Search Results: Blu-ray opera
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ROSSINI
La Gazzetta (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Gran Teatre del Liceu / Cinzia Forte / Bruno Pratico / Charles Workman / Pietro Spagnoli / Maurizio Barbacini (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2012 ] '…ironic and sensual, friendly but with a light taste of satire, La Gazzetta by Rossini has been reborn in this production that has the distinctive stamp of Fo, who has been able to handle with strength the Rossinian chaos without neglecting - and... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhäuser (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Gran Teatre del Liceu / Peter Seiffert, Petra Maria Schnitzer, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Günther Groissböck, Markus Eiche / Sebastian Weigle (cond) [ C Major / Unitel Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "Peter Seiffert sings powerfully and expressively as Tannhauser, and Petra Maria a bit too powerfully as Elisabeth. The orchestra, under Sebastian Weigle, gives a strong account of the score" (BBC Music) |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Gran Teatre del Liceu / Sondra Radvanovsky, Gregory Kunde, Ekaterina Gubanova, Raymond Aceto / Renato Palumbo (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2016 ] Radvanovsky's performance as Norma has been the fixed point of Newbury's staging. British Opera magazine described her as "fearless in scaling the heights of this bel canto challenge. Her range of colours, were wondrous and energizing." |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Grobes festspielhaus, Salzburg / Burkhard Fritz, Maija Kovalevska, Laurent Naouri, Brindley Sherratt / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Naxos Unitel Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2010 ] The high-calibre cast, headed by Burkhard Fritz as the temperamental Renaissance artist and the 26-year-old Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska as Teresa, the woman with whom he tries to elope, is conducted by Valery Gergiev who "pulled out all the... |
PIERRE GAVEAUX
Gaveaux: Leonore (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Opera Lafayette / Kimy McLaren, Pascale Beaudin, Jean-Michel Richer, Keven Geddes / Ryan Brown (cond) [ Naxos Unitel Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2019 ] "The orchestra under Ryan Brown play with spirit. This is an enterprising and rewarding production, well worth 82 minutes of your time." Gramophone |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Belle Helène (complete operaetta sung in French recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Hamburg State Opera / Jennifer Larmore, Jun-Sang Han, Peter Galliard, Viktor Rud, Rebecca Jo Loeb / Gerrit Priessnitz (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Staged by Renaud Doucet Jacques Offenbach's La Belle Hélène has always been one of its composer's most successful works. Its first performance in Paris was quickly followed by productions in Vienna, Berlin, London, Milan and New York. A satire of... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / John Osborn, Mariangela Sicilia, Maurizio Muraro, Michèle Losier / Sir Mark Elder (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/May/2018 ] "Osborn has all the vocal verve and dash to make the devil-may-care sculptor the constant centre of attention. Mariangela Sicilia uses her fearless, technically brilliant vocalism to sustain his beloved Teresa's vibrant personality…a musical treat" |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete opera cycle recorded in Valencia, 2007-09) BLU-RAY Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia / Jennifer Wilson, Lance Ryan, Peter Seiffert, Juha Uusitalo / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 27/Jan/2011 ] "Quite a spectacle, brilliantly sung." The Sunday Times / "It looks like a landmark Ring cycle, it is outstanding." BBC Music Magazine |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walküre (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Bayreuth Festival / Johan Botha, Edith Haller, Linda Watson, Albert Dohmen / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "[Botha] is outstanding throughout as Siegmund...Dorst's production, and this filming of it, are at their best in the latter stages of Act 3 and the result is a powerful and affecting account of one of The Ring's greatest episodes" (Gramophone) |
JANACEK
Janacek: Kata Kabanova (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Karita Mattila / Miroslav Dvorsky / Guy de Mey / Dali Schaechter / Orchestra del Teatro Real Madrid / Jiri Belohlavek [ FRA Musica Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Dec/2012 ] "Throughout, Mattila sings with a flood of golden tone… Bělohlávek's conducting is beautifully judged, whether in tension or release. Utterly brilliant!" (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (complete opera recorded in 2022) Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Eva Heidi Stober (soprano) Johan Reuter (bass-baritone) / John Fiore (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Triumphantly premiered in 1868, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg evokes the singing guilds of mid-16th-century Nuremburg, a focal point of the Northern European Renaissance. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Equivoco stravagante (Complete Opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad / Antonella Colaianni, Giulio Mastrototaro, Emmanuel Franco, Patrick Kabongo / José Miguel Pérez-Sierra (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Oct/2021 ] No opera has been performed at Rossini in Wildbad as often as L'equivoco stravagante, so it was the perfect choice for the festival's 30th anniversary in 2018. |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY La Fenice / Jessica Pratt, Sonia Ganassi, Rubén Amoretti, Shalva Mukeria / Shalva Mukeria (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 13/May/2022 ] "I can tell you that from the first to the fourth performance, which was on Sunday, enthusiasm reached, or perhaps surpassed, the levels of Il Pirata and La Straniera in Milan" Bellini in a letter to a friend |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti:Roberto Devereux (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Mariella Devia, Marco Caria, Silvia Tro Santafe, Gregory Kunde / Bruno Campanella (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2017 ] In the last and most dramatic aria in Roberto Devereux, one of the four Tudor period operas composed by Donizetti in 1837 (along with Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Il Castello di Kenilworth), the protagonist, Queen Elizabeth I of England, exclaims:... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2023) BLU-RAY La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Stephane Degout, Sally Matthews, Bogdan Volkov, Bernadetta Grabias, Nicolas Courjal / Alain Altinoglu (cond [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 21/Mar/2025 ] 'The soprano Sally Matthews brings a radiant voice and natural allure', wrote the New York Times. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY La Scala Milan / Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Anna Prohaska, Barbara Frittoli / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2015 ] Recorded live at the opening of the 2011-12 La Scala season, Don Giovanni was released in honour of Bryn Terfel's 50th birthday which was on 9 November 2015. It also tied in with the traditional opening of the new season at La Scala - 7 December. |
FERDINANDO PAER
Paer: Agnese (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Torino / Bruno Taddia, Filippo Morace, Laura Giordano, Pietro Adaini / Federico Maria Sardelli (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Feb/2020 ] Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, Diego Fasolis, Leo Muscato (director) |
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde (Complete opera recorded live in 2007) BLU-RAY La Scala Opera / Waltraud Meier, Ian Storey, Gerd Grochowski, Matti Salminen / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2015 ] "The gaudiest event of the opera season in Europe, La Scala's opener on Dec. 7 was a sublime new version of Tristan und Isolde directed by Patrice Chéreau under the baton of the house's new principal guest conductor, Daniel Barenboim." New York Times |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K196 (complete opera sung in Italian recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Le Concert d'Astrée / Carlo Allemano, Erin Morley, Enea Scala, Marie-Adeline Henry / Emmanuelle Haim (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2015 ] The French conductor Emmanuelle Haïm conducts here her music ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée during this performance of Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera at the Opéra de Lille (France) on March 22nd and 25th 2014. This production, directed by David Lescot |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rodelinda (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Le Concert d'Astrée / Jeanine de Bique, Jakub Józef Orliński, Tim Mead, Benjamin Hulett, Avery Amereau / Emmanuelle Haim (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Nov/2019 ] With this Blu-ray of Rodelinda, one of Handel's most emotionally complex operas, conductor Emmanuelle Haïm adds to her impressive Erato catalogue of the composer's works. The imaginative production, by Jean Bellorini, was seen at the Opéra de Lille... |
