Legendary Performances
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
René Kollo (Tannhäuser), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram), Nadine Secunde (Elisabeth), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Hermann); Bayerische Staatsoper, Zubin Mehta (conductor) & David Alden (director)
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Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91 Yelena Prochina, Irina Bogachova, Alexander Gergalov, Nicolai Okhotnikov, Gegam Grigorian, Olga Borodina
Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)
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Boito: Mefistofele
Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo)
San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)
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Puccini: Turandot Eva Marton (La Principessa Turandot), José Carreras (Calaf), Katia Ricciarelli (Liù) & John-Paul Bogart (Timur)
Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Sängerknaben, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Harold Prince (director)
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Boito: Mefistofele
Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo)
San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)
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Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Yuri Marusin (Golitsyn), Anatoly Kocherga (Shaklovity), Paata Burchuladze (Dosifey), Ludmila Semtschuk (Marfa), Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Susanna);
Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado, Alfred Kirchner (dir.)
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Thomas Hampson (SImon Boccanegra), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (Amelia/Maria), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Fiesco), Miroslav Dvorský (Gabriele Adorno), Boaz Daniel (Paolo), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Pietro)
Chorus and Orchestra of The Vienna State Opera, Daniele Gatti (conductor) & Peter Stein (director)
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Britten: Gloriana
Sarah Walker (Elizabeth I), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Essex), Jean Rigby (Lady Essex), Richard van Allan (Raleigh), Elizabeth Vaughan (Lady Rich), Alan Opie (Cecil), Neil Howlett (Mountjoy), Malcolm Donnelly (Henry Cuffe)
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor) &...
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Berg: Wozzeck
Franz Grundheber (Wozzeck), Hildegard Behrens (Marie), Walter Raffeiner (Tambourmajor), Philip Langridge (Andres), Heinz Zednik (Hauptmann), Aage Haugland (Doktor); Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, Adolf Dresen (dir.)
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly Fiorenza Cedolins (Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly)), Francesca Franci (Suzuki), Mina Blum (Kate Pinkerton), Marcello Giordani (Pinkerton), Juan Pons (Sharpless)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Franco Zeffirelli (stage director)
