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Avantasia’s The Metal Opera is the concept album masterpiece created by Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet. Features members of some of the leading power metal acts like Helloween, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius, Virgin Steele, Rhapsody and, of course, Edguy. 13 tracks. 2001 release…. More >>

Metal Opera

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For those who want a home video that preserves the kind of treatment Verdi’s Otello gets in a first-class international opera house, this Solti-Domingo-Te Kanawa production from Covent Garden looks like the best bet. Neither Georg Solti’s conducting nor Elijah Moshinsky’s stage direction pulls any punches; this is presented clearly and forcefully as a drama of jealousy (Iago’s and Otello’s) destroying innocence (Otello’s and Desdemona’s), in which a military man from a… More >>

Verdi – Otello / Solti, Domingo, Te Kanawa, Royal Opera Covent Garden

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Recorded live at the Vienna State Opera, Placido Domingo and Eva Marton star in a sumptuous recording of Ponchielli’s famed four-act melodrama, a story of tyranny and intrigue set in semi-historical and ever-romantic Venice. The action is projected by strong characters whose fundamentally sound instincts become distorted by raw passion. The performance draws upon both human and technical resources including a large ballet and varies in mood from the happy carnival t… More >>

Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Vienna State Opera