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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (Complete opera recorded in August 2013) Glyndebourne Opera / Alessandro Corbelli, Danielle de Niese, Nikolay Borchev, Alek Shrader / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/May/2014 ] "There is plenty to enjoy in this production, with lots of original visual gags that delight the audience and work well in their context without at any time going too far. The performance is really something to cherish." (MusicWeb) |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi [with Rachmaninov - The Miserly Knight] (complete operas recorded in 2004) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Alessandro Corbelli / Massimo Giordano / Richard Berkeley-Steele / Maxim Mikhailov / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Blu-Ray - "Alessandro Corbelli delivers a masterclass in how to extract every ounce of humour from comedy by playing it straight. He is the king of comedy and an international treasure." The Stage |
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BRETT DEAN
Dean: Hamlet (Complete opera recorded in 2018) Glyndebourne Opera / Allan Clayton, Sarah Connolly, Barbara Hannigan, Rod Gilfry / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 WINNER - Contemporary |
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BRETT DEAN
Dean: Hamlet (Complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Allan Clayton, Sarah Connolly, Barbara Hannigan, Rod Gilfry / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 WINNER - Contemporary |
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LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Jenufa (complete opera recorded in 1989) Glyndebourne Opera / Anja Silja, Roberta Alexander, Philip Langridge / Andrew Davis (cond) [ Kultur / Channel 4 DVD / DVD - released 28/Dec/2001 ] "State-of-the-art filming of a state-of-the-art production, cunningly cast and passionately played and conducted...hugely recommended." - International Record Review Dec 2001 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded October 2015) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Christine Rice, Allan Clayton, Kate Royal, Duncan Rock, Louise Alder / Leo Hussain (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Sep/2016 ] "Its beautifully acted and sung. Rice wrings your heart throughout and her self-lacerating final scenes have a harrowing immediacy" Gramophone |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Saul (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves, Iestyn Davies, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Bevan, Paul Appleby / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte Critics' Choice Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Jul/2024 ] "Christopher Purves is utterly consumed by his role as Saul...Iestyn Davies is vocally outstanding as David, with his customary melting melismas." Opera |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves / Tassis Christoyannis / Dina Kuznetsova / Jennifer Holloway / Vladmir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Francois Roussillon's direction, giving a due flavour of the theatrical ambience, results in a model of filmed opera." (BBC Music) |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Cendrillon [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Danielle de Niese, Kate Lindsey, Agnes Zwierko, Nina Minasyan / John Wilson (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Jun/2020 ] With its combination of enchanting love story and broad, burlesque comedy, Cendrillon is one of the great operatic fairy tales - a Cinderella that looks back to Charles Perrault's original story in all its richness and ambiguity. Massenet's sensuous... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (complete opera) Glyndebourne Opera / David Portillo, Sofia Fomina, Björn Bürger, Brindley Sherratt / Ryan Wigglesworth [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/May/2020 ] Celebrated Canadian directing duo Barbe & Doucet make both their British and Glyndebourne debuts here with their new Die Zauberflöte, a veritable "theatrical feast of eccentricity." (The Guardian). |
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RAMEAU
Hippolyte et Aricie (Complete opera recorded in 2013) Glyndebourne Opera / Ed Lyon, Christiane Karg, Sarah Connolly / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "if you don't grin and giggle you should check your pulse...But the performers hold wonderfully steady. Sarah Connolly's Phaedra throbs with the bottled desire and vulnerability expected of a queen in love with her stepson...Christie lavishes his lov |
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DONIZETTI
L'Elisir D'Amore / Don Pasquale (Complete operas recorded in 2009 & 2013) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Ekaterina Siurina, Peter Auty, Alessandro Corbelli, Danielle de Niese / Maurizio Benini, Enrique Mazzola (Conductors) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] "An enchanting account. Set in Mussolini's Italy...it is wonderfully cast and a perfect team effort." (BBC Music on L'elisir d'amore) |
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DONIZETTI
L'Elisir D'Amore / Don Pasquale (Complete operas recorded in 2009 & 2013) Glyndebourne Opera / Ekaterina Siurina, Peter Auty, Alessandro Corbelli, Danielle de Niese / Maurizio Benini, Enrique Mazzola (Conductors) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2015 ] From fake potions and feigned emotions to the follies of youth and the vulnerability of age, this special set brings together two of Donizetti's greatest comedies, L'elisir d'amore and Don Pasquale, charming works packed with musical wit and in which... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2010) Glyndebourne Opera / Gerald Finley / Luca Pisaroni / Kate Royal / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ EMI Classics / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Finley sings as well as he acts, apart from an oddly unhoneyed serenade...The singing is fine and the OAE play like angels." DVD of the Month Gramophone Magazine, August 2011 |
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RAVEL
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges / l'Heure Espagnole (complete operas recorded in 2012) Glyndebourne Opera / Khatouna Gadelia, Elodie Méchain, Paul Gay, Elliot Madore, François Piolino / Kazuki Ono (cond) [ FRA Musica DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Opera |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges / l'Heure Espagnole (complete operas recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Khatouna Gadelia, Elodie Méchain, Paul Gay, Elliot Madore, François Piolino / Kazuki Ono (cond) [ Fra Musica Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Opera |
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STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BIZET / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BRITTEN / etc
Glorious Glyndebourne: (excerpts from various operas recorded at Glyndebourne) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, John Mark Ainsley, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2014 ] An exuberant brainchild of John Christie, Glyndebourne Festival Opera launched in 1934 with a production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Since then, Glyndebourne has become a byword for excellence, bringing together the finest operatic musicians... |
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STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BIZET / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BRITTEN / etc
Glorious Glyndebourne: (excerpts from various operas recorded at Glyndebourne) Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, John Mark Ainsley, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/May/2014 ] "The combination of Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra ensures crisp ensemble of the highest quality." (Gramophone on 'The Rake's Progress) |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "It is hard to imagine a Tom Rakewell who looks the part better than the lanky, almost adolescent Topi Lehtipuu, his wide-eyed innocence an open invitation to corruption, and he sings the role with elegance." (Gramophone) |
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STRAVINSKY
The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "The combination of Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra ensures crisp ensemble of the highest quality." (Gramophone) |