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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: La Favorite [complete opera recorded in 2016] BLU-RAY Bavarian State Opera / Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecień, Elina Garanca, Mika Kares / Karel Mark Chichon (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2017 ] The premiere of the French version of Gaetano Donizetti's La Favorite at the Bayerische Staatsoper on 23 October 2016 was a memorable event and this is why: • star mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanca gave her acclaimed theatrical role debut as Léonor de... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY & DVD Bayreuth Festival / John Lundgren, Georg Zeppenfeld, Asmik Grigorian, Attilio Glaser / Oksana Lyniv (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 20/Apr/2024 ] "Lyniv's conducting is superb in terms of pacing and tonal weight and balance...Grigorian and Zeppenfeld sing as fluently and fearlessly as they act." Gramophone Magazine September 2022 Blu-ray of the Month |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2023) BLU-RAY Bayreuther Festspiele / Andreas Schager, Elīna Garanča, Georg Zeppenfeld, Derek Welton / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 11/Oct/2024 ] The acclaimed new production of Wagner's final opera "Parsifal" is "a musical godsend" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). The successful partnership between Deutsche Grammophon and the Bayreuth Festival continues, and what was started with the 2015... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare [complete opera recorded in 2012] Blu-ray Salzburg Whitsun Festival / Cecilia Bartoli, Andreas Scholl, Philippe Jaroussky, Anne Sofie von Otter. Christophe Dumaux / Giovanni Antonini (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 13/May/2016 ] "[Andreas Scholl's] coloratura is note perfect, he phrases recitatives with as much musicianship as arias, and the steadiness and purity of his voice are remarkable." The Financial Times |
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GEORGES BIZET / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Carmen Jones BLU-RAY Dorothy Dandridge [singing voice Marilyn Horne], Harry Belafonte [singing voice LeVern Hutcherson], Olga James, Joe Adams, Pearl Bailey [ 20th Century Fox Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2018 ] Carmen Jones had its world premiere at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City on October 28, 1954. The following February, it opened in London and Berlin, and in both cities it played for more than a year in exclusive first-run engagements. |
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Dream Theater
Breaking The Fourth Wall (Live From The Boston Opera House BLU-RAY) [ Roadrunner / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Sep/2014 ] Progressive metal titans Dream Theater release BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL (LIVE FROM THE BOSTON OPERA HOUSE), a live DVD set of the band's one-of-a-kind performance from the Boston Opera House on March 25, 2014. BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL (LIVE FROM... |
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WAGNER / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / CILEA / VERDI / PUCCINI
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden 2016 BLU-RAY Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Anja Harteros (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Dec/2016 ] The Festspiel-Saison at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden culminated with Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Anja Harteros and Ekaterina Gubanova all on stage in this magnificent Opera Gala. The gala presented a diverse range of solo-arias and duets. Among the... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera / original 1912 version recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Emily Magee, Elena Moșuc, Jonas Kaufmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor), Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/Feb/2014 ] Jonas Kaufmann made his highly acclaimed debut as Bacchus in this 2012 Salzburg Festival production of Ariadne auf Naxos, leading a cast including Emily Magee and Elena Mosuc, with Daniel Harding conducting. Director Sven-Erich Bechtholf's staging is... |
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Il Volo
Il Volo... Takes Flight: Live From the Detroit Opera House [ Interscope Records U.S.A. / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Mar/2012 ] G: |
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WAGNER
Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Juha Uusitalo / Robert Lloyd / Catherine Naglestad / Marco Jentzsch / The Netherlands Opera / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Harmut Haenchen [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Austrian director Martin Kušej's pioneering vision brings a challenging and provoking insight to Wagner's opera of love and redemption, with his singular ability to connect characters and their actions to the score. Martin Zehetsgruber's spacious,... |
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DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Kristine Opolais / Klaus Florian Vogt / Gunther Groissbock / Janina Baechle / Nadia Krasteva / Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Tomáš Hanus [ KULTUR Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "The cast has clearly bought into the producer's concept and they deliver a devastating ensemble performance. Kristine Opolais as Rusalka is vocally superb and acts magnificently..Tomáš Hanus draws some wonderful playing from the Bavarian State... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (complete opera recorded in 2015. Directed by Woody Allen) BLU-RAY Los Angeles Opera / Plácido Domingo, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Andriana Chuchman, Greg Fedderly / Grant Gershon (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Jun/2016 ] Puccini's Gianni Schicchi is the only opera Woody Allen has ever staged. The 2015 version on this release is a revival of Woody Allen's 2008 production for L.A. Opera, a hilarious parody of classical Italian cinema stereotypes. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Aleksandrs Antonenko, Sonya Yoncheva, Željko Lučić, Chad Shelton, Dimitri Pittas, Jennifer Johnson / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 24/Sep/2016 ] "Ms. Yoncheva, the fast-rising Bulgarian soprano, just 33, is poised for a major career, and this Desdemona shows why. Her luscious sound has just enough of an earthy tinge and texture to balance the shimmer of her singing." NY Times |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in December 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Ambrogio Maestri, Angela Meade, Franco Vassallo, Lisette Oropesa, Paolo Fanale / James Levine (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2015 ] Verdi's brilliant final masterpiece Falstaff, in its first new Met production in 50 years -- and conducted by Met Music Director James Levine in his first new production since his return to his podium at the Met. |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko / Eduardo Valdes / Maria Zifchak / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Looking as graceful as a gazelle and singing as sweetly as a bell struck with a surprising outburst of coloratura, Anna Netrebko sang in I Puritani for the first time at the MET" (The New York Post) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Željko Luèiæ, René Pape, Joseph Calleja / Fabio Luisi (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Oct/2015 ] An unforgettable performance of Anna Netrebko at the MET now on DVD/BR! Outstanding press acclaim for her performance: New York Observer stated: ".. a superstar cast ... the most potent: Anna Netrebko's ferociously exciting star turn as Lady... |
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PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, Piotr Beczala, Oksana Volkova / Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "In a show-stopping Letter Scene, Netrebko conveys that first, uncertain declaration of love perfectly...She could easily have been the reigning Tatyana of the past decade." (International Record Review) |
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PUCCINI
Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey / Andris Nelsons (cond) [ Decca Music Group Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Jul/2011 ] Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in the Met repertory. |
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VERDI
Aida (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Violeta Urmana, Johan Botha, Dolora Zajick & Carlo Guelfi / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ Decca Music Group Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Jul/2011 ] Verdi's epic drama of ancient Egypt comes to life in the Met's monumental production, captured here in a breathtaking Live in HD presentation. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Peter Mattei, Rene Papp, Jonas Kaufmann, Katarina Dalayman / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Mar/2014 ] "The impassioned intensity Jonas Kaufmann brings to Parsifal's music is matched by the rhetorical conviction of Peter Mattei's Amfortas and Evgeny Nikitin's Klingsor." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |