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Puccini - Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing / Mehta, Casolla, Larin, Frittoli, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Actors: Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Colombara, Giovanna Casolla, José Fardilha, Sergej Larin
Directors: Hugo Käch, Ruth Käch
The first DVD edition of Puccini's last opera (left not quite complete at his death) immediately becomes the best available in any video format. It is likely to keep this status for quite a while, ...
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Puccini - La Boheme / Pavarotti, D'Amico, Servile, Renee, Mattsey, D'Artegna, Magiera, Beijing Opera
Actors: Fiamma Izzo D'Amico, Jeffrey Mattsey, Luciano Pavarotti, Madelyn Renee, Roberto Servile
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Luciano Pavarotti stars in this magnificent production of La Boheme, performed by the Genoa Opera Company during their historic tour of the People’s Republic of China. This unique cultural mission to...
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Puccini - Tosca / Patane, Tebaldi, London, Tobin
Actors: Eugene Tobin, Franco Patane, George London, Renata Tebaldi
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This is a precious collector's item, the only video disc that brings together two of the most important opera stars of the mid-20th century. Tosca and Scarpia were key roles for Renata Tebaldi and G...
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Puccini - Tosca / Guleghina, Licitra, Nucci, Mariotti, Gavazzi, Parodi, Muti, La Scala
Actors: Maria Guleghina
Directors: Pierre Cavasillas
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Puccini - Tosca / Kabaivanska, Domingo, Milnes, Luccardi, Mariotti, Bartoletti
Actors: Alfredo Mariotti, Giancarlo Luccardi, Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, Sherrill Milnes
Directors: Gianfranco De Bosio
Opera is an inherently theatrical medium that does not lend itself readily to the realism of film treatment. The shining exception is Puccini's Tosca, an action-packed melodrama that unfolds in three ...
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Puccini - Gianni Schicchi / Corbelli, Palmer, Giordano, Matthews, McLaughlin, Jurowski, Glyndebourne Opera
Actors: Alessandro Corbelli, Felicity Palmer, Marie McLaughlin, Massimo Giordano, Vladimir Jurowski
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Puccini - Manon Lescaut
Actors: Adina Nitescu, Antonello Palombi, Paolo Montarsolo, Patrick Denniston, Roberto de Candia
Directors: Graham Vick
A lyric drama in four actsAfter the play by Abbé PrévostMusic by GIACOMO PUCCINIConductor: JOHN ELIOT GARDINERDirector: GRAHAM VICKDesigner: RICHARD HUDSONLighting Designer: JENNIFER TIPTONEdmondo: AN...
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Puccini - Manon Lescaut / Sinopoli, Domingo, Te Kanawa, Allen, Royal Opera Covent Garden
Actors: Forbes Robinson, Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, Robin Leggate, Thomas Allen (III)
Directors: Brian Large
"Manon", wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, "is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the public." This turned out to be a truly prophetic statem...
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Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Maazel, Hayashi, Kim, Dvorsky, Teatro Alla Scala
Actors: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Giorgio Zancanaro, Hack-Nam Kim, Peter Dvorsky (II), Yasuko Hayashi
Directors: Derek Bailey
Madama Butterfly is one of the most-performed stage works in the world and is considered the pivotal opera of Puccini's career. This exquisite and highly acclaimed production from La Scala presents th...
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Puccini - Madama Butterfly
Actors: Christa Ludwig, Michel Sénéchal, Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Robert Kerns
Directors: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Of all Puccini's major operas, the intimate tragedy of Madama Butterfly is least in need of elaborate staging and might therefore benefit most from the close scrutiny of film. The story is domestic, t...
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