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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Matilde di Shabran (Original version of the opera) Sara Blanch, Michele Angelini, Gianluca Ascheri, Lamia Beuque, Emmanuel Franco / Górecki Chamber Choir, Passionart Orchestra, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2020 ] This 2019 Rossini in Wildbad production is unique in being the world premiere recording of the score's original 1821 Rome version. |
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CARLOS GOMES
Gomes: Opera Overtures and Preludes Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra / Fabio Mechetti [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] Carlos Gomes was not only Brazil's leading operatic composer, but he also helped pave the way for Italian verismo during the latter part of the 19th century. The preludes and overtures from his operas chart a course from early experimentation with... |
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KEVIN PUTS
Puts: Silent Night [Opera] Karin Wolverton (Soprano) Miles Mykkanen, Christian Sanders and Stephen Martin, Tenors), etc / Minnesota Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Courtney Lewis [ Naxos American Opera Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Kevin Puts is one of America's most exciting and important composers. His first opera, Silent Night, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by Minnesota Opera. It premiered in 2011 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. |
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JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Elena (complete opera) Mira Graczyk, Niklas Mallmann, Andreas Mattersberger, Daniel Ochoa; Markus Schäfer / Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] During the 1813-14 carnival season in Naples, Simon Mayr wrote a much-admired opera semiseria called Elena. The post-revolutionary Napoleonic era saw great enthusiasm for the rescue opera genre and Elena is a perfect example. |
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PUCCINI
The Ultimate Opera Album [2 CD set] Miriam Gauci, Luba Orgonasova, Nelly Boschkowa, Nelly Miricioiu, and other Naxos recording artists [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] Puccini's fascination with exotic locations, doomed heroines, high drama and tragic romance are brought to centre stage in this immensely moving selection from his greatest operas. |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (highlights from the opera) Miriam Gauci (soprano) / Kaludi Kaludov (tenor) / Henk Lauwers (bass) / Vincente Sardinero (baritone) / Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic / [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] "This 68 minutes of excerpts from Puccini's first great success is an excellent introduction to the opera. We get most of the music for Manon and Des Grieux in Act 1, Manon's second act aria and the big duet, the beautiful Intermezzo (rather... |
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PUCCINI
Manon Lescaut (complete opera) Miriam Gauel / Vincente Sardinero / Kaludi Kalundoy / BRT Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra / Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "Naxos has distinguished itself over the past few years by a series of new opera recordings of a consistently high quality at enticingly affordable prices. This time, though, Naxos has surpassed itself...At Naxos prices, why deny yourself the... |
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BEHZAD ABDI
Abdi: Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle (Complete opera) Mohammad Motamedi, Hossein Alishapour, Babak Sabouri, Eshaq Anvar / Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony, Vladimir Sirenko [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] The music of Iranian composer Behzad Abdi fuses dastgāh (the Iranian modal system) with Western classical forms. He wrote Iran's first national opera, Rumi, and Hafez also exemplifies his approach to the medium. |
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ENESCU
Enescu: Oedipe Monte Pederson, Eglis Silins, Davide Damiani, Michael Roider Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2006 ] |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in June 2009) Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Nicolas Cavallier, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 14/May/2021 ] On 3 June 1975, the day after the 33rd performance of Carmen - indicating limited success as the receipts were meagre - he died from a heart attack, at the age of 36, like Mozart. |
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MONTEVERDI
Orfeo (An Introduction to) Narrated by David Timson with Soloists / Cappella Musicale di San Petronio di Bologna / Sergio Vartolo [ Naxos Opera Explained / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] This audiobook series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recordings of the complete works. |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
La Sonnambula (An Introduction to) Narrated by David Timson with Soloists / Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera Explained / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] This audiobook series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recordings of the complete works. |
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W.A. MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro (highlights) Natale de Carolis (baritone) / Donato di Stefano (bass) / Ingrid Kertesi (soprano) / Hungarian State Opera Orchestra / Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] Love, seduction, intrigue and comedy provide the confusing situations that has placed Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro among of the most popular of all the comic operas. |
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W. A. MOZART
The Marriage Of Figaro [highlights] Natale de Carolis (baritone), Roberto Frontali (baritone), Maria Pia Ionata (soprano) / Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Pier Giorgio Morandi [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] Artists: Natale de Carolis (baritone), Roberto Frontali (baritone), Maria Pia Ionata (soprano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Patrizia Pace (soprano), Donato di Stefano (bass) Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Pier Giorgio Morandi |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: I gioielli della Madonna (complete opera) Natalia Ushakova, Daniel Čapkovič, Kyungho Kim, Denisa Šlepkovská / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Friedrich Haider [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "[This is] an achievement of which Haider and his Bratislava forces can be proud: the conductor paces it all well, and his players keep up impressively" (Gramophone) |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Leonore Nathalie Paulin, Jean-Michel Richer, Stephen Hegedus, Matthew Scollin, Pascale Beaudin, Keven Geddes, Alexandre Sylvestre, Opera Lafayette, Ryan Brow [ Naxos / Blu-ray - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Beethoven started composing Leonore in January 1804. The subject - the release to freedom of an unjustly imprisoned man by his devoted wife - was part of the genre of 'rescue operas' which were very popular at the end of the 18th century. The... |
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PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Davies: The Lighthouse (Complete Opera) Neil Mackie (tenor), Christopher Keyte (baritone) & Ian Comboy (bass) Members of the BBC Philharmonic, Peter Maxwell Davies [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] "All three cast members excel, taking Maxwell Davies's liking for apssages of falsetto yowling in their stride; and the instrumental playing is incisively superb." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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PUCCINI
Tosca (Complete Opera) Nelly Miricioiu / Giorgio Lamberti / Silvano Carroli / Slovak Philharmonic Chorus / Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Rahbari [ NAXOS OPERA CLASSICS / 2 CD ] |