Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Opera DVDs New to the Collection

Check out these Operas on DVD - new to the collection.

This performance of Georges Bizet's classic opera Carmen features the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Agnes Baltsa performs the part of the famous title character.




This performance of Turandot, the most beloved operatic work from composer Giacomo Puccini, is performed in Salzburg, Austria. Starring Gabriele Schnaut in the title role and Robert Tear as Altoum, and includes music by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.


In this 1968 performance of Verdi's La Traviata, soprano Anna Moffo takes over the role of Violetta, backed by conductor Giuseppe Patante and the orchestra and chorus of the Rome Opera House.

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