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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria (Complete opera recorded live in 2011) BLU-RAY Teatro Comunale Pergolesi / Marina Comparato, Lucia Cirillo, Annamaria Dell'Oste / Ottavio Dantone (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "Top marks go to conductor and director for giving the music space to breathe. The vocal cast is almost uniformly brilliant. Dell'Oste is in a class of her own: she turns coloratura into eloquent, heart-rending declarations" (BBC Music) |
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UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Siberia (complete opera recorded July 7th, 2021) BLU-RAY Teatro del Maggio Musicale / Sonya Yoncheva, Giorgi Sturua, George Petean, Caterina Piva / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Mar/2022 ] 'Sonya Yoncheva was an admirable Stephana, particularly articulate and fervent.' - Operawire |
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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 [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Jun/2025 ] Few of Gioachino Rossini's operas are less well known than Adina. This production by Rossini Opera Festival and Wexford Opera Festival revives a masterwork of glittering arias and rich orchestral textures. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Teatro dell'Opera di Roma / Francisca Dotto, Antonio Poli, Roberto Frontali / Jader Bignamini (cond) [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 31/Mar/2023 ] The collaboration between American filmmaker Sofia Coppola and Italian haute couture king Valentino Garavani comes in the form of one of the most spectacular and successful revivals of "La Traviata". Sofia Coppola's staging brings new life into... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan und isolde (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro dell'Opera di Roma / Peter Seiffert, Petra Maria Schnitzer, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Günther Groissböck, Markus Eiche / Sebastian Weigle (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Nov/2019 ] "Immediately there's well-prepared singing and good coordination with the pit...The two main soloists are good here - they're both wonderfully respectful of text and project their words clearly" Gramophone |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I Masnadieri (compete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teatro di San Carlo / Giacomo Prestia, Aquiles Machado, Artur Ruciński, Lucrecia Garcia / Nicola Luisotti (cond) [ C Major / Unitel Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "This is an exciting performance. Gabriele Lavia's steampunk production is stylish and plays up the violence and tension that underpin the opera. Nicola Luisotti's conducting does likewise, as he is sharp and authoritative" Opera Now Five Stars |
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BIZET
Les Pêcheurs de Perles [The Pearl Fishers] (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Teatro di San Carlo / Patrizia Ciofi, Dmitry Korchak, Dario Solari, Roberto Tagliavini / Gabriele Ferro (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2015 ] Bizet is more than Carmen. In his opera Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) you find melodies to die for and not only the vocal music is beautiful, but also the orchestral and ballet pieces too. The opera includes "Warhorse" romance in every |
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DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili (Complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Teatro Flavio Vespasiano / Eleonora Bellocci, Martina Licari, Rocco Cavalluzzi / Alessandro de Marchi (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Oct/2023 ] First performance in modern times according to the original manuscript and on period instruments. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Semiramide (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Vlaamse Opera Antwerpi / Myrtò Papatanasiu, Ann Hallenberg, Josef Wagner, Robert McPherson, Igor Bakan / Alberto Zedda (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/May/2016 ] "The singer's unfailing musicality and sincerity offer much pleasure..Zedda's speeds are well judged." (International Record Review) |
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HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / LULLY / INTERMEDI della PELLEGRINA / VIVALDI / VINCI
Teatro Maggio Musicale Opera Collection Vol 1: Baroque BLU-RAY Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with Raffaele Pe, Carmela Remigio, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Francesca Aspromonte, Jean-Francois Lombard, Sonia Prina [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / 6 Blu-ray Box Set - released 16/Aug/2024 ] The term 'Baroque' in music covers a period o f around 150 years, from 1600 to 1750, and this collection of six operatic masterpieces shows the diversity of musical experience to be found from this era. |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Teatro Municipale di Piacenza / Carmela Remigio, Marko Mimica, Xabier Anduaga, Varduhi Abrahamyan / Riccardo Frizza (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 19/Mar/2021 ] "Musically, there is much to admire. Frizza's conducting has real dramatic sweep...The outstanding performance, though, comes from Anduaga, a wonderful bel canto tenor on this showing." Gramophone |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro Opera of Rome / Serena Malfi, Juan Francisco Gatell, Alessandro Corbelli, Vito Priante / Alejo Pérez (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2020 ] Rossini's second masterpiece La Cenerentola premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome on the 25th of January 1817, less than a year after the first performance of his The Barber of Seville and it ́s pure, perfect Rossini. In this production, a set-up... |
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FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: L'Arlesiana (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Teatro Pergolesi / Stefano Antonucci, Riccardo Angelo Strano, Annunziata Vestri, Mariangela Sicilia / Francesco Cilluffo (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2016 ] This is a rare opera by the great Italian composer Francesco Cilea. Its famous aria 'Il lamento di Federico' has always been a favourite with tenors of all times. This recording also features the aria for tenor, 'Una mattina'. |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 2021) ) [Blu-ray] Teatro Real / Asmik Grigorian, Eric Cutler, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, Katarina Dalayman, Karita Mattila / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 2/Nov/2021 ] 'Loy's concept works well and the stylish production values make this one of the most successful Rusalkas on film...Central to the success is Asmik Grigorian's outstanding, passionate Rusalka.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Opera |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / Carlos Álvarez, Lorenzo Regazzo, María Bayo, José Bros, Sonia Ganassi / Víctor Pablo Pérez (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Apr/2016 ] "The cast set to with a will vocally and dramatically...Víctor Pablo Pérez accompanies accommodatingly in a performance of appropriate but not over-grand scale...The Blu-ray pictures convey well the perspective depth of Frigerio's set." Gramophone |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Real de Madrid / Anett Fritsch, Paola Gardina, Kerstin Avemo, Juan Francisco Gatell / Sylvain Cambreling (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Dec/2013 ] "Everyone in the cast collaborates well musically and dramatically, and they can handle the physicality asked of them onstage...Shimell's Don Alfonso is unnervingly suave, seductive, even Mephistophelian at times." International Record Review |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Eric Cutler, David Portillo, Anett Fritsch, Eleonora Buratto / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/May/2020 ] "The sound on the Blu-ray disc is excellent and gives plenty of weight to Bolton's superlatively engaged conducting." MusicWeb Recommended July 2020 |
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PUCCINI
La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / Inva Mula / Aquiles Machado / Laura Giordano / Fabio Maria Capitanucci / Jesus Lopez-Cobos (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - 'Centre-stage is Inva Mula's appealing, vulnerable and intensely sung Mimì…She sings with finely shaped and expressive phrasing.' Gramophone |
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Giacomo PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera directed by Robert Wilson) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / Iréne Theorin, Gregory Kunde, Yolanda Auyanet, Andrea Mastroni / Nicola Luisotti (cond) [ Bel Air Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 22/May/2020 ] Giacomo Puccini wrote what was supposed to be his last opera at a time where, riddled with disease and old age as he was, he felt like his own turmoil was reflected in the outside world: itself staggering, unsteady, overwhelmed and smashed by the... |
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MAURICIO SOTELO
Sotelo: El Público (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / José Antonio López, Thomas Tatzl and Jesús Méndez / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2017 ] Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Klangforum Wien and the Coro Titular del Teatro Real in this performance of Mauricio Sotelo's opera. Soloists include José Antonio López, Thomas Tatzl and Jesús Méndez. |