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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Rusalka (complete opera in 2021) Teatro Real / Asmik Grigorian, Eric Cutler, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, Katarina Dalayman, Karita Mattila / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Nov/2021 ] 'Loy's concept works well and the stylish production values make this one of the most successful Rusalkas on film...Central to the success is Asmik Grigorian's outstanding, passionate Rusalka.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Opera |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2005) Teatro Real / Carlos Alvarez, Alfred Reiter, Marla Bayo, Jose Bros, Sonia Ganassi, Lorenzo Regazzo / Víctor Pablo Pérez (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] ""Magnificent Maria Bayo as Donna Anna, the evolution of this soprano is spectacular. José Bros is tenor Midas: he converts everything he touches into gold. What a delightful performance! " Opera Actual |
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PHILIP GLASS
The Perfect American (complete opera recorded in 2013) Teatro Real / David Pittsinger, Donald Kaasch, Christopher Purves, Janis Kelly / Dennis Russell Davies (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] The last days of the American icon Walt Disney form a powerful and poignant subject for Philip Glass's latest opera, which was filmed at its first performances in Madrid in January 2013. Phelim McDermott's spectacular production is worthy of Disney's... |
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Giacomo PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera directed by Robert Wilson) Teatro Real / Iréne Theorin, Gregory Kunde, Yolanda Auyanet, Andrea Mastroni / Nicola Luisotti (cond) [ Bel Air DVD / DVD - released 22/May/2020 ] Giacomo Puccini wrote what was supposed to be his last opera at a time where, riddled with disease and old age as he was, he felt like his own turmoil was reflected in the outside world. |
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CHARLES WUORINEN
Brokeback Mountain (Complete Opera recorded in 2014) Teatro Real Madrid / Daniel Okulitch, Tom Randle, Heather Buck / Titus Engel (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "Wuorinen's setting reminds one of Monteverdi - formal, stately and psychologically precise...[Okulitch] gives a magnificent and deeply powerful performance...His Ennis emerges as an Orpheus for a new age of love and loss." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera) Teatro Real Madrid / Eric Cutler, David Portillo, Annett Fritsch, Eleonora Buratto / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/May/2020 ] "Mozart's third venture into the "opera seria" genre, demolished its traditional boundaries to open the way to lyric drama. Blending youthful earnestness with mature mastery, Mozart uses - while profoundly changing - the elements of a genre based on... |
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VERDI
La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2006) Teatro Real Madrid / Norah Amsellem / Jose Bros / Renato Bruson / Itxaro Mentxaka / Maria Espada / Jesus Lopez Cobos (cond) [ Kultur / Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] G :- 'Norah Amsellem's Violetta flourishes - vocally and dramatically, nothing is a challenge to her… Thanks to Pizzi's intelligence, every detail in the action works in this production... Jesus Lopez Cobos' maturity is astonishing... his perfect... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Der Fliegende Hollander [The Flying Dutchman] (complete opera recorded in 2016) DVD + BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Samuel Youn, Ingela Brimberg, Kwangchul Youn, Nikolai Schukoff / Àlex Ollé (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi DVD + Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 1/Mar/2018 ] "it's an impressive and engaging show." Gramophone |
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VERDI
Un Ballo in Maschera [The Masked Ball] (complete opera recorded in 2008) Teatro Real / Marcelo Alvarez, Violeta Urmana, Marco Vratogna, ElenaZaremba / Jesus Lopez-Cobos (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Passion, loyalty and political conspiracy are the three pillars of Un ballo in maschera (1859), the 'most operatic of all operas'. Set in XIX century Boston, Mario Martone's atmospheric production for the Teatro Real in Madrid brings out all the... |
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ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia (opera recorded 2011) Teatro Regio di Parma / Ketevan Kemoklidze, Luca Salsi, Dmitry Korchak / Andrea Battistoni (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ] "A traditional approach, neatly conducted by the youthful Andrea Battistoni. It's a lively show, though the singing varies from Bruno Pratico's expert Bartolo to Luca Salsi's careless Figaro." (BBC Music) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Nabucco (opera recorded 2012) Teatro Regio di Parma / Leo Nucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Riccardo Zanellato, Dimitra Theodossiou / Michele Mariotti (cond) [ C Major / Unitel Classics DVD / DVD - released 7/Apr/2015 ] "the two main roles - Nabucco and Abigaille - are taken by two outstanding artists who are convincing both musically and dramatically." (MusicWeb) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete French version, Paris 1865, recorded in 2024) Teatro Regio, Parma, Italy / Ernesto Petti, Lidia Fridman, Michele Pertusi, Luciano Ganci / Roberto Abbado (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] 'In the pit, Maestro Roberto Abbado conducted highlighting all the different colours of the score and paying great attention to the stage' - The Opera Critic |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Violanta (complete opera recorded in 2020) Teatro Regio Torino / Annemarie Kremer, Michael Kupfer-Radecky, Norman Reinhardt, Peter Sonn / Pinchas Steinberg (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] "The lyric sound of the soprano Annemarie Kremer is well suited to the title role - and the orchestra likewise revels in the opera's eroticism." Seth Colter Walls - The New York Times |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (complete opera recorded in 2010) Teatro Regio, Torino / Orlin Anastassov, Alessandra Marianelli, Pavel Zubov / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] ''Orchestrally and vocally outstanding'' The Opera Critic |
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VERDI
Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 2013) Teatro Regio Torino / Svetlana Kasyan, Ramón Vargas, Ildar Abdrazakov, Ludovic Tezier / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2015 ] "Gianandrea Noseda's conducting is excellent, combining large-scale grandeur with finesse, and the orchestra and chorus are world class. Ramón Vargas's protagonist is elegantly voiced, supply phrased and with admirable heft for his outbursts...If you |
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ROSSINI
Torvaldo e Dorliska (complete opera recorded in 2006) Teatro Rossini, Pesaro / Darina Takova, Michele Pertusi, Francesco Meli / Victor Pablo Perez (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] G - This world première DVD recording features singers that have attained world-wide renown, such as the bass-baritone Michele Pertusi and the soprano Darina Takova. |
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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) Tempu Ishijima (boy soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser, Paul Schweinester / Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Magnus Loddgard [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] Long a Christmas favourite, this new Viennese production, sung in German, boldly re-examines the story finding its key elements to be fantasy, empathy and the enduring power of love. |
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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... |
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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. |