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Orphée aux Enfers, Offenbach's riotous parody of the dissipations of French life in the Second Empire, fairly gallops past in this 1997 Herbert Wernicke production staged at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Based on Offenbach's meatier second version (1874) of the Orpheus legend, it features nicely judged performances across the board and some stunning special effects, notably the ...

Manufacturer: Arthaus Musik
Starring: Alexandru Badea, Elizabeth Vidal, Dale Duesing, Monnaie Th Symph Orch And Cho
Directed By: Herbert Wernicke

Kurt Weill's complex score reigns supreme in Peter Zadek's 1998 Salzburg Festival staging of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, the collaboration with Brecht which became a target for Nazi insurrection on its 1930 premiere. The city itself is suggested by the attitudes and personalities of the singers rather than by Richard Peduzzi's Spartan sets. It's bleak stuff in many ways, not ...

Manufacturer: Arthaus Musik
Starring: Gwyneth Jones, Cornelius Smith, Wilbur Pauley, Catherine Malfitano, Jerry Hadley
Directed By: Brian Large

Manufacturer: Arthaus Musik
Starring: Christoph Homberger, Mireille Delunsch, Jerry Hadley, Dale Duesing, Olaf Bär
Directed By: Don Kent

Peter Hall's lavishly staged L'Incoronazione di Poppea celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Glyndebourne in 1984 with a performance of Monteverdi's most celebrated and also most controversial opera. The score is conductor Raymond Leppard's "enhanced" edition, which he had premiered at Glyndebourne back in 1962, fully scored for a large orchestra. Much debate circles around the forces ...

Manufacturer: Warner Music Vision
Starring: Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maria Ewing, Dennis Bailey, Cynthia Clarey
Directed By: Peter Hall

Manufacturer: Kultur
Starring: Curt Appelgren, James Bowman, Cynthia Buchan, Ileana Cotrubas, Ryland Davies
Directed By: Dave Heather, Benjamin Britten

Manufacturer: Kultur
Starring: Maria Ewing, Dennis Bailey, Cynthia Clarey, Dale Duesing, Robert Lloyd
Directed By: Peter Hall, Robin Lough

Kurt Weill's complex score reigns supreme in Peter Zadek's 1998 Salzburg Festival staging of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, the collaboration with Brecht which became a target for Nazi insurrection on its 1930 premiere. The city itself is suggested by the attitudes and personalities of the singers rather than by Richard Peduzzi's Spartan sets. It's bleak stuff in many ways, not ...

Manufacturer: Kultur
Starring: Gwyneth Jones, Cornelius Smith, Wilbur Pauley, Catherine Malfitano, Jerry Hadley
Directed By: Brian Large

Manufacturer: Warner Music Vision
Starring: Glyndebourne Chorus, James Bowman, Ileanna Cotruba, Curt Appelgren, Cynthia Buchan
Directed By: Peter Hall

Manufacturer: Warner Music Vision
Starring: Maria Ewing, Dennis Bailey, Cynthia Clarey, Dale Duesing, Robert Lloyd
Directed By: Peter Hall, Robin Lough

Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Starring: Alexandru Badea, Elizabeth Vidal, Reinaldo Macias, Dale Duesing, Franck Cassard
Directed By: Dirk Gryspiert