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Bartok's only opera is an intense drama, involving only 2 characters and underpinned by a rich orchestral score. Bluebeard's young bride persuades him to open 7 doors in his castle to let the light in. Behind each she finds increasingly disturbing sights, until the final door opens to reveal the castle's secret and her fate. This performance was recorded live in 2009 at the Barbican, london.

Here are Kirsten Flagstad, Rene Maison and Bruno Walter in supreme form in Beethoven´s wonderful opera Fidelio celebrating faith, fidelity. and humanity. The are superbly joined by Julius Huehn, Herbert Janssen and Alexander Kipnis. Marita Farrell and Karl Laufkoetter are a fine second pair of young lovers. This 1941 performance is one not to be missed.

This box contains 4 albums by mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart Portraits, 1994, Rossini Arias, 1989, An Italian Songbook, 1997, Chant d'Amour, 1996.

Rusalka is an opera in 3 acts by Antonin Dvorak from 1900 with the libretto written by the Czech poet Jaroslav Kvapil. Rusalka is one of the most successful Czech operas. A Rusalka is a water sprite from Slavic mythology. This is the 1952 recording.

Legendary singers hold a special place in the history of opera. The music presented in this programme focuses on the period 1870 to 1920 by Verdi, Korngold, Richard Strauss, Smetana, Massenet, Gounod, Rimsky-Korsakov a.o. The best arias and scenes from even the rarest works identified with the great sopranos turn out to be immensely beautiful and well worth reviving in a format as this collection, sung by Renee Fleming.

Jonny spielt auf is a jazz-inspired opera in two parts by Austrian composer Ernst Krenek about a jazz violinist. The work typified the cultural freedom of the golden era of the Weimar Republic and premiered in 1927.

Mahagonny, Dreigroschenoper

Die vorliegende Aufnahme von Die sieben Todsunden entstand im Jahre 1966 und ist bis heute, neben der Einspielung 1956 mit Lotte Lenya, die authentischte Interpretation des Werkes. Die ungemein dynamische musikalische Ausformung durch Herbert Kegel und das Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orch. Leipzig sowie die erstklassige Mannerquartets bereiteten den internationalen Erfolg vor der in der Gestaltung des Gesangsparts der Anna I durch Gisela May seinen Hohepunkt fand.

The operas of Mozart and Richard Strauss were at the heart of Lisa della Casa's international career, and these works also make up the contents of this representative FabFour boxed set. Della Casa's studio productions set the standard for interpretations of these operas and these unique recordings -between 1947-1960- have been complemented by live recordings made in Vienna, Salzburg and Milan. Excerpts from o.a. Don Giovanni, Arabella, Cosi fan tutti, Zauberflote.

The present selection of Lotte Schone´s recordings concentrates on Viennese operetta, a style to which the ease of her singing and the charm of her stage personality made her particularly well suited. Richard Tauber is widely regarded as an outstanding Mozart tenor of his generation, and for the lyrical roles of Verdi, Puccini, Bizet a.o. he was at the top of the German operatic tree. This CD features operetta songs from Die Fledermaus, Die Lustige Witwe a.o.

The famous baritone Tito Gobbi once said: There is only one Callas... and all aspects of her unique art are represented here in these 6 CDs of her best and most popular operatic arias and duets.