Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss II, from Salzbourg GrossesFestspielhaus, 2001. Directed by Hans Neuenfels, conductor Marc Minkowski, starring Elisabeth Trissenaar,David Moss,Olaf Bär,Mireille Delunsch,Christoph Homberger,Dale Duesing,Jerry Hadley,Franz Supper,Martin Hartelius. Performed in German.

Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini, from Opera Zurich, 2001. Directed by Felix Breisach, conductor Nello Santi. Starring Vesselina Kasarova, Manuel Lanza, Reinaldo Macias, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Carlos Chausson, Valeri Murga, Peter Kalmán. Performed in Italian.

An Opera Film Première, that can be undoubtedly counted among the other classics of this genre, such as Ingmar Bergman’s Zauberflöte, Joseph Losey’s Don Giovanni, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Medea or Franco Zeffirelli’s Traviata, was released at the end of 2001: Benoît Jacquot’s Tosca. In 1964 a film o...

Great Arias Natalie Dessay - Hamlet: "Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson", by A. Thomas, from Théâtre du Châtelet, 2001. Conductor Michel Plasson, starring Nathalie Dessay (Ophelia)

Great Arias Thomas Hampson - Hamlet - “J'ai pu frapper le misérable...Être ou ne pas être”, by A. Thomas, from Théâtre du Châtelet, 2001. Conductor Michel Plasson, starring Thomas Hampson (Hamlet)

Great Arias Paoletta Marrocu - Macbeth: "Vieni! t'affretta" and "La luce langue", by G. Verdi, from Opernhaus Zürich, 2001. Conductor Fritz Weller-Möst, starring Paoletta Marrocu (Lady Macbeth).

Great Arias Juliette Galstian - Iphigénie en Tauride: "Oh toi qui prolonges mes jours" and "Je cède a vos désirs", by C.W. Gluck, from Opernhaus Zürich, 2001. Conductor William Christie, starring Juliette Galstian (Iphigénie)

Great Arias José van Dam - Hamlet: "C'est en vain que j'ai cru me soustraire aux remords", by A. Thomas, from Théâtre du Châtelet, 2001. Conductor Michel Plasson, starring Jose van Dam (Claudius)

Great Arias Deon van der Walt - Iphigénie en Tauride: "Quell langage accablant pour un ami" and "Divinité des grands âmes", by C.W. Gluck, from Opernhaus Zürich, 2001. Conductor William Christie, starring Deon van der Walt (Pylade)

Great Arias Thomas Hampson - Macbeth: "Mi si affaccia un pugnal?" and "Pièta, rispetto, amore", by G. Verdi, from Opernhaus Zürich, 2001. Conductor Fritz Weller-Möst, starring Thomas Hampson (Macbeth)

Great Arias Rodney Gilfry - Iphigénie en Tauride: "Dieux qui me poursuivez" and "Dieux! Protecteurs de ces affreux rivages - La calme rentre dans mon coeur!", by C.W. Gluck, from Opernhaus Zürich, 2001. Conductor William Christie, starring Rodney Gilfrey (Oreste).