Search Results: Blu-ray opera
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
La Favorite (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Theatre du Capitole de Toulouse / Kate Aldrich, Yijie Shi, Ludovic Tézier / Antonello Allemandi (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] One of the composer's most beguiling scores, La Favorite is Donizetti's La favorita in its original French form - a tale of love and war that represents a glorious mix of Italian bel canto and 19th century grand opera. Today's scholarly interest... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Les Troyens (complete opera recorded in 2003) BLU-RAY Theatre Musical de Paris / Yannis Kokkos, Susan Graham, Gregory Kunde / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "The magnificent high-definition recording does it ample sonic and visual justice. For anyone who loves Les Troyens, this is a revelatory and essential performance." (The Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Laura Claycomb, Andrew Kennedy, William Shimell / Kazushi Ono (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Blu-Ray - 'Lepage has forged a reputation as one of the most visionary theatre directors of our age… The Rake's Progress is heading our way, and it promises to be a highlight of the 2007/8 season.' Sunday Times |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Lucio Silla (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Theatro Real / Kurt Streit (Silla), Patricia Petibon, Silvia Tro Santafé, Inga Kalna / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2018 ] "But the vocal laurels, and the principal reason for recommending this recording, belong to Patricia Petibon who tears into Giunia's arias as if her really depended on it." BBC MusicBBC Music Magazine October 2018 Opera Choice |
WAGNER
Rienzi (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Theâtre du Capitole, Toulouse / Torsten Kerl, Marika Schönberg, Daniela Sindram / Pinchas Steinberg (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "A simple set keeps the action flowing and the moments of high drama are not shirked...Steinberg's conducting provides...a controlled but vivid reading of this sprawling score...Kerl's tenor remains unflagging throughout, with reserves to make someth |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Einstein on the Beach (recorded in 2012-13) BLU-RAY Theâtre du Châtelet / Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Antoine Silverman / The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Nov/2016 ] "This is close to a definitive version of the opera as you're likely to get." Gramophone |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / Patricia Petibon, Sophie Koch, Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Jérémie Rhorer (cond) [ Warner Erato Classics Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2015 ] "[Plowright's] performance has a dramatic veracity that is disturbing in the extreme...Long sceptical about the piece, I was completely won over - the highest complement I can pay it." The Guardian |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / Rosemary Joshua, Luca Pisaroni, Pietro Spagnoli / René Jacobs (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2018 ] Recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in June 2004, le Nozze de Figaro was unanimously acclaimed by public and critics alike as a Mozart opera landmark. Director Jean-Louis Martinoty brings an elegantly intelligent narrative sense to an... |
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GEORGES BIZET / AMBROISE THOMAS / ANDRE MESSAGER / CHARLES GOUNOD / LEO DELIBES
Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2 - - Bizet: Carmen / Thomas: Hamlet / Messager: Fortunio / Gounod: La nonne sanglante / Delibes: Lakmé [5 Blu-rays] Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Stéphane Degout, Sabine Devieilhe, Cyrille Dubois, Michael Spyres, etc [ Naxos Blu-ray / 5 Blu-ray Box Set - released 22/May/2026 ] The Opéra Comique in Paris has a long tradition of giving stylish performances dating back to the 18th century. Five imaginative and critically acclaimed productions are featured in this collection of French operatic masterpieces. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Opera, Ballet & Theatre: The Blu-ray Experience II Various singers, dancers and actors [ Opus Arte BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2010 ] The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & Theatre includes opera, ballet and theatre highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue, and gives everyone the opportunity to experience the stunning quality of High Definition picture and sound. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Il Trittico (complete operas recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Vienna Opera / Asmik Grigorian, Misha Kiria, Karita Mattila, Roman Burdenko / Franz Welser-Möst,(cond) [ Until Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Jul/2023 ] Il trittico was premiered in New York on 14 December 1918, composed while the First World War was still raging in Europe. At first glance, the three one-act operas Gianni Schicchi, Il tabarro and Suor Angelica seem to have no connection with each... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Vienna Opera / Ausrine Stundyte, Bo Skovhus, Natascha Petrinsky, Elena Zaremba / Constantin Trinks (cond) [ C Major / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Mar/2022 ] "Aušrinė Stundytė has in recent years made the role of Renate her own; and with the openness and generosity of her soprano, its control of colour, its capacity for tender lyricism with a tragic edge, she is perfect as the suffering heart of the work" |
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
Leoncavallo: Zaza (complete opera recorded in 2020) BLU-RAY Vienna Opera / Svetlana Aksenova, Enkelejda Shkosa, Dorothea Herbert, Juliette Mars / Stefan Soltesz (cond) [ C Major / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Nov/2021 ] "By far the most telling contributions come from Christopher Maltman in the beau rôle of Cascart, Zazà's protector and former lover, and Enkelejda Shkosa as her alcoholic mama." Opera |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame ('The Queen of Spades') (complete opera recorded in 2018) Vienna State Opera / Brandon Jovanovich, Evgenia Muraveva, Vladislav Sulimsky, Igor Golovatenko / Mariss Jansons (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Mar/2018 ] "It is all performed with energy and belief by this excellent cast… it is a very fine musical performance of a great score." MusicWeb |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Salvatore Licitra, Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Alastair Miles / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "Stemme is an involving Leonore, with a lovely rich lower and mid-register tone, but she is strained and variable above the stave...Krasteva throws herself into cowgirl Preziosilla with gusto. Mehta conducts effectively." International Record Review |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Salvatore Licitra, Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Alastair Miles / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2012 ] "Nina Stemme's Leonora? A hugely well-acted assumption of the role, with (in the 'Pace! Pace, mio dio' scena) the uncanny presence and vocal fury offered by Price, Barstow or Freni." Gramophone |
GLUCK
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride (complete operas recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Véronique Gens / Mireille Delunsch / Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Marc Minkowski & Pierre Audi [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "[von Otter] presents a deeply sympathetic character...[Gens's] Iphigenia is equally touching and just as beautifully sung...one or two [production] oddities are far outweighed by the intensity that Pierre Audi secures from his team" (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (complete opera recorded in 2023) BLU-RAY Wiener Staatsoper / Andre Schuen, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Maria Nazarova, Ying Fang, Peter Kellner, Patricia Nolz, Stephanie Houtzeel / Philippe Jorda [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Dec/2025 ] "Beauty and pointedness are combined in the noblest way." - Der Standard "A triumph of Barrie Kosky's directorial brilliance - hilarious yet deeply engaging and thought-provoking." - klassik-begeistert.de |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (complete ballet recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Zurich Ballet / Polina Semionova / Stanislav Jermakov / Arsen Mehrabyan / Vladimir Fedoseyev (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2013 ] In 2005 it was over 30 years since the Zurich Opera House had seen a performance of probably the world's best-loved ballet, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Wozzeck (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Christian Gerhaher, Brandon Jovanovich, Mauro Peter, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke / Fabio Luisi (cond) [ Accentus Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2016 ] "This is a finely honed production that follows its premise to an absurdist conclusion with slick theatricality and dispassionate zeal." Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - Opera |
