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FROMENTAL HALÉVY
Halévy: La Juive (complete opera recorded in 2024) (DVD) Ambur Braid, John Osborn, Gerard Schneider / Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Extrachor der Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Henrik Ná [ Naxos / DVD - due 10/Apr/2026 ] Fromental Halévy's five-act grand opera La Juive ('The Jewess') is one of the most popular operas of the 19th century, captivating audiences ever since its debut at the Opéra de Paris in 1835. Set in the 15th century and full of pageantry, the... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete French version, Paris 1865, recorded in 2024) Teatro Regio, Parma, Italy / Ernesto Petti, Lidia Fridman, Michele Pertusi, Luciano Ganci / Roberto Abbado (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / DVD - due 17/Apr/2026 ] 'In the pit, Maestro Roberto Abbado conducted highlighting all the different colours of the score and paying great attention to the stage' - The Opera Critic |
GEORGES BIZET / AMBROISE THOMAS / ANDRE MESSAGER / CHARLES GOUNOD / LEO DELIBES
Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2 - Bizet: Carmen / Thomas: Hamlet / Messager: Fortunio / Gounod: La nonne sanglante / Delibes: Lakmé Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Stéphane Degout, Sabine Devieilhe, Cyrille Dubois, Michael Spyres, etc [ Naxos DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - due 22/May/2026 ] The Opéra Comique in Paris has a long tradition of giving stylish performances dating back to the 18th century. Five imaginative and critically acclaimed productions are featured in this collection of French operatic masterpieces. |
The Phantom of the Opera
[ Universal Pictures / DVD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] Based on the hit musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the tale tells the story of a disfigured musical genius that haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely... |
A Jan Schmidt-Garre Film featuring Roland Pöntinen, Vesselina Kasarova, Peter Feuchtwanger, Katerina Hebelkova, Christiane Libor
Chopin At The Opera [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2010 ] The opera for Chopin was the highest form of art - even though he never entertained the thought of writing for the stage himself. His contemporaries Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini meant more to him than Beethoven, Liszt or Schumann. They influenced... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida Ambrosian Opera Chorus with Frank Gorshin, Nan Christie, Laurence Dale, Anne Collins & others [ BBC / Umbrella DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] Music by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus and a host of stars including Frank Gorshin, Bernard Dickerson, Anne Collins and Claire Powell. 114 minutes. For more than 100 years the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan have played to... |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience & The Sorcerer [2 DVDs] Ambrosian Opera Chorus with Sandra Dugdale, Donald Adams, Derek Hammond-Stroud, John Fryatt, Clive Revill, David Kernan & Nana Christie [ BBC / Umbrella DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] For more than 100 years the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan have played to packed audiences around the world. These two names have become synonymous with classic light opera - music that is timeless and tuneful lyrics that are witty, scathing and memorable. |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Il Prigionier Superbo / La Serva Padrona (complete operas recorded 2009 & 2011) Antonio Lozano, Maria Rodrìguez Cusì, Marina de Liso, Alessandra Marianelli, Carlo Lepore / Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris [ Arthaus DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] "Marianelli is a sharp-witted, pert-voiced Serpina...Lepore is a suitably blustery Uberto, the playing of Accademia Barocca is exemplary, with some particularly splendid trumpet playing" International Record Review |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (the complete opera, recorded in 2006) The Bavarian State Opera / Edita Gruberova / Zoran Todorovich / Roberto Scandiuzzi / Sonia Ganassi / Markus Herzog / Friedrich Haider [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] "Gruberova delivers her own wholly individual interpretation ... she translates Bellini's interplay of pain, love and desire into physically palpable inner and outer drama. Immensely moving." - Die Welt |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Complete Opera recorded in 1989) Bayreuther Festspiele / Richard Versalle, Cheryl Studer, Rutland Engert-Ely, Hans Sotin / Giuseppe Sinopoli (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] "Thundering applause", wrote the prestigious "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", and Rome's "La Republica" noted the "triumphal success and storm of applause" that greeted Giuseppe Sinopoli and the ensemble at Tannhäuser's 1989 Bayreuth Festival... |
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Sacrificium - The Art of the Castrati Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] Cecilia Bartoli sings virtuoso arias from her Sacrificium album, on location in and around the spectacular baroque palace of Caserta in Southern Italy. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Recorded in 1976) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, Hermann Prey, Maria Ewing / Vienna Philharmonic / Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Jun/2005 ] "a visual treat, but having some solos delivered as interior monologues is distracting" Gramophone |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2009) Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves / Tassis Christoyannis / Dina Kuznetsova / Jennifer Holloway / Vladmir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "This Falstaff is immensely enjoyable and amongst the best that I have watched. I strongly recommend it whether you admire Verdi's last work or not..an amiable, pleasing production with an exceptionally fine cast" Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov... |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Die tote Stadt (complete opera recorded in 2019) Bayerische Staatsoper / Jonas Kaufmann, Marlis Petersen, Andrej Filonczyk, Jennifer Johnston / Kirill Petrenko (cond) [ BSO Recordings DVD / 2 DVD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR - WINNER - "There's a depth and emotional intelligence to this staging that disarmed my initial resistance...on every level, a glorious achievement." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Opera |
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) |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded in 1983) Bayreuth Festival / Rene Kollo, Matti Salminen, Johanna Meier, Hermann Becht / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's celebrated Bayreuth production is filmed on the Festspielhaus stage with six cameras and in digital sound to recreate the unique intensity of a live performance in studio quality. |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2007) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Eric Cutler, Franco Vassallo / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Feb/2008 ] "Netrebko has perhaps the most appealing stage presence among contemporary sopranos. She is a natural stage animal who can sing as she moves around the stage and interacts with her colleagues. Her sheer physicality on stage is awesome." (MusicWeb) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2008) Metropolitan Opera / Zeljko Lucic, Maria Guleghina, John Relyea, Dimitri Pittas / James Levine (Cond) [ Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "An auspicious issue in first rate sound and vision further enhanced by an excellent "behind the scenes" documentary featuring the mainstays of this memorable January 2008 night at the MET." (ClassicalNet) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete opera recorded in 1977) The Metropolitan Opera / Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Cornell MacNeil / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 27/May/2004 ] "Yes, Rigoletto is a singer's opera, but Verdi also poured into it some of his most dramatic as well as melodic music. That said, the vivid colours of the production have come up amazingly well and the sound is clear." (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in 1988) Opera Australia / Joan Sutherland, Ron Stevens, Ann-Maree McDonald / Richard Bonynge (cond) [ ABC Universal DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] The sparkling story concerns a national crisis in the picture-postcard country of Pontevedro, as the recently-widowed Hanna Glawari appears to be in danger of marrying a foreigner. |
