Search Results: Blu-ray opera
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Leo Nucci, Robert Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola, Paolo Pecchioli / Daniele Callegari (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "The solo singing is adequate and often more than that and dominated by Leo Nucci's portrayal of the eponymous role...Scandiuzzi as Boccanegra's implacable foe, Fiesco, is sonorous and acts well." (MusicWeb) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I Due Foscari (complete opera recorded in October 2009) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Leo Nucci, Roberto De Biasio, Tatiana Serjan, Roberto Tagliavini / Donato Renzetti [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] " Lee's production of I due Foscari, set against a simple curved backdrop and beautifully costumed, works best on screen...with Nucci giving a baritonal masterclass in the title role, Tatiana Serjan pouring out exciting (if veiled) tone as Lucrezia |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Stiffelio (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Roberto Aronica, Yu Guanqun, Roberto Frontali, Gabriele Magnione / Andrea Battistoni (cond) [ C-Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Sep/2017 ] "The golden timbre of Roberto Aronica graces the title role...His commanding tenor makes one sit up and listen, with some notable long-breathed phrasing and a smooth legato a joy to hear...[Yu Guanqun's] is a rich, true lyric soprano" International R |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Shin Young Hoon, Ildar Abdrazakov, June Anderson, Daniela Barcellona / Fabio Biondi (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] This production of Vincenzo Bellini's masterpiece Norma is extraordinary in many aspects. Staged by Italian director and filmmaker Roberto Andó at the Teatro Regio in Parma, it gathered international stars like American soprano June Anderson as... |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Torino / Charles Castronovo, Ildar Abdrazakov, Irina Lungu, Vasilij Ladjuk / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Mar/2016 ] "Unless one is steadfastly loyal to a traditionally staged Faust this imaginative and insightful Stefano Poda production at Teatro Regio Turino makes spectacular entertainment." MusicWeb Dec 2016 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete French version, Paris 1865, recorded in 2024) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio, Parma, Italy / Ernesto Petti, Lidia Fridman, Michele Pertusi, Luciano Ganci / Roberto Abbado (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/Apr/2026 ] 'In the pit, Maestro Roberto Abbado conducted highlighting all the different colours of the score and paying great attention to the stage' - The Opera Critic |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Edgar (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Torino / Amarilli Nizza, Jose Cura, Julia Gertseva / Yoram David (cond) [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] "José Cura as Edgar in disguise, holding forth with burnished tone, and Amarilli Nizza singing "Addio, mio dolce amor" - the one passage that has become fairly well known - with considerable feeling." (Gramophone) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Torino / Irina Lungu, Giorgio Berrugi, Kelebogile Besong, Massimo Cavalletti / Gianandrea Noseda [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2017 ] With director Àlex Ollé from La Fura dels Baus and music director Gianandrea Noseda the Teatro Regio presents a spectacular, up-to-date anniversary production. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in October 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Torino / Kristin Lewis, Marco Berti, Anita Rachvelishvili, Mark S. Doss / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "A dramatically satisfying - and well-filmed, production which can stand alongside the finest." MusicWeb |
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio, Torino / Orlin Anastassov, Alessandra Marianelli, Pavel Zubov / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] 'Orchestrally and vocally outstanding' The Opera Critic |
VERDI
Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Torino / Svetlana Kasyan, Ramón Vargas, Ildar Abdrazakov, Ludovic Tezier / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Dec/2014 ] "If you are looking for a well sung and traditional performance then this will appeal." (ClassicalMusic) |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Teatro Ventidio Basso / Pretty Yende, Juan Diego Florez, Sergey Romanovsky, Victoria Yarovaya / Giacomo Sagripanti (Cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Oct/2019 ] To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the premiere of the Rossini rarity, the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro staged Ricciardo e Zoraide with an all-star cast. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Conal Coad, Rachelle Durkin, Daniel Sumegi, Henry Choo / Mark Wigglesworth (cond) [ Opera Australia Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "For those who are tired of 'concept' productions of operas, this very traditional Don Giovanni from Australian Opera may be refreshing. Ensembles are spotless. The Australian Opera Orchestra impresses with its energy and accuracy" IRR |
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Tempu Ishijima (boy soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser, Paul Schweinester / Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Magnus Loddgard [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Dec/2023 ] "The cast under Magnus Loddgard's baton is good. Boy soprano Tempu Ishijima is outstanding in the title role, incredibly touching but not mawkish, and as his mother, Dshamilja Kaiser has a strong mezzo." Opera Now |
PUCCINI
La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2009) Teodor Ilincai / Hibla Gerzmava / Gabriele Viviani / Inna Dukach / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden / Andris Nelsons [ Opus Arte Blu-ray Royal Opera House Collection / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Gerzmava is clear in tone and clean in style, the Rodolfo (Teodor Ilincai) light and unforced but wanting richness. All act naturally and well, Jacques Imbrailo (the Schaunard) with panache." (Gramophone) |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Euryanthe (complete opera) BLU-RAY Theater an der Wien / Jacqueline Wagner, Theresa Kronthaler, Norman Reinhardt, Andrew Foster-Williams / Constantin Trinks (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "Constantin Trinks directs a lovingly nurtured unfolding of Weber's fantastic score. He essays a perfect balance of classical restraint with outright Wagnerian urgency and the orchestra with its very talented French horn section rises magnificently." |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Platée (complete opera recorded in 2020) BLU-RAY Theater an der Wien / Marcel Beekman, Jeanine De Bique, Cyril Auvity, Marc Maullon, Edwin Crossley-Mercer / William Christie (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2021 ] Recorded live at the Theater an der Wien, December 2020 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Theater an der Wien / Patricia Bardon, Jake Arditti, Danielle de Niese, Filippo Mineccia / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Sep/2018 ] During his years in Italy, Handel absorbed the music of his contemporaries and mastered new stylistic trends. Though the staging of La resurrezione was a memorable event in the Roman musical world, it was the production of Agrippina that marked... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Cendrillon (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Theater Freiburg / Kim-Lillian Strebel, Anja Jung, Anat Czarny / Fabrice Bollon (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Sep/2018 ] Massenet's opera Cendrillon has enjoyed enduring popularity on stage and in recordings, but there are surprisingly few Blu-ray releases of this enchanting work. |
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... |
