Summer Opera - up to 40% off selected titles
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 12th August. Please note, downloads are not included in this offer.
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Special offer. Wagner: The Bayreuth Edition Box Set
Franz Hawlata (Hans Sachs), Michael Volle (Sixtus Beckmesser), Michaela Kaune (Eva), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther Von Stolzing), Norbert Ernst (David), Carola Guber (Magdalene), Artur Korn (Veit Pogner), Markus Eiche (Fritz Kothner), Friedemann Röhlig (Ein Nachtwächter), Charles Reid (Kunz Vogelgesang),...
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Special offer. Wagner: Lohengrin
Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Annette Dasch (Elsa), Petra Lang (Ortrud), Jukka Rasilainen (Telramund), Georg Zeppenfeld (König Heinrich), Samuel Youn (Der Heerrufer Des Königs), Bayreuth Festival, Andris Nelsons
The best singing comes from Annette Dasch’s Elsa, although her vibrato occasionally verges on unsteadiness; Georg Zeppenfeld’s mellow but light King Henry, short on low resonance; and Samuel... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Tannhäuser
Torsten Kerl (Tannhäuser), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Michelle Breedt (Venus), Markus Eiche (Wolfram), Kwangchul Youn (Landgraf Hermann)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Sebastian Baumgarten
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
Martha Mödl (Kundry), Wolfgang Windgassen (Parsifal), George London (Amfortas), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), Hermann Uhde (Klingsor), Kurt Böhme (Titurel)
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Hans Knappertsbusch
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
Bayreuther Festspiele 1955
Ramón Vinay (Parsifal), Martha Mödl (Kundry), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Amfortas), Gustav Neidlinger (Klingsor), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), Hermann Uhde (Titurel), Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch
Because of my reservations regarding Vinay, I would not rank this on quite the same place as the 1951 and 1962 performances; but it is a very close second to those, with terrific performances... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Historical
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Special offer. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Franz Crass (Holländer), Josef Greindl (Daland), Anja Silja (Senta), Fritz Uhl (Erik), Res Fischer (Mary), Georg Paskuda (Steuermann)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Special offer. Wagner: Tannhäuser
Sigismund Pilinszky (Tannhäuser), Maria Müller (Elisabeth), Herbert Janssen (Wolfram), Ruth Jost-Arden (Venus), Ivar Andresen (Hermann)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Karl Elmendorff
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal (highlights)
Ingeborg Holmgren, Anny Helm, Minnie Ruske-Leopold, Hilde Sinnek, Maria Nezadel, Charlotte Muller, Gotthelf Pistor, Ludwig Hofmann, Cornelius Bronsgeest, Fritz Wolff, Alexander Kipnis
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival...
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Special offer. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
George London (Dutchman), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Josef Traxel (Erik), Arnold Van Mill (Daland), Jean Cox (steersman) & Elisabeth Schärtel (Mary)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth
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Special offer. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Samuel Youn (Der Holländer), Ricarda Merbeth (Senta), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland), Tomislav Muzek (Erik), Christa Mayer (Mary), Benjamin Bruns (Der Steuermann)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Christian Thielemann, Jan Philipp Gloger (director)
