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The Last Castrato. Arias for Velluti cover
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI / FRANCESCO MORLACCHI / SAVERIO MERCADANTE / PAOLO BONFICHI / GIUSEPPE NICOLINI
The Last Castrato. Arias for Velluti
Franco Fagioli, Stefan Plewniak, Chœur & Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
[ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - due 28/Feb/2025 ]
Giovanni Battista Velluti, born in 1780, was the last heir of the great Italian castrati. His exceptional voice, both powerful and agile, and his impressive vocal mastery opened the doors to the most prestigious opera houses in Europe.
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera) cover
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera)
Bernd Weik, Teresa Kubiak, Stuart Burrows / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Georg Solti
[ Decca Music Group Limited DVD / DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ]
Director Petr Weigl is celebrated for his sumptuous opera films, using magnificent natural settings and casting photogenic actors in the principal roles.
La Nilsson (arias and songs by Wagner, Weber, Beethoven, Gounod, etc) cover
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BIRGIT NILSSON
La Nilsson (arias and songs by Wagner, Weber, Beethoven, Gounod, etc)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Edward Downes (with Ake Leven, organ)
[ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ]
One of the greatest soprano legends of all time, Nilsson's 1963 Decca recital with Sir Edward Downes of popular opera arias by Wagner, Weber, Beethoven, et.al. has never been fully issued. Here it is on CD - issued complete for the first time and in...
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (Highlights from the complete 1972 recording)) cover
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (Highlights from the complete 1972 recording))
Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
[ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 24/Oct/1992 ]
"Though some of the girlish freshness of voice which marked the 1961 recording had disappeared by the 1971 set, Sutherland's detailed understanding was intensified. Power is there as well as delicacy, and the rest of the cast is first-rate." Penguin
Joan Sutherland - The Art of the Prima Donna cover
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ARNE / HANDEL / BELLINI / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / MOZART / VERDI / etc
Joan Sutherland - The Art of the Prima Donna
Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ]
Sutherland's sensational debut recital album, long unavailable on its own, reissued with photographs and rarely seen costume designs for the soprano's signature roles.
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri Te Kanawa: Diva cover
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa - French Opera Arias cover
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Rossini: Heros and Heroines cover
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Rossini: Heros and Heroines
Marilyn Horne (mezzo soprano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse romande / Royal Philharmonic Orchetra / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 20/Jun/1998 ]
'Marilyn Horne's generously filled recital disc brings us one of the most cherishable among all Rossini aria records ever issued. The voice is in glorious condition, rich and firm throughout its spectacular range, and is consistently used with...
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House / Nadja Michael, Michael Volle, Michaela Schuster, Thomas Moser / Philippe Jordan
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ]
"Nadia Michael… is an attractive Salome, moving like a dancer, as physically unafraid as she is vocally… Michael Volle is an imposing, rich-toned Narraboth" (Gramophone)
Herold: La Fille Mal Gardee / Lecocq: Mam'zelle Angot (Complete Ballets) cover
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FERDINAND HEROLD / CHARLES LECOCQ
Herold: La Fille Mal Gardee / Lecocq: Mam'zelle Angot (Complete Ballets)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Lanchbery / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ]
"Here, with sound of spectacular Decca digital fidelity, Lanchbery conducts a highly seductive account of the complete ballet with an orchestra long familiar with playing it in the theatre." (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide)
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (compete opera recorded in 1984) cover
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (compete opera recorded in 1984)
The Royal Opera at Covent Garden / Dame Kiri Te Kanawa / Hermann Prey / Hildegard Heichele / Benjamin Luxon / Placido Domingo
[ Warner Music Vision / NVC Arts DVD / DVD - released 13/Oct/2003 ]
"An Austrian composer of Viennese waltzes; Johann Strauss is known as "the Waltz King." His almost 500 dance pieces are his crowning achievement, while his "Die Fledermaus" is the epitome of operetta." -ALLMUSIC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete opera recorded in 1994) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete opera recorded in 1994)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Frank Lopardo, Angela Gheorghiu, Leo Nucci / Sir Georg Solti (cond)
[ Decca Classics DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2017 ]
"The singing is glorious, and this is one of the DVDs that should be the cornerstone in any collection. A superb stage spectacle." Penguin Guide Rosette Winner
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Mauro Peter, Siobhan Stagg, Roderick Williams, Sabine Devieilhe, Mika Kares / Julia Jones (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 26/Nov/2021 ]
David McVicar's classic production embraces both the seriousness and comedy of Mozart's work. The audience is transported to a fantastical world of dancing animals, flying machines and dazzlingly starry skies. The setting provides a wonderful...
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2011) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2011)
Royal Opera House / Simon Keenlyside, Liudmyla Monastryrska, Raymond Aceto / Antonio Pappano (cond)
[ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ]
"Lloyd's Covent Garden staging of Verdi's opera has a good deal going for it; there's plenty of atmosphere in Anthony Ward's aptly dark-toned sets...Keenlyside sings the title role with imagination and insight" (BBC Music)
Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor)
[ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ]
"At its moments of greatest drama and pathos this 2013 production is undeniably effective." (MusicWeb)
MARBECK COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1994) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECK COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1994)
Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci / Royal Opera / Sir Georg Solti
[ Decca Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2012 ]
"... the Decca engineers here offer one of the most vivid and involving versions ever of La Traviata ... Gheorghiu brings heartfelt revelations, using her rich and vibrant, finely shaded soprano with consistent subtlety." Rosette Penguin Guide
Teresa Berganza - Eighteenth-Century Portraits cover
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MOZART / GLUCK / CHERUBINI / HAYDN / PERGOLESI
Teresa Berganza - Eighteenth-Century Portraits
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Félix Lavilla (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Kammerorchester, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent
[ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ]
'This has always been one of Teresa Berganza's most attractive records.' Opera, September 1968 (Mozart arias)
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin cover
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ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY / FRANZ SCHREKER
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, European Opera Centre, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
[ Onyx / CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ]
"Petrenko's interpretation [of the Schreker] is a pleasure from first to last. The excellent playing of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic brings each of the episodes vividly to life" Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2021
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Duets & Arias cover
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Bizet: Carmen (complete opera filmed in 2006) BLU-RAY cover
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera filmed in 2006) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Antonio Pappano (conductor)
[ Decca Music Group Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Jan/2017 ]
BLU-RAY - 'Kaufmann and Antonacci are that rare breed: superb singers who can also act with subtlety and passion' The Guardian