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MOZART
Don Giovanni. Johannes Weisser, Marcos Fink, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Freiburger Barockorchester; Innsbruck Festival Chorus / Rene Jacobs Harmonia Mundi 2DVDs NTSC

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After the success of Così fan tutte and The Marriage of Figaro, René Jacobs' CD recording of this centrepiece of the Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy offered us his reflections on Classical opera and garnered serious acclaim worldwide. Performed at the Innsbruck festival in August 2006 and filmed in Baden -Baden, this production is nourished by his thoughts on Don Giovanni as taboo-breaker but still respects Mozart's intentions as closely as possible.

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STRAUSS II 
Der Zigeunerbaron
Wolfgang Brendel, Siegfried Jerusalem. Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Kurt Eichhorn. Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt. DG DVD
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Johann Strauss´s popular operetta with Siegfried Jerusalem and Ellen Shade in the lead roles. Johann Strauss was nearly 60 when he completed Der Zigeunerbaron, which became alongside Die Fledermaus his second masterpiece.