ABOUT THIS DVD
Peter Sellars landmark productions of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas. 3 operas on 6 DVDs. This 6 DVD box set features the three Mozart operas composed to texts by Lorenzo Da Ponte, presented here in contemporary stagings by the celebrated American director Peter Sellars.
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ABOUT THIS DVD
Peter Sellars landmark productions of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas. 3 operas on 6 DVDs.

This 6 DVD box set features the three Mozart operas composed to texts by Lorenzo Da Ponte, presented here in contemporary stagings by the celebrated American director Peter Sellars. Sung in the original Italian but relocated to contrasting worlds of late 20th century USA, Le nozze di Figaro takes place in the ersatz elegance of Fifth Avenue, Don Giovanni in the darker streets of brownstone New York and Così fan tutte in the chrome-&-neon surroundings of a seaside diner.

The singer/actor ensemble with whom Peter Sellars worked on all three productions delivers a special level of theatrical credibility and dramatic conviction -- not often witnessed in the operatic theatre and essential for the persuasive presentation of these adventurous contemporary settings.

For their first release on DVD, each opera now features both a LPCM Stereo soundtrack and a new DTS 5.1 Surround soundtrack.

Also included are the English subtitles supplied by director Peter Sellars himself, specifically created to match and enhance his personal vision of these popular operas.

All operas are also available separately.

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WORKS
Le nozze di Figaro
Don Giovanni
Così fan tutte

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ARTISTS
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Sanford Sylvan - Figaro
Jeanne Ommerlé - Susanna
James Maddalena - Conte Almaviva
Susan Larson - Cherubino
Lynn Torgove - Barbarina
Frank Kelley - Don Basilio
David Evitts - Don Bartolo
Sue Ellen Kuzma - Marcellina
Herman Hildebrand - Antonio
William Cotton - Don Curzio

DON GIOVANNI
Eugene Perry - Don Giovanni
Herbert Perry - Leporello
Dominique Labelle - Donna Anna
Lorraine Hunt - Donna Elvira
Carroll Freeman - Don Ottavio
James Patterson - Commendatore
Ai Lan Zhu - Zerlina
Elmore Jones - Masetto

COSI FAN TUTTE
Susan Larson - Fiordiligi
Janice Felty - Dorabella
Frank Kelley - Ferrando
James Maddalena - Guglielmo
Sue Ellen Kuzma - Despina
Sanford Sylvan - Don Alfonso


Arnold-Schönberg-Chor
Wiener Symphoniker
Craig Smith

Directed by Peter Sellars

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KEY FACTS
See individual releases:
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
DON GIOVANNI
COSI FAN TUTTE