The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden (2007) 720p BluRay
Video: 1280×720 at 29.970 fps, x264, ~5270 Kbps avg
Audio#1: Italian/French: 48 kHz, DTS, 3/2 (L,C,R,l,r) + LFE ch, ~1510.00 kbps avg
Audio#2: Italian/French: 48 kHz, AC3, 3/2 (L,C,R,l,r) + LFE ch, ~640.00 kbps avg
Subtitle: English | Duration: 02:18:49 | Size: 7.27 GB
Genre: Opera, Classical, Live Concert

The “Gala of the Opera Stars” belongs to a cherished tradition of exclusive events designed to showcase the talents of the world’s leading singers, concerts that have been held to huge acclaim in international opera houses from Sydney to New York. Baden-Baden’s Festival Theatre was the setting for the present encounter between four of the most exciting and beautiful young operatic voices currently before the public.The programme was performed three times, all performances being sold out within three hours. And the resultant atmosphere entirely reflected the occasion’s significance.The elegance and breathtaking beauty of Anna Netrebko’s legato singing, Elina Garanca’s sparkling coloratura and velvety low notes were highlighted just as surely as Ramon Vargas’s radiant tenor and the expressive passion of Ludovic Tezier’s baritone.This Blu-Ray Disc features the four young stars performing arias, duets and the popular quartet “Bella figlia dell’amore” from Rigoletto. Other highlights include Delibes’ famous flower duet from Lakme for which Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca are a true dream team!Here’s the complete concert that brought together four of the world’s most exciting singers, performing beloved arias, duets, and quartets. Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca appear together for the first time on stage in this dazzling gala for a quarter of “superstars” (Badische Zeitung). “Bel canto at its most beautiful and most ravishing” (Badische Neueste Nachrichten).Track list:1. Vincenzo Bellini, Norma – Sinfonia.
2. Vincenzo Bellini, Norma – Duet: “Mira, o Norma” (Act II) (Elina Garanca, Adalgisa – Anna Netrebko, Norma).
3. Gaetano Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore – Romanza: “Una furtiva lagrima” (Act II) (Ramon Vargas, Nemorino).
4. Vincenzo Bellini, I Puritani – Recitative and Aria: “Or dove fuggo io mai? – Ah! per sempreio ti perdei – Bel sogno beato” (Act I) (Ludovic Tezier, Riccardo).
5. Vincenzo Bellini, Norma – Cavatina: “Casta Diva – Ah, bello a me ritorna” (Act I) (Anna Netrebko, Norma).
6. Gioacchino Rossini, La Cenerentola – Rondo finale: “Nacqui all’affanno e al pianto” (Act II) (Elina Garanca, Cenerentola).
7. Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo – Duet: “E lui!… Desso!… L’Infante! – Dio, che nell’alma infondere” (Act II, Scene I) (Ludovic Tezier, Rodrigo • Ramon Vargas, Don Carlo).
8. Camille Saint-Saens, Samson et Dalila – Ballet: Bacchanale (Act III).
9. Leo Delibes, Lakme – Flower Duet: “Viens, Mallika – Dome epais le jasmin” (Act I) (Anna Netrebko, Lakme • Elina Garanca, Mallika).
10. Georges Bizet, Les Pecheurs de perles – Duet: “Au fond du temple saint” (Act I) (Ramon Vargas, Nadir • Ludovic Tezier,Zurga).
11. Camille Saint-Saens, Samson et Dalila – Aria: “Mon c?ur s’ouvre a ta voix” (Act II) (Elina Garanca, Dalila).
12. Giuseppe Verdi, Luisa Miller – Scene and Aria: “Oh! fede negar potessi – Quando le sere al placido” (Act II, Scene III) (Ramon Vargas, Rodolfo).
13. Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo – Morte di Rodrigo: “Felice ancor io son – Per me giunto e il di supremo – Io morro, ma lieto in core” (Act IV, Scene II) Ludovic Tezier, Rodrigo.
14. Giacomo Puccini, La Boheme – Duetto: “O soave fanciulla” (Act I) (Ramon Vargas, Rodolfo • Anna Netrebko, Mimi).
15. Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto – Quartet: “Un di, se ben rammentomi – Bella figlia dell’amore” (Act III) (Ramon Vargas, Duca • Anna Netrebko, Gilda • Elina Garanca, Maddalena • Ludovic Tezier, Rigoletto).
16. Franz Lehar, Giuditta – “Meine Lippen, sie kussen so hei?” (Act IV) (Anna Netrebko, Giuditta).
17. Gioacchino Rossini – La danza (Ramon Vargas).
18. Ruperto Chapi, Las hijas del Zebedeo – Carceleras: “Al pensar en el dueno de mis amores” (Elina Garanca, Luisa).
19. Georges Bizet, Carmen – Couplets (Toreador Song): “Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre – Toreador, en garde!” (Act II) (Ludovic Tezier, Escamillo).
20. Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata – Brindisi: “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (Act I) (Ramon Vargas • Ludovic Tezier • Anna Netrebko • Elina Garanca).

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