Arthaus Musik
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Hunter's Bride
Der Freischütz – The Marksman
Juliane Banse (Agathe), Michael König (Max), Michael Volle (Kaspar), Regula Mühlemann (Ännchen), Franz Grundheber (Prince Ottakar), René Pape (Hermit), Olaf Bär (Kilian)
London Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Daniel Harding
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Puccini: Turandot
Eva Marton (La Principessa Turandot), José Carreras (Calaf), Katia Ricciarelli (Liù) & John-Paul Bogart (Timur)
Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Sängerknaben, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Harold Prince (director)
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Boito: Mefistofele
Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo)
San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Marcelo Álvarez (Il Duca), Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Inva Mula (Gilda), Julian Konstantinov (Sparafucile), Nino Surguladze (Maddalena), Mercé Obiol (Giovanna), Stanislav Shvets (Monterone), Joan Martin-Royo (Marullo), on Plazaola (Borsa)
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Jesus-Lopez Cobos (conductor)...
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A Tribute to Hans Knappertsbusch
Live recording from the Theater an der Wien, Wiener Festwochen, 1962 & 1963
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
These historic performances remain more golden than their ageing picture frames —
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Fall, L: Die Dollarprinzessin (The Dollar Princess)
Tatjana Iwanow (Olga), Horst Niendorf (Couder), Gabriele Jacoby (Alice), Gerhart Lippert (Freddy Wehrburg), Regina Lemnitz (Daisy), Stefan Behrens (Hans von Schlick) & Ingrid van Bergen (Dora)
Symphony Orchestra Kurt Graunke, Munich, Wolfgang Ebert
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Heuberger: Der Opernball (The Opera Ball)
Helen Mané (Angèle), Harald Serafin (Paul), Maria Tiboldi (Marguérite), Maurice Besançon (Georges), Tatjana Iwanow (Palmira), Heinz Erhardt (Caesare), Christiane Schröder (Hortense) & Uwe Friedrichsen (Henri)
Symphony Orchestra Kurt Graunke, Munich, Willy Mattes
