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❦Monteverdi: L’Orfeo / Teatro alla Scala [DVD]

Artists: Rinaldo Alessandrini/
Teatro alla Scala Orch.
Roberta Invernizzi; Sara
Mingardo; Georg Nigl; Luigi
de Donato (BBC Opus Arte)
(114 min.; NTSC, 16:9, Color;
LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0
Surround)
BOA 1044D
$32.99 $13.20 On Sale
“Period-performance conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini
conducts the house orchestra and, for continuos
passages, Concerto Italiano, in a feast of musical
riches. The cast and chorus are excellent. ” -Toronto Star

❦Mozart: Cecilia Bartoli Sings Mozart [DVD]

Works: Mozart: Operatic
Arias; Symphony no 38
“Prague” Artists: Cecilia
Bartoli (Mzz Sop). Nikolaus
Harnoncourt/Vienna
Concentus Musicus. (BBC
Opus Arte) (112 min.; NTSC,
4:3, Color; DD 5.1 Surround,
LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Surround)
BOA 0869
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$27.99 $11.20 On Sale
“This is one of the best recorded concerts I have
ever seen, not just in its excellent picture and firstrate surround-sound, but in its video direction.”
- Gramophone

❦Giovanni Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria [2 DVD]

Artists: Ottavio Dantone/Accademia Bizantina. Marina Comparato; Stefano Ferrari; Lucia Cirillo; Nicole
Heaston; Annamaria Dell’Oste (BBC Opus Arte) (188 min.; NTSC, 16:9, Color; LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0
Surround)
2 BOA 1065D $42.99 $17.20 On Sale
“Every aspect of this enthralling production is close to exemplary.” -Classical Music
“This is an exceptionally fine production that offers a great deal of integrity and fascination.” -Gramophone

❦Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Jansons [DVD]

❦Wagner: The Flying Dutchman [Blu-Ray]

Artists: Mariss Jansons/
Royal Concertgebouw Orch.
Krassimira Stoyanova; Mikhail
Petrenko; Bo Skovhus;
Andrey Dunaev; Olga Savova
(BBC Opus Arte) (181 min.;
NTSC, 16:9, Color; LPCM
Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround)
BOA 1067D
$32.99 $13.20 On Sale
“What a treat to hear an appealing, soft-grained version of [Skovhus’s] voice in the
title-role...what linguistic authority and depth of soul
[Stoyanova] brings to the character!” -Gramophone

Artists: Hartmut Haenchen/
Netherlands Opera PO &
Chorus. Juha Uusitalo; Robert
Lloyd; Marina Prudenskaja;
Catherine Naglestad; Oliver
Ringelhahn (BBC Opus Arte)
(167 min.; Blu-Ray, 16:9,
Color; LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0
Surround) (BR) BOA 7084D
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$42.99 $17.20 On Sale
The setting is close to present
day on a luxury yacht cruising a warmer waters traditional Wagnerians might find this challenging.

❦Berg: Lulu / Pappano, Royal Opera,
Eichenholz, Volle, Vogt, Larmore [2 DVD]

Artists: Torsten Kerl, Marika Schönberg, Daniela Sindram, Richard Wiegold, Stefan Heidemann. Pinchas
Steinberg/Toulouse Capitol Orch. & Chorus (BBC
Opus Arte) (231 min.; Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; LPCM 2.0,
DTS 5.1)
BOA 7125D $42.99 $17.20 On Sale

Artists: Anthony Pappano/Orch. of the ROH. Jennifer Larmore; Michael Volle; Gwynne Howell; Jeremy White; Klaus Florian Vogt (BBC Opus Arte)
(205 min.; 16:9, Color; LPCM Stereo/DTS 5.1 Surround) (2 DV) BOA 1034 $42.99 $17.20 On Sale

❦Janacek: Jenufa / Teatro Real [DVD]

Artists: Roocroft, Polaski,
Dvorsky, Schukoff. Ivor Bolton/
Teatro Real Orch. & Chorus.
Amanda Roocroft; Miroslav
Dvorsky; Deborah Polaski;
Mette Ejsing; Nikolai Andrej
Schukoff (BBC Opus Arte)
(136 min.; NTSC, 16:9, Color;
LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround)
BOA 1055D
$32.99 $13.20 On Sale
“Fine video and