Essential Opera Collection [19 DVDs]

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"The Essential Opera Collection is an exciting new mid-price series that brings together popular operas and classic productions in simple stylish packaging. The ten launch titles represent the leading opera houses of the world, including The Royal Opera House, Teatro Real, Paris Opera, and The Netherlands Opera. This 19 DVD box set contains the first batch of ten titles at an extremely attractive price. Each title also available separately." - Opus Arte

THE ESSENTIAL OPERA COLLECTION
(19-DVD Box Set)

PUCCINI, G.: Tosca (Teatro Real, 2004)
MOZART, W.A.: Don Giovanni (Teatro Real, 2005)
MOZART, W.A.: Nozze di Figaro (Le) (Paris National Opera, 2006)
VERDI, G.: Rigoletto (Royal Opera House, 2001)
OFFENBACH, J.: Contes d’Hoffmann (Les) (Opera de Bilbao, 2006)
MONTEVERDI, C.: Orfeo (L’) (DNO, 1997)
WAGNER, R.: Walkure (Die) (DNO, 1999)
VERDI, G.: Aida (Liceu, 2003)
VERDI, G.: Trovatore (Il) (Royal Opera House, 2002)
BIZET, G.: Carmen (Glyndebourne, 2002)

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: LPCM 2.0 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish (Carmen, Tosca) + Italian (Don Giovanni, Il Trovatore, Le nozze di Figaro, Les contes d’Hoffmann) + Dutch (L’Orfeo, Die Walkure) + Japanese (Die Walkure) / English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Catalan (Aida) / English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Rigoletto)
Running time: 29 hours 18 mins
No. of DVDs: 19


Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: OA MO6000D


  • UPC: 809478060000


  • Label: Opus Arte


  • Composer: Claudio Monteverdi, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


  • Conductor: Alain Guingal, Carlo Rizzi, Edward Downes, Hartmut Haenchen, Maurizio Benini, Miguel Gómez-Martinez, Philippe Jordan, Stephen Stubbs, Sylvain Cambreling, Victor Pablo Pérez


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Chorus, Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra, Bilbao Opera Chorus, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Palatino, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Madrid Teatro Real Chorus, Madrid Teatro Real Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Paris National Opera Chorus, Paris National Opera Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Tragicomedia


  • Performer: Alfred Reiter, Anne Sofie von Otter, Antonio Lopez, Aquiles Machado, Brigitte Balleys, Carlos Alvarez, Christian Jean, Christiane Oelze, Christine Schäfer, Christophe Fel, Daniela Dessi, David Cordier, Dervla Ramsay, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Fabio Armiliato, Graeme Broadbent, Heidi Grant Murphy, Jeanine Altmeyer, John Bröcheler, John Keyes, John Mark Ainsley, José Bros, José Cura, Konstantin Gorny, Kurt Rydl, Laurent Naouri, Lisa Milne, Lorenzo Regazzo, Marcelo Alvarez, Marcus Haddock, Maria Bayo, Mario Luperi, Michael Chance, Milagros Poblador, Nadine Secunde, Paolo Gavanelli, Peter Auty, Peter Mattei, Reinhild Runkel, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Ruggero Raimondi, Russel Smythe, Sonia Ganassi, Stefano Palatchi, Verónica Villarroel, Yvonne Naef