Nicolai Ghiaurov Movies

  • 1985
    Aida

    Aida

    Aida

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    La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most important for a video recording, a larger...

    Aida
  • 2001
    Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia

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    Live performance from Zürich Opera House, 2001. “Vesselina Kasarova’s Rosina turned this Barber into a major event. Pearling coloratura, endless reso...

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • 1988
    La Boheme

    La Boheme

    La Boheme

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    Giacomo Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive flow...

    La Boheme
  • 1967
    Verdi – Messa da Requiem

    Verdi – Messa da Requiem

    Verdi – Messa da Requiem

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    Herbert von Karajan conducts La Scala Orchestra and Chorus with soloists Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti, and Nicolai Ghiaurov.

    Verdi – Messa da Requiem
  • 1983
    Don Carlo

    Don Carlo

    Don Carlo

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    Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- good enough musicians to put over the quite heavy vo...

    Don Carlo
  • 1982
    Verdi Ernani

    Verdi Ernani

    Verdi Ernani

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    It truly is an historic performance. Domingo looking and singing like a god pouring out golden tones; Renato Bruson sounds, like the sublime Verdian B...

    Verdi Ernani
  • 1978
    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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    Abbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene, for the inherent subtleties of Verdi’s scoring and for...

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
  • 1989
    Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina

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    The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful interpretations in this 1989 recording from the Vienna...

    Khovanshchina
  • 1983
    The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

    The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

    The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

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    In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performance uniting some of the world's most spellbinding op...

    The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
  • 1992
    A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song

    A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song

    A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song

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    Tony Randall and some children, filmed in Connecticut, provide the framework of the history of some of the carols sung by opera stars.

    A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song