Search Results: Blu-ray opera
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Attila (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Mariinsky Theatre / Ildar Abdrazakov, Vladislav Sulimsky, Anna Markarova / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Mariinsky Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2013 ] The Mariinsky label is delighted to release the first of four operas on DVD in 2013 with Verdi's 'Attila'. Released in celebration of Verdi's anniversary year, acclaimed Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov stars in the title role, in this the premiere of... |
![Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes [The Firebird & The Rite of Spring] (recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10162/10162014.jpg)
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes [The Firebird & The Rite of Spring] (recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra & Ballet / Ekaterina Kondaurova, Ilya Kuznetsov, Alexandra Iosifidi / Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Dec/2009 ] "For those who only know the black-and-white pictures of the original production of The Rite of Spring, the colours of Roerich's designs are a revelation, while the vision of Nijinksy's revolutionary choreography can be experienced in its full... |
![La Fille Du Pharon (The Pharaoh's Daughter) [complete ballet recorded in 2003] BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10208/10208284.jpg)
CESARE PUGNI
La Fille Du Pharon (The Pharaoh's Daughter) [complete ballet recorded in 2003] BLU-RAY Marius Petipa / Pierre Lacotte / Svletana Zakharova / Serguei Filin [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2013 ] For the first time in Blu-ray, Bel Air Classiques present Petipa's extravaganza, The Pharaoh's Daughter, in the stunning production by Pierre Lacotte. This Russian ballet enjoys a special place in history. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Orlando Paladino (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Marlis Petersen, Tom Randle, Pietro Spagnoli, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Sunhae Im / Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "Orlando Paladino", written in 1782, was Haydn's most famous opera during his lifetime, with thirty performances in Esterháza in the first two years after its composition. |
THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Contemporary |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (Complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann, Jay Hunter Morris, Deborah Voigt / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] This award-winning and ground-breaking production has been seen by over 150,000 people at the Metropolitan Opera in New York |
![Puccini: La Fanciulla del West [Girl of the Golden West] (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10538/10538070.jpg)
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West [Girl of the Golden West] (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Tony Stevenson / Nicola Luisotti (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/Nov/2014 ] Deborah Voigt stars in the title role of Puccini's wild west opera - in a spectacular performance seen live in cinemas worldwide as part of the Metropolitan Opera 'Live in HD' series. Giancarlo Del Monaco's richly authentic production, with... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever, Matthew Polenzani, Matthew Rose / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2015 ] On New Year's Eve 2012 Joyce DiDonato became the first singer to take the title role in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at New York's Metropolitan Opera. With her at its heart, the production became, in the words of Opera magazine, "a high point of the... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini:Norma (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Sondra Radvanovsky, Joseph Calleja, Matthew Rose / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Nov/2018 ] To open the Met's 2017-18 season, powerhouse soprano Sondra Radvanovsky tackled one of opera's most fearsome roles, the title druid priestess of Bellini's Norma, who wrestles with love and betrayal before making the ultimate sacrifice on a funeral... |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in December 2016) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Johan Reuter / Lothar Koenigs [ Nonesuch Classics Blu-Ray+DVD / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] "conducting, singing, direction: they're all of a piece, working to domesticate Berg's feral beast, and making it the funniest, least absurd and most approachable Lulu on film" Gramophone |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov / Mariss Jansons (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Mar/2018 ] "Musically, standards are extremely high, led by Mariss Jansons's inspired presence in the pit...Aksenova sings a steely Lisa..Diadkova is remarkable as the Countess - singing rather than growling her role." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month March 2018 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Nadja Michael, Michael Volle, Michaela Schuster, Thomas Moser / Philippe Jordan [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Nadia Michael… is an attractive Salome, moving like a dancer, as physically unafraid as she is vocally… Michael Volle is an imposing, rich-toned Narraboth" (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Leonore Nathalie Paulin, Jean-Michel Richer, Stephen Hegedus, Matthew Scollin, Pascale Beaudin, Keven Geddes, Alexandre Sylvestre, Opera Lafayette, Ryan Brow [ Naxos / Blu-ray - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Beethoven started composing Leonore in January 1804. The subject - the release to freedom of an unjustly imprisoned man by his devoted wife - was part of the genre of 'rescue operas' which were very popular at the end of the 18th century. The... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Nationaltheater, Munich / Edita Gruberova, Pavol Breslik, Franco Vas / Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] "the major vocal honours of the evening belong to Pavol Breslik as Gennaro. He sings with excellent diction, variety of tone and good characterisation whilst acting with conviction." (MusicWeb) |
![L'Amour des 3 Oranges [Love for Three Oranges] (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10150/10150490.jpg)
PROKOFIEV
L'Amour des 3 Oranges [Love for Three Oranges] (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Alain Vernhes / Martial Defontaine / Francois Le Roux / Stephane Deneve (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Blu-Ray - Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, in 2005. |
VERDI
Les Vespres Siciliennes (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Barbara Haveman, Burkhard Fritz, Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester / Paolo Carignani (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Les vêpres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opéra for Paris and is driven by the tensions between private passions and public politics. Originally set during Sicily's 13th-century uprising against French rule,... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Eva-Maria Westbroek / Christopher Ventris / Carole Wilson / Vladimir Vaneev / Mariss Jansons, conductor [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "a first-rate protagonist in Eva-Maria Westbroek, a Katerina of Jean Harlow-like allure, who had all the vocal power and stamina that the role demands" (The Times) |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Doctor Atomic (Complete Opera directed by Peter Sellars recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, James Maddalena / Lawrence Renes (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Blu-Ray - G - 'The cast is flawless… Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire.' The Times |
BELLINI
Norma (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Hugh Smith / Giorgio Giuseppini / Hasmik Papian / Julian Reynolds(cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "Irini Tsirakidis, a Greek soprano with a lowish mezzo extension to her voice, takes on the role of Adagisa in more than competent fashion." (MusicWeb July 2007) |
W. A. MOZART
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Laura Aikin, Edgaras Montvidas, Kurt Rydl, Mojca Erdmann / Constantinos Carydis (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Blu-Ray - "Athenian wonder boy Constantinos Carydis has everything you could want from a Mozart conductor, combining manic energy with perfectionism and a profound sense of lyrical beauty." Bloomberg News |
