Since you are interested in Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2007), 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. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera directed by Franco Zeffirelli recorded in 2008) Metropolitan Opera / Angela Gheorghiu, Ramon Vargas, Ludovic Tezier, Ainhoa Arteta / Nicola Luisotti (Cond) [ Warner Classics / DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "[Gheorghiu] was superb as Mimì… distinctive and alluring. She sang with extraordinary precision, subtlety, control, nuance, and, above all, musicality" (New York Sun). |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (complete opera recorded in 2008) Metropolitan Opera / Karita Mattila, Marcello Giordani, Dwayne Croft, Dale Travis / James Levine (Cond) [ EMI Classics DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "Ever willowy and ever inventive, Karita Mattila enacted the heroine's progress from gawky innocent to greedy charmer to tragic victim brilliantly." (Financial Times) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) [complete opera recorded in 2007] Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Florez, Felicity Palmer, Alessandro Corbelli, Donald Maxwell, Dawn French, Orchestra & Choir of the Royal Opera House, Brun [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - DVD - "The Royal Opera's new staging of La Fille du régiment will probably go down in history as one of the company's great achievements ... Laurent Pelly's production casts Natalie Dessay and Juan... |