More By Artist: Vienna State Opera
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SCHUBERT
Rosamunde (complete incidental music) Rohanzig Yachmi (contralto) / Vienna State Opera Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Munchinger [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "glows with an affectionate warmth... one of Munchinger's very best records... the VPO is at its magnificent best" (Penguin Guide) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte, K620 (Highlights from the complete opera) Walter Berry, Kurt Bohme, Hilde Gueden, August Jaresch, Wilma Lipp, Emmy Loose, Leopold Simoneau / Vienna State Opera Chorus, Karl Bohm [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] " Böhm performed Die Zauberflöte as a sublime work of transcendent humanity... Decca's 1955 sound is clear and evocative" AllMusic.com |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 [The Marriage of Figaro] (highlights) Cesare Siepi, Hilde Gueden, Alfred Poell, Lisa Della Casa / Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] A legendary cast of Vienna State Opera stars and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Erich Kleiber at the peak of his career were the essential ingredients in the making of this 1955 recording of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro that is... |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Wagner Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / [ Decca / CD - released 10/Nov/1993 ] A great beginners guide to the operas of Richard Wagner. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Russian Legends & Dances Utah Symphony, Maurice Abravanel (cond) / Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann (cond) [ Alto / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] |
PUCCINI / VERDI / LEONCAVALLO / WAGNER / GOUNOD / etc
Grand Opera Choruses (Madama Butterfly, Fidelio, Lohengrin, Carmen, etc) Vienna State Opera / London Opera Chorus / Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome / Ambrosian Opera Chorus [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] All the great opera choruses on one CD |
VERDI / WAGNER / LEONCAVALLO / PUCCINI / MASCAGNI
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves: 20 Greatest Opera Choruses Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden, Antal Dorati / Vienna State Opera Chorus, Herbert von Karajan / Robert Shaw Chorale [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "For many, Opera is not just about large sopranos and dashing tenors sharing tender moments in duets, or villainous baritones, or even erring daughters; we also relish the thrill of a fine chorus rising to an old favourite such as the Chorus of the... |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta) Eberhard Waechter, Gundula Janowitz, Renate Holm, Heinz Holecek, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic. Karl Bohm [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Classic recordings now available at a budget price |
JOHANN STRAUSS
Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1960) Hilde Gueden, Walter Berry, Ericjh Kunz, Regina Resnik / Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Hilde Gueden is by no means vocally perfect; but how ravishingly she plays the part! Regina Resnik, too, is convincing in Orlovsky's couplets, Walter Berry is an excellent Falke." (Gramophone) |
VERDI
Nabucco (complete opera recorded in 1965) Tito Gobbi / Elena Souliotis / Carlo Cava / Bruno Prevedi / Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Lamberto Gardelli [ Decca Operas / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] Decca's recordings in the 1960s were state-of-the-art and this set, produced by Erik Smith and engineered by Gordon Parry and James Brown, wears its years lightly, better in fact than the much later Muti set. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera recorded in 1983) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Eva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli / Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] The Hungarian soprano Eva Marton brought to the title role a voice of gleaming metal in which one senses the beautiful woman lying in wait to defeat her opponent but is also aware of her fears of man in general. |
STRAUSS 11 / KALMAN / OSCAR STRAUSS / LEHAR / DOSTAL / STOLZ
Hilde Gueden sings operetta Hilde Gueden (soprano) / Vienna State Opera / New Promenade Orchestra / Hans May [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2015 ] "my first choice is "Operetta Evergreens" in which Hilde Gueden is the lovely soloist in selections from Johann Strauss, Lehár, Kálmán, Zeller and others" (Gramophone Dec 1962) |
ENESCU
Enescu: Oedipe Monte Pederson, Eglis Silins, Davide Damiani, Michael Roider Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2006 ] |
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI
Ponchielli: La Gioconda (complete opera recorded in 1986) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Placido Domingo, Eva Marton, Matteo Manuguerra, Ludmila Semtschuk / Adam Fischer (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Amilcare Ponchielli's sole operatic work La Gioconda made him a major figure in Italy. Internationally renowned stars Eva Marton and Placido Domingo, who play the leading roles in the performance, ensure an unforgettable operatic experience. |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Werther (complete recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Marcelo Álvarez, Elina Garanca, Ileana Tonca, Adrian Eröd, Alfred Sramek, Peter Jelosit / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "The Vienna State Opera Orchestra plays rhapsodically for Phillip Jordan. He comes close to delivering a great Werther...this is a stunning, newly and originally conceived show." (ClassicsToday) |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (Complete Operetta) (Rec 1950) Wilma Lipp / Hilde Gueden / Sieglinde Wagner / Chorus of the Vienna State Opera [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 1/May/2002 ] Die Fledermaus was first performed on 5th April 1874 |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 1985) Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Justino Diaz / Vienna State Opera Choir & Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deusche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] This famous film of the world's best-loved opera, directed by Herbert von karajan, features the three greatest exponents of their respective roles at the time. - "overwhelming in its truthfulness to the tragic vision of Carmen", wrote the... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La fanciulla del West (complete opera recorded in 2013) Vienna State Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Nina Stemme, Tomasz Konieczny / Franz Welser-Most (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 10/Mar/2016 ] 'Their singing is magnificent' BBC Music Magazine - Opera Choice - March 2016 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera studio film recorded in 1979). Vienna State Opera / Gabriel Bacquier, Richard Stilwell, Karan Armstrong, Jutta-Renate Ihloff / Sir Georg Solti (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 13/Oct/2010 ] Gotz Friedrich's charming, bawdy 1979 studio film of Verdi's comic masterpiece was acclaimed cy critics for its Shakespearean vitality. The cast headlined by Gabriel Bacquier in his signature role. |
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