Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Donizetti’s fragile heroine in her Met role debut, with tenor Piotr Beczala in the part of her lover, Edgardo. Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Mary Zimmerman’s hit...
Metropolitan Opera
Deutsche Grammophon | 2009 | 150 min | Not rated | Region A (B, C untested) | Aug 07, 2012
Deborah Voigt stars in the title role of Puccini's wild west opera - in a spectacular performance seen live in cinemas worldwide as part of the Metropolitan Opera 'Live in HD' series. Giancarlo Del Monaco's richly authentic...
Metropolitan Opera
Deutsche Grammophon | 2010 | 142 min | Rated G | Region A (B, C untested) | Jul 12, 2011
A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti’s comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made her a star in New York. Opera summed up the simple truth: “. . . everyone...
Deutsche Grammophon | 197 min | Not rated | Region free
| Nov 18, 2008
David McVicar's spellbinding production of Le Nozze Di Figaro is set in 1830s post revolution France, where the inexorable unraveling of an old order has produced acute feelings of loss. In the relationship between Finley's...