Decca, the Opera Company, has always invested infinite energy and enormous care in its productions, pairing unrivalled casts with its unequalled technical skill and legendary sound. Decca Classics is proud to continue its Hardback Opera Series of go-to performances.

Three legendary opera recordings on Deutsche Grammophon are now presented on High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc + CD in deluxe hardback editions including original libretto and synopsis with parallel English, German and French texts, original essay, and rare images.

Live recording from the Vienna State Opera, 1978

Featuring Gundula Janowitz and René Kollo, both celebrating their 80th birthdays in 2017, and conducted by the great Leonard Bernstein, whose centenary is in 2018.

2CD+ Blu-ray Audio presenting the complete opera in 24-bit Hi-Res Audio

76pp booklet with libretto in original language plus English and French, with synopsis in English, French and German

“A powerful production” – BBC Music Magazine

“…Each singer gives everything he or she has … The expressive colourings of the orchestra are made vivid, not to say raucous, by the emphatic treatment that Bernstein lavishes on them … there is no doubting the passion which the conductor feels for the work … it’s a moving experience.” – International Record Review