Since you are interested in 'the Magic Flute' for Children (recorded Salzburg Festival, 1982), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2005) Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Thomas Hampson / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón and Thomas Hampson captivated the world of opera in summer 2005 with sensational performances in the Salzburg Festival's new Traviata. |
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Faust (complete opera directed by Ken Russell in 1985) Vienna State Opera / Gabriela Benackova, Francisco Araiza, Ruggero Raimondi / Erich Binder (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] Gounod's crowning achievement Faust, first staged in 1859 at the Lyric Theatre in Paris, is a conflict of good and evil, love and hate. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze de Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera recorded in 2006) Vienna State Opera / Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Dorothea Roschmann / Anna Netrebko / Christine Schafer / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 18/Jun/2007 ] "The opera has probably never sounded as magnificent... It's shattering, unforgettable music theatre." - The Gardian, London |
BEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Die Verkraufte Braut [The Bartered Bride] (complete opera recorded in 1982) Vienna State Opera / Lucia Popp / Siegfried Jerusalem / Karl Ridderbusch / Adam Fischer (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / DVD - released 7/Aug/2007 ] Every bar bubbles with the spirit of the Bohemian countryside in Otto Schenk's picturesque 1982 production from Vienna, where Smetana's comic masterpiece, The Bartered Bride, first conquered the hearts of opera lovers with its lilting melodies,... |
JOHANN STRAUSS
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1972) Vienna State Opera / Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wacher, Renate Holm, Erich Kunz / Karl Bohm (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] G - "It breathes the wondrous, intoxicating atmosphere of Vienna, features the orchestra and select singers of that city's legendary opera and is presided over by that master among Strauss conductors, Karl Böhm" (San Francisco Examiner) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart for Kids Various Artists [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy, playing to the kings and queens of Europe before he was ten years old. This album can't guarantee to turn your kid into a genius - but it could turn him or her onto classical music. |
W.A. MOZART
Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded the Salzburg Festival in 2006) Vienna State Opera / Ana Maria Martinez/ Sophie Koch / Shawn Mathey / Thomas Allen / Vienna Philharmonic / Manfred Honeck(cond) [ Decca Classics Mozart 22 / 2 DVD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] G - "A musical and vocal pleasure... A major festival event in the anniversary year." -Donaukurier |