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add to cart $30.00 Low Stock 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
add to cart $80.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks RICHARD WAGNER Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2021) Berlin Opera / Nina Stemme, Iain Paterson, Ya-Chung Huang, Tobias Kehrer / Sir Donald Runnicles (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Siegfried is the third of the four operas that comprise Wagner's epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen ('The Ring of the Nibelung'). Siegfried, raised by the evil dwarf Mime, discovers that he is the son of Siegmund and Sieglinde. He must negotiate...
add to cart $65.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks RICHARD WAGNER Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2021) Berlin Opera / Nina Stemme, Iain Paterson, Brandon Jovanovich, Elisabeth Teige / Sir Donald Runnicles (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen ('The Ring of the Nibelung') comprises four operas of which Die Walküre ('The Valkyrie') is the second, famous for its spectacular set-pieces such as the Ride of the Valkyries and Wotan's Farewell.
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks RICHARD WAGNER Wagner: Das Rheingold (complete opera recorded in 2021) Berlin Opera / Derek Welton, Tobias Kehrer, Thomas Blondelle, Markus Blondelle / Sir Donald Runnicles (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] As early as 1851, Wagner wrote, 'I propose to produce my myth in three complete dramas, preceded by a lengthy Prelude.' The Prelude was Das Rheingold ('The Rhine Gold') the preliminary evening of Wagner's epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen ('The...
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks DOMENICO CIMAROSA Cimarosa: L'Italiana In Londra (complete opera recorded in 2021) Frankfurt Opera / Angela Vallone, Bianca Tognocchi, Theo Lebow, Jurii Samoilov / Leo Hussain (cond & fortepiano) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] L'Italiana in Londra was Domenico Cimarosa's first international triumph, thrilling audiences all over Europe after its premiere in 1778. However, it later became eclipsed by the even bigger success of Il matrimonio segreto and has become a rarity on...
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks GIAN CARLO MENOTTI Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) Tempu Ishijima (boy soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser, Paul Schweinester / Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Magnus Loddgard [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] Long a Christmas favourite, this new Viennese production, sung in German, boldly re-examines the story finding its key elements to be fantasy, empathy and the enduring power of love.
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks FRANZ SCHREKER Schreker: Der Schatzgräber (complete opera recorded in 2022) Deutsche Oper Berlin / Elisabet Strid, Daniel Johansson, Michael Laurenz, Thomas Johannes Mayer / Marc Albrecht (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2023 ] Franz Schreker's career was cut short by the events of 1933 in Germany but he achieved real fame with his operas, and the huge success of Der Schatzgräber ('The Treasure Hunter') in the 1920s was the high point of his career.
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks LEO DELIBES Delibes: Lakme (complete opera recorded in 2022) Opera Comique, Paris / Sabine Devieilhe, Grederic Antouni, Stephane Degout, Ambroisine Bre / Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] "Laurent Pelly transforms Delibes's opera into an exploration of colonialism and cultural appropriation...Raphaël Pichon, conducting Pygmalion on original instruments, relishes Delibes's lush orchestration." BBC Music DVD of the Month Jan 2024
add to cart $80.00 Low Stock GAETANO DONIZETTI Donizetti: Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2019)) Royal Opera / Bryn Terfel, Ioan Hotea, Markus Werba, Olga Peretyatko / Evelino Pidò (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] "Terfel sounds wonderful, singing with handsomely focused tone and brings considerable panache to his duet with Werba, which is denied its traditional encore here. In the pit, Evelino Pidò conducts with admirable precision and grace." (Guardian).
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK Humperdinck: Konigskinder [The King's Children] (complete opera recorded in 2022) Dutch National Opera / Daniel Behle, Olga Kulchynska, Josef Wagner, Doris Soffel / Marc Albrecht (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Hänsel und Gretel brought Humperdinck worldwide fame but his tragic fairy storybrought Humperdinck worldwide fame but his tragic fairy story KönigskinderKönigskinder ('The King's Children') offers a stark contrast to it and has only begun to be...
add to cart $60.00 In Stock GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL Handel: Semele New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, New Zealand Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 21/Jul/2023 ] "Amitai Pati is the pick of the bunch. The Samoan tenor is an outstanding Jupiter, bright-toned and fullvoiced, lyrical lines anchored by enough weight to make this reluctant smiter believable as both lover and thug." Gramophone
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks GIACOMO PUCCINI Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2022) Dutch National Opera / Malin Byström, Joshua Guerrero, Gevorg Hakobyan / Lorenzo Viotti (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 14/Apr/2023 ] "...this must be one of the bloodiest Toscas shown on stage, in a world where the characters' Christian faith is clearly a personal defence against the horror of the tyranny under which they live." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2023
add to cart $60.00 Low Stock JACQUES OFFENBACH Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne (Complete Operetta recorded in 2021) Théâtre des Champs-Élysées / Jodie Devos, Rodolphe Briand, Marc MauIllon, Sandrine Buendia / Romain Dumas (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] "Director Christian Lacroix's dazzling sets and costumes perfectly complement Offenbach's beguiling music (played by Les Musiciens du Louvre under the baton of conductor Romain Dumas), and it's charmingly sung by a superlative cast." FlipSide
add to cart $60.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks JACQUES OFFENBACH Offenbach: La Pericole (Complete Operetta recorded in 2022) Stephanie D'Oustrac, Philippe Talbot, Tassis Christoyannis, Eric Huchet / Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Julien Leroy [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] La Perricholi - in reality, Micaela Villegas - was Lima's leading theatrical l lady in the 1770s when Peru was a Spanish colony. Her life was fictionalised in a one-act play by Prosper Mérimée and a libretto was fashioned on which Offenbach created...
add to cart $75.00 Low Stock GIUSEPPE VERDI Verdi: Rigoletto (complete opera) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Marcelo Alvarez, Lisette Oropesa, Blaise Malaba, Liparit Avetisyan / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] Director Oliver Mears makes his Royal Opera debut with his 'thrilling new production' (The Times ★★★★), which frames Verdi's masterpiece as a modern morality play, pitting power against innocence in a decadent world of corruption and social decay.
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (complete opera recorded in 2021) Frankfurt Opera / Julia Muzychenko, Enkelejda Shkoza, Alexey Tikhomirov, Anthony Robin Schneider / Sebastian Weigle (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Composed using his own libretto, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov created this magical opera based on the short story by Nikolay Gogol 'The Night before Christmas' in which Vakula the handsome blacksmith wants to marry the rich farmer's daughter Oksana, who...
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks FRANCESCO CILEA Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Complete Opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Maria José Siri, Ksenia Dudnikova, Martin Muehle, Paolo Antognetti / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Naxos / Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Comédie-Française who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was triumphantly staged in cities around the world.
add to cart $55.00 Low Stock CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete Opera recorded in June 2021) Opéra Comique, Paris / Luciana Mancini, Marc Mauillon, Sara Mingardo / A Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Monteverdi's L'Orfeo was premiered in 1607 and is the oldest opera still performed today. The narrative is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus who, armed only with the weapons of music and love, descends into Hades.
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel (complete opera recorded in 2021) l'Opéra National de Lyon / Nina Minasyan, Margarita Neksarova, Andrey Popov, Dmitry Ulyanov / Daniele Rustioni (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] In the autumn of 1906, at a time when he was saying he didn't want to write anything further, Rimsky-Korsakov had the idea of starting an opera based on The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, the last of Pushkin's folk tales in verse, written in 1834.
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG Weinberg: Die Passagierin [The Passenger] (complete opera recorded in 2021) Oper Graz / Dshamilja Kaiser, Nadja Stefanoff, Will Hartmann, Markus Butter / Roland Kluttig(cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Mieczysław Weinberg's powerful Holocaust drama Die Passagierin channels his and his family's ordeals of wartime and Soviet persecution, applying them musically to Zofia Posmysz's autobiographical novel.