HANDEL
Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova, Kristina Hammarström / Marc Minkowski (conductor) [ Arthaus Musik Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "Conductor and orchestra are superb; so is Anja Harteros, who finds real depth in Alcina's passion for Ruggiero." (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2011) Vienna State Opera / Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova, Veronique Gangemi / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Arthaus DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] "onductor and orchestra are superb; so is Anja Harteros, who finds real depth in Alcina's passion for Ruggiero. After an effortful start in her opening aria, Veronia Cangemi is well on form in 'Credete al mio dolore'." Gramophone |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Anna Bolena [complete opera recorded in 2011] Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Evelino Pido (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Feb/2012 ] With her sensational role debut at the Vienna State Opera, superstar diva Anna Netrebko displays a performance of rare vocal and dramatic power. The Russian soprano sings the role of the unjustly accused second wife of British King Henry VIII,... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Anna Bolena [complete opera recorded in 2011] BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Evelino Pido (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "No lover of Donizetti's operas should do without this outstanding performance" (MusicWeb May 2012) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Overtures Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Baroque Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen [ Deutsche Grammophon / 8 CD Box Set - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Complete symphony cycle in mono in remarkable sound quality Newly transferred from the original tapes and remastered to the highest standards |
W.A. MOZART
Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded the Salzburg Festival in 2006) Vienna State Opera / Ana Maria Martinez/ Sophie Koch / Shawn Mathey / Thomas Allen / Vienna Philharmonic / Manfred Honeck(cond) [ Decca Classics Mozart 22 / 2 DVD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] G - "A musical and vocal pleasure... A major festival event in the anniversary year." -Donaukurier |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera) Maria Reining / Ludwig Weber / Sena Jurinac / Hilde Gueden / Vienna State Opera Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Erich Kleiber, conductor [ Regis Records / 3 CD - released 16/Feb/2005 ] "Kleiber senior's innate and deep understanding of the score and his instinctive feeling for the Viennese idiom remains unsurpassed..." - Gramophone |
RICAHRD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (Complete opera recorded in 1968) Christa Ludwig, Gwyneth Jones, Lucia Popp / Vienna Philharmonic & Chorus of The Vienna State Opera, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "There is no disputing that Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic established a good relationship in this music. The orchestra are the outstanding feature of the recording, the players providing all the lusciousness the conductor required and also... |
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) |
JOHANN STRAUSS
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1972) Vienna State Opera / Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wacher, Renate Holm, Erich Kunz / Karl Bohm (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] G - "It breathes the wondrous, intoxicating atmosphere of Vienna, features the orchestra and select singers of that city's legendary opera and is presided over by that master among Strauss conductors, Karl Böhm" (San Francisco Examiner) |
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 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 |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 1980) Vienna State Opera / Lucia Popp / Edita Gruberova / Brigitte Fassbaender / Bernd Weikl / Walter Berry / Theodor Guschlbauer (cond) [ Arthaus / DVD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] TDK presents the quintessence of operetta - Die Fledermaus - in a lavish staging from the theatre where it is most at home: the Vienna State Opera. Under the direction of theatrical living legend Otto Schenk, a dream-team of perfectly matched... |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (Rec 1950) Hilde Guden, Julius Patzak, Kurt Preger, Sieglinde Wagner / Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Clemens Krauss [ Nimbus Prima Voce / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "…Clemens Krauss's conducting… has never been surpassed for sheer charm; and the use of a team of native Austrian singers gives a uniquely authentic Viennese feel to the interpretation." Gramophone Magazine, January 2009 |
BEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Die Verkraufte Braut [The Bartered Bride] (complete opera recorded in 1982) Vienna State Opera / Lucia Popp / Siegfried Jerusalem / Karl Ridderbusch / Adam Fischer (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / DVD - released 7/Aug/2007 ] Every bar bubbles with the spirit of the Bohemian countryside in Otto Schenk's picturesque 1982 production from Vienna, where Smetana's comic masterpiece, The Bartered Bride, first conquered the hearts of opera lovers with its lilting melodies,... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 2005) Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Leo Nucci, Ildebrando D´Arcangelo / Alfred Eschwé (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "The Vienna State Opera's presentation of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore in April 2005 is as good as it gets. All in all, this is a superb release, and highly recommended." (ClassicalCDReview.com) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra (complete opera recorded live in 1965) Regina Resnik, Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Wolfgang Windgassen / Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Böhm himself is at his absolute best, attaining almost unbearable levels of frenzy in places, yet also wonderfully detailed, even with the restricted, mono sound." (The Guardian) |
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 ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugene Onegin (complete opera Recorded at the 2007 Salzburg Festival) Vienna State Opera / Peter Mattei / Anna Samuil / Joseph Kaiser / Daniel Barenboim (com) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] G : - Recorded at the 2007 Salzburg Festival, this production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin features an excellent, young cast and the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by maestro Daniel Barenboim. |
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Faust (complete opera directed by Ken Russell in 1985) Vienna State Opera / Gabriela Benackova, Francisco Araiza, Ruggero Raimondi / Erich Binder (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] Gounod's crowning achievement Faust, first staged in 1859 at the Lyric Theatre in Paris, is a conflict of good and evil, love and hate. |