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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 2010) Royal Opera House / Placido Domingo, Marina Poplavskaya, Joseph Calleja / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ EMI / Warner DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "No vocal Tarnhelm has suddenly magicked a different-sounding timbre for this voice: here is, simply, Domingo singing - and evidently enjoying singing - a part that's lower down. What we might here cheekily call the supporting cast are strong"... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (recorded live Covent Garden in 1975) Royal Opera House / Placido Domingo, Piero Cappuccilli, Katia Ricciarelli, Elizabeth Bainbridge / Claudio Abbado (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 15/Jul/2017 ] [Domingo] is enjoying himself as a devil-may-care ruler with a twinkle in both eye and voice...[Cappuccilli] offers a masterclass in what we really mean by 'Verdi baritone'." Gramophone Magazine |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (complete ballet recorded in 2010) Royal Opera House / Sergei Polunin, Will Kemp, Kilian Smith, Charlotte Edmonds / The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2014 ] "...Matthew Hart's Peter and the Wolf is one of the most beguiling children's ballets around." The Telegraph |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2013) Royal Opera House / Simon Keenlyside, Krassimira Stoyanova, Peter Rose / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] Gramophone Magazine DVD of the Month - December 2013 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2011) Royal Opera House / Simon Keenlyside, Liudmyla Monastryrska, Raymond Aceto / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "Lloyd's Covent Garden staging of Verdi's opera has a good deal going for it; there's plenty of atmosphere in Anthony Ward's aptly dark-toned sets...Keenlyside sings the title role with imagination and insight" (BBC Music) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] Central to the Royal Opera's centenary celebrations marking the birth of Benjamin Britten was Richard Jones's witty and insightful new production of the royal operatic pageant that Britten wrote to honour the Coronation, exploring the late life, love... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (complete ballet recorded in 1994) Royal Opera House / Viviana Durante, Zoltán Solymosi, Anthony Dowell, Benazir Hussein / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] G - 'Viviana Durante is outstanding as Aurora. Radiant and youthful, she dances with an ease and naturalness that is enchanting.' Evening Standard |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot, Tosca, La Boheme (Complete operas recorded 2001 - 2013) Royal Opera / Lise Lindstrom, Marco Berti, Eri Nakamura, Raymond Aceto, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, etc / Various conductors [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Three magnificent Royal Opera productions of three of Puccini's greatest operas. Featuring a host of international opera stars, this collection is brimming with the drama and sumptuous music that have made Puccini a household name. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (recorded live Covent Garden in 2018) Royal Opera / Michael Fabiano (Rodolfo), Nicole Car, Mariusz Kwiecien, Nadine Sierra, Florian Sempey / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] A penniless poet, a young seamstress, and a lost key: Puccini's passionate opera tells the story of a captivating romance set against the background of 19th-century Paris. The luscious score, with its soaring melodies and rich orchestration, brings... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2010) The Royal Opera / Pavol Breslik, Stephane Degout, Thomas Allen, Rebecca Evans / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2021 ] "It's a wry take on the opera, Miller emphasising that the plot is not so much about testing the fiancées' faithfulness, but an adventure in self-discovery" Gramophone |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi:Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 2002) The Royal Opera / Jose Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Yvone Naef, Verónica Villarroel / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "Elijah Moshinsky's production is surely as lively and moving as Verdi's intricate masterpiece deserves. Jose Cura sizzles." (San Francisco Chronicle) Elijah Moshinsky's new production of Verdi's opera under the baton of Carlo Rizzi. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2013) The Royal Opera / Simon O'Neill, Angela Denoke, René Pape, Gerald Finley / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ OPUS ARTE DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Nov/2014 ] "Simon O'Neill's singing is fully engaged and dramatically able to ride the storms that Pappano conjures up from the orchestra pit." (MusicWeb) |
HANDEL
Deidamia (complete opera recorded in 2012) Sally Matthews, Veronica Cangemi, Olga Pasichnyk / Concerto Köln, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & David Alden (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "Sally Matthews is perfect as Deidamia: saucy in 'Nasconde l'usignol', heartfelt in 'M'hai resa infelice'...Ivor Bolton conducts with passion: splendid sforzandos in another intense aria, 'Se il timore'." (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 (complete opera recorded in 2013) Salzburg Festival / Malin Hartelius, Luca Pisaroni, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Martin Mitterrutzner, Gerald Finley / Christoph Eschenbach (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 18/Feb/2018 ] "It is all beautifully performed by a convincingly young-looking cast. Malin Hartelius sings a ravishing 'Per pietà'…Martin Mitterrutzner's free, easy tenor is just right for the high-lying part of Ferrando" Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Die Frau ohne Schatten (complete opera recorded in 2011) Salzburg Festival / Stephen Gould, Anne Schwanewilms, Michaela Schuster / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Already brimming with symbols and transformations, the epic fairytale recounted by Strauss and his librettist Hofmannsthal in Die Frau ohne Schatten acquires a further allegorical dimension in Christoph Loy's inventive production for the Salzburg... |
JACK HEGGIE / GEORGE GERSHWIN / JEROME KERN
Amercian Operas: Moby-Dick / Porgy and Bess / Showboat (recorded 2009 - 2014) San Francisco Opera / Eric Owens, Laquita Mitchell, Jay Hunter Morris, Jonathan Lemalu, Bill Irwin, Patricia Racette / John DeMain, Patrick Summers [ EuroArts San Francisco Opera DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2016 ] "Zambello's production for San Francisco is drenched in detail and fine to look at. Catfish Row springs to life in all its tawdry glory...At the heart of the work is Eric Owen's Porgy, thankfully a subtle and superbly vocalised assumption." Opera Now |
ARRIGO BOITO
Boito: Mefistofele (Complete opera recorded in 2013) San Francisco Opera / Ildar Abdrazakov, Ramón Vargas, Patricia Racette, Erin Johnson / Nicola Luisotti (conductor) [ EuroArts San Francisco Opera DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2016 ] "Luisotti revels in the grander possibilities of the score, as well as shining a torch on its finer detail and conscientious craftsmanship." (BBC Music) |
JAKE HEGGIE
Heggie: Moby-Dick (Complete opera recorded in 2012) San Francisco Opera / Jay Hunter Morris, Stephen Costello, Jonathan Lemalu / Patrick Summers (conductor) [ EuroArts San Francisco Opera DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Achingly beautiful, magnificently sung and gorgeously staged ... the audience responded with an eight-minutestanding ovation" (Associated Press). |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Capriccio (complete opera recorded in 1993) San Francisco Opera / Kiri Te Kanawa, Hakan Hagegard, Tatiana Troyanos, Victor Braun, David Kuebler, Simon Keenlyside / Donald Runnicles (cond) [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 24/Oct/2003 ] "A witty, intellectually satisfying production with winsome performances especially Braun's La Roche. Kiri enchants but a little more expressive singing would not have gone amiss." (MusicWeb Nov 2003) |
HAMMERSTEIN & KERN
Show Boat San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Hammerstein and Kern's Show Boat is a true classic of American musical theater - a tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism. "A triumph-a... |
