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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2009) Teodor Ilincai / Hibla Gerzmava / Gabriele Viviani / Inna Dukach / Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Andris Nelsons [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "In every sense this Boheme glows...Teodor Ilincai is a splendid Rodolfo...radiating Italian lyricism and boyish good nature. Hibla Gerzmava is a gorgeous Mimi...Inna Dukach is a splendid Musetta...On DVD it looks and sounds wonderful - but on... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Alfonso und Estrella (complete opera recorded in 1997) Theater an der Wien / Olaf Bar / Luba Orgonasova / Thomas Hampson / Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] G - Filmed at the Theater an der Wien during performances in Wiener Festwochen, May 1997. |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Cendrillon [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 2017) Theater Freiburg / Kim-Lillian Strebel, Anja Jung, Anat Czarny, Katharina Melnikova / Fabrice Bollon (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] The timeless nature of this Freiburg production derives from an 'Alice in Wonderland' look that stimulates the imagination as much as it does the senses. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete opera recorded in 2015) Theatre des Chams-Elysees / Katherine Watson, Philippe Jaroussky, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Callum Thorpe / William Christie (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] Handel's Theodora, a tale of Christian martyrdom in 4th century Antioch, is a dramatic oratorio rather than an opera, but it achieved a new currency in 1996, when William Christie conducted a staging at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Christie, who... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded in 1992) Theatro La Scala / Renato Bruson / Mariella Devia / Vincenzo La Scola / conducted by Stefano Ranzani [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "A powerfully dramatic and memorable La Scala production. Recommended." (MusicWeb) |
WAGNER
Rienzi (complete opera recorded in 2012) Theâtre du Capitole, Toulouse / Torsten Kerl, Marika Schönberg, Daniela Sindram / Pinchas Steinberg (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] Championing love and personal heroism in the face of ecclesiastical oppression and political chicanery, Wagner's third opera explores characteristic themes with terrific energy which culminates in the eponymous Roman tribune's famous prayer to the... |
POULENC
Dialogues des Carmélites (Complete opera recorded in 2013) Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / Patricia Petibon, Sophie Koch, Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Jérémie Rhorer (cond) [ Warner Erato Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] "Patricia Petibon gives the performance of a lifetime as Blanche...[Plowright's] performance has a dramatic veracity that is disturbing in the extreme...Long sceptical about the piece, I was completely won over - the highest complement I can pay it." |
VERDI
Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 2004) Netherlands Opera / Rolando Villazón, Robert Lloyd, Amanda Roocroft / Riccardo Chailly (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Jul/2011 ] "a fabulous summation of Chailly's qualities as a Verdi conductor… A wonderful piece of stagecraft" (The Guardian) |
GEORGES BIZET / AMBROISE THOMAS / ANDRE MESSAGER / CHARLES GOUNOD / LEO DELIBES
Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2 - Bizet: Carmen / Thomas: Hamlet / Messager: Fortunio / Gounod: La nonne sanglante / Delibes: Lakmé Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Stéphane Degout, Sabine Devieilhe, Cyrille Dubois, Michael Spyres, etc [ Naxos DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 22/May/2026 ] The Opéra Comique in Paris has a long tradition of giving stylish performances dating back to the 18th century. Five imaginative and critically acclaimed productions are featured in this collection of French operatic masterpieces. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 2005) Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Leo Nucci, Ildebrando D´Arcangelo / Alfred Eschwé (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "The Vienna State Opera's presentation of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore in April 2005 is as good as it gets. All in all, this is a superb release, and highly recommended." (ClassicalCDReview.com) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2005) Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Thomas Hampson / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón and Thomas Hampson captivated the world of opera in summer 2005 with sensational performances in the Salzburg Festival's new Traviata. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera recorded in 1978) Vienna State Opera / Gundula Janowitz, Rene Kollo, Lucia Popp, Hans Sotin / Leonard Bernstein (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 15/Nov/2006 ] Since its release on CD, Leonard Bernstein's rendering of Fidelio has achieved cult status. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute') (complete opera recorded in 2018) Vienna State Opera / Matthias Goerne, Mauro Peter, Albina Shagimurotava, Christiane Karg / Constantinos Carydis (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] W.A. Mozart's timeless masterpiece at the Salzburg Festival is always an event! Especially when Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) receives such a 'spectacular and virtuosic staging' (Le Figaro) by director Lydia Steier. Steier introduces the role of... |
HANDEL / RAMEAU / VIVALDI / CAMPRA / PURCELL / etc
The Enchanted Island (complete opera recorded in 2012) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, Placido Domingo / William Christie (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] "The singing from Danielle de Niese, David Daniels and Joyce DiDonato is stellar...William Christie conducts magisterially." (The Observer) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2010) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, John Del Carlo / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / DVD - released 26/May/2011 ] A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti's comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made her a star in New York. |
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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 |
SCHUMANN / FAURE / DEBUSSY / R. STRAUSS
Recital at Baden Baden & Documentary 'Diva Divina' Diana Damrau (soprano), Xavier de Maistre (harp) [ Virgin DVD / DVD - released 13/May/2013 ] This DVD, centered on the dazzling German soprano Diana Damrau, complements a ravishing recital with a fascinating documentary. |
Dream Theater
Breaking The Fourth Wall (Live From The Boston Opera House DVD) [ Road Runner / 2 DVD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] Progressive metal titans Dream Theater release BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL (LIVE FROM THE BOSTON OPERA HOUSE), a live DVD set of the band's one-of-a-kind performance from the Boston Opera House on March 25, 2014. BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL (LIVE FROM... |
Dream Theater
Breaking The Fourth Wall (Live From The Boston Opera House BLU-RAY) [ Roadrunner / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Sep/2014 ] Progressive metal titans Dream Theater release BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL (LIVE FROM THE BOSTON OPERA HOUSE), a live DVD set of the band's one-of-a-kind performance from the Boston Opera House on March 25, 2014. BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL (LIVE FROM... |
WAGNER / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / CILEA / VERDI / PUCCINI
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Anja Harteros (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 8/Dec/2016 ] The Festspiel-Saison at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden culminated with Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Anja Harteros and Ekaterina Gubanova all on stage in this magnificent Opera Gala. The gala presented a diverse range of solo-arias and duets. Among the... |
