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La Traviata - Zurich Opera House on DVD (2005)
Starring: Eva Mei, Thomas Hampson, Piotr Beczela
Director: Jurgen Flimm
Certificate:
A performance of Verdi's opera performed live from the Zurich Opera House in 2005. Sung in Italian.

65% from 41 members

Die Lustige Witwe - Lehar on DVD (2004)
Starring: Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, Zurich Opera House Orchestra
Certificate:
An operetta in three acts based on the comedy 'L'Attache D'Ambassade' by Henri Meilhac; music composed by Franz Lehar. Sung in German. Franz Welser-Most conducts the Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Choir.

61% from 40 members

Pelleas Et Melisande - Debussy on DVD (2004)
Starring: Rodney Gilfry, Isabel Rey, Michael Volle
Director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Certificate:
A stage performance of the Opernhaus Zurich. Recorded live at The Opernhaus Zurich, November 2004.

56% from 16 members

Claude Debussy - Pelleas Et Melisande - ... (2004)
Starring: Rodney Gilfry, Isabel Rey, Michael Volle
Director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Certificate:
This production of Debussy's only finished full-length opera, starring Rodney Gilfry, Isabel Rey and Laszlo Polgar, was created by the German actor and stage director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Recorded live at the Zurich Opera House in 2004.

45% from 15 members

Fidelio - Beethoven (2004)
Starring: Camilla Nylund, Jonas Kaufmann, Alfred Muff
Director: Jurgen Flimm
Certificate:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt staged FIDELIO, Beethoven's great (and only) opera, at the Zurich Opera House in 2004. Jonas Kauffman, Alfred Muff, and haunting Finnish soprano Camilla Nylund are the standouts among an impressive cast. This minimalist production also has the advantage of being backed by the ..read more »

60% from 49 members
Not currently released

Nina - Paisiello on DVD (2002)
Starring: Cecilia Bartoli, Jonas Kaufmann, Laszlo Polgar
Director: Thomas Grimm
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NINA, an opera buffa by Mozart-contemporary Giovanni Paisiello, was a formative influence on the genre of Romantic opera. Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli assumes the role of widow Nina, accompanied by the Zurich Opera Orchestra, conducted by Adam Fischer.

57% from 45 members

Lulu - Berg on DVD (2002)
Starring: Laura Aikin, Cornelia Kallisch, Peter Keller
Certificate:
A performance of the Alban Berg opera in two acts plus excerpts from the Lulu Symphony, music for the third act which was never completed. Franz Welser-Most conducts.

57% from 55 members

Il Turco In Italia - Rossini on DVD (2002)
Starring: Ruggero Raimondi, Cecilia Bartoli, Reinaldo Macias
Director: Thomas Grimm
Certificate:
A performance of Rossini's opera performed by the Zurich Opera House Chorus and Orchestra and the Supernumerary Association; conducted by Franz Welser-Most.

61% from 73 members

Macbeth on DVD (2001)
Starring: Thomas Hampson, Zurich Opera House Orchestra, Zurich Opera House Chorus
Director: David Pountney
Certificate:
A performance of Macbeth recorded live at the Zurich Opera House with music by Verdi. Conducted by Franz Welser-Most. Choreography by Vivienne Newport.

57% from 35 members

Il Barbiere Di Siviglia on DVD (2001)
Starring: Vesselina Kasarova, Manuel Lanza, Reinaldo Macias
Director: Grischa Asagaroff
Certificate:
Rossini's opera recorded at the Zurich Opera House with the setting of the work moving to early 20th century Spain.

52% from 39 members

Don Giovanni - Zurich Opera House on DVD (2000)
Starring: Rodney Gilfry, Laszlo Polgar, Isabel Rey
Director: Jurgen Flimm
Certificate:
This Zurich Opera production of Mozart's DON GIOVANNI stars mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli as Donna Elvira, a woman seduced and then deserted by the eponymous protagonist. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Zurich Opera House Chorus and Orchestra.

69% from 72 members

Cosi Fan Tutte - Zurich Opera House (2000)
Starring: Cecilia Bartoli, Agnes Baltsa, Liliana Nikiteanu
Certificate:
COSI FAN TUTTE, Mozart's final comic opera, is performed here by the Zurich Opera House with Cecilia Bartoli assuming the main soprano role as Fiordiligi. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Zurich Opera House Chorus and Orchestra in Jurgen Flimms' production.

69% from 180 members
Not currently released

Simplicius - Johann Strauss on DVD (2000)
Starring: Zurich Opera House Orchestra, Zurich Opera House Chorus
Director: Thomas Grimm
Certificate:
David Pountney's unique staging enhances an already classic opera written by Johann Strauss. This story of hidden identity and love is set during the Thirty Years War and stars Michael Volle, Rolf Haunstein and Martin Zysset.

40% from 21 members

Die Zauberflote - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on DVD (2000)
Starring: Matti Salminen, Piotr Beczela, Elena Mosuc
Director: Jonathan Miller
Certificate:
Recorded live at Wolf And Rissmiller's Country Club in Reseda, California and includes: 'Why Wait', '500 Miles High', 'Guernica' and more.

61% from 101 members

La Belle Helene - Offenbach on DVD (1997)
Starring: Vesselina Kasarova, Deon Van Der Walt, Zurich Opera House Orchestra
Certificate:
This opera buffa (an 18th century comic opera), is a witty satire of Parisian upper class social mores. Composer Jaques Offenbach has based the story on Helen of Troy, focusing on the declining morals of the Second Empire elite. Filmed in 1997 at a Zurich Opera house performance, this version of LA ..read more »

64% from 98 members

Beatrice Di Tenda - Bellini
Starring: Edita Gruberova, Michael Volle, Stefania Kaluza
Director: Daniel Schmid
Certificate:
A performance of Bellini's Beatrice Di Tenda which tells the story of unrequited love. The Zurich Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Marcello Viotti.

63% from 30 members
Not currently released

Der Freischutz - Carl Maria Von Weber
Starring: Zurich Opera House Chorus, Zurich Opera House Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Director: Alf Bernhard
Certificate:
A performance of Weber's opera Der Freischutz. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts.

50% from 23 members
Currently unavailable

Hansel Und Gretel on DVD
Starring: Engelbert Humperdinck, Alfred Mutt, Gabrielle Lechner
Director: Mutt, Lechner, Nikiteanu
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A performance of Engelbert Humperdinck's opera which features children's songs and dances and idyllic forest scenes for adults and children alike. Written by Adelheid Wette.

60% from 70 members

Tannhauser - Wagner on DVD
Starring: Zurich Opera House Chor And Orchestra, Zurich Opera House Chorus, Zurich Opera House Orchestra
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This newest release in the EMI Classics Opera on DVD series is a stunning production of Wagner's masterpiece Tannhauser from the Zurich Opera conducted by Franz Welser-Most, featuring Peter Sieffert as Tannhauser, Solveig Kringelborn as Elisabeth, and Thomas Hampson as Von Eschenbach. Initially ..read more »

61% from 61 members

Le Nozze Di Figaro on DVD
Starring: Zurich Opera House Orchestra, Zurich Opera House Chorus, Rodney Gilfry
Certificate:
Mozart's comical opera recorded at the Zurich Opera House.

61% from 45 members

Zurich Opera House Orchestra facts

5 most recent films

La Traviata - Zurich Opera House - 3.0 stars
Die Lustige Witwe - Lehar - 3.0 stars
Pelleas Et Melisande - Debussy - 3.0 stars
Claude Debussy - Pelleas Et Melisande - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Fidelio - Beethoven - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Cosi Fan Tutte - Zurich Opera House - 3.5 stars
Don Giovanni - Zurich Opera House - 3.5 stars
La Belle Helene - Offenbach - 3.0 stars
Die Zauberflote - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 3.0 stars
Il Turco In Italia - Rossini - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Simplicius - Johann Strauss - 2.0 stars
Claude Debussy - Pelleas Et Melisande - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Der Freischutz - Carl Maria Von Weber - 2.5 stars
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia - 2.5 stars
Pelleas Et Melisande - Debussy - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Zurich Opera House Chorus - 19 times - show films
Franz Welser-Most - 8 times - show films
Nikolaus Harnoncourt - 6 times - show films
Rodney Gilfry - 5 times - show films
Laszlo Polgar - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jurgen Flimm - 3 times - show films
Thomas Grimm - 3 times - show films
Sven-Eric Bechtolf - 2 times - show films
none - 2 times - show films
Nikiteanu - 1 times - show films