Search Results: Blu-ray opera
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DONIZETTI
Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Fiorenza Cedolins / Sonia Ganassi / Jose Bros / Mirco Palazzi / Teatro La Fenice / Fabrizio Maria Carminati [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "An outstanding release, and a great relief to be removed from the static period costume displays normally inflicted on this drama." DVD of the Month Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: L'Italiana In Londra (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Frankfurt Opera / Angela Vallone, Bianca Tognocchi, Theo Lebow, Jurii Samoilov / Leo Hussain (cond & fortepiano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 16/Feb/2024 ] "Working as a close-knit team, the young cast are personable and camera-friendly, and create something individual from their stereotyped characters. All are nimble movers and use their words vividly." Gramophone DVD/Blu-ray of the Month March 2023 |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Maskarade (complete opera recorded in 2021) Frankfurt Opera / Michael Porter, Monika Buczkowska, Susan Bullock / Titus Engel (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2024 ] "Alfred Reiter is just over the top enough as the irascible Jeronimus, Liviu Holender is suitably funny and a really strong singer as Henrik. Monika Buczkowska and Michael Porter as the young lovers sing a couple of really lovely soprano/tenor duets" |
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded live in 2008) BLU-RAY Franz Hawlata, Klaus Florian Vogt, Michaela Kaune, Norbert Ernst / Bayreuther Festspiele, Sebastian Weigle [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Feb/2011 ] 'A 'Meistersinger' that's on an entirely new Wagnerian scale... It is full of smart ideas and moments of effective theater. ' The Washington Post |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae (complete opera recorded at the Salzburger Festspiele 2016) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Krassimira Stoyanova, Tomasz Konieczny, Norbert Ernst, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke / Franz Welser-Möst (cond) [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 29/Sep/2017 ] "Krassimira Stoyanova rises to the challenge of Danae tirelessly, singing with luxurious, focused tone throughout." Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017 |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (complete opera) BLU-RAY Furio Zanasi, Lucile Richardot, Krystian Adam, Hana Blažiková, Gianluca Burrato / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Claudio Monteverdi was a pioneer in the origins and development of opera, taking vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony and entering a modern era in which genuine feelings and emotions are expressed through a wide variety of characters. Part of a... |
MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Georg Nigl, Roberta Invernizzi, Sara Mingardo, Raffaella Milanesi, Furio Zanasi / Rinaldo Alessandrini (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/May/2011 ] "Alessandrini directs an authentically sized La Scala orchestra in playing that is at once historically informed and always alive...Georg Nigl, previously a Wozzeck at La Scala, sings with much beauty of voice." (Gramophone) |
JANACEK
The Makropulos Case (complete opera recorded in 1995) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Festival Opera / Anja Silja, Kim Begley, Victor Braun, Andrew Shore / Andrew Davis (cond) [ Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "The wide vibrato at Silja's top might worry some, but her genius as a singer-actress makes Nikolaus Lehnhoff's Gyndebourne Makropulos unforgettable. Riveting music; the production's half stark, half fussy." (BBC Music Magazine, May 2014) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (complete opera recorded in May 1997) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Festival Opera / Antonello Palombi, Patrick Denniston, Paolo Montarsolo, Roberto De Candia / John Eliot Gardiner [ Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Jul/2017 ] "Gardiner makes a surprising appearance conducting Puccini with a blend of analysis and passion, allowing a sense of delicacy to pervade where others might encourage bombast." (Opera Now) |
![Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10564/10564154.jpg)
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Alessandro Corbelli, Danielle de Niese, Björn Bürger, Taylor Stayton / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Sep/2017 ] The 'sheer visual sophistication' of Annabel Arden's Barbiere serves 'a triumphant celebration of Rossini's musical genius', featuring de Niese's 'powerfully sung' Rosina, Bürger's 'gale-force' Figaro and Stayton's 'pure and mellifluous' Almaviva - a... |
![Puccini: Gianni Schicchi [with Rachmaninov - The Miserly Knight] (complete operas recorded in 2004) BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10149/10149657.jpg)
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi [with Rachmaninov - The Miserly Knight] (complete operas recorded in 2004) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Alessandro Corbelli / Massimo Giordano / Richard Berkeley-Steele / Maxim Mikhailov / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Blu-Ray - "Alessandro Corbelli delivers a masterclass in how to extract every ounce of humour from comedy by playing it straight. He is the king of comedy and an international treasure." The Stage |
BRETT DEAN
Dean: Hamlet (Complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Allan Clayton, Sarah Connolly, Barbara Hannigan, Rod Gilfry / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 WINNER - Contemporary |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded October 2015) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Christine Rice, Allan Clayton, Kate Royal, Duncan Rock, Louise Alder / Leo Hussain (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Sep/2016 ] "Its beautifully acted and sung. Rice wrings your heart throughout and her self-lacerating final scenes have a harrowing immediacy" Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Saul (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves, Iestyn Davies, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Bevan, Paul Appleby / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte Critics' Choice Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Jul/2024 ] "Christopher Purves is utterly consumed by his role as Saul...Iestyn Davies is vocally outstanding as David, with his customary melting melismas." Opera |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves / Tassis Christoyannis / Dina Kuznetsova / Jennifer Holloway / Vladmir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Francois Roussillon's direction, giving a due flavour of the theatrical ambience, results in a model of filmed opera." (BBC Music) |
![Massenet: Cendrillon [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10596/10596686.jpg)
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Cendrillon [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Danielle de Niese, Kate Lindsey, Agnes Zwierko, Nina Minasyan / John Wilson (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Jun/2020 ] With its combination of enchanting love story and broad, burlesque comedy, Cendrillon is one of the great operatic fairy tales - a Cinderella that looks back to Charles Perrault's original story in all its richness and ambiguity. Massenet's sensuous... |
DONIZETTI
L'Elisir D'Amore / Don Pasquale (Complete operas recorded in 2009 & 2013) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Ekaterina Siurina, Peter Auty, Alessandro Corbelli, Danielle de Niese / Maurizio Benini, Enrique Mazzola (Conductors) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] "An enchanting account. Set in Mussolini's Italy...it is wonderfully cast and a perfect team effort." (BBC Music on L'elisir d'amore) |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges / l'Heure Espagnole (complete operas recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Khatouna Gadelia, Elodie Méchain, Paul Gay, Elliot Madore, François Piolino / Kazuki Ono (cond) [ Fra Musica Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Opera |
STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BIZET / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BRITTEN / etc
Glorious Glyndebourne: (excerpts from various operas recorded at Glyndebourne) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, John Mark Ainsley, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2014 ] An exuberant brainchild of John Christie, Glyndebourne Festival Opera launched in 1934 with a production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Since then, Glyndebourne has become a byword for excellence, bringing together the finest operatic musicians... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "It is hard to imagine a Tom Rakewell who looks the part better than the lanky, almost adolescent Topi Lehtipuu, his wide-eyed innocence an open invitation to corruption, and he sings the role with elegance." (Gramophone) |
