Opera

Opera

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December 3, 2025 239 mins

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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Opera with Glen Quick 

MOZART, WA "Mitridate re di Ponto" Giuseppe Sabbatini, tenor; Natalie Dessay, soprano; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Brian Asawa, counter-tenor, Sandrine Piau, soprano; Juan Diego Flórez, tenor; Corre Les Talens Lyriques; Conductor, Christophe Rousset 
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Nocturne with Glen Quick 

CHOPIN, F Preludes Opus 28 Jorge Bolet, piano
BACH arr. BUSONI Chaconne from Parti...

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Opera with Christopher Stone 

STRAUSS, R. Die Frau Ohne Schatten (“The Woman Without A Shadow”) James King, tenor; Leonie Rysanek, soprano; Walter Berry, bass-baritone; Ruth Hesse, mezzo-soprano; Ursula Schröder-Feinen, soprano ; Robert Kerns, baritone; Claude-Michel Schönberg; Maria Haug, soprano; Ingrid Mayr, contralto; Zoltan Kelemen, bass-baritone; Lorenzo Alvary, bass; Murray Dickie, tenor; Lore...

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Opera with Yvonne Schwerdt 

ROSSINI “Le Compt Ory” John Aler, tenor; Gilles Cachemaille, bass-baritone; Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano; Gino Quilico, baritone; Sumi Jo, coloratura-soprano; Raquel Pierotti, mezzo-soprano; Maryse Castets, soprano; Orchestra & Chorus of the Opera of Lyon; Conductor, John Eliot Gardiner

Nocturne with Yvonne Schwerdt 

MENDELSSOHN Variations Concertantes Op 17 Zoe Knigh...

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Opera with Glen Quick 

OFFENBACH J "Fantasio" Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano (Fantasio); Russell Braun baritone (Le Prince de Mantoue); Robert Murray, lyrical tenor (Marinoni); Brenda Rae, soprano (La Princesse Elsbeth); Victoria Simmonds, mezzo-soprano (Flamel); Neal Davies, bass-baritone (Sparck); Brindley Sherratt, bass (Le Roi de Baviere); Aled Hall, tenor (Facio); Gavan Ring, tenor (Hartmann); Opera RARA Chorus; Choru...

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Opera with Christopher Stone 

SCHUMANN Scenes from Goethe's Faust Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Elizabeth Harwood, soprano; John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone; Peter Pears, tenor; Wandsworth Boys Choir; Aldeburgh Festival Singers; English Chamber Orchestra; Conductor, Benjamin Britten 

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Nocturne with Christopher Stone 

RAVEL "Gaspard de La Nuit" Samson Francois, piano 
SCHUMANN String Quar...

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Opera with Yvonne Schwerdt

MOZART Le Nozze Di Figaro Karita Mattila, soprano; Nicoletta Curiel, mezzo-soprano; Marie Mclaughlin & Laura Cherici, sopranos; Monica Baselli, mezzo-soprano; Lucio Gallo & Michele Pertusi, baritones; Ugo Benelli, tenor; Angelo Nosotti, Gennaro Sici & Giorgio Tadeo, basses; Andrea Severi, harpsichord; Coro del Maggio Musicale Fioentino; Marco Balderi, Chorus Master, Orchestra del Maggio M...

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Opera with Glen Quick 

STRAUSS, JOHANN II “Fürstin Ninetta” ("Princess Ninetta”) Tua Åberg, soprano; Elin Rombo, soprano;  Henriikka Gröndahl, soprano;  Jesper Taube, baritone;  Fredrik Strid, tenor; Göran Eliasson, tenor; Ola Eliasson, baritone; Samuel Jarrick, baritone; Ninetta Chorus & Stockholm Strauss Orchestra; Conductor, Valeria Csanyi 

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