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GIACOMO CASANOVA / LORENZO DA PONTE / W. A. MOZART
The Giacomo Variations: A chamber opera play John Malkovich, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Florian Boesch & Sophie Klussmann / Martin Haselböck (cond) [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] Giacomo Casanova received a doctorate as jurist, scratched along as violinist in a theatre, dabbled in the role of a lieutenant and was cofounder of France's lottery. |
BRITTEN
Billy Budd (complete opera recorded in 2010) John Mark Ainsley / Jacques Imbrailo / Phillip Ens / Glyndebourne Chorus / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Elder [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 8/Aug/2011 ] "[Elder paces] the developing tragedy with airily lyrical detail and brooding, ominous power. John Mark Ainsley' s plangent, dark-toned tenor and intense diction show us a more neurotic Vere than usual, ridden with doubts and anxieties" (The Times) |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Der Freischütz (Recorded at the Semper Oper Dresden, 2015) Dresden Opera / Sara Jakubiak, Christina Landshamer, Georg Zeppenfeld, Michael König / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "This is supple, carefully sifted music-making, beautifully paced...The vocal casting is as precise and well calculated as the overall approach but the production seems to nervous of the work itself to give the singers anything dynamic to do" Gramoph |
AULIS SALLINEN
The Red Line (Punainen Viiva), Op. 46 (complete opera) Jorma Hynninen / Päivi Nisula / Finnish National Opera Orchestra / Finnish National Opera Chorus / Tsuumi Dance Company / Mikko Franck [ Ondine DVD / DVD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] This new DVD features the première recording for video of the two-act opera The Red Line (1978) by Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935). |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Cendrillon [Cinderella] (the complete opera, recorded in 2011) Royal Opera House / Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Eglise Gutierrez, Ewa Podles / Bertrand de Billy (conductor) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/May/2012 ] "Bertrand de Billy leads a highly sympathetic reading of the score...revelling in the pomposity of the court dances while conjuring magic in the duets." (International Record Review) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever, Matthew Polenzani / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Erato DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] "The two main protagonists brilliantly capture all the opera's drama and passion; DiDonato is magnificent and moving." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice August 2014 |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera recorded in 2011) Metropolitan Opera / Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] "The terrific cast was headed by the tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Ory..The soprano Diana Damrau brought her lustrous, agile coloratura soprano voice, and charisma galore, to Adèle." (NY Times) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Die (The Abduction from the Seraglio) - The complete opera recorded in 1980. Bayerischen Staatsoper / Edita Gruberova / Reri Grist / Francisco Araiza / Karl BAhm (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround - Colour - NTSC A classic DVD of Mozart's beloved comic opera conducted by one of the most acclaimed Mozart conductors of the 20th century, Karl Böhm. Edita Gruberova's... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1991) Metropolitan Opera / Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons, Enzo Dara / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 8/Jun/2005 ] "Kathleen Battle sings Adina with perfect, pearl-like tone, absolute fluency and commitment, and a trill to die for." (9/8 Classics Today) |
KIRI te KANAWA
Opera in the Outback Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with the Adnyamathanha Women's Choir [ Kultur / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] G : - Opera in the Outback features internationally renowned diva, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, singing a superb selection of songs from opera favourites to the popular classics. |
KIRI te KANAWA
I Could Have Danced all Night (Concert & Portrait) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Stephen Barlow [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] The Portrait Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's story has all the best elements of an operatic fairytale. Coming from a part-Maori background she went on to become one of the world's most famous opera stars. In this exciting portrait, Kiri Te Kanawa talks about... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / ALEXANDER BORODIN / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery / Borodin: Prince Igor / Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa (complete operas recorded 1996-1998)) Kirov Opera & Ballet / Anna Netrebko, Larissa Diadkova, Nikolai Putilin, Galina Gorchakova, Sergei Aleksashkin / Valery Gergiev [ EuroArts DVD / DVD Box Set - released 5/Jan/2006 ] Three prestigious Kirov Opera recordings with Valery Gergiev, produced 1996 and 1998 by EuroArts Music, are re-released in a new compelling edition: Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa, Borodin: Prince Igor and Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery. |
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (complete opera) Kirov Opera / Lloyd / Borodina / Steblianko / Leiferkus / Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ Decca Music Group Limited DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] G :- Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Equivoco stravagante (Complete Opera recorded in 2018) Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad / Antonella Colaianni, Giulio Mastrototaro, Emmanuel Franco, Patrick Kabongo / José Miguel Pérez-Sierra (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] No opera has been performed at Rossini in Wildbad as often as L'equivoco stravagante, so it was the perfect choice for the festival's 30th anniversary in 2018. |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 2010) Bayerische Staatsoper / Kristine Opolais, Klaus Florian Vogt, Gunther Groissbock, Janina Baechle, Nadia Krasteva / Tomáš Hanus (cond) [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "The soprano Kristine Opolais is a revelation in the title role and the music outstanding under Tomas Hanus's baton." (The Times) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (Complete opera filmed in 1997) Muziektheater Amsterdam / John Mark Ainsley, Juanita Lascarro, Michael Chance, Brigitte Balleys / Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "Simply the most compelling account of L'Orfeo yet produced...John Mark Ainsley is simply superb as Orfeo…" BBC Music Magazine |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (complete opera recorded in 2015) La Fenice / Jessica Pratt, Sonia Ganassi, Rubén Amoretti, Shalva Mukeria / Shalva Mukeria (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 13/May/2022 ] "I can tell you that from the first to the fourth performance, which was on Sunday, enthusiasm reached, or perhaps surpassed, the levels of Il Pirata and La Straniera in Milan" Bellini in a letter to a friend |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in 2012) La Monnaie, Brussels / Barbara Hannigan (Lulu), Natascha Petrinsky, Tom Randle, Dietrich Henschel / Paul Daniel (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "It's a comparatively rare occurrence to encounter a performance on the opera stage that has such a magnetic visual and physical impact as Barbara Hannigan's portrayal of Berg's tragic heroine." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
WAGNER
Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2011) La Monnaie de Munt / Andrew Richards, Anna Larsson, Jan-Hendrik Rooterin, Thomas Johannes Maye / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "Richards and Larsson make memorable role debuts, the tenor offering unfailingly fresh, firm and powerful tone...[Larsson's] singing in the seduction has true allure." (International Record Review) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera (complete opera recorded in 2018) La Scala / Krešimir Špicer, Julie Martin du Theil, Bernard Richter / Diego Fasolis (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] On 13 January La finta giardiniera, a dramma giocoso, was premiered at the Salvatortheater in Munich, then on 23 April the serenata Il re pastore was staged at the archbishop's palace in Salzburg. |
