2014 collection from the best-selling vocalist. OPERA - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION showcases Bocelli's vibrant personal journey through the world of opera. This 2014 collection features the most popular tenor arias from well-known operas such as La Boheme, Tosca, La Traviata, Madame Butterfly and Romeo & Juliet plus a new recording of the much celebrated Nessun Dorma! From Puccini's Turandot is included; a signature piece for Bocelli as it was for his mentor Luciano Pavarotti. The album draws on arias which inspired Bocelli throughout his career, from his first memory of opera to his newest recording of the great aria Donna non vidi mai from Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Includes Bocelli's personal favorites from the masterpieces of Puccini and Verdi, as well as the very best of French opera, featuring arias by Massenet, Gounod & Bizet.

Montserrat Caballe, Jon Vickers and Josephine Veasey are the featured singers in Bellini's masterpiece. Giuseppe Patane conducts the orchestra of Teatro Regio di Torino.

SIMON BOCCANEGRA

Anna Netrebko and John Del Carlo star in this Metropolitan Opera production of the Donizetti opera conducted by James Levine and directed by Otto Schenk.

VESPERAE SOLEMNES CONFESSORE / AVE VERUM COSRPUS

GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO - COMPLETE DECCA RECORDINGS

PETER GRIMES

SPIRITUALS IN CONCERT

HEROES: OPERA ARIAS

JAMES LEVINE: LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL

OPIUM: MELODIES FRANCAISES

VIRTUOSO CANTATAS

LA TRAVITA

The master of musical parody, Professor Peter Schickele, brings US a complete opera by P.D.Q. Bach, a man who has been called a "pimple on the face of music", "the worst musician ever to have trod organ pedals", and "the most dangerous musician since Nero".

FIDELIO

The legendary soprano Anna Moffo stars in this expansive 1971 film of the opera, directed by Mario Lanfranchi, and lavishly filmed in authentic locales and castles.

150 minute DVD starring Joan Sutherland and Tatiana Troyanos in a complete live 1981 performance of Bellini's "bel canto" masterpiece.

This performance was captured live in 1976 as part of the Wolf Trap Festival and includes the cast Henry Price and Richard Fredricks. Conducted by Julius Rudel.

Mario Del Monaco, Gabriella Tucci, and Tito Gobbi, star in the Verdi opera with Alberto Erde conducting the NHK Symphony Orchestra, live Feb. 4, 1959.

In this 1975 production from the Wolf Trap Festival, Beverly Sills is joined by John Alexander, Susanne Marsee, and Richard Fredericks in a stunning live performance.

SCHUMANN'S GENOVEVA - A MODERN-DAY DRAMA OF THE SOULOn 25th June 1850, Schumann, Robert's only opera, Genoveva, received it's first performance at Leipzig State Theatre. It was a much-awaited event, as Schumann, widely regarded as the leading German instr

Packed with Adventures on the High Seas, This Comic Swashbuckling Pirate Tale Was Originally Produced in the 1980's As Part of the Old Opera Series of Gilbert and Sullivan Works. As Several Pirates Wait for Their Favorite Apprentice, Frederick, to Come of Age-And Become Legally Able to Leave Their Nefarious Band-Frederick Struggles with the Clash Between His Loyalty to the Group and His Desire to Do Something with His Life Besides Pirating. When the Pirates Run Into a Group of Young Beach Beauties and Frederick Falls Madly in Love with the Beauteous Mabel, Things Get Quite Out of Hand, and the Results Include a Full-Blown Fight with the Members of the Local Police Constabulary. Special Features: Full Frame Format 115 Minutes.

Anna Moffo, Franco Bonisolli, Gino Bechi are featured soloists in Verdi's great opera. Giuseppe Patane conducts the Rome Opera House Orchestra.

Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Florez, and Zeljko Lucic star in this 2008 Metropolitan Opera production of the Verdi opera conducted by Fabio Luisi and directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff.

Established as one of Virgin Classics bestselling artists, Philippe Jaroussky, who has been described as the Apollo of countertenors by Germany s Die Zeit, stands out among his many talented contemporaries as much for the sopranolike beauty of his tone as for the elegance and insight of his interpretations and his adventurous and erudite approach to repertoire whether unearthing neglected scores by little-known composers or venturing beyond the Baroque into the 19th and 20th centuries. Jaroussky s diverse achievements are celebrated in two new collections on Virgin Classics the 2-CD set The Voice and the DVD La Voix des r�ves. Greatest moments in Concert. Displaying the breadth of his repertoire from Vivaldi, Handel and lesser-known masters of the Baroque to Faure, Hahn and even Tango King �stor Piazzolla these two releases prove once again that there is much more to Jaroussky than the voice of an angel.