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CD & DVD/VIDEO RELEASES IN 2006 The Berlin Concert - Live from the DVD - Video Label: Universal Music Group UNI734303 Release Date: 24 November 2006 Plácido Domingo / Anna Netrebko / Rolando Villazón Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Marco Armiliato On July 7, the Waldbühne amphitheatre in Berlin was host to “the greatest voices of their day" (Die Welt am Sonntag) as more than 20,000 spectators gathered to hear Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, and Plácido Domingo in an open-air concert celebrating the close of the World Cup tournament.Deutsche Grammophon is bringing this extraordinary event - described by the Berliner Morgenpost as “the stuff of myth" - to DVD as a special rush release. This DVD features the three mega-stars performing music by Verdi, Puccini, Lehár, and many other beloved melodies. Pepita Jiménez - Albéniz’s neglected operatic “masterpiece” CD 00289 477 6234 Release Date: August 2006 Pepita Jiménez is a lyric comic opera that was set to an English text and written in 1905. This 2-CD world-premiere studio recording is conducted by José de Eusebio and features a starry cast including Plácido Domingo as Don Luis, Carol Vaness as Pepita Jiménez, Jane Henschel as Antoñona, the Orquesta e Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, and the Coro de Niños de la Comunidad de Madrid. Plácido Domingo presents Puccini's early opera "Edgar" CD 00289 477 6102 Release Date: May 2006 Plácido Domingo · Adriana Damato · Marianne Cornetti · Juan Pons · Rafal Siwek · Core e Orchestra dell'Accademia · Nazionale di Santa Cecilia · Alberto Veronesi Christian Thielemann conducts Plácido Domingo and Waltraud Meier in the ultimate Parsifal CD 477 6006 Release Date: April 2006 Reviews celebrated the 3 Parsifal performances in June 2005 as the highlight of the Vienna season. Other opera houses can only dream of a season finale like this one…Domingo…phrases gloriously and is intelligent enough to know where he needs to conserve his strength for the final attack…(Kurier, Vienna June 2005) Italia, ti amo - Plácido Domingo offers affectionate tribute to Italian and Neapolitan songs CD 00289 477 6086 CD 00289 477 5565 (Limited Edition) Release Date: April 2006 On this album, Plácido Domingo has for the most part dedicated himself to the rarities of Neapolitan and Italian songs, although he interprets some of the highlights as well, including Gastaldon’s “Musica Prohibita” and the well-known “Core N’Grato” by Cardillo. All songs are newly arranged and masterly played by Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Eugene Kohn. This is a must-have item for all Domingo fans and Italophiles – it’s music to cook by, to drive by, to sing by. Interview WAGNER - Tristan und Isolde EMI 7243 5 58006 2 6 In December 2004 Plácido Domingo returned to the recording studio for his very first recording of Wagner’s epic opera Tristan und Isolde. more>