The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet (2008)
Overview
Including world-class artists such as Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura, Simon Keenlyside and Agnes Letestu, this 50-minute sampler will give you a taste of many beloved classics in opera and ballet.
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Bryn Terfel
Papageno, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
Cecilia Bartoli
Papagena, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
Anne Sofie von Otter
Carmen, Bizet
José Cura
Self (archive footage)
Simon Keenlyside
Self (archive footage)
Agnès Letestu
Self (archive footage)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Self (archive footage)
Yvonne Naef
Self (archive footage)
Verónica Villarroel
Self (archive footage)
José Martinez
Self (archive footage)
Will Hartmann
Self (archive footage)
Dorothea Röschmann
Self (archive footage)
Diana Damrau
Night Queen, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
Franz-Josef Selig
Self (archive footage)
Inva Mula
Self (archive footage)
Aquiles Machado
Rodolfo, La bohème, Puccini
Marcus Haddock
Self (archive footage)
Alessandro Corbelli
Self (archive footage)
Felicity Palmer
Self (archive footage)
Pamela Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Allen
Self (archive footage)
Anders J. Dahlin
Zoroastre, Zoroastre, Rameau
Sine Bundgaard
Self (archive footage)
Raquela Sheeran
Clorinda, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Lucia Cirillo
Thisbe, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Hasmik Papian
Norma, Norma, Bellini
Hugh Smith
Self (archive footage)
Myung-Whun Chung
Orchestra conductor
Simone Alberghini
Dandini, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Luciano di Pasquale
Don Magnifico, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Maxim Mironov
Don Ramiro, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Nathan Berg
Alidoro, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Vladimir Jurowski
Orchestra conductor
Ruxandra Donose
Angelina (Cendrillon), La Cenerentola, Rossini
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