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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri [An Italian in Algeries] (complete opera recorded in 2013) cover
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GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri [An Italian in Algeries] (complete opera recorded in 2013)
Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Anna Goryachova, Alex Esposito, Yijie Shi & Mario Cassi / José Ramón Encinar
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ]
Pesaro's new offering in 2013 was an off-the-wall production of Rossini's popular comedy, 'The Italian Girl in Algiers', presented as a Swinging Sixties, James Bond adventure, set in the desert oil fields of the North African coast. Davide...
Donizetti: La Favorite (Complete opera recorded in 2014) cover
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: La Favorite (Complete opera recorded in 2014)
Theatre du Capitole de Toulouse / Kate Aldrich, Yijie Shi, Ludovic Tézier / Antonello Allemandi (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2015 ]
One of the composer's most beguiling scores, La Favorite is Donizetti's La favorita in its original French form - a tale of love and war that represents a glorious mix of Italian bel canto and 19th century grand opera. Today's scholarly interest...
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 2007) cover
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 2007)
Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Andrew Kennedy / William Shimell / Laura Claycomb / Kazushi Ono (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 21/Mar/2008 ]
G - Recorded live at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels on 26 and 28 April 2007.
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride (complete operas recorded in 2011) cover
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Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) cover
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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
Les vêpres siciliennes (complete opera recorded in 2013) cover
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3 - 6 weeks
VERDI
Les vêpres siciliennes (complete opera recorded in 2013)
Royal Opera House / Lianna Haroutounian, Bryan Hymel, Erwin Schrott, Michael Volle / Antonio Pappano (cond)
[ Warner Classics / Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Mar/2015 ]
"Pappano gets huge power and tension from the ensemble, and paces the long evening to perfection...sound and balance are good, and the filming has a real sense of the style of the show." (Gramophone)
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (complete opera) cover
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (complete opera)
Glyndebourne Opera / Alessandro Corbelli, Felicity Palmer, Marie McLaughlin / Massimo Giordano, Sally Matthews / Vladimir Jurowski (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 16/Jun/2005 ]
G :- "A delightful humorous and warm production of the final part of Puccini's Il trittico." (MusicWeb July 2005)
Jenufa (complete opera recorded in 2009) cover
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JANACEK
Jenufa (complete opera recorded in 2009)
Amanda Roocroft / Deborah Polaski / Miroslav Dvorský / Nikolai Schukoff / Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid / Ivor Bolton
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2011 ]
"Amanda Roocroft has won laurels as Jenufa in various stage productions and comes across as a deeply sincere performer here, even if the voice is apt to turn shrill at the top...[Polaski's] very understatement is moving in its own way." (Gramophone)
The Love for Three Oranges [L'Amour des 3 Oranges] (complete opera) cover
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PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges [L'Amour des 3 Oranges] (complete opera)
Amsterdam Muziektheater / Alain Vernhes, Martial Defontaine, Francois Le Roux, Sandrine Piau / Stephane Deneve (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Aug/2006 ]
G :- "A reliable ensemble of singers yields the palm, though, to the astonishingly full-blooded playing of the Rotterdam Philharmonic under Denève..." (BBC Music)
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) cover
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GIOCOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera)
Amsterdam Muziekther / Cheryl Barker, Martin Thompson, etc. / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Edo de Waart (conductor)
[ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Oct/2005 ]
G :- "A superb DVD that now becomes my top recommendation for this opera on DVD. The production is top-notch, and the orchestral contribution the strongest I have yet to hear" (MusicWeb Jan 2006)
Zoroastre (complete opera recorded at the Drottningholm Court Theatre, 2006) cover
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RAMEAU
Zoroastre (complete opera recorded at the Drottningholm Court Theatre, 2006)
Anders J. Dahlin / Sine Bundgaard / Anna Maria Panzarella / Ditte Andersen / Christophe Rousset (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 22/Jun/2007 ]
G - "Christophe Rousset and his forces deliver an excellently paced reading and much of the singing is perfectly judged. Pierre Audi's production, while it moves the cast around efficiently enough, is at times obscure in its use of gesture…" (BBC...
Cavalli: La Didone (complete opera recorded in 2011) cover
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FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Cavalli: La Didone (complete opera recorded in 2011)
Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata, Maria Streijffert / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (cond.) & Clément Hervieu-Léger (dir.)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ]
"This live French performance is a real beauty. Virtually anything William Christie touches these days is, and the cast he has assembled is second to none with Anna Bonitatibus simply stunning in the title role." (AudAud.com)
Bizet: Carmen (Complete opera recorded in 2002) cover
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete opera recorded in 2002)
Glyndebourne Opera / Anne Sofie von Otter, Marcus Haddock, Laurent Naouri, Lisa Milne / Philippe Jordan (cond)
[ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ]
G: "(Von Otter's) Carmen has loads of overt sexuality - she languidly glides through the Habanera while sucking on a piece of fruit and then a cigar - and she shows plenty of temperament and fatalism tinged with fear later." (Los Angeles Times)
Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (Recorded live in 2006) cover
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OFFENBACH
Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (Recorded live in 2006)
Opera de Bilbao / Aquiles Machado, Milagros Poblador, Maria Bayo, Valentina Kutzarova, Konstantin Gorny, Katharine Goeldner / Alain Guingal (Conductor
[ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Oct/2013 ]
'Excellent work by Giancarlo del Monaco… extremely careful definition of the characters and efficient directing of the actors which brings out the best in them. … An absolute triumph for the women.' El Pais
Jewels (ballet by George Balanchine) cover
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STRAVINSKY / FAURE / TCHAIKOVSKY
Jewels (ballet by George Balanchine)
Ballet de L'Opera National de Paris / George Balanchine / Christian Lacroix
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 19/Jun/2006 ]
G :- 'Jewels', a work first performed by the New York City Ballet in 1967. This alluring, abstract ballet, a triptych in which each piece sparkles with the brilliance of a precious stone, is a lyric tribute to women and to the capital cities of...
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete opera recorded in 2013) cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete opera recorded in 2013)
Bayreuth Festival / Samuel Youn, Franz-Josef Selig, Ricarda Merbeth / Christian Thielemann (conductor)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ]
2013's revival of Jan Philipp Gloger's controversial 2012 production was greeted (as so often in Bayreuth) with huge acclaim. He translates the tale of the Dutchman, whose travails can only be redeemed through the unconditional love of a woman...
Wagner: Tannhäuser (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhäuser (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY
Bayreuther Festspiele / Torsten Kerl, Camilla Nylund, Markus Eiche, Michelle Breedt / Axel Kobe (conductor)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2015 ]
"Camilla Nylund's Elisabeth has a range of novel emotions to convey, including humour and sexual interest...Question marks begin with the staging" Gramophone
Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 2006) cover
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VERDI
Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 2006)
Carl Tanner / Iano Tamar / Zeljko Lucic / Marianne Cornetti / Vienna Symphony / Thomas Rosner
[ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 27/Sep/2007 ]
G - "It has been said that to achieve a successful Trovatore performance one need only gather the five best singers in the world. Carsen hasn't quite that but he has a handful of first class actors who can also sing." (MusicWeb Oct 2007)
The Royal Ballet - The Collection cover
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PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / ADAM / TALBOT / etc
The Royal Ballet - The Collection
Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Edward Watson, Mara Galeazzi, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, Wayne McGregor
[ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / 15 DVD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ]
Celebrating 60 years since the Royal Ballet was awarded its Royal Charter, this magnificent 15-disc collection brings together 22 ballets spanning a decade of dance.
An Evening With The Royal Ballet cover
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6+ weeks
PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / ADAM / STRAVINSKY / etc
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Lauren Cuthbertson, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, etc
[ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ]
"This compilation taster of the great classics offers knockout performances, leaving one hankering to see the complete work. Don't miss Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg in Giselle." (BBC Music)