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This complete performance of Puccini's TOSCA was filmed live in Germany at the Stuttgart Staatsoper in 1961. Renata Tebaldi takes center stage as the title character which eventually became her signature role. Noted conductor Franco Patane leads the timeless piece.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33:1Interactive Features: Optional English Subtitles

Live performances of stellar classics from some of the best pianists of all time. From the vaults of THE BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, 1959-1967 are moving renditions of Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major (Beethoven) by Claudio Arrau, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major (Prokoviev) by Byron Janis, Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (Beethoven) by Robert Casadesus, and Rhapsody In Blue (Gershwin) by Jorge Bolet. Also included in the program is The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra conducted by Donald Voohees.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33:1

Between the years 1954 and 1956, master tenor Jon Vickers displayed talent that went beyond the call in more than a few performances that were captured and televised by Radio Canada. This program features the best of those telecasts and includes Vickers along with Eva Likova, Robert Savoie, Louis Quilico, and Pierre Boutet in a series of phenomenal operatic masterworks. Backed by the Orchestre symphonique de Radio-Canada and staged by the legendary Irving Guttman, PAGLIACCI, MANON LESCAUT, TOSCA, and IL TRAVATORE are all performed in part and led by the unmistakable voice of Jon Vickers.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33

This rendition of French composer Charles Gounod's FAUST is conducted by Alain Guingal and stars opera singers Alfredo Kraus, Anna Maria Gonzales, Wilma Colla, and Nicolai Ghiuselev.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33:1Interactive Features: Optional English/French Subtitles

Vincenzo Bellini's classic opera NORA comes to life in this spectacular performance. Monserat Caballe takes center stage in the title role along with Josephine Veasey and Jon Vickers. The wonderful composition and chorus, conducted by Giuseppe Patane, is performed by the Teatro Regio di Torino of Italy. Filmed live at the Theatre Antique d'Orange in France on July 20, 1974.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33

Shot for television, this reworking of Mozart's sublime DON GIOVANNI stars Marco Petri in the lead role. Francesco Molinari Pradelli conducts throughout, neatly supplementing the performances by conjuring a wonderful musical accompaniment from The Orchestra sinfonica e coro di Milano della Radiotelevisione Italiana. Among the other stars are Leyla Gencer, playing Donna Elvira, Teresa Stich-Randall as Donna Anna, Graziella Sciutti playing Zerlina, and many others. Shot in 1960, this is a vintage performance of a true opera classic.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: (unspecified) - Italian Subtitles - English, French, German - Optional

Although the famous opera has been interpreted and performed in many different ways, few have taken to the production of MADAMA BUTTERFLY with the same gusto and guile as soprano Anna Moffo. Fully inhabiting the role of Cio-Cio San, Moffo pulls off a stunning performance in this production, which was filmed on January 24th, 1956. Incredibly Moffo had barely performed in a major opera before this performance, but her name soon resonated throughout the opera world as news of her talents spread. A dazzling career followed, but it was in this production that her roots were firmly planted. Presented here in full, this is a great opportunity to witness a blossoming performer in a remarkable production of a classic opera.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Mono - Italian Subtitles - English, French, German - Optional

Alfredo Krauss and Leo Nucci star in this 1987 performance of Guiseppe Verdi's timeless opera. Angelo Campori conducts the Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emillia-Romagna and Edgardo Egaddi leads the Coro del Teatro Regio.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33:1