ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 2014) Metropolitan Opera / Renee Fleming, Piotr Beczala, Dolora Zajick, John Relyea, Emily Magee / Yannick Nezet-Seguin (Cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 11/Sep/2015 ] Dvorak's enchanting fairytale of the water-nymph Rusalka has been a signature role for Renée Fleming for the past 25 years. Here at last - in sumptuous HD - is that MET production by the late Günther Schneider-Siemssen and directed by Otto Schenk. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (complete opera recorded in 2005) Paris National Opera / Susan Graham, Hannah Esther Minutillo, Catherine Naglestad, Ekaterina Siurina, Christoph Pregardien / Sylvain Cambreling (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Mortier has done everything in his power to present the opera in this long-lasting form. However, the only justification for adding this to you collection is the outstanding singing of Susan Graham" (MusicWeb March 2006) |