Charming and sophisticated performance of The Magic Flute at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden (2003), lead by Colin Davis, directed by David McVicar. Scene from the first act, Will Hartmann as Tamino is participating.
Der Hölle Rache. Charming and sophisticated performance of The Magic Flute at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, lead by Colin Davis, directed by David McVicar. Scene from the second act, Dorothea Röschmann as Pamina is participating.
Duet and aria from Don Giovanni performed by Rodney Gilfry (Don Giovanni), Liliana Nikiteanu (Zerlina) and Cecilia Bartoli (Donna Elvira). Don Giovanni, Zürich 2001, lead by Nicolaus Harnoncourt, staged by Jürgen Flimm.
Der Ring des Nibelungen, a famous production from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980. Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde, Fritz Hübner as Hagen. Conducted by Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chéreau. Finale of Wagner's tetralogy.
Der Ring des Nibelungen, a famous production from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980. Heinz Zednik as Loge, Donald McIntyre as Wotan, Siegfried Jerusalem is also seen as Froh. Conducted by Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chéreau.
Three great women on one stage, aria of Susanna (Ileana Cotrubas) surrounded with two recitatives. Frederica von Stade as Cherubino, Kiri Te Kanawa as Countess Rosina. Lead by John Pritchard.
Porgy has got his Bess, he is happy now: I got plenty o'nuttin. Then Maria chuck cocaine dealer Sporting Life out of her shop. Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Marietta Simpson (Maria), Damon Evans (Sporting Life). Lead by Simon Rattle, directed by Trevor Nunn. Based on Glyndebourne production in 1986/87.
Der Ring des Nibelungen, a famous production from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980. Jeannine Altmeyer as Sieglinde, Peter Hofmann as Siegmund. Conducted by Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chéreau.
Who is closed in a dressing room? Hide and seek in Glyndebourne 1973, lead by John Pritchard. Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess Rosina), Benjamin Luxon (Count Almaviva), Ileana Cotrubas (Susanna) and Frederica von Stade (Cherubino).
Orphee et Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Theatre musical de Paris - Chatelet. Orchestre revolutionnaire et romantique, Monteverdi Choir. Directed by Robert Wilson, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
Bartoli as Donna Elvira, Rodney Gilfry (Don Giovanni) and László Polgár (Leporello) participate. Don Giovanni, Zürich 2001, lead by Nicolaus Harnoncourt, staged by Jürgen Flimm.
Bess, You Is My Woman Now - love duet of a beggar and a cured(?) dope. Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess). Lead by Simon Rattle, directed by Trevor Nunn. Based on Glyndebourne production in 1986/87.
Take your hands off - Bess is delirious after she met Crown. Oh, Doctor Jesus - Serena's prayer for Bess to get sane. Porgy's waiting for Bess' awakening. Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Cynthia Clarey (Serena), Mervin Wallace (Peter). Lead by Simon Rattle, directed by Trevor Nunn. Based on Glyndebourne production in 1986/87.