Opera

Opera

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January 21, 2026 239 mins

Opera with Christopher Stone 

ROSSINI La Cenerentola Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano; Luigi Alva, tenor; Renato Capecchi, baritone; Paolo Montarsolo, bass; Scottish Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orch.; Cond., Claudio Abbado 

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Nocturne with Christopher Stone 

FAURE Nocturne No 1 Op 33 No 1 Pascal Roge, piano 
BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 Maurizio Pollini, piano; Quartetto Italiano&nb...

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Opera + Nocturne with Yvonne Schwerdt 

MOZART, WA "Cosi Fan Tutte" Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano; Lisa Otto, soprano; Leopold Simoneau, tenor; Rolando Panerai, baritone; Sesto Bruscantini, bass; Philharmonia Chorus & Orch.; Cond., Herbert von Karajan 

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Nocturne with Yvonne Schwerdt 

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in D major Op 10 No 3 Tessa Birnie, piano 
BACH, CPE...

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Opera + Nocturne with Glen Quick 

BOITO, A "Mefistofele" 
Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi, bass;
Faust - Mario del Monaco, tenor;
Margherita - Renata Tebaldi, soprano;
Wagner & Nerio - Piero di Palma, tenor; 
Elena - Floriana Cavalli, soprano;
Pantalis - Lucia Danieli, contralto;
Orch & Chorus of Santa Cecilia Rome; Cond., Tullio Serefin 

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Opera with Christopher Stone 

SAINT-SAENS "Samson et Dalila" Placido Domingo, tenor; Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano; Alain Fondary, baritone; Jean-Phillipe Courtis, bass; Samuel Ramey, bass; Chorus & Orchestra of The Opera Bastille; Cond., Myung-Whun Chung 

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with Christopher Stone 

RAVEL La Valse Paris Conservatoire Orch.; Cond., Andre Cluytens 
RAVEL Valses N...

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Opera + Nocturne with Yvonne Schwerdt 

MENOTTI Amahl and The Night Visitors Ike Hawkersmith, Treble; Kirsten Gunlogson, mezzo-soprano; Dean Anthony, tenor; Todd Thomas, Bart le Fan, baritones; Kevin Short, bass-baritone; Members of the Nashville Symph. Chorus and Chicago Symph. Chorus; Dir., George Mabry; Nashville Symph. Orch.; Cond., Alastair Willis 
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MENOTTI My Christmas Male Voices of the Nashville Symp...

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Opera + Nocturne with Glen Quick 

STRAUSS RICHARD "Salome" Salome: Cheryl Studer, soprano; John the Baptist: Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone; Herodias: Leonie Rysanek, soprano; Herod: Horst Hiestermann, tenor; Narraboth: Clemens Bieber, tenor; Orch. of German Opera, Berlin; Cond., Giuseppe Sinopoli 
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STRAUSS RICHARD "Brentano" Lied Natalie Dessay, soprano 

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Opera with Christopher Stone 

BIZET Carmen Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano; Placido Domingo, tenor, Sherrill Milnes, baritone; Ileana Cotrubas, soprano; Yvonne Kenny, soprano; Ambrosian Singers, London Symph. Orch., Cond. Claudio Abbado 
SARASATE Carmen Fantasy Gil Shaham, violin; Berlin Phil. Orch.; Cond., Claudio Abbado 
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Nocturne with Christopher Stone 
RAVEL Alborada Del Gracio...

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Opera with Yvonne Schwerdt 

STRAUSS, R Elektra Hanna Schwarz, mezzo-soprano; Alessandra Marc, soprano; Deborah Voigt, soprano; Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor; Samuel Ramey, bass; Vienna Phil. Orch; Cond., Giuseppe Sinopoli 

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Nocturne with Yvonne Schwerdt 

ELGAR Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82 Marcia Crayford, violin; Ian Brown, piano 
HANDEL Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6 No 4 HWV322 Paul Dyer, harpsic...

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Opera + Nocturne with Glen Quick 

MASSENET J 'Cendrillon' (Cinderella) Frederica Von Stade, mezzo-soprano; Nikolai Gedda, tenor; Jane Berbié, mezzo-soprano; Jules Bastin, bass; Ruth Welting, soprano, Teresa Cahill, soprano;  Elizabeth Bainbridge, contralto; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orch.; Cond. Julius Rudel
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Nocturne with Glen Quick 

BRAHMS, J Clarinet Trio In A Minor Op 114 Paul ...

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Opera with Christopher Stone 

PUCCINI La Boheme Renata Tebaldi, as Mimì; Carlo Bergonzi, as Rodolfo; Gianna D'Angelo; Ettore Bastianini; Renato Cesari; Cesare Siepi; Orch. & Chorus of the Accademia Di Santa Cecilia; Cond., Tullio Serafin  
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Nocturne with Christopher Stone 
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Gaspard de la Nuit Samson François, piano 
TANEYEV Piano Quartet in E major Op 20 Aless...

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Opera + Nocturne with Yvonne Schwerdt 

VERDI Il Trovatore Placido Domingo, tenor; Rosalind Plowright, soprano; Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano; Giorgio Zancanaro, baritone; Evgeny Nesterenko, bass; Anna di Stasio, mezzo-soprano; Walter Gullino, tenor; Alfredo Giacomotti, bass-baritone; Aldo Verrecchia, baritone; Chorus & Orchestra of The National Academy of St Cecilia; Cond. Carlo Maria Giulini 

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Opera with Glen Quick 

VERDI, G "Ernani"
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Ernani' - Carlo Bergonzi, tenor
'Donna Elvira' - Leontyne Price, soprano
'Don Carlo' - Mario Sereni, baritone
'Don Ruy - Gomez de Silva" - Ezio Flagello, bass
'Don Rixxardo' - Fernando Iacopucci, tenor
'Iago' - Hartje Mueller, tenor 
'Giovanna' - Julia Hamari, mezzo-soprano
RCA Itaiana Orchestra & Chorus; Conductor, Thomas Schippers 
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Opera + Nocturne with Christopher Stone 

HEGGIE “Dead Man Walking” Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; John Packard, baritone; Frederica Von Stade, mezzo-soprano; Theresa Hamm-Smith; Gary Rideout; Catherine Cook; Robert Orth; Nicolle Foland; Jay Hunter Morris; John Ames; David Okerlund; San Francisco Opera Chorus & Orchestra; Conductor, Patrick Summers

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PART Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten Bourne...

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Opera + Nocturne with Yvonne Schwerdt 

TCHAIKOVSKY "Eugene Onegin" Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin), Neil Shicoff (Lensky), Nuccia Focile (Tatyana), Olga Borodina (Olga), Sarah Walker (Larina), Irina Arkhipova (Filipyevna), Alexander Anisimov (Gremin) Orchestre de Paris; Conductor, Semyon Bychkov 

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Nocturne with Yvonne Schwerdt 

SCHUBERT Introduction and Variations on "Trockne Blumen" Alex Castle, f...

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