RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Simon O'Neill, John Tomlinson, Vitalij Kowaljow, Waltraud Meier / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "Gubanova is a steely, imperious Fricka. Best of all, though, is Nina Stemme's Brunnhilde. It's a radiant performance, occasionally effortful, but Stemme's golden tone stands the pressure." (BBC Music) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teatro Carlo Felice / Daniela Dessi, Massimo La Guardia, Mario Malagnini, Ramaz Chikviladze / Donato Renzetti (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] Turandot, one of Puccini's most powerful and original operas, is a favourite with audiences. Musically, it is one of the composer's most modern and innovative scores, and also a work that calls for sumptuous sets and dramatic costumes. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Roberto Devereux (complete opera recorded March 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro Carlo Felice / Mariella Devia, Sonia Ganassi, Stefan Pop, Mansoo Kim / Francesco Lanzillotta (conductor) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Nov/2016 ] Recorded from the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa,20 and 24 March 2016 |
ROSSINI
L'Italiana in Algeri [An Italian in Algeries] (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Anna Goryachova, Alex Esposito, Yijie Shi & Mario Cassi / José Ramón Encinar [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Pesaro's new offering in 2013 was an off-the-wall production of Rossini's popular comedy, 'The Italian Girl in Algiers', presented as a Swinging Sixties, James Bond adventure, set in the desert oil fields of the North African coast. Davide... |
ROSSINI
Sigismondo (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Daniela Barcellona, Olga Peretyatko, Antonio Siragusa / Michele Mariotti (cond) / Jonathan Webb, conductor [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Early Rossini has something buoyant, vibrant, youthful about it - even when it is a "dramma per musica" such as Sigismondo, a dark swirl of an opera revolving around a mad king and his delusions. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Stiffelio (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Luciano Ganci, Maria Katzarava, Francesco Landolfi, Giovanni Sala / Guillermo Garcia Calvo (cond) [ Naxos Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2019 ] "Graham Vick's production of Stiffelio is a triumph. This is music-drama with an equal stress on both words." BBC Music |
GLUCK
Orphee et Eurydice (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Roberto Alagna / Serena Gamberoni / Marc Barrard / Giampaolo Bisanti (cond) [ bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Blu-Ray: Roberto Alagna as Orpheus in his brother David's new version of Gluck's masterpiece. A major event recorded in Bologna. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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... |
FRANCESCO 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'. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |