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    Tosca
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    Tosca

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    $34.99
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Artist
    Anna Netrebko, Freddie De Tommaso, Gerald Finley, Carlo Bosi, Ossian Huskinson, Orchestra of the Roy
    In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia's twisted desires, Tosca is forced into making a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out? With a star-studded cast, Jakub Hrusa conducts his first new production as Music Director of The Royal Opera. Modern-day Rome provides the backdrop for Oliver Mears' unmissable, gripping new production of Puccini's thriller.
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  • Tosca
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    Tosca

    Opus Arte Nov 2026
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  • Tosca
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    Tosca

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    $39.99
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Artist
    Anna Netrebko, Freddie De Tommaso, Gerald Finley, Carlo Bosi, Ossian Huskinson, Orchestra of the Roy
    In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia's twisted desires, Tosca is forced into making a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out? With a star-studded cast, Jakub Hrusa conducts his first new production as Music Director of The Royal Opera. Modern-day Rome provides the backdrop for Oliver Mears' unmissable, gripping new production of Puccini's thriller.
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  • Tosca
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    Tosca

    Opus Arte Nov 2026
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    $39.99
  • Sony Masterworks

    Summer Night Concert 2026 [DVD]

    DVD · 1 disc

    $14.98
    Composer
    Various
    Artist
    Vienna Philharmonic, Lorenzo Viotti, Bryn Terfel
    Released
    Jul 17, 2026
    The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert that takes place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna (Concert date: June 19, 2026). Lorenzo Viotti conducted the Summer Night Concert for the first time. Welsh opera singer Sir Bryn Terfel performed as soloist, singing arias from Arrigo Boito's Mefistofele and Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff, as well as the finale from Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold and Tevye's song from the musical Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock. To the sounds of Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, dancers of the Vienna State Ballet brought the ancient tale of the foundlings Daphnis and Chloe to life in a choreography by Eno Peçi, making them visible as "shadow figures" on the palace façade.
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  • Summer Night Concert 2026 [DVD]

    Sony Masterworks Jul 2026
    1 disc
    DVD
    $14.98
  • Sony Masterworks

    Summer Night Concert 2028 [Blu-ray]

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $19.98
    Composer
    Various
    Artist
    Vienna Philharmonic, Lorenzo Viotti, Bryn Terfel
    Released
    Jul 17, 2026
    The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert that takes place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna (Concert date: June 19, 2026). Lorenzo Viotti conducted the Summer Night Concert for the first time. Welsh opera singer Sir Bryn Terfel performed as soloist, singing arias from Arrigo Boito's Mefistofele and Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff, as well as the finale from Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold and Tevye's song from the musical Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock. To the sounds of Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, dancers of the Vienna State Ballet brought the ancient tale of the foundlings Daphnis and Chloe to life in a choreography by Eno Peçi, making them visible as "shadow figures" on the palace façade.
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  • Summer Night Concert 2028 [Blu-ray]

    Sony Masterworks Jul 2026
    1 disc
    Blu-Ray
    $19.98
  • Boris Godunov
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    Boris Godunov

    DVD · 1 disc

    $34.99
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Artist
    Dumitru Mitu, Gevorg Hakobyan, Kirill Serebrennikov, Michael Beyer, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Tomasz Koni
    Mussorgsky's searing exploration of a tsar assailed b by fear and paranoia is given special contemporary relevance in this much-admired performance. Stage director Kirill Serebrennikov has incorporated the works of photographer Dmitry Markov, who travelled throughout Russia capturing everyday life in the country, and this presents unavoidable contrasts between authoritarianism and the real Russia. Featuring an outstanding cast, the opera is conducted by Vasily Petrenko in his first appearance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Opera magazine wrote that 'the premiere made for a dazzling opening to the Holland Festival'.
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  • Boris Godunov
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    Boris Godunov

    Naxos AudioVisual Nov 2026
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    $34.99
  • Boris Godunov
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    Boris Godunov

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    $37.99
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Artist
    Dumitru Mitu, Gevorg Hakobyan, Kirill Serebrennikov, Michael Beyer, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Tomasz Koni
    Mussorgsky's searing exploration of a tsar assailed b by fear and paranoia is given special contemporary relevance in this much-admired performance. Stage director Kirill Serebrennikov has incorporated the works of photographer Dmitry Markov, who travelled throughout Russia capturing everyday life in the country, and this presents unavoidable contrasts between authoritarianism and the real Russia. Featuring an outstanding cast, the opera is conducted by Vasily Petrenko in his first appearance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Opera magazine wrote that 'the premiere made for a dazzling opening to the Holland Festival'.
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  • Boris Godunov
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    Boris Godunov

    Naxos AudioVisual Nov 2026
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    $37.99
  • Andris Nelsons conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker
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    Andris Nelsons conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker

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    $45.99
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Artist
    Andris Nelsons, Ute Feudel, Wiener Philharmoniker
    Released
    Nov 06, 2026
    Andris Nelsons and the Wiener Philharmoniker confront the uncompromising power of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6, the composer's darkest and most enigmatic symphonic statement. With gripping intensity and architectural control, Nelsons traces the work's inexorable march from martial determination to catastrophic collapse. The famous hammer blows in the finale strike with devastating force, while moments of lyrical repose are shaped with haunting restraint. This performance reveals Mahler's Sixth as a tragic drama of fate and resistance, uncompromising in it's emotional impact. Recorded at the Salzburg Festival, the concert forms part of the Wiener Philharmoniker's Mahler cycle with Andris Nelsons. 'Mahler's ?tragedy' as a catharc experience in Salzburg. Standing ovaons for the Wiener Philharmoniker under Andris Nelsons' (Die Presse) Program: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6
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    Andris Nelsons conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker

    C Major Entertainment Nov 2026
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  • Andris Nelsons conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker
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    Andris Nelsons conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker

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    $32.99
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Artist
    Andris Nelsons, Ute Feudel, Wiener Philharmoniker
    Released
    Nov 06, 2026
    Andris Nelsons and the Wiener Philharmoniker confront the uncompromising power of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6, the composer's darkest and most enigmatic symphonic statement. With gripping intensity and architectural control, Nelsons traces the work's inexorable march from martial determination to catastrophic collapse. The famous hammer blows in the finale strike with devastating force, while moments of lyrical repose are shaped with haunting restraint. This performance reveals Mahler's Sixth as a tragic drama of fate and resistance, uncompromising in it's emotional impact. Recorded at the Salzburg Festival, the concert forms part of the Wiener Philharmoniker's Mahler cycle with Andris Nelsons. 'Mahler's ?tragedy' as a catharc experience in Salzburg. Standing ovaons for the Wiener Philharmoniker under Andris Nelsons' (Die Presse) Program: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6
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    Andris Nelsons conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker

    C Major Entertainment Nov 2026
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    $32.99
  • La Boheme
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    La Boheme

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $45.99
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Artist
    Alfonso Signorini, Ballet from the Arena di Verona, Chorus from the Arena di Verona, Daniel Oren, El
    Released
    Nov 06, 2026
    In this new production of the Arena di Verona, Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece La Boheme emerges as an intimate drama. Director Alfonso Signorini contrasts the summer setting of the amphitheatre with a snow-covered vision of 19th-century Paris, placing the tragic love story of Mimì and Rodolfo within a striking visual frame. Audience favourite Vittorio Grigòlo gives a charismatic interpretation of Rodolfo, alongside soprano Juliana Grigoryan, who presents Mimì in her Arena d ebut. Luca Micheletti and Eleonora Bellocci complete the central quartet as Marcello and Musetta. Under the musical direction of Daniel Oren, the orchestra and chorus of the Arena di Verona bring Puccini's score to life. 'An evening of great occasions, with a cheering audience well in excess of ten thousand' (L'Adige).
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    La Boheme

    C Major Entertainment Nov 2026
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  • La Boheme
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    La Boheme

    DVD · 1 disc

    $35.99
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Artist
    Alfonso Signorini, Ballet from the Arena di Verona, Chorus from the Arena di Verona, Daniel Oren, El
    Released
    Nov 06, 2026
    In this new production of the Arena di Verona, Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece La Boheme emerges as an intimate drama. Director Alfonso Signorini contrasts the summer setting of the amphitheatre with a snow-covered vision of 19th-century Paris, placing the tragic love story of Mimì and Rodolfo within a striking visual frame. Audience favourite Vittorio Grigòlo gives a charismatic interpretation of Rodolfo, alongside soprano Juliana Grigoryan, who presents Mimì in her Arena d ebut. Luca Micheletti and Eleonora Bellocci complete the central quartet as Marcello and Musetta. Under the musical direction of Daniel Oren, the orchestra and chorus of the Arena di Verona bring Puccini's score to life. 'An evening of great occasions, with a cheering audience well in excess of ten thousand' (L'Adige).
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    La Boheme

    C Major Entertainment Nov 2026
    1 disc
    DVD
    $35.99
  • Carmen
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    Carmen

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $39.99
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Artist
    Aigul Akhmetshina, Piotr Beczala, Olga Kulchynska, Kostas Smoriginas, Blaise Malaba, Grisha Martiros
    Released
    Oct 23, 2026
    In a remote Spanish town, the free-spirited Carmen declares that any man she loves should beware. But even she is unprepared for what happens when she decides to seduce police officer Don Jose. Though initially uninterested in Carmen's charms, Don Jose - against the wishes of his mother and of Micaëla, the woman who loves him - soon abandons his respectable career for a life of danger with Carmen, joining her and her smuggler friends as they outrun the law. But Carmen quickly wearies of Don Jose's possessiveness, longing to return to her life of independence. When she turns her attention to the celebrated toreador Escamillo, Don Jose's jealousy and despair threaten to violently erupt. Damiano Michieletto's searing production casts scorching light on the lust, violence and passion of Bizet's ever-popular opera.
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    Carmen

    Opus Arte Oct 2026
    1 disc
    Blu-Ray
    $39.99
  • The Nutcracker
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    The Nutcracker

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $39.99
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Artist
    Mayara Magri, Reece Clarke, James Hay, Marianna Tsembenhoi, Taisuke Nakao, Orchestra of the Royal Op
    Released
    Oct 23, 2026
    A festive classic, including some of Tchaikovsky's - and indeed, the classical ballet canon's - most instantly recognisable tunes, Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker has been enchanting children and adults alike since it's first performance by The Royal Ballet in 1984. Julia Trevelyan Oman's designs bring the story wonderfully to life, from the 19th-century German home of the Stahlbaums - which features a Christmas tree that transforms beyond one's imagination - to the Kingdom of Sweets, where everything is sugar and sparkle.
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  • The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

    Opus Arte Oct 2026
    1 disc
    Blu-Ray
    $39.99
  • The Nutcracker
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    The Nutcracker

    DVD · 1 disc

    $34.99
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Artist
    Mayara Magri, Reece Clarke, James Hay, Marianna Tsembenhoi, Taisuke Nakao, Orchestra of the Royal Op
    Released
    Oct 23, 2026
    A festive classic, including some of Tchaikovsky's - and indeed, the classical ballet canon's - most instantly recognisable tunes, Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker has been enchanting children and adults alike since it's first performance by The Royal Ballet in 1984. Julia Trevelyan Oman's designs bring the story wonderfully to life, from the 19th-century German home of the Stahlbaums - which features a Christmas tree that transforms beyond one's imagination - to the Kingdom of Sweets, where everything is sugar and sparkle.
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    The Nutcracker

    Opus Arte Oct 2026
    1 disc
    DVD
    $34.99
  • Carmen
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    Carmen

    DVD · 1 disc

    $34.99
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Artist
    Aigul Akhmetshina, Piotr Beczala, Olga Kulchynska, Kostas Smoriginas, Blaise Malaba, Grisha Martiros
    Released
    Oct 23, 2026
    In a remote Spanish town, the free-spirited Carmen declares that any man she loves should beware. But even she is unprepared for what happens when she decides to seduce police officer Don Jose. Though initially uninterested in Carmen's charms, Don Jose - against the wishes of his mother and of Micaëla, the woman who loves him - soon abandons his respectable career for a life of danger with Carmen, joining her and her smuggler friends as they outrun the law. But Carmen quickly wearies of Don Jose's possessiveness, longing to return to her life of independence. When she turns her attention to the celebrated toreador Escamillo, Don Jose's jealousy and despair threaten to violently erupt. Damiano Michieletto's searing production casts scorching light on the lust, violence and passion of Bizet's ever-popular opera.
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    Carmen

    Opus Arte Oct 2026
    1 disc
    DVD
    $34.99
  • Giulio Cesare in Egitto
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    Giulio Cesare in Egitto

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $45.99
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Artist
    Andrei Zhilikhovsky, Bachchor Salzburg, Christophe Dumaux, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Emmanuelle Haim, Fede
    Released
    Oct 02, 2026
    Handel's Baroque opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto unfolds here as a high-stakes drama of power, passion and survival. Dmitri Tcherniakov's powerful production strips the story to it's psychological core, placing political rivalry and a fiery love story within the claustrophobic setting of an underground bunker. Christophe Dumaux delivers a compelling Cesare, while Olga Kulchynska shines as a 'lyrical' Cleopatra in her Salzburg debut. With a superb supporting cast, above all Lucile Richardot as Cornelia 'with her smouldering mezzo' (BR Klassik) and Federico Fiorio as Sesto, Emmanuelle Haim conducts Le Concert d'Astree from the harpsichord, shaping 'a perfect whole' (Kurier) of musical brilliance and electrifying theatre.
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    Giulio Cesare in Egitto

    C Major Entertainment Oct 2026
    1 disc
    Blu-Ray
    $45.99
  • Hotel Metamorphosis
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    Hotel Metamorphosis

    DVD · 2 discs

    $51.99
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Artist
    Angela Winkler, Barrie Kosky, Cecilia Bartoli, Gianluca Capuano, Il Canto di Orfeo, Lea Desandre, Le
    Released
    Oct 02, 2026
    As an endless source of inspiration, Ovid's Metamorphoses have left a lasting mark on our culture for over two thousand years. Combining some of it's episodes with music by Antonio Vivaldi, Stage Director Barrie Kosky creates a pasticcio for our times, a fascinating new work of rich imagination and breathless narratives. With a leading cast of singers assembled by Cecilia Bartoli, and with the participation of actor Angela Winkler, Hotel Metamorphosis stands out as 'a panopticon of human emotions'. Vivaldi expert Gianluca Capuano conducts Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco, presenting a unique variety of Vivaldi's arias, ensembles and choruses, music with a particularly powerful emotional charge. 'What a brilliant evening of theatre.' (BR Klassik) / 'Checking into this hotel guarantees a luxury stay.' (Kurier) / 'the musical Champions League.' (Deutschlandfunk Kultur)
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    Hotel Metamorphosis

    C Major Entertainment Oct 2026
    2 discs
    DVD
    $51.99
  • Hotel Metamorphosis
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    Hotel Metamorphosis

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $45.99
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Artist
    Angela Winkler, Antonio Vivaldi, Barrie Kosky, Cecilia Bartoli, Gianluca Capuano, Il Canto di Orfeo
    Released
    Oct 02, 2026
    As an endless source of inspiration, Ovid's Metamorphoses have left a lasting mark on our culture for over two thousand years. Combining some of it's episodes with music by Antonio Vivaldi, Stage Director Barrie Kosky creates a pasticcio for our times, a fascinating new work of rich imagination and breathless narratives. With a leading cast of singers assembled by Cecilia Bartoli, and with the participation of actor Angela Winkler, Hotel Metamorphosis stands out as 'a panopticon of human emotions'. Vivaldi expert Gianluca Capuano conducts Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco, presenting a unique variety of Vivaldi's arias, ensembles and choruses, music with a particularly powerful emotional charge. 'What a brilliant evening of theatre.' (BR Klassik) / 'Checking into this hotel guarantees a luxury stay.' (Kurier) / 'the musical Champions League.' (Deutschlandfunk Kultur)
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  • Hotel Metamorphosis

    Hotel Metamorphosis

    C Major Entertainment Oct 2026
    1 disc
    Blu-Ray
    $45.99
  • Giulio Cesare in Egitto
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    Giulio Cesare in Egitto

    DVD · 2 discs

    $51.99
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Artist
    Andrei Zhilikhovsky, Bachchor Salzburg, Christophe Dumaux, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Emmanuelle Haim, Fede
    Released
    Oct 02, 2026
    Handel's Baroque opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto unfolds here as a high-stakes drama of power, passion and survival. Dmitri Tcherniakov's powerful production strips the story to it's psychological core, placing political rivalry and a fiery love story within the claustrophobic setting of an underground bunker. Christophe Dumaux delivers a compelling Cesare, while Olga Kulchynska shines as a 'lyrical' Cleopatra in her Salzburg debut. With a superb supporting cast, above all Lucile Richardot as Cornelia 'with her smouldering mezzo' (BR Klassik) and Federico Fiorio as Sesto, Emmanuelle Haim conducts Le Concert d'Astree from the harpsichord, shaping 'a perfect whole' (Kurier) of musical brilliance and electrifying theatre.
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    Giulio Cesare in Egitto

    C Major Entertainment Oct 2026
    2 discs
    DVD
    $51.99
  • Nabucco
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    Nabucco

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $45.99
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Artist
    Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Anna Netrebko, Ballet from the Arena di Verona, Chorus and Ballet from the Aren
    Released
    Oct 02, 2026
    With a spectacular cast and the staging direction of Stefano Poda, this production of Verdi's Nabucco presents the Arena di Verona in a postmodern aesthetic brought to light through a futuristic vision, cosmic symbolism and absolute abstraction. Anna Netrebko gifts the festival's audience with a powerful interpretation of one of Verdi's most demanding roles: her Abigaille is 'beautiful, vivacious, magnetic' (La Stampa) and 'tackles this formidable challenge with great confidence' (Rivista Musica). Amartuvshin Enkhbat is 'a marvellous performer of Nabucco, deeply moving' (Forum Opera). 'Pinchas Steinberg conducts the choir and orchestra of the Arena di Verona with verve, power, brio and fire' (Der Merker), a magnificent performance that culminated in a rendition of 'Va' pensiero' brimming with pathos and intensity.
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  • Nabucco

    Nabucco

    C Major Entertainment Oct 2026
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    Blu-Ray
    $45.99
  • Nabucco
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    Nabucco

    DVD · 2 discs

    $51.99
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Artist
    Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Anna Netrebko, Ballet from the Arena di Verona, Chorus and Ballet from the Aren
    Released
    Oct 02, 2026
    With a spectacular cast and the staging direction of Stefano Poda, this production of Verdi's Nabucco presents the Arena di Verona in a postmodern aesthetic brought to light through a futuristic vision, cosmic symbolism and absolute abstraction. Anna Netrebko gifts the festival's audience with a powerful interpretation of one of Verdi's most demanding roles: her Abigaille is 'beautiful, vivacious, magnetic' (La Stampa) and 'tackles this formidable challenge with great confidence' (Rivista Musica). Amartuvshin Enkhbat is 'a marvellous performer of Nabucco, deeply moving' (Forum Opera). 'Pinchas Steinberg conducts the choir and orchestra of the Arena di Verona with verve, power, brio and fire' (Der Merker), a magnificent performance that culminated in a rendition of 'Va' pensiero' brimming with pathos and intensity.
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    Nabucco

    C Major Entertainment Oct 2026
    2 discs
    DVD
    $51.99
  • Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
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    Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $39.09 $45.99 Save 15%
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Artist
    Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Christa Mayer, Christina Nilsson, Daniele Gatti, Georg Zeppenfeld, J
    Released
    Sep 25, 2026
    Wagner defined Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg as the most complete work that he had ever created. The Bayreuth Festival 2025 presents the comedy in a new production staged by Matthias Davids, whose playful irreverence stands between tradition and renewal. Under the exceptional baton of Daniele Gatti, who debuted in Bayreuth in 2008 with Parsifal, the cast showcases it's brilliance and finesse. Georg Zeppenfeld, at the core of the performance, interprets Hans Sachs with excellent vocal skills and particular sensibility. Equally remarkable performances are given by Michael Spyres and Christina Nilsson, respectively, as Walther and Eva, and by Michael Nagy as a finely drawn Beckmesser. The result is a compelling piece of music theatre: 'A comedy of manners where themes of art, tradition and human love arise naturally.' (Seen and Heard International) Michael Spyres 'has everything a Stolzing needs: he is effortlessly present, sounds light yet embodied in the upper register, a German knight with italianità.' (BR-KLASSIK)
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    Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

    C Major Entertainment Sep 2026
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  • Maria Stuarda
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    Maria Stuarda

    DVD · 2 discs

    $44.19 $51.99 Save 15%
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Artist
    Aleksei Kulagin, Antonello Manacorda, Bekhzod Davronov, Dancers of SEAD, Kate Lindsey, Konzertverein
    Released
    Sep 25, 2026
    With a sublime cast and the revolutionary staging by Ulrich Rasche, this Salzburg Festival production of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda transforms a bel canto masterpiece into an evening of theatre. The conflict between Maria and Elisabetta becomes tangible through contrasting costumes, a constantly shifting space of rotating platforms, and projected images. Lisette Oropesa's Maria showcases 'a truly wonderful display of vocal intelligence, human warmth and a completely effortless, natural tone' (Süddeutsche Zeitung), while Kate Lindsey's Elisabetta conveys the fury and despair of the English monarch with striking intensity. Under the baton of Antonello Manacorda and with the outstanding contribution of the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, this production conquers through rhythm, movement, and physical presence as expressive forces. 'Lisette Oropesa imbues all of this with vocal mastery and emotion. Beyond pure virtuosity, she shapes the inner workings of the character into operatic drama.' (Der Standard)
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    Maria Stuarda

    C Major Entertainment Sep 2026
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  • Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
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    Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

    DVD · 2 discs

    $44.19 $51.99 Save 15%
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Artist
    Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Christa Mayer, Christina Nilsson, Daniele Gatti, Georg Zeppenfeld, J
    Released
    Sep 25, 2026
    Wagner defined Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg as the most complete work that he had ever created. The Bayreuth Festival 2025 presents the comedy in a new production staged by Matthias Davids, whose playful irreverence stands between tradition and renewal. Under the exceptional baton of Daniele Gatti, who debuted in Bayreuth in 2008 with Parsifal, the cast showcases it's brilliance and finesse. Georg Zeppenfeld, at the core of the performance, interprets Hans Sachs with excellent vocal skills and particular sensibility. Equally remarkable performances are given by Michael Spyres and Christina Nilsson, respectively, as Walther and Eva, and by Michael Nagy as a finely drawn Beckmesser. The result is a compelling piece of music theatre: 'A comedy of manners where themes of art, tradition and human love arise naturally.' (Seen and Heard International) Michael Spyres 'has everything a Stolzing needs: he is effortlessly present, sounds light yet embodied in the upper register, a German knight with italianità.' (BR-KLASSIK)
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  • Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
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    Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

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  • Maria Stuarda
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    Maria Stuarda

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $39.09 $45.99 Save 15%
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Artist
    Aleksei Kulagin, Antonello Manacorda, Bekhzod Davronov, Dancers of SEAD, Kate Lindsey, Konzertverein
    Released
    Sep 25, 2026
    With a sublime cast and the revolutionary staging by Ulrich Rasche, this Salzburg Festival production of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda transforms a bel canto masterpiece into an evening of theatre. The conflict between Maria and Elisabetta becomes tangible through contrasting costumes, a constantly shifting space of rotating platforms, and projected images. Lisette Oropesa's Maria showcases 'a truly wonderful display of vocal intelligence, human warmth and a completely effortless, natural tone' (Süddeutsche Zeitung), while Kate Lindsey's Elisabetta conveys the fury and despair of the English monarch with striking intensity. Under the baton of Antonello Manacorda and with the outstanding contribution of the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, this production conquers through rhythm, movement, and physical presence as expressive forces. 'Lisette Oropesa imbues all of this with vocal mastery and emotion. Beyond pure virtuosity, she shapes the inner workings of the character into operatic drama.' (Der Standard)
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    World Orchestra For Peace - Valery Gergiev At The Abu Dhabi Festival

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    $26.99
    Composer
    ROSSINI PROKOFIEV TCHAIKOVSK
    Artist
    Gergiev
    Released
    Aug 30, 2011


    TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5. ROSSINI William Tell: Overture. PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical” • Valery Gergiev, cond; World O for Peace • C MAJOR 707008 (DVD: 104:00) Live: Abu Dhabi 1/4/2011


    & SOLTI’S VISION—THE WORLD ORCHESTRA FOR PEACE: THE FIRST 15 YEARS 1995–2010


    The World Orchestra for Peace was founded by Sir Georg Solti in 1995, incorporating players from around the globe. Solti’s successor as its conductor is Valery Gergiev, who leads the present concert at the Abu Dhabi Festival, the orchestra’s first appearance in the Arab world. The DVD contains a pleasant bonus feature about the history of the orchestra and its workings. One thing that this documentary makes clear is the affection between Gergiev and his players. With what essentially is a pick-up orchestra, Gergiev hones an ensemble of beauty and refinement, with a powerful sonority. I concur with the audience in Abu Dhabi; this concert is a resounding success.


    The William Tell Overture receives beautiful playing from the solo cello, flute, and English horn, plus an incisive response by the trombone choir. The interpretation is unhackneyed—one hears Gergiev’s skill as an opera conductor in setting an atmosphere. His hands flutter to create tension. The Lone Ranger music possesses a fine edge and is very exciting; I couldn’t help but conduct along with it. Gergiev takes the first three movements of the “Classical” Symphony at a leisurely pace. He begins the first movement by making circles with his right hand, suggesting the long line of the music. Gergiev’s gestures remind me of a remark Leonard Bernstein made to Glenn Dicterow: “I’m not a time beater. I’m an inspirer.” The solo bassoon in this movement is suitably puckish. The second movement here reveals the strongest influence of Haydn, with exquisite playing. The Gavotte in Gergiev’s hands is like a slow, heavy-footed Russian dance. Gergiev’s tempo for the finale is quick but not breathless. In the witty exchanges between orchestral choirs, the 20th century greets the 18th.


    In Tchaikovsky’s Fifth, Gergiev molds the rich sound of the orchestra with the curve of his arms. I heard Gergiev say in an interview with Gilbert Kaplan that Furtwängler is one of his idols, which helps explain the never-capricious freedom of tempo in this performance. The opening clarinet solo is dark and mellifluous. Inexorable fate dominates Gergiev’s conception of the first movement. Nothing is sugary here. Its coda has an unusually slow, slightly menacing tempo. The horn solo that opens the second movement is dusky and dreamlike. In the darkness and heaviness of this movement, the conductor provides a foretaste of Shostakovich’s slow movements. Gergiev here gets the maximum expressiveness out of his body, perhaps wishing he could do even more. He doesn’t signal an end to the slow movement, just letting it fade away. The waltz offers a nervous respite from the previous movement. The finale is not march-like or triumphal. Gergiev paints it on a huge canvas, even down to beautiful tuba playing. The final peroration seems Byronic in its suggestion of despairing heroism. In sum, this is an individual and striking Tchaikovsky Fifth, gorgeously played.


    In the encore, Johann Strauss Jr.’s Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, the orchestra creates a completely different atmosphere, echt Viennese. The violin playing is especially lithe and sparkling. The sound engineering in stereo is very good, with just a hint of congestion in climaxes. I was unable to try out the surround-sound option. The director does a fine job, alternating not overbearing views of Gergiev with sensitively judged close-ups of the orchestra’s players. I enjoyed just listening to the DVD’s sound while lying down as much as I did viewing its picture. If you are looking for CDs of the primary works, I would recommend Sir Colin Davis for the Rossini, Masur and the London Philharmonic or Rostropovich in the Prokofiev, and in the Tchaikovsky Antal Doráti and the London Symphony or Leonard Bernstein on Deutsche Grammophon. Gergiev really presents a seminar on the conductor’s art on this DVD. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to see how a major artist achieves his results.


    FANFARE: Dave Saemann


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    Gioacchino Rossini: Guillaume Tell: Overture
    Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, “Classical”
    Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
    Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214

    World Orchestra for Peace
    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Recorded live from the Abu Dhabi Festival, 2011.

    Bonus:
    - Solti’s Vision: The World Orchestra for Peace – The First 15 Years 1995–2010.

    Picture format: NTSC 16:9
    Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1
    Region code: 0 (worldwide)
    Subtitles: German
    Running time: 83 mins (concert) + 21 mins (bonus)
    No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)
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    Naxos AudioVisual

    A Musical Journey - Bruckner: Symphony No 4 With Scenery Of Austria

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    $13.99
    Composer
    BRUCKNER, ANTON
    Artist
    Gunther Neuhold
    Released
    Jul 30, 2013
    The Places
    • The journey is concerned largely with places of importance in the life of Anton Bruckner, his birth-place, the monastery of St Florian where he was trained and worked, and Vienna, where he spent his final years.

    The Music
    • A man of modest origins, the composer Anton Bruckner continued and developed the symphonic tradition of Vienna in a series of imposing works that also drew inspiration from Wagner.

    Picture format: NTSC 4:3
    Sound format: PCM Stereo 2.0
    Region code: 0 (worldwide)
    Running time: 68 mins
    No. of DVDs: 1
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    Great Comedy Overtures / Friedel, Scottish National Orchestra [blu-ray Audio]

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    Composer
    THOMAS REZNICEK FLOTOW
    Artist
    Friedel
    Released
    Apr 14, 2015
    This is an audio-only (i.e., with no video content) Blu-ray disc playable only on Blu-ray players.

    It is also available on standard CD.

    The flourishing genre of the comic opera had its roots in eighteenth-century Italian opera buffa, whose irrepressible brio was soon taken up outside the country’s borders. In France it produced opéra comique and operetta, and in German-speaking countries Spieloper and Viennese operetta. Some of the world’s most popular comic opera overtures, filled with gorgeous tunes, brilliant orchestration and race-to-the-finish endings, are presented here. They include staples of the concert repertoire such as Hérold’s dramatic Zampa, the textual delicacy of Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna and the vivid colour of Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmermann.
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    Naxos Musical Journey - Russia - St. Petersburg & Sebastopol

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    Composer
    TCHAIKOVSKY, PIOTR IL'YICH
    Artist
    Various
    Released
    Aug 26, 2008
    This series of DVDs features travel scenes accompanied by classical music.

    The Places
    Our tour of Russia starts in St. Petersburg, including churches and palaces, and, above all, the River Neva, on the banks of which Peter the Great's city stands. We visit Tchaikovsky's house at Klin, near Moscow, and travel south to Ukraine to see Sebastopol in the Crimea and Odessa. Finally we return to St. Petersburg, seeing the surrounding countryside, the city by night, the bridges and the people.

    The Music
    Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky succeeded in uniting strands of Russian musical nationalism with music in the cosmopolitan forms of his training. He spent his childhood and adolescence in St. Petersburg, later moving to Moscow and finally finding some refuge in the country at Klin, where his house is preserved. The music accompanying our tour is Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and his Serenade for Strings.

    Picture format: NTSC 4:3
    Sound format: Dolby Digital / DTS Surround
    Region code: 0 (worldwide)
    Running time: 70 mins
    No. of DVDs: 1
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  • A Musical Journey - Switzerland: A Musical Visit to the Muse
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    Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Switzerland & Belgium

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    Composer
    HAYDN, JOSEPH
    Artist
    Wordsworth, Capella Istropolitana
    Released
    Nov 15, 2011
    The Places:

    The tour visits historic sites in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium. These include the castles of Litomyšl and Konopišt? in Bohemia, and the historic town of M?lnik, the Horological Museum at Le Locle in Switzerland, relics of war from the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt, and a glimpse of the Belgian Château of Gaasbeek.

    The Music:

    The tour brings two of Joseph Haydn’s most famous symphonies, written for a London concert season in 1794, Symphony No. 100, the so-called Military Symphony, and Symphony No. 101, nicknamed The Clock.

    Format: NTSC, 4:3
    Audio: DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0
    Region: 0 (All)
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