, Martina König (Edelknaben) & Reinier van der Eng (Geist des Tannhäuser) Philharmonia Chor Wien & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) |
With »Magic Moments of Opera« Arthaus Musik has launched the opera sensation of the year. Stars like PLÁCIDO DOMINGO, JOYCE DIDONATO, JONAS KAUFMANN, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI and ELI¯NA GARANCˇA offer a coruscating display of singing from the world’s foremost opera houses. Love and passion; wrath and wit; revenge and regret. Legendary recordings of ten operatic masterpieces offer both cognoscenti and the uninitiated an opportunity to experience truly great stage performances. Magic moments of opera. Sound Format: various Picture Format: 4:3 /16:9 DVD Format: 11 x DVD 9, NTSC Subtitle Languages: various Running Time: ca. 1500 mins FSK: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | German Opera MasterworksSix Complete Operas
Beethoven: | Fidelio, Op. 72 Salzburg, 1969 Christa Ludwig (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Franz Crass (Rocco), Edith Mathis (Marzelline) Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Böhm | Mozart: | Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 Vienna, 6th September 1945 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Konstanze), Anton Dermota (Belmonte), Emmy Loose (Blonde), Peter Klein (Pedrillo) Orchestra and Chorus of Austrian Radio, Rudolf Morat | Strauss, R: | Der Rosenkavalier Naples, 16th October 1971 Gundula Janowitz (Marschallin), Brigitte Fassbander (Oktavian), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Ileana Cotrubas (Sophie) RAI Orchestra and Chorus, Georges Prêtre | Wagner: | Der fliegende Holländer Bayreuth, 1959 George London (The Dutchman), Leonie Rysanek (Senta), Josef Greindl (Daland), Fritz Uhl (Erik) Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival, Wolfgang Sawallisch Tannhäuser Perugia, 1st October 1972 René Kollo (Tannhäuser), Gundula Janowitz (Elisabeth), Wolfgang Brendel (Wolfram), Mignon Dunn (Venus) Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch | Weber: | Der Freischütz Salzburg, 26th July 1954 Elisabeth Grümmer (Agathe), Rita Streich (Ännchen), Hans Hopf (Max), Kurt Böhme (Kaspar) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler |
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Wagner: | Der fliegende Holländer 1950 Hans Hotter (DerHolländer), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Set Svanholm (Erik), Sven Nilsson (Daland), Hertha Glaz (Mary), Thomas Hayward (Steuermann) Fritz Reiner Tannhäuser 1954 Ramon Vinay (Tannhäuser), Margaret Harshaw (Elisabeth), Astrid Varnay (Venus), George London (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Jerome Hines (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), Brian Sullivan (Walther von der Vogelweide), Clifford Harvuot (Biterolf), Paul Franke (Heinrich der Schreiber), Norman Scott (Reinmar von Zweter), Roberta Peters (Hirt) George Szell Lohengrin 1943 Lauritz Melchior (Lohengrin), Astrid Varnay (Elsa), Kerstin Thorborg (Ortrud), Alexander Sved (Telramund), Norman Cordon (König Heinrich), Mack Harrell (Der Heerrufer des Königs) Erich Leinsdorf Das Rheingold 1951 Hans Hotter (Wotan), Set Svanholm (Loge), Lawrence Davidson (Alberich), Margaret Harshaw (Fricka), Leslie Chabay (Mime), Jarmila Novotná (Freia), Brian Sullivan (Froh), Osie Hawkins (Donner), Jean Madeira (Erda), Jerome Hines (Fasolt), Dezsö Ernster (Fafner), Erna Berger (Woglinde), Lucine Amara (Wellgunde), Hertha Glaz (Flosshilde) Fritz Stiedry Die Walküre 1940 Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), Julius Huehn (Wotan), Marjorie Lawrence (Sieglinde), Karin Branzell (Fricka), Emanuel List (Hunding) Erich Leinsdorf Siegfried 1937 Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried), Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Friedrich Schorr (Wanderer), Karl Laufkötter (Mime), Eduard Habich (Alberich), Emanuel List (Fafner), Stella Andreva (Waldvogel) Artur Bodanzky Götterdämmerung 1936 Marjorie Lawrence (Brünnhilde), Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried), Ludwig Hofmann (Hagen), Dorothee Manski (Gutrune), Kathryn Meisle (Waltraute), Friedrich Schorr (Gunther), Doris Doe (Erste Norn/Floßhilde), Irra Petina (Zweite Norn), Inge Manski (Dritte Norn), Edita Fleischer (Woglinde), Irra Petina (Wellgunde) Artur Bodanzky Tristan und Isolde 1938 Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Karin Branzell (Brangaene), Emanuel List (Konig Marke), Julius Huehn (Kurwenal), Karl Laufkötter (Ein Hirt), Louis D' Angelo (Ein Steuermann), Arnold Gabor (Melot), Karl Laufkötter (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns) Artur Bodanzky Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 1953 Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Hans Hopf (Walther von Stolzing), Victoria de los Angeles (Eva), Gerhard Pechner (Beckmesser), Richard Holm (David), Hertha Glaz (Magdalena), Josef Greindl (Pogner), Mack Harrell (Kothner), Clifford Harvuot (Ein Nachtwächter) Fritz Reiner |
Richard Wagner's operatic masterpieces - including the complete Ring Cycle - captured live in historic broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera. With casts that include such celebrated Wagnerians as Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior and Hans Hotter led by iconic conductors including Fritz Reiner, George Szell and Erich Leinsdorf, these recordings have been newly restored from the original sources and vividly display the grandeur and immediacy of these legendary, once in a lifetime performances. The set comes in a lift-off box with all discs packaged in mini-jackets plus a 120-page perfect bound book. There will be synopses and essays about each opera within the book, and the audio is newly restored from the original tapes. |
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Wagner: | Der fliegende Holländer Juha Uusitalo (Der Hollander), Robert Lloyd (Daland), Catherine Naglestad (Senta), Marco Jentzsch (Erik), Marina Prudenskaja (Mary), Oliver Ringelhahn (Der Steuermann) Chorus of The Netherlands Opera & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Harmut Haenchen (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director) Der Ring des Nibelungen Das Rheingold: Falk Struckmann (Wotan), Graham Clark (Loge), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Lioba Braun (Fricka), Kwanchul Youn (Fasolt), Matthias Hölle (Fafner), Elisabete Matos (Freia), Wolfgang Rauch (Donner), Jeffrey Dowd (Froh), Francisco Vas (Mime), Andrea Bönig (Erda), Christina Obregón (Woglinde), Ana Ibarra (Wellgunde), Francisca Beaumont (Flosshilde)
Die Walküre: Richard Berkeley-Steele (Siegmund), Linda Watson (Sieglinde), Eric Halfvarson (Hunding), Helen Traubel (Brünnhilde), Falk Struckmann (Wotan), Lioba Braun (Fricka), Sabine Brohm (Gerhilde), Anneger Stumphius (Ortlinde), Marisa Altmann-Althausen (Waltraute), Andrea Bönig (Schwertleite), Heike Gierhardt (Helmwige), Mireia Pintó (Siegrune), Corinne Romijn (Grimgerde), Francisca Beaumont (Rossweisse)
Siegfried: John Treleaven (Siegfried), Deborah Polaski (Brünnhilde), Graham Clark (Mime), Falk Struckmann (Der Wanderer), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Eric Halfvarson (Fafner), Andrea Bönig (Erda), Cristina Obregón (Waldvogel)
Götterdämmerung: John Treleaven (Siegfried), Deborah Polaski (Brünnhilde), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Falk Struckmann (Gunther), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Julia Juon (Waltraute), Cristina Obregón (Woglinde), María Rodríguez (Wellgunde), Francisca Beaumont (Flosshilde), Julia Juon (1. Norn), Leandra Overmann (2. Norn), Elisabete Matos (3. Norn) Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Bertrand de Billy (conductor); Harry Kupfer (director) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Gerald Finley (Hans Sachs), Anna Gabler (Eva), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Sixtus Beckmesser), Marco Jentzsch (Walther von Stolzing), Topi Lehtipuu (David), Michaela Selinger (Magdalene), Alastair Miles (Veit Pogner), Henry Waddington (Fritz Kothner), Mats Almgren (Nightwatchman), Colin Judson (Kunz Vogelgesang), Andrew Slater (Konrad Nachtigall), Alasdair Elliott (Balthasar Zorn), Adrian Thompson (Ulrich Eisslinger), Daniel Norman (Augustin Moser), Robert Poulton (Hermann Ortel), Maxim Mikailov (Hans Schwarz), Graeme Broadbent (Hans Foltz) London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director) Lohengrin Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Solveig Kringelborn (Elsa), Waltraud Meier (Ortrud), Tom Fox (Telramund), Hans-Peter König (King Heinrich), Roman Trekel (Herald) EuropaChorAkademie Mainz, Chorus of the Opéra national de Lyon & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) Parsifal Christopher Ventris (Parsifal), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Matti Salminen (Gurnemanz), Tom Fox (Klingsor), Thomas Hampson (Amfortas), Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (Titurel) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Festspielchor Baden-Baden,, Kent Nagano (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) Tannhäuser Stig Andersen (Tannhäuser), Tina Keberg (Elisabeth), Susanne Resmark (Venus), Tommi Hakala (Wolfram), Stephen Milling (Hermann) Royal Danish Opera, Friedemann Layer (conductor), Kasper Holten (stage director) Tristan und Isolde Robert Gambill (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Katarina Karnéus (Brangäne), Bo Skovhus (Kurwenal), René Pape (König Marke), Stephen Gadd (Melot), Timothy Robinson (Hirt/Junger Seemann), Richard Mosley-Evans (Steuermann) London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor), Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) |
This set presents all of Wagner’s mature operas from seven leading European opera houses recorded during the last decade, featuring many of the most acclaimed Wagner singers of our age, in productions which exult in the force of Ezra Pound’s dictum, ‘Great art is news that stays news’. The directors Harry Kupfer, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, David McVicar and others heed Wagner’s own persuasive plea, ‘Children, make it new’, in stagings employing sophisticated modern technology within grand designs which face up to the breadth of Wagner’s dramatic genius and the social and political implications of his work for us today. Special Wagner anniversary DVD collection presented in luxury packaging. Released at a highly competitive price. Running time: 40 hours approx. Subtitles: Der Fliegende Holländer: EN/FR/DE/ES/NE Der Ring Des Nibelungen: EN/FR/ DE/ES/CA/IT Lohengrin: EN/FR/ DE/ES/IT Tannhäuser: EN/FR/ DE/ES/DA/CH Parsifal: EN/FR/ DE/ES/IT Tristan und Isolde – EN/FR/ DE/ES/IT Sound format: LPCM Stereo & 5.1 DTS (except Der Fliegende Holländer: Dolby Digital 2.0 & 5.1 DTS) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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