GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 / Kindertotenlieder Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) / Wiener Sangerknaben, Wiener Staatsoper Damenchor, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/1992 ] Original recording from 1986/1987 |
J. STRAUSS II
Strauss: Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 1971) Anneliese Rothenberger, Renate Holm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Nicolai Gedda, Adolf Dallapozza, Walter Berry / Wiener Staatsoper, Willi Boskovsky [ Warner Classics Cologne Collection / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2016 ] The original source for Die Fledermaus is a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix (1811-1873), Das Gefängnis (The Prison). Another source is a French vaudeville play, Le Réveillon, by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Their play was... |
KALMAN / LEHAR / STOLZ / J. STRAUSS / BENATZKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Classic Recitals: Hilde Gueden - Sings Operetta Evergreens Hilde Gueden, Wiener Operetten-Chor, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Robert Stolz, conductor [ Decca Classic Recitals / CD - released 5/Apr/2004 ] This Classic Recital of Operatic Evergreens, recorded in 1961, amply demonstrates Gueden's consummate skill and artistry in the type of repertory she first found fame with. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (sung in German) Oskar Czerwenka (Don Pasquale), Edita Gruberova (Norina), Luigi Alva (Ernesto), Hans Helm (Malatesta) Wiener Staatsoper, Héctor Urbón [ Naxos / DVD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Donizetti's Don Pasquale represents the high point of the Italian buffa tradition, a sparkling comedy using characters from commedia dellarte in ways that are entertaining, witty and playful. It was the work selected by the Vienna State Opera for its... |
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 2015) Wiener Staatsoper / Adrian Eröd, Janina Baechle, Daniela Sindram, Ileana Tonca, Michaela Schuster / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] Based on one of the best-loved stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hänsel und Gretel soon became one of the most-performed operas in the world and has remained enduringly popular with both children and adults ever since. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded in 2013) Wiener Staatsoper / Monika Bohinec, Anna Gabler, Roberto Saccà, Peter Sonn, Michael Volle, Markus Werb / Daniele Gatti [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "A fresh, charming and perceptive production, magical and irresistible!" (New York Times) "All narrative and poetry is nothing but the key to true dreams" (Hans Sachs). Spontaneously emerging from just such a truthful dream by the cobbler-poet on... |
Dvorák, An
Rusalka Benacková-Cáp, Dvorsky, Randova, Nesterenko, Maly, Sasaki, Sima, Hintermeier, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester der [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 23/Apr/2004 ] |
Mozart, Be
Walter Berry, Wiener Staatsoper Live Berry, Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [ ORFEO / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] |
Egk, Werne
Irische Legende Borkh, Owen, Benningsen, Klose, Litto, Böhme,Berry, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, George Szell [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2001 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (Complete Opera recorded live in 1956) Cesare Siepi, Lisa Della Casa, Elisabeth Grummer / Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "What gives this set its overriding distinction is the singing. With every member of a superb cast in best voice, it is hard to think of a more consistently sung version." (Gramophone) |
VERDI
La Traviata Cotrubas, Gruberova, Loose, Gedda, MacHeil, Equiluz, Gutstein, Pröglhöf, Lackner; Chor u. Orchester d. Wiener Staatsoper [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 18/Aug/2011 ] |
Verdi, Giu
Otello Domingo, Bruson, Kaludow, Gahmlich, Rydl, Simic, Köves, Tomowa, Sintow, Lilowa, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester de [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 6/Jul/2007 ] |
Leoncavall
Pagliacci Domingo, Cotrubas, Manuguerra, Zednik, Schöne, Pogatschnig, Witte, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester der Wiener Staa [ ORFEO / CD - released 25/Jan/2008 ] |
Henze, Han
Die Bassariden Driscoll, Paskalis, Lagger, Melchert, Dooley, Meyer, Hallstein, Little, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Wiener Philharmonike [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] |
Donizetti,
Don Pasquale, Lucia di Lammermoor, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Don Giovanni, Lucio Silla, La traviata, Die Fledermaus Edita Gruberova, Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Böhm, Patané, Haider u.a. [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 3/Jan/2012 ] |
Verdi, Giu
Attila Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, Zampieri, Visconti, Hopferwieser, Sramek; Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Giuseppe Sino [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
Verdi, Giu
Simon Boccanegra, Don Carlo, Attila, Macbetto, Il Babiere di Sivilia, Eugen Onegin, Boris Godunow Ghiaurov, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Krips, Stein Sinopoli, Matinez, Ozawa, Satanowski [ ORFEO / CD - released 5/Oct/2005 ] |
Mozart, Wo
Don Giovanni Ghiaurov, von Halem, Janowitz, Burrows, Zylis-Gara, Evans, Panerai, Mijakovic, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Wiener Philha [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] |
Verdi, Giu
Falstaff Gobbi, Panerai, Alva, Spataro, Ercolani, Petri, Schwarzkopf, Moffo, Simionato, Canali, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiene [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] |
Liebermann
Penelope Goltz, Rothenberger, Schock, Lorenz, Böhme, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Wiener Philharmoniker, Szell [ ORFEO / CD - released 21/Jul/1993 ] |