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PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO
Il Tabarro / Pagliacci James Levine / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Teresa Stratas / Placido Domingo / Juan Pons / Luciano Pavarotti [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 15/Sep/2005 ] G :- Here the two pieces have been combined to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera's 1994/95 season opening - an operatic tour-de-force with Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo in the starring roles |
WAGNER
Die Walkure (Complete Opera) James Levine / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Hildegard Behrens / Jessye Norman [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] The Metropolitan Opera sings deeply passionate Wagner in this 1991 production on a spare but darkly atmospheric stage. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever, Matthew Polenzani / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Erato DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] "The two main protagonists brilliantly capture all the opera's drama and passion; DiDonato is magnificent and moving." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice August 2014 |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera recorded in 2011) Metropolitan Opera / Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] "The terrific cast was headed by the tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Ory..The soprano Diana Damrau brought her lustrous, agile coloratura soprano voice, and charisma galore, to Adèle." (NY Times) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1991) Metropolitan Opera / Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons, Enzo Dara / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 8/Jun/2005 ] "Kathleen Battle sings Adina with perfect, pearl-like tone, absolute fluency and commitment, and a trill to die for." (9/8 Classics Today) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1981) Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Judith Blegen, Sesto Bruscantini, Brent Ellis / Nicola Rescigno [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Filmed in 1981, live from the Metropolitan Opera, Luciano Pavarotti sings Nemorino in Donizetti's comic opera. This one of his Pavarotti's most famous roles and here he sings it in his prime joined by an all-star ensemble: Judith Blegen sings the... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 1988) Metropolitan Opera / Agnes Baltsa, Jose Carreras, Leona Mitchell, Samuel Ramey / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 3/Jun/2000 ] Georges Bizet's Carmen, which takes place in and around Seville, Spain tells of the downfall of a soldier, Don José, seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy, Carmen. José abandons his sweetheart and his military duties for Carmen. |
VERDI
Falstaff (complete opera recorded in December 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Ambrogio Maestri, Angela Meade, Franco Vassallo, Lisette Oropesa, Paolo Fanale / James Levine (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2015 ] Verdi's brilliant final masterpiece Falstaff, in its first new Met production in 50 years -- and conducted by Met Music Director James Levine in his first new production since his return to his podium at the Met. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La donna del lago (complete opera recorded in 2015) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Daniela Barcellona, John Osborn / Michele Mariotti (cond) [ Erato DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Dec/2015 ] The Metropolitan Opera give this live performance of Rossini's work based on the poem by Sir Walter Scott, with Joyce DiDonato as Elena, the lady of the lake, who loves the heroic Malcolm (Daniela Barcellona). |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2014) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Ċ½eljko Luèiæ, René Pape, Joseph Calleja / Fabio Luisi (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] While the New York Times writes: "Lady Macbeth is causing a sensation at the Metropolitan Opera ... This was Ms. Netrebko's night" |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Prince Igor (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Ildar Abdrazakov, Mikhail Petrenko, Sergey Semishkur, Vladimir Ognovenko / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] For the first time in nearly 100 years, Borodin's defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the MET. Dmitri Tcherniakov's production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, and his "[…]... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 1989) Metropolitan Opera / Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick, Placido Domingo / James Levine, conductor [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2003 ] "Levine's is a stalwart reading, less flashy than Maazel's and with a finer orchestra, although he could have turned up the tempo and temperature a little for the war declaration and the tomb scene." Gramophone |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - complete opera) Metropolitan Opera / Ben Heppner / Karita Mattila / James Morris / Rene Pape / James Morris / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] G :- The MET video production of Richard Wagner's only comedy Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg features the revival of Otto Schenk's 1993 production in December 2001, with an unmatchable ensemble. |
WAGNER
Die Walkure (Complete opera recorded in 2012) Metropolitan Opera / Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann, Jay Hunter Morris, Deborah Voigt / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 14/Mar/2013 ] "Terfel is twice the Wotan he seemed at Covent Garden, displaying commanding tone and rough-hewn sensitivity. Deborah Voigt's Brunnhilde is attractively lyrical...Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek are superb" BBC Music Magazine, June 2013 **** |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Complete operas recorded in 2012) Metropolitan Opera / Waltaud Meier, Iain Paterson, Jay Hunter Morris, Deborah Voigt / Fabio Luisi (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 14/Mar/2013 ] "Deborah Voigt's Brunnhilde is attractively lyrical. Jay Hunter Morris's stand-in Siegfried is a discovery, a handsome, extrovert giant...Hans-Peter Konig is a brutish Hagen." BBC Music Magazine, June 2013 **** |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles [The Pearl Fishers] (complete opera recorded in 2015) Metropolitan Opera / Diana Damrau, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, Nicolas Teste / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Erato DVD / DVD - released 24/Jan/2017 ] "The British director and filmmaker Penny Woolcock, working with a dream cast delivers in this sensitive and insightful production, originally created by the English National Opera in London." New York Times |
JOHN ADAMS
Doctor Atomic (complete opera recorded in 2008) Metropolitan Opera / Gerald Finley, Sasha Cooke, Eric Owens / Alan Gilbert (cond) [ Sony Metropolitan Series DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Video and audio are state-of-the-art. This is a major addition to the operatic DVD catalog." (ClassicalCdReview) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1978) Metropolitan Opera / Jon Vickers, Renata Scotto, Cornell MacNeil / James Levine (cond) [ Sony Metropolitan Series DVD / DVD - released 25/Sep/2011 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (the complete opera recorded in 1995) Metropolitan Opera / Kiri Te Kanawa, Vladimir Chernov, Placido Domingo, Robert Lloyd / James Levine (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 16/Sep/2004 ] "Vladimir Chernov's Boccanegra, a compelling portrayal, beautifully and intensely sung. His eyes tell us throughout of Boccanegra's torments of mind and heart. Levine draws fine performances from his players, but Solti does as well if not... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Ernani (complete opera recorded in 1983) Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Leona Mitchell, Sherrill Milnes / James Levine (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 18/Jan/2008 ] G - "A quartet of major voices was on hand to fill the leading roles... Naturally, they gave fans of sheer vocalism a great deal to cheer about during the evening... Mr. Pavarotti gave a splendid full-throated performance... He was also a sensitive... |
