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New Moon
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Bizet - Carmen / Maazel, Migenes, Domingo
: :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. It is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio ...
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Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors
: :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. It is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio ...
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Gilbert & Sullivan - Trial by Jury / Cox and Box (Opera World)
: :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. It is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio ...
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Verdi - La Traviata / Levine, Stratas, Domingo
: :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. It is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio ...
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Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel / Fulton, Blegen, Von Stade, Metropolitan Opera
: :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. It is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio ...
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Puccini - Manon Lescaut / Levine, Scotto, Domingo, Metropolitan Opera
:Description:Giacomo Puccini's ultimate story of youth and love. Director Gian Carlo Menotti gave Manon Lescaut a sense of humor, eye-catching invention, and sex appeal. Starring Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renato Capecchi. Conducted by James Levine. Recorded March 29, 1980, at the Metropolitan Opera. 134 minutes. Cast: Chevalier Des Grieux: Placido Domingo Manon Lescaut: Renata Scotto Geronte de Ravoir: Renato Capecchi Lescaut: Pablo Elvira Conductor: James Levine Director: Gian Carlo Menotti Set and Costume Designer: Desmond Heeley Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
:Description:Giacomo Puccini's ultimate story of youth and love. Director Gian Carlo Menotti gave Manon Lescaut a sense of humor, eye-catching invention, and sex appeal. Starring Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renato Capecchi. Conducted by James Levine. Recorded March 29, 1980, at the Metropolitan Opera. 134 minutes. Cast: Chevalier Des Grieux: Placido Domingo Manon Lescaut: Renata Scotto Geronte de Ravoir: Renato Capecchi Lescaut: Pablo Elvira Conductor: James Levine Director: Gian Carlo Menotti Set and Costume Designer: Desmond Heeley Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler
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Ghosts of Versailles
:Description:Giacomo Puccini's ultimate story of youth and love. Director Gian Carlo Menotti gave Manon Lescaut a sense of humor, eye-catching invention, and sex appeal. Starring Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renato Capecchi. Conducted by James Levine. Recorded March 29, 1980, at the Metropolitan Opera. 134 minutes. Cast: Chevalier Des Grieux: Placido Domingo Manon Lescaut: Renata Scotto Geronte de Ravoir: Renato Capecchi Lescaut: Pablo Elvira Conductor: James Levine Director: Gian Carlo Menotti Set and Costume Designer: Desmond Heeley Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler
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Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) / Haitink, Finley, Hagley, Fleming, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
: essential video:Mozart's immortal adaptation of Beaumarchais's satirical tale has always been a Glyndebourne staple, so it was appropriate that this delightfully traditional production of Le Nozze di Figaro was chosen to reopen their refurbished opera house in May 1994. John Gunter's set design is airy and uncluttered, leaving the actors plenty of breathing space, while director Stephen Medcalf likewise allows the characters to speak (and sing) for themselves. Gerald Finley's Figaro and Alison Hagley's Susanna make a charming central pairing; Renée Fleming and Andreas Schmidt ...
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