Recommended Classical Blu-Ray Discs

Classical Blu-Ray

Classic productions on Blu-ray

Rossini: Adina (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY cover
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Adina (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY
Teatro della Fortuna M. Agostini / Lisette Oropesa, Vito Priante, Levy Sekgapane, Matteo Macchioni, Davide Giangregorio / Diego Matheuz
Few of Gioachino Rossini's operas are less well known than Adina. This production by Rossini Opera Festival...
$80.00
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2026 [Blu-ray] cover
HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE / CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2026 [Blu-ray]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
For the first time, the Vienna Philharmonic welcomes Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet‑Séguin to lead...
$40.00

Amazing opera productions

Ercole Amante (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Ercole Amante (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
Netherlands Opera / Luca Pisaroni, Veronica Cangemi, Anna Maria Panzarella, Marlin Miller / Concerto Koln, Ivor Bolton (cond) $90.00
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House / Nadja Michael, Michael Volle, Michaela Schuster, Thomas Moser / Philippe Jordan $50.00
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera filmed on Aldeburgh beach in 2013) BLU-RAY cover
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera filmed on Aldeburgh beach in 2013) BLU-RAY
Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford $85.00
Rossini: Adina (complete opera recorded in 2024) BLU-RAY cover
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Adina (complete opera recorded in 2024) BLU-RAY
Bregenz Festival / Anna Goryachova, Melissa Petit, Antonino Siragusa, Andreas Wolf, Laura Polverelli / Yi-Chen Lin $80.00
» Selected Opera Blu-rays

More opera available on Blu-ray

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute') (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute') (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY
Vienna State Opera / Matthias Goerne, Mauro Peter, Albina Shagimurotava, Christiane Karg / Constantinos Carydis (cond) $65.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steffani: Mission (Blu-ray) cover
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steffani: Mission (Blu-ray)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, with Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) $42.00
Verdi: La Traviata (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY
Paris Opera / Diana Damrau, Francesco Demuro, Ludovic Tézier / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (cond) $30.00
Mozart: La finta giardiniera (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY
Teatro alla Scala / Krešimir Špicer, Julie Martin du Theil, Bernard Richter / Diego Fasolis (cond) $60.00
» Selected Opera Blu-rays

Ballet productions on Blu-ray

Mozart: The Lovers' Garden (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Lovers' Garden (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY
Teatro alla Scala / Roberto Bolle, Nicoletta Manni, Marta Romagna, Claudio Coviello / Alexander Titov (cond) $60.00
Adès: The Dante Project (Blu-ray) cover
THOMAS ADES
Adès: The Dante Project (Blu-ray)
The Royal Ballet / Edward Watson, Gary Avis, Sarah Lamb / Koen Kessels (cond) $80.00
Carmen - A ballet in two acts BLU-RAY cover
ALBENIZ / BIZET / BONOLIS / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / de FALLA
Carmen - A ballet in two acts BLU-RAY
Rebecca Bianchi, Amar Ramasar / Corpo di Ballo & Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Louis Lohraseb (conductor) $55.00
Opéra de Paris: A Very Special Season (a Film By Priscilla Pizzato) BLU-RAY cover
Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Hugo Marchand, Amandine Albisson, Matthias Heymann, Mathieu Ganio, Léonore Baulac, Germain Louvet, Dorothée Gilbert, Paul
Opéra de Paris: A Very Special Season (a Film By Priscilla Pizzato) BLU-RAY $60.00
» Selected Ballet Blu-rays

New Year Concerts over the years

New Year's Concert 2024 cover
STRAUSS FAMILY / ZIEHRER / HELLMESBERGER / LUMBYE / BRUCKNER
New Year's Concert 2024
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann $40.00
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2023 (Blu-ray) cover
ZIEHRER / SUPPE / HELLMESBERGER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2023 (Blu-ray)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst $40.00
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2019 BLU-RAY cover
THE STRAUSS FAMILY & OTHERS
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2019 BLU-RAY
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann $32.00
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2017 BLU-RAY cover
THE STRAUSS FAMILY & OTHERS
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2017 BLU-RAY
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel $30.00
» Selected Concert Blu-rays

Great Choral Performances

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis BLU-RAY cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis BLU-RAY
Marlis Petersen (soprano) Elisabeth Kulman (contralto) Werner Güra (tenor) Gerald Finley (bass) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Nikolaus Ha $70.00
Faure: Requiem & other works BLU-RAY cover
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem & other works BLU-RAY
Chen Reiss (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Philippe Aïche (violin solo) / Choir of the Orchestre de Paris & Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi $60.00
Bach: St Matthew Passion BLU-RAY cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion BLU-RAY
Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Peter Harvey (Christus), Maria Espada (Soprano), Ingeborg Danz (Mezzo) / Royal Concertgebouw & Netherlands Radio Choir, Iva $60.00
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY
Hanna Herfurtner (sop), Gaia Petrone (alto), Michael Schade (ten) Christian Immler (bass) / Salzburger Bachchor & Bach Consort Wien, Rubén Dubrovsky $45.00
» Selected Instrumental Blu-rays

Great singers in concert

Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden 2016 BLU-RAY cover
WAGNER / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / CILEA / VERDI / PUCCINI
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden 2016 BLU-RAY
Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Anja Harteros (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato $35.00
Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening With Puccini (recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY cover
GIOCOMO PUCCINI
Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening With Puccini (recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Filarmonica della Scala, Jochen Rieder $35.00
Live From Red Square Moscow 2014 BLU-RAY cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Live From Red Square Moscow 2014 BLU-RAY
Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky / State Academic Symphony, Constantine Orbelian $40.00
The Berlin Concert - Live from the 'Waldbuhne' (complete concert) BLU-RAY cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Berlin Concert - Live from the 'Waldbuhne' (complete concert) BLU-RAY
Placido Domingo / Anna Netrebko / Rolando Villazon / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Marco Armiliato $65.00
» Selected Vocal on Blu-ray

Boxed sets on Blu-ray

Opéra Comique Collection - Hahn: Ciboulette / Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau / Offenbach: La Pericole (complete operettas) BLU-RAY cover
REYNALDO HAHN / ADOLPHE ADAM / JACQUES OFFENBACH
Opéra Comique Collection - Hahn: Ciboulette / Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau / Offenbach: La Pericole (complete operettas) BLU-RAY
Opéra Comique, Paris / Julie Fuchs, Jean-François Lapointe, Julien Behr, Michael Spyres, Florie Valiquette, Julien Behr, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, etc $90.00
The Royal Ballet - The Collection BLU-RAY cover
DELIBES / ADAM / HEROLD / TCHAIKOVSKY / TALBOT / PROKOFIEV / etc
The Royal Ballet - The Collection BLU-RAY
The Royal Ballet / Leanne Benjamin, Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nunez, Sarah Lamb, Federico Bonelli, Lauren Cuthbertson, e $250.00
Puccini: Turandot, Tosca, La Boheme (Complete operas recorded 2001 - 2013) BLU-RAY cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot, Tosca, La Boheme (Complete operas recorded 2001 - 2013) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera / Lise Lindstrom, Marco Berti, Eri Nakamura, Raymond Aceto, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, etc / Various conductors $90.00
Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts Vol. 2 BLU-RAY cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts Vol. 2 BLU-RAY
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor & narrator) $120.00
» Selected Blu-ray Box Sets

Shakespeare on Blu-ray

Shakespeare: The Tempest (recorded live in 2017) BLU-RAY cover
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Tempest (recorded live in 2017) BLU-RAY
Royal Shakespeare Company / Simon Russell Beale, Joe Dixon, Mark Quartley, Jenny Rainsford, Simon Trinder $55.00
Love's Labour's Lost & Love's Labour's Won [Much Ado About Nothing] (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in March 2015) BLU-RAY cover
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Love's Labour's Lost & Love's Labour's Won [Much Ado About Nothing] (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in March 2015) BLU-RAY
Royal Shakespeare Company / Sam Alexander, Peter Basham, William Belchambers, Edward Bennett, David Horovitch, Chris Nayak $104.00
Henry V (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in 2015) BLU-RAY cover
SHAKESPEARE
Henry V (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in 2015) BLU-RAY
Royal Shakespeare Company / Alex Hassell, Jane Lapotaire, Sarah Parks, Leigh Quinn, Joshua Richards $60.00
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in August 2009) BLU-RAY cover
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in August 2009) BLU-RAY
Globe / Andrew Vincent / Philip Cumbus / Michael O'Hagan / Atetomiwa Edun, Ellie Kendrick $65.00
» Selected Shakespeare Blu-rays