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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - complete opera recorded in 1990) cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - complete opera recorded in 1990)
Opera Australia / Helena Doese, Donald McIntyre, Paul Frey, John Pringle / Charles Mackerras (cond)
[ Arthaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Feb/2005 ]
"Charles Mackerras and a well-chosen cast, including Helen Doese, Donald McIntyre, Paul Frey, and John Pringle, meet the music's challenges effectively"
Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in 1988) cover
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in 1988)
Opera Australia / Joan Sutherland, Ron Stevens, Ann-Maree McDonald / Richard Bonynge (cond)
[ ABC Universal DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ]
The sparkling story concerns a national crisis in the picture-postcard country of Pontevedro, as the recently-widowed Hanna Glawari appears to be in danger of marrying a foreigner.
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete Opera recorded in June 2021) cover
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete Opera recorded in June 2021)
Opéra Comique, Paris / Luciana Mancini, Marc Mauillon, Sara Mingardo / A Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
[ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 9/Sep/2022 ]
Monteverdi's L'Orfeo was premiered in 1607 and is the oldest opera still performed today. The narrative is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus who, armed only with the weapons of music and love, descends into Hades.
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Giulio Cesare [complete opera recorded in 2011] cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Giulio Cesare [complete opera recorded in 2011]
Opera Paris / Natalie Dessay, Lawrence Zazzo, Isabel Leonard, Dominique Visse / Emmanuelee Haim (cond)
[ Decca DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2019 ]
"Dessay sang it as well as I have ever heard in the theatre. She is an artist who understands the synergy of notes and text." Sunday Times
Britten: The Turn of the Screw Op 54 (complete opera) cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Turn of the Screw Op 54 (complete opera)
OperaGlass Works / Robert Murray, Rhian Lois, Leo Jemison, Alys Mererid Roberts / John Wilson (cond)
[ Chandos DVD / DVD - released 29/Oct/2021 ]
Henry James's novella The Turn of the Screw has become notorious as at once the most stylish and elusively ambiguous of all nineteenth-century ghost stories. In June 1932, the eighteen-year-old Benjamin Britten heard a radio adaptation of James's...
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 2009) cover
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 2009)
Royal Opera House / Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Pietro Spagnoli / Antonio Pappano (cond)
[ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/May/2010 ]
G - "This very likely is the strongest Barber cast I've ever seen. DiDonato, wheelchair or not, is a dream Rosina, vocally flawless and always in good taste." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com)
Artaserse (complete opera recorded in 2012) cover
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JOHANN ADOLF HASSE
Artaserse (complete opera recorded in 2012)
Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Italy / Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Sonia Prina, Franco Fagioli / Corrado Rovaris
[ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Apr/2016 ]
Set: Alessandro Camera Costume Designer: Andrea Viotti Lighting Designer: Antonio Macchitella A classic work of its genre and historical period, Artaserse was premièred in Venice in 1730 by the most famous singers of the day: Farinelli in...
Gounod: Mireille (complete opera recorded in 2010) cover
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Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2005) cover
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2005)
Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Karl Paquette / Muriel Halle / Velo Pahn (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / Blu-ray - released 7/Feb/2007 ]
'…their [Agnès Letestu & José Martinez] dancing was sensational, and Letestu in particular was magnificent. She was soft, lyrical yet aristocratic as Odette, as befits her slender, long-limbed body and her mime scene was of intense beauty. … Letestu...
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1992 at Covent Garden) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1992 at Covent Garden)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Placido Domingo, Kiri te Kanawa, Sergei Leiferkus / Sir Georg Solti
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2008 ]
G : - "The great work and the great performance; and, crucially, both gain from the filming. …is deeply impressive, and moving, to see how completely Domingo lives his role Te Kanawa too shows herself alive to every suggestion of her music and...
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Zeffirelli productions recorded in 1984 & 1985) cover
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PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Zeffirelli productions recorded in 1984 & 1985)
Placido Domingo / Teresa Stratas / Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Georges Pretre. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 14/Jun/2005 ]
"The casts are strong but Pag gets my vote overall. This is largely because of the central heroine in each. Stratas looks and sounds perfect as Nedda, beautiful but vulnerable, just like the 'little birds' she sings of." MusicWeb
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY
Teatro alla Scala / Plácido Domingo, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci /Riccardo Muti (conductor)
[ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ]
The cylindrical uniform stage set by Ezio Frigerio emphasised the hopeless consequence of the tragedy, as did the Orchestra della Scala, which, under the baton of Riccardo Muti, never sacrificed the dark, disturbing elements of the score.
150 Years Of Wiener Staatsoper: Great Opera Evenings (Limited Edition) cover
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VERDI / BIZET / MOZART / PUCCINI / HANDEL / STRAUSS / WAGNER
150 Years Of Wiener Staatsoper: Great Opera Evenings (Limited Edition)
Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Carlos Álvarez, Johan Botha, Angelika Kirchschlager, Brigitte Fassbaender, Wiener Staatsopernorchester
[ Arthaus DVD / 11 DVD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2019 ]
Limited Edition - Experience four decades of opera history from the Wiener Staatsoper on 11 DVDs. 150 Years Vienna State Opera means 150 years of impressive opera events featuring the greatest conductors of all time, and, high-class opera stars.
Carmen - A ballet in two acts cover
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ALBENIZ / BIZET / BONOLIS / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / de FALLA
Carmen - A ballet in two acts
Rebecca Bianchi, Amar Ramasar / Corpo di Ballo & Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Louis Lohraseb (conductor)
[ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2020 ]
Choreographer Jiří Bubeníček's Carmen celebrates the incredible inspiration of Bizet's timeless music in a completely new two-act ballet that also includes music by Albéniz, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Falla, orchestrated and adapted by Gabriele Bonolis
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Renee and Bryn - Under the Stars cover
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MOZART / DONIZETTI / LEHAR / DVORAK & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Renee and Bryn - Under the Stars
Renee Fleming, Bryn Terfel / The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Gareth Jones / Paul Gemignani
[ Decca DVD / DVD - released 24/Mar/2003 ]
Filmed 'live' in the magical mountains of Wales at Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival, this exclusive 'Under The Stars' DVD is released to co-incide with the CD of the same title.
Gounod: Romeo et Juliet (complete opera recorded in 2008) cover
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Romeo et Juliet (complete opera recorded in 2008)
Salzburg Festival / Nino Machaidze, Rolando Villazon, Russell Braun / Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Yannick Nezet-Seguin
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/May/2009 ]
"There are some excellent performances...Villazón knows how to turn up the drama several volts...the passion he brings to moments such as the murder of Tybalt at the end of Act 3 raises the quality of the film." (Musicalcriticism.com)
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2002 at the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin) cover
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2002 at the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin)
Dorothea Roschmann, Katharina Kammerloher, Hanno Muller-Brachmann, Werner Gura / Daniel Barenboim (cond)
[ TDK/Euroarts DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ]
"It is very well performed. All the singers are on good form, and work well together in this most ensemble-based of Mozart operas. The picture quality and sound quality are both excellent, and there are loads of index points." (MusicWeb)
Nielsen: Saul & David (complete opera recorded in 2015) cover
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CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Saul & David (complete opera recorded in 2015)
The Royal Danish Opera / Johan Reuter, Ann Petersen, Morten Staugaard, Susanne Resmark / Michael Schønwandt (cond)
[ Dacapo DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2016 ]
"a riveting performance by Johan Reuter in both voice and acted intensity...Pountney's direction and the conducting of Michael Schonwandt help make much of characters who might easily remain sinecures." (Gramophone DVD of the Month March 2016)
Nielsen: Maskarade (complete opera recorded in 2006) cover
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Donizetti: Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2019)) cover
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2019))
Royal Opera / Bryn Terfel, Ioan Hotea, Markus Werba, Olga Peretyatko / Evelino Pidò (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2023 ]
"Terfel sounds wonderful, singing with handsomely focused tone and brings considerable panache to his duet with Werba, which is denied its traditional encore here. In the pit, Evelino Pidò conducts with admirable precision and grace." (Guardian).