The DVD
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Highlights of the first 20 years of the Competition are on this special DVD. Available from record shops from 15 May 2003, the catalogue number is OA 0880D |
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This two-DVD set, produced by BBC Opus Arte, celebrates the rich harvest of talent in the first 20 years of BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff and includes a lively documentary celebrating the origins, joys and woes, anecdotes and background of this famous event, including historic material, unique highlights and interviews with winners, participants, producers, opera house directors and accompanists who sketch the significance and uniqueness of this great Cardiff competition.
DVD 1 (170 minutes, stereo)
Includes performances by the competition winners:
- Finnish soprano Karita Mattila (1983)
- American baritone David Malis (1985)
- Italian soprano Valeria Esposito (1987)
- Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1989)
- Australian soprano Lisa Gasteen (1991)
- Danish soprano Inger Dam-Jensen (1993)
- Swedish mezzo Katarina Karnéus (1995)
- Chinese mezzo Guang Yang (1997)
- German soprano Anja Harteros (1999)
- and Romanian tenor Marius Brenciu (2001)
DVD 2 (90 minutes, stereo)
Includes performances by the Lieder Prize winners:
- The first recipient, baritone Bryn Terfel from Wales (1989)
- Another Welsh baritone, Neal Davies (1991)
- Baritone Paul Whelan from New Zealand (1993)
- Finnish soprano Kirsi Tiihonen (1995)
- Baritone Christopher Maltman from England (1997)
- Korean baritone Dae-San No (1999)
- and Romanian tenor Marius Brenciu (2001)
The history of the Competition
The Battle of the Baritones, the dramatic stand-off between Bryn Terfel and Dmitri Hvorostovsky in 1989.
The documentaries will be subtitled in German, French and Spanish on the PAL edition and Spanish on the NTSC edition.
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