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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles [The Pearl Fishers] (Complete opera recorded in 1960 with libretto) / Plus Ivan IV (extraits) cover
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) BLU-RAY cover
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) BLU-RAY
Opera Comique / Malena Ernman / Christopher Maltman / Judith van Wanroij / Les Arts Florrisants / William Christie (cond)
[ Fra Musica Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Dec/2009 ]
Brilliant stage direction by Deborah Warner combines various time spaces in the 17th century with the present day, enhanced by the subtle lighting schemes of Jean Kalman.
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete Opera recorded in June 2021) cover
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete Opera recorded in June 2021)
Opéra Comique, Paris / Luciana Mancini, Marc Mauillon, Sara Mingardo / A Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
[ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 9/Sep/2022 ]
Monteverdi's L'Orfeo was premiered in 1607 and is the oldest opera still performed today. The narrative is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus who, armed only with the weapons of music and love, descends into Hades.
Delibes: Lakme (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY cover
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LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Lakme (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Opera Comique, Paris / Sabine Devieilhe, Grederic Antouni, Stephane Degout, Ambroisine Bre / Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Oct/2023 ]
"Laurent Pelly transforms Delibes's opera into an exploration of colonialism and cultural appropriation...Raphaël Pichon, conducting Pygmalion on original instruments, relishes Delibes's lush orchestration." BBC Music Blu-ray of the Month Jan 2024
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in June 2009) BLU-RAY cover
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in June 2009) BLU-RAY
Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Nicolas Cavallier, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (cond)
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 14/May/2021 ]
On 3 June 1975, the day after the 33rd performance of Carmen - indicating limited success as the receipts were meagre - he died from a heart attack, at the age of 36, like Mozart.
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles [The Pearl Fishers] (Complete opera recorded in 1960) cover
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BIZET
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles [The Pearl Fishers] (Complete opera recorded in 1960)
Janine Micheau, Nicolai Gedda, Ernest Blanc / Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra Comique, Pierre Dervaux
[ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ]
"Ernest Blanc, in the difficult role of the alternately jealous and forgiving Zurga, is in superb voice, showing a real understanding of the right style and of character." (Gramophone)
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Mado Robin, Agnes Disney, Libero de Luca. Orchestre et choeur de l'Opera-Comique, Paris. Georges Sebastian
Delibes - Lakme (Highlights from the opera)
[ Decca Heritage / CD - released 25/Aug/2004 ]
"Another very recommendable 'highlights' disc from Decca...the recording is perfect." Gramophone April 1955
Lakme (complete opera) cover
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DELIBES
Lakme (complete opera)
Mado Robin (soprano) / Agnes Disney (mezzo) / Libero de Luca (tenor) / Paris Opera-Comique Chorus and Orchestra / Georges Sebastien
[ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ]
The great soprano Mado Robin made her début at the Paris Opéra in 1945 as Gilda, and gave her first performance as Lakmé, which was to become her most famous rôle, the following year at the Opéra-Comique.
Delibes: Lakme (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) cover
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LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Lakme (Complete Opera recorded in 1971)
Mady Mesple, Charles Burles, Roger Soyer / Opera-Comique , Alain Lombard
[ Erato The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ]
"Mady Mesplé's very French, light girlish tone admirably suggests the virginal character and innocence of the heroine: her intonation is impeccable, her coloratura seemingly effortless" Gramophone
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in June 2009) cover
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in June 2009)
Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Nicolas Cavallier, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (cond)
[ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 14/May/2021 ]
On 3 June 1975, the day after the 33rd performance of Carmen - indicating limited success as the receipts were meagre - he died from a heart attack, at the age of 36, like Mozart.