Directors: Unknown   |   Publisher: Warner Music Vision   |   Release Date: 26 September 2005

A 17th Century tale of how a peasant gave his life to save the Tsar for the Russian people. After the Russian Revolution the Communist regime renamed the opera Ivan Susanin after the main character and altered the libretto in order to emphasise how Susanin delivered Russia from attack from the Polish enemy. The original title and libretto have now been restored. In this production by The...

Directors: Peter Hall   |   Publisher: Warner Music Vision   |   Release Date: 05 September 2005

Set in an English market town at the turn of 20th century a gangling greengrocer's lad is crowded May King. The break with the tradition of choosing a girl is virtuous enough to May Queen... The comic opera at Glyndebourne was conducted by Bernard Haitink. 'A Vintage production with a vintage cast.' - Sunday Times.

Directors: Unknown   |   Publisher: Arthaus Musik   |   Release Date: 03 July 2000

If you own a DVD player and have even the slightest interest in classical music (including its modern end), opera or ballet, then you'll want the Arthaus Musik DVD Sampler. For the price of a super-budget audio CD you get over an hour of the most convincing reasons why DVD has to be the best thing to happen to the canned versions of these art forms since the invention of stereo. The chunks you...

Directors: Unknown   |   Publisher: Arthaus Musik   |   Release Date: 01 December 2003

Directors: Robert Carsen   |   Publisher: Virgin Records Ltd.   |   Release Date: 09 January 2006

Britten's opera recorded live at the Teatro Del Liceu in April 2004.

Directors: Jonathan Miller   |   Publisher: Metrodome Distribution Ltd   |   Release Date: 23 May 2005

Created specially for television this Beggar's Opera captures the quality and satiric edge of the Hogarth engravings which influenced Gay's original version. The characters of this highly spirited comedy of London low-life thrived on thieving lechery and deceit: Peachum the receiver of stolen goods shops his clients when it suits him; Lockit the prison governor has corrupt links with...

Directors: Derek Bailey   |   Publisher: Warner Music Vision   |   Release Date: 25 October 1999

Mozart's immortal adaptation of Beaumarchais' satirical tale has always been a Glyndebourne staple, so it was appropriate that this delightfully traditional production of Le Nozze di Figaro was chosen to reopen a refurbished Gyndebourne in May, 1994. Here, John Gunter's set design is airy and uncluttered, leaving the actors plenty of breathing space, while director Stephen Medcalf likewise allows...

Directors: Peter Hall   |   Publisher: Warner Music Vision   |   Release Date: 02 August 2004

Benjamin Britten's enchanting opera adapted from Shakespeare's most English play is just the thing for a summer evening at Glyndebourne. In Peter Hall's magical and highly-acclaimed production for Glyndebourne Festival Opera filmed in 1981 the wood literally comes alive a perfetc setting for the mystical world of lovers fairies and rustics. The gorgeous and imaginative sets costume and...

Directors: Franco Zeffirelli   |   Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon   |   Release Date: 06 May 2002

Zeffirellis 1963 Milan production of La Boheme, preserved in this 1965 film, provides a richly satisfying take on Puccinis much-loved romantic tragedy. The staging is opulent, not least in the way Zeffirelli opens up the Cafe Momus and turns it into a warm, vibrant haven for the bohemians and their followers. But its the relationships which really matter here. Puccinis score--conducted with...

Directors: Unknown   |   Publisher:    |   Release Date: 29 January 2007

Directors: Brian Large   |   Publisher: Universal Classics & Jazz   |   Release Date: 16 July 2007

Wolfgang Wagner's arrestingly beautiful production filmed live at Bayreuth in 1981 and directed by Brian Large features a stellar cast led by Eva Randova Bernd Weikl and Siegfried Jerusalem.

Directors: Brian Large   |   Publisher: Opus Arte Media Productions   |   Release Date: 01 July 2002

Opera arias and duets from Mozart Rossini Haydn Donizetti and Handel.