Opera
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Purcell's King Arthur, a semi-opera
Movie
Type: Opera
Location: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Performed by: Vox Luminis
Conductor: Lionel Meunier
Year: 2018Vox Luminis, the renowned vocal ensemble, delivers this stunning performance of Henry Purcell’s semi-opera, King Arthur. This iconic masterpiece of Baroque music is m...
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Donizetti's The Elixir of Love
Movie
Type: Opera
Orchestra: Balthasar Neumann Ensemble
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Artist: Tatiana Pavlovskaya
Location: Baden-Baden, Germany
Year: 2012Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore is a perfect blend of romance and comedy, making it light-hearted and charming. The opera follows the sweet yet hum...
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Rameau's Hippolytus and Aricia
Movie
Type: Orchestra and Choir
Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester
Choir: State Opera Choir
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Artists: Anna Prohaska, Magdalena Kozena
Location: State Opera, Berlin
Year: 2018If you don’t love Baroque music, you might still enjoy Hippolyte et Aricie because of the dramat...
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Wagner's Earliest Opera: The Ban on Love
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Type: Opera
Orchestra: Madrid Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Artists: Manuela Uhl, Christopher Maltman, Peter Lodahl
Location: Teatro Real, Portugal
Year: 2016The Prohibition of Love is one of Wagner’s rarely performed early operas, blending Italian opera influences with hints of his...
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Wagner's Ring Cycle, Part 3: Lohengrin
Movie
Type: Opera
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin
Conductor: Matthias Pintscher
Artists: Roberto Alagna, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Ekaterina Gubanova, Martin Gantner, René Pape
Location: Berlin
Year: 2020The Staatsoper Berlin’s Lohengrin, under Calixto Bieito’s direction, orchestrates a striking contrast be...
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Tosca by Puccini
Movie
Type: Opera
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Title: Tosca
Location: Baden-Baden, Easter Festival
Choir: Vienna Philhamonia Chorus
Orchestra: Berliner Philhamoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Soloist: Kristina Opolais, Jonas Kaufmann
Staging: Philipp Himmelmann
Year: 2017This impassioned performance i...