Since you are interested in Bizet: Carmen (complete opera filmed in 2006) BLU-RAY, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in English in 2001) BLU-RAY San Francisco Opera / Yvonne Kenny / Bo Skovhus / Angelika Kirchschlager / Gregory Turay [ BBC / Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2010 ] G : - '…this is about as lavish a production of Franz Lehár's adorable operetta as you are ever likely to see…soprano Yvonne Kenny is perfectly cast in the title role.' Classic FM Magazine |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Messa di Requiem [Requiem Mass] Anja Harteros, Sonia Ganassim, Rolando Villazon, Rene Pape / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Sep/2009 ] "This Requiem is firmly founded on the altogether excellent singing of Pappano's Italian chorus" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010 - Choral WINNER |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (with Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3) [recorded in 2009] BLU-RAY Yuja Wang (piano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Bluray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Claudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra consists of an exclusive ensemble of handpicked musicians like Kolja Blacher and Sebastian Breuninger, Natalia Gutman, Clemens Hagen and Jens Peter Maintz. |