IGOR STRAVINSKY / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Stravinsky / Tchaikovsky: Mavra / Iolanta (Blu-ray) Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Mirjam Mesak (Iolanta), Long Long (Vaudémont) [ BSO Recordings / Blu-ray - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Along with the young singers of the Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Director and Grimme Award winner Axel Ranisch presents an unusual approach to two rarely performed works: In Peter I. Tchaikovsky's last opera Iolanta, a blind princess is in... |
ALBERT LORTZING
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lortzing: Der Wildschutz (complete opera) Hermann Prey, Anneliese Rothenberger, Fritz Wunderlich /Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen, Robert Heger [ EMI Classics The Opera Series / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Jan/2007 ] Original 1964 recording |
JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Saffo (complete opera) Markus Schäfer, Andrea Lauren Brown / Concerto de Bassus, Simon Mayr Choir, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] No one did more to combine in his operas the innovations of the Viennese classical composers, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, with the Italian ideal of bel canto than Johann Simon Mayr, the Bavarian composer who rose to fame in Italy. |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: Paganini (complete operetta recorded 1977) Anneliese Rothenberger, Nicolai Gedda / Bayerisches Symphonie-Orchester & Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Willi [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] Léhar's Paganini heralds the composer's break with operetta tradition, aiming as it does atmore sophisticated music and more serious subjects such as we find in opera. |
FRIEDRICH von FLOTOW
Flotow: Martha (complete opera recorded in 1969) Anneliese Rothenberger, Nicolai Gedda, Brigitte Fassbaender / Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München & Bayerisches Staatsorcheste, Robert Heger [ Warner Classics Cologne Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Anneliese Rothenberger (19 June 1924 - 24 May 2010) was a German operatic soprano who had an active international performance career which spanned from 1943 to 1983. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (the complete opera recorded in 1988) Bayerischen Staatsoper / Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jungwirth, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp / Carlos Kleiber (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] "Kleiber's conducting is spacious, transparent and warm. Brigitte Fassbaender is ideal as Octavian, Gwyneth Jones a moving Marschallin, Lucia Popp a sweet-voiced if mature Sophie, and Manfred Jungwirth a dignified but funny Ochs." (BBC music) |
WAGNER
Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2013) Bayerischen Staatsoper / Johan Botha, Michaela Schuster, Wolfgang Koch, Stephen Millings / Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/Aug/2013 ] "The singing cast are very fine and, like his players, seem to have studied with their conductor in Goodall-like detail. Both Grail scenes are fully staged, rather than just stood and sung and are almost unbearably moving" (Gramophone) |
Massenet,
Werther Fassbaender, Domingo, Seibel, Nöcker, Engen, Paskuda, Kohn, Sapell, Jungwirth, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisc [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 6/May/1998 ] |
Puccini, G
Der Mantel Fischer-Dieskau, Ilosfalvy, Lenz, Engen, Varady, Töpper, Brokmeier, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatso [ ORFEO / CD - released 27/Jun/1998 ] |
Wagner, Ri
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Frantz, Frick, Pflanzl, Peter, Hopf, Kuen, della Casa, Töpper, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper; Orchester der Bayerische [ ORFEO / 4 CD - released 22/Jul/1997 ] |
Verdi, Giu
La forza del Destino, Un Ballo in Maschera, Turandot, Fidelio, Götterdämmerung Jean Cox, Claire Watson, Walter Carnuth, Karl Ridderbusch; Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] |
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Complete Opera recorded in 1963) Jess Thomas, Claire Watson & Hans Hotter / Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Aushilfschor / Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Joseph Keilberth [ Sony Opera House / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Historic but still handsome-sounding Wagner hails from the opening of Munich's Bavarian State Opera 18 years after the bombing. Joseph Keilberth keeps Die Meistersinger all helpfully on the move, Prelude included, and distinguished casting includes... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Die (The Abduction from the Seraglio) - The complete opera recorded in 1980. Bayerischen Staatsoper / Edita Gruberova / Reri Grist / Francisco Araiza / Karl BAhm (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround - Colour - NTSC A classic DVD of Mozart's beloved comic opera conducted by one of the most acclaimed Mozart conductors of the 20th century, Karl Böhm. Edita Gruberova's... |
Beethoven,
Fidelio King, Behrens, Hillebrand, McIntyre, Moll, Popp; Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Karl Böhm [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2001 ] |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Stravinsky / Tchaikovsky: Mavra / Iolanta Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Mirjam Mesak (Iolanta), Long Long (Vaudémont) [ BSO Recordings / DVD - released 22/Dec/2022 ] Along with the young singers of the Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Director and Grimme Award winner Axel Ranisch presents an unusual approach to two rarely performed works: In Peter I. Tchaikovsky's last opera Iolanta, a blind princess is in... |
Strauss, R
Feuersnot Ostertag, Proebstl, Cunitz,Fahberg, Barth, Fölser, Cordes, Wieter, Hoppe, Engen, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper; Orches [ ORFEO / 4 CD - released 15/Jul/1996 ] |
Strauß, Jo
Highlights: Die Fledermaus - Ouvertüre; Tosca - 'Recondita armonia'; Manon Lescaut - 'Tra voi, belle'; Cavalleria rustic Plácido Domingo, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper [ ORFEO / CD - released 22/Jul/1997 ] |
Strauss, R
Die Ägyptische Helena Rysanek, Kupper, Aldenhoff, Uhde, Holm, Malaniuk, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/1996 ] |
Verdi, Giu
Aida Tomowa-Sintow, Fassbaender, Domingo, Nimsgern, Lloyd, Hillebrand; Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorc [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 28/Jun/2002 ] |
Verdi, Giu
Il Trovatore Varady, Toczyska, O'Neill, Brendel, Dworchak, von Benza, Vacik, Lenz, Sapell, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper; Bayerisch [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 28/Jun/2003 ] |