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JEAN CASSANEA de MONDONVILLE
Mondonville: Titon et l'Aurore (complete opera recorded in 2021) Opéra Comique / Reinoud van Mechelen, Gwendoline Blondeel, Emmanuelle de Negri, Marc Mauillon / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Naxos FRA DVD / DVD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Recorded at the Opéra Comique, Paris, France, 18-19 January 2021 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (recorded live at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden in 2006) Opera National de Lyon / Klaus Florian Vogt, Solveig Kringelborn, Hans-Peter Konig, Waltraud Meier / Tom Fox / Roman Trekel / Kent Nagano (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD - released 6/Dec/2006 ] G :- "Very highly recommended for those not allergic to updated Wagner" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2007) Orchestra Filarmonia Marchigiana / Giuseppe Altomare / Olha Zhuravel / Pavel Kudinov / Danielle callegari (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "A straightforward, vigorous account of one of Verdi's finest scores. Simply but effectively staged, it gets strong, unsubtle vocal and acting performances from a young cast" BBC Music |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (complete opera recorded in 2007) Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento / Marco Vinco / Alessandra Marianelli / Andrea Concetti / Antonello Allemandi (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] G - Filmed at the Teatro Rossini, Pesaro, Italy, 18 August 2007. |
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JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles (complete opera) [CD+DVD+Blu-ray] Teresa Perrotta, Jonathan Bryan, Kayla Siembieda, Ben Schaefer / Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal; Joseph Colaneri [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD/DVD - released 14/May/2021 ] "Colaneri's conducting deserves much of the credit, pointing up the most disruptive harmonies while giving the singers their head in the lyrical ensembles that come to dominate the piece" Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2021 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (Complete Opera recorded in 2007) Osterfesrspiele Salzburg / Robert Gambill / Mikhail Petrenko / Willard White / Joanna Porackova / Eva Johansson / Simon Rattle (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "In what is both Mr. Rattle's and Aix's first Ring Cycle, "Die Walküre," the Ring's second chapter, was magically transformed by the enclosed space and lively acoustics of the Grand Théâtre de Provence." New York Times, July 5, 2007 |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) Glyndebourne Opera / Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung, Hakan Hagegard / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte / Kultur DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Malena Ernman is a stunning Orlofsky (at the end, Lawless reveals that the prince was really a princess after all), and Håkan Hagegård and Pamela Armstrong are very satisfying as Dr. Falke and Rosalinde, respectively." ClassicalNet |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Mireille (complete opera recorded in 2009) Inva Mula, Charles Castronovo / Chœur de l'Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Marc Minkowski [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] As soon as I was appointed Director of the Paris National Opera, I wanted to open my term of office with Mireille at the Palais Garnier opera house. In my opinion, Gounod was the greatest French musician of the 19th century, in no way inferior to... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / etc
Opera National de Paris: Ballet - Swan Lake / Cinderella / Jewels / La Dame aux Camelias Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu, Jose Martinez, Aurélie Dupont, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Laëtitia Pujol, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Bringing together four seminal works, this attractive collection offers a perfect introduction to the world's oldest national ballet company. |
CHOPIN
La Dame aux Camelias (Complete ballet choreographed by John Neumeier recorded in 2008) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Dorothee Gilbert / Michael Schmidtsdorff (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] G : - 'John Neumeier has created a ballet in which emotions go crescendo … Agnes Letestu, the great dramatic heroine, triumphs in this ballet danced to music by Chopin.' Figaro |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2005) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Karl Paquette / Muriel Halle / Velo Pahn (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / Blu-ray - released 7/Feb/2007 ] '…their [Agnès Letestu & José Martinez] dancing was sensational, and Letestu in particular was magnificent. She was soft, lyrical yet aristocratic as Odette, as befits her slender, long-limbed body and her mime scene was of intense beauty. … Letestu... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2005) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Karl Paquette / Muriel Halle / Velo Pahn (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 7/Feb/2007 ] '…their [Agnès Letestu & José Martinez] dancing was sensational, and Letestu in particular was magnificent. She was soft, lyrical yet aristocratic as Odette, as befits her slender, long-limbed body and her mime scene was of intense beauty. …... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2008) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Laetitia Pujol / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "The production here was created in 1986 by Rudolf Nureyev. The setting is Hollywood in the 1930s. The basic story is intact and Nureyev was scrupulous in his use of Prokofiev's music. In all a sumptuous package." (MusicWeb Nov 2008) |
CHOPIN / MUHLY / RAVEL
Tribute to Jerome Robbins (recorded in 2008) Paris Opera Ballet / Dorothee Gilbert, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Nicolas le Riche / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] Ten years after his death, the Paris Opera Ballet paid homage to the American choreographer who considered the Paris Opera his second home after New York City Ballet, Jerome Robbins. The three pieces performed here illustrate not only the diversity... |
GLUCK
Orphee et Eurydice (recorded at the Palais Garnier February 2008) Paris Opera Ballet / Maria Riccarda Wesseling / Julia Kleiter / Sunhae Im / Agnes Gillot / Yann Bridard / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Filmed in HD at the Palais Garnier February 2008 Orpheus and Eurydice is Pina Bausch's masterpiece and the ultimate symbol of the genius of this German choreographer, who died last June, five days after being diagnosed with cancer. Bausch was the... |
MAURO LANZA / TEDD ZAHMAL
Le Songe de Medee / MC 14/22 (ballets recorded in 2004) Paris Opera Ballet / Marie-Agnes Gillot / Wilfried Romoli / Eleonora Abbagnato [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 27/Sep/2007 ] Recorded live at the Paris Opera on November 2004. |
VERDI
Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2009) Paris Opera / Dimitris Tiliakos, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Violeta Urmana / Teodor Currentzis (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2011 ] After public and critical acclaim for his Eugene Onegin (also from BelAir), Macbeth is the latest production from Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov, recorded at the Paris Opera. |
RAMEAU
Hippolyte et Aricie (complete opera recorded in 2012) Paris Opera Palais Garnier / Topi Lehtipuu, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Stéphane Degoutad, Sarah Connolly / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] Recorded live at the Paris Opera Palais Garnier, Haïm is joined by the orchestra of Le Concert d'Astrée, as well stellar cast including Sarah Connolly as Phèdre, Stéphane Degout as Thésée, Anne-Catherine Gillet as Aricie and Topi Lehtipuu as Hippolyt |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (the complete opera, recorded in 2006) Paris Opera / Peter Mattei, Lorenzo Regazzo, Christiane Oelze, Christine Schäfer / Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "Update is the imperfect noun we use. Christoph Marthaler's production has transposed 18th-century upstairs-downstairs to bridal retail in 2001." (New York Times) De Telegraaf |
HANDEL
Hercules (complete opera recorded in 2004) Paris Opera / William Shimell / Joyce Didonato / Toby Spence / Ingela Bohlin / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] G :- |
