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Verdi - Aida / Caballé · Domingo · Cossotto · Ghiaurov · Cappuccilli · Roni · NPO · Muti
Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti, ...
EMI Classics, 2001
Marvelous Aida!
+ Near the top of the pack
+ Probably the best quality recording and performance
+ Is there any Aida without pluses and minuses?
+ The most intimate of stories amidst spectacle sing with musical splendor!
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Puccini - Turandot / Conductor: Donald Runnicles, Starring: E. Marton & M. Sylvester - San Francisco Opera, ...
Eva Marton, Michael Sylvester
Image Entertainment, 2001
Among the Greatest Production Designs in the HIstory of Opera
+ An excellent opera
+ A Solid, Middle-of-the Road Production
+ Dazzling Color Enhances Puccini Fairy-Tale
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Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream / Bowman, Cotrubas, Lott, Buchanan, Davies, Duesing, Haitink, ...
Benjamin Britten, Felicity Lott
Kultur Video, 2004
A Dream come true
+ Magical Entertainment
+ Lovely music and production
+ Wonderful Music
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Sing Me a Story: The Metropolitan Opera's Book of Opera Stories for Children
Jane Rosenberg
Thames & Hudson, 1996
For the Love of Opera.....
+ Start Them on Emotional Intelligence Young
+ I grew up with this book, and so should every other kid
The orchestra tunes, the audience is seated, a hush falls over the house as the the conductor raises his baton, the curtain opens, and the performance begins in all its splendor. The opera, a magnificent feast for the eyes and ears. Jane Rosenberg brings her writing and illustrating talents, her ...
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Puccini - Turandot / Sutherland · Pavarotti · Caballé · Ghiaurov · Krause · Pears · LPO · Mehta
Giacomo Puccini, Zubin Mehta, ...
Decca, 1990
I Wish There Is a DVD for This Cast!!!
+ A stunning work by an awesome cast
+ Unicos!!
+ Turandot with Sutherland
+ Amazon promptly replace defective CD
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Mozart's Magic Fantasy: A Journey Through 'The Magic Flute'
Various Artists, Walter Babiak, ...
Children's Group, 1995
this cd is not for the parents, it's for the children.
+ Great intro to opera!
+ Magic Flute interpreted for children
+ Incredible! A blessing for your kids and yourself
+ My daughter fell in love with Mozart!
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Gluck, Mcnair, ...
Decca, 2002
Excellent Production
+ OUTSTANDING!
+ Delightful and sensitive performance
This was actually the first complete opera that I bought and I loved every second of it. Since then I have purchased several other operas, but this one still remains a favorite of mine. The Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque soloists express a moving "Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta" in ...
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Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) / Levine, Battle, Serra, Metropolitan Opera
Kathleen Battle, Francisco Araiza
Deutsche Grammophon, 2000
Unbelievable!!!
+ Superb music and excellent quality!
+ Not perfect, but still very good
+ AMAZING
+ Mozart is great while Anazon.com is weak
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The Random House Book of Opera Stories (Random House Book of...)
Adele Geras
Random House Books for Young Readers, 1998
Opera Stories For Children
This book retells eight well-known opera stories. Most are of the fairy tale variety, while a couple, (Carmen, Aida) are more mature in nature. Generally, the stories are told well, in a way that would be understandable to children. Some of the more complicated stories are told in the ...
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Stories from the Opera
Shahrukh (RTL) Husain
Barefoot Books, 2007
Opera is one of the most spectacular and exhilarating art forms in the world, but is often perceived as being difficult for children to understand. This new paperback with CD edition tells a different story. Author Shahrukh Husain has selected seven classical operas, retelling them in a way that will capture the imagination of today s children. Each story opens with background information on the ...
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Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream / McNair, Asawa, Lloyd, Bostridge, Ainsley, Summers, Watson, Sir Colin ...
Benjamin Britten, Sir Colin Davis, ...
Philips, 1996
A Beautiful Opera, and Quite a Few Beautiful Voices
+ A very good recording in a field with two great ones
+ As Magical as Shakespeare's Play
Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a work of genious even if it is not exactly melodic. It poses beautiful and intellectually stimulating harmonies and parts for pretty much all different voice parts (and I mean that when I say it; with the leads being countertenor, coloratura, and baritone ...
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Humperdinck - Hansel und Gretel (1981)
Edita Gruberova, Brigitte Fassbaender
Deutsche Grammophon, 2006
Enchanting
+ Musically perfect
+ Hansel & Gretel
+ An all-star cast delivers in this profound, moving work
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Bizet: Carmen / Price, Corelli, Merrill, Freni; Karajan
Georges Bizet, Wiener Philharmoniker, ...
RCA, 1997
Karajan's Grand Opera Carmen Starring Leontyne Price
+ A relative success
+ Leontyne Price a Great Carmen
+ A Gloriously Sung Carmen
+ Maybe I'm a little partial...
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Rossini - La Cenerentola / Frederica von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Paolo Montarsolo, Claudio Desderi, Laura ...
Frederica von Stade, Paolo Montarsolo
Deutsche Grammophon, 2006
Fun for all ages
+ Very Professional Production
+ Entertaining, filmic opera
+ Landmark among filmed opera
+ super performance!
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Rossini - La Cenerentola / Bartoli, Dara, Matteuzzi, Corbelli, Pertusi, Chailly
Gioachino Rossini, Riccardo Chailly, ...
Decca, 1993
Almost perfect!
+ A Rightfully Famous "Cenerentola"
+ La Cenerentola
+ Rossini would be proud
+ Cecilia Bartoli's Cenerentola
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