Arthaus Musik Movies
- 1985
Aida
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La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most important for a video recording, a...
- 2001
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)
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Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting and directed for...
- 2007
Norma
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NORMA tells the tragic story of a supposedly chaste druidic priestess, who is driven to murderous jealousy by her lover's inconstancy. But she...
- 2013
Wagner: Die Walküre
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Richard Wagner called Die Walküre the “first evening” of the Ring of the Nibelung; he called Das Rheingold the prologue or Vorabend....
- 1982
Verdi: Requiem
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Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet of soloists under the baton of Claudio Abbado,...
- 2000
Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)
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A production of Mozart's opera recorded live at Zurich Opera House in 2000. Cecilia Bartoli leads an all-star cast including Roberto Saccà,...
- 2014
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
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Götterdämmerung, the final instalment of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung, is a story of human passions. Two essentially benevolent...
- 2004
Madama Butterfly
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Japan, early twentieth century. U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton inspects the house he has leased from a marriage broker. The broker, Goro, has...
- 1987
Der einsame Weg
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- 1998
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
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Richard Wagner's operatic retelling of the story of the search for the Holy Grail receives a lavish production in this video, which records...
- 2001
Vivaldi Orlando Furioso
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For those with any interest in Vivaldi's operas Orlando Furioso is essential viewing, being a 1989 San Francisco Opera revival by Pier Luigi Pizzi of...
- 2009
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
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At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the...
- 2008
Sophia: Biography of a Violin Concerto
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Russian-born composer Sofia Gubaidulina entered the international spotlight at a relatively late age, when the 49-year-old came forward with her...
- 2009
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
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Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra live at Severance Hall, Cleveland, September, 2008. Also included is an introduction by...
- 1988
La Boheme
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Giacomo Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive...
- 2011
Alcina
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The setting of the opera is the enchantress Alcina's island: here by her magic powers she has created a magnificent palace in a beautiful landscape,...
- 1989
Die Soldaten
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Nancy Shade is persuasive as the awkward adolescent Marie, whose naiveté leads relentlessly to her downfall. Michael Ebbecke is sympathetic as...
- 2012
Aida
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- 2012
Demetrio E Polibio
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The work was given its first performance in Rome in 1812. It is still unclear whether Rossini was 14 or 18 when he wrote it; what is beyond doubt,...
- 1999
The Damnation of Faust
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The three main soloists have voices on a scale that can compete with these flashy production values – White and Kasarova, in particular, sing...