Bellini: Norma

Live recording from Oper Zurich, 2008, DVD release 2014. Jonas Kaufmann, 'the Prince of Tenors', appears with international star Vesselina Kasarova in Zürich Opera's starkly palpable staging of Bizet's ever-popular Carmen. The production sees Don José (Kaufmann) abandon his teenage attitudes in pursuit of Kasarova's free and independe...

Runtime

2h 46m

Director

Matthias Hartmann

Cast

Jonas Kaufmann, Vesselina Kasarova, Michele Pertusi

Vivian, Roe, JJ, Ines and a mysterious French man through a 20 year musical memory of New York City. As people and places in their lives drift away, visual impressions meld with sound and narrative stories to reveal a complex yet moving tableau. As the characters recall their own personal histories, conflicting images reveal their past...

Runtime

54m

Cast

Veanne Cox, Mikel Rouse, Lisa Boudreau

Including world-class artists such as Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura, Simon Keenlyside and Agnes Letestu, this 50-minute sampler will give you a taste of many beloved classics in opera and ballet.

Runtime

50m

Cast

Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter

A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.

Runtime

1h 50m

Cast

Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert

Princess Fedora, who is to marry the Count the following day, arrives and sings of her love for him, unaware that the dissolute Count has betrayed her with another woman. The sound of sleigh-bells is heard, and the Count is brought in mortally wounded. Doctors and a priest are summoned, and the servants are questioned. It is proposed t...

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Brian Large

Cast

Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Placido Domingo