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... |
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. |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Indian Queen (complete opera directed by Peter Sellars recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Julia Bullock, Vince Yi, Nadine Koutcher, Christophe Dumaux / Teodor Currentzis (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Nov/2016 ] "punchy playing from Perm Opera's MusicAeterna orchestra under Teodor Currentzis...The Perm chorus...also field Purcell's sacred anthems with refreshing directness." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Liebesverbot (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Manuela Uhl, Christopher Maltman, Peter Lodahl, Ilker Arcayürek / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "Filmed for DVD, Kasper Holten's colourful production lifts the spirits and a hard-working cast is swept along" Financial Times |
KURT WEILL
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro Real, Madrid / Measha Brueggergosman, Jane Henschel, Willard White, Michael Konig / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2012 ] "Superbly filmed by Andy Sommer, it makes for uncomfortable viewing, particularly during the current economic crisis. You might, however, find it musically less convincing. There's exceptional conducting from Pablo Heras-Casado, but the singing is... |
FEDERICO MORENO-TORROBA
Luisa Fernanda (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Placido Domingo,Nancy Herrera, José Bros, Mariola Cantarero / Jesús López Cobos (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2016 ] 'The production at the Teatro Real in Madrid was a top-of the-range version… Vidal is a peach of a role for Domingo' The Independent |
RICHARD WAGNER
Der Fliegende Hollander [The Flying Dutchman] (complete opera recorded in 2016) DVD + BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Samuel Youn, Ingela Brimberg, Kwangchul Youn, Nikolai Schukoff / Àlex Ollé (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi DVD + Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 1/Mar/2018 ] "it's an impressive and engaging show." Gramophone |
HANDEL
Tamerlano (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Placido Domingo / Monica Bacelli / Ingela Bohlin / Sara Mingardo / Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2009 ] G - "The opera is one of Handel's greatest, reaching a powerful climax in Bajazet's suicide scene. Here Domingo, even with his now diminished vocal resources, puts some of his Baroque specialist colleagues to shame with the psychological penetration... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Di Parm / Svetla Vassileva, Massimo Giordano, Vladimir Stoyano, Daniela Pini / Yuri Temirkanov (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] Staged by Karl-Ernst Herrmann & Ursel Herrmann C Major's Tutto Verdi project arrives at arguably Verdi's most popular opera: La traviata. This 2007 production from the Teatro Regio di Parma is conducted by Yuri Termirkanov. He has appeared with... |
ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia (opera recorded 2011) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Ketevan Kemoklidze, Luca Salsi, Dmitry Korchak / Andrea Battistoni (cond) [ Arthaus Musik BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Aug/2011 ] All performers know exactly the role they are required to play and how best to carry it off. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Nabucco (complete opera recorded in October 2012) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Leo Nucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Riccardo Zanellato, Dimitra Theodossiou, Annamaria Chiuri / Michele Mariotti (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] Staged by Daniele Abbado Nabucco was Verdi's third work for the stage and proved his first great success when performed in 1842. It deals with the Hebrew's attempts to break free from the yoke of their Babylonian oppressors and is nowadays... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Leo Nucci, Dario Russo, Andrea Mastroni, Fabio Armiliato, Giacomo Prestia / Massimo Zanetti (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "The singing and musicianship here is of a high standard and Zanetti conducts with verve." (MusicWeb) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Leo Nucci, Enrico Iori, Sylvie Valayre / Bruno Bartoletti (cond) [ C Major / Unitel Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "The casting of the then 64 year old Leo Nucci as Macbeth with the so much younger Sylvie Valayre as his wife adds an interesting dimension: the power behind the throne being the younger-model driving force." (MusicWeb July 2007) |
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: 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 |
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. |
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 |