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PUCCINI
Tosca (Complete opera recorded live in 2000) Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, Leo Nucci, Alfredo Mariotti/ Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Maria Guleghina makes a formidable Tosca, very believable in her jealousy, using a rich tonal range, with just a touch of vinegar at the top. She is at her finest in the great scene with Scarpia in Act 2, leading up to a radiant account of `Vissi... |
Prince Alla
Songs From the Royal Throne Room [ SRD / CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The heart of this release is material from the long hard-to-find 'Heaven Is My Roof' album - and includes a few additional tracks. |
Prince Alla
Songs From the Royal Throne Room (Vinyl) [ SRD / LP - released 26/Mar/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. Masterful late 70s cuts of regal roots reggae vocals from Prince Alla - produced by the great Tapper Zukie. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (Complete Opera recorded in 1958) Rosanna Carteri, Luigi Alva, Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] L'elisir d'amore is an 'essential' Italian comic opera and this 1958 recording, recorded with the forces of La Scala, Milan has a distinctively Italian pedigree. If its Nemorino, Luigi Alva, was born in Peru, he trained and established his reputation... |
VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI
Orchestral works (Rec.1959-61 ) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Tullio Serafin [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] This Serafin release, in excellent stereo, demonstrates his long and celebrated association with Italian opera, and represents the first of some carefully selected artists and titles for the future. |
VERDI
Il Trovatore (Complete opera recorded live in concert 2000) Salvatore Licitra, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci, Violeta Urmana / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Barbara Frittoli, like her conductor, has looked at the music anew and come up with a reading wholly eschewing prima donna antics and concentrating on the portrayal of Leonora's predicament. Quite apart from the tonal beauty, fine line and well-nigh... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera recorded in 2012) Teatre alla Scala / John Graham-Hall, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Felicity Palmer / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 31/Jul/2013 ] "Gritton's Ellen is remarkable...[Graham-Hall ] lives his role - earnest, lonely, impulsive, with a desperate desire for acceptance...Ticciati is in full control from the start" Gramophone DVD of the month July 2013 |
W.A. MOZART / VERDI / CILEA / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / PEERGOLESI
La Scala Collection: 11 DVD set of the world's most popular operas Teatro alla Scala / Daniela Dessi, Delores Ziegler, Alessandro Corbelli, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson, Thomas Allen, Samuel Ramey, etc [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection / 11 DVD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Soloists include Thomas Allen, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Daniela Dessì, Alessandro Corbelli, Giorgio Zancanaro, Chris Merritt, Cheryl Studer and Sara Mingardo |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola (complete opera.recorded in 1981) Teatro alla Scala / Frederica von Stade / Margherita Guglielmi / Laura Zannini / Francisco Araiza / Claudio Desderi / Paolo Montarsolo / Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2005 ] Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's staging of this classic fairy tale, originally created for the San Francisco Opera in 1969, has been one of the most successful opera stagings of the 20th century |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (complete opera) Teatro alla Scala / Giandrea Gavazzeni / Mirella Freni / Peter Dvorsky / Ivo Vinco [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade La Scala Collection DVD / DVD - released 16/Dec/2004 ] G - Cilea's four-act opera of jealousy and tangled love, first performed in Milan in 1902, is based on the true-life story of Adriana Lecouvreur, an 18th-Century actress at the Comédie Française |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (LP) Teatro alla Scala, Guido Cantelli [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] The very first 12" Long Play record issued by The Gramophone Company (EMI) on His Master's Voice (ALP 1001) in October 1952 - previously issued on 78RPM in 1951. The 27th April 2020 marked Guido Cantelli's centenary. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Versailles - Alexandre Tharaud (LP) Teatro alla Scala, Guido Cantelli [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "Even for aficionados of this repertoire there are surprises to be had." Gramophone |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Kristin Lewis, Fabio Sartori, Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Aug/2016 ] STAGED BY: Peter Stein Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Aida at La Scala in Milan is an experience in itself. Consequently, this new production is an event barely to be surpassed, especially when played before La Scala's notoriously critical audience.... |
WAGNER
Götterdämmerung (complete opera recorded in 2013) Teatro alla Scala / Lance Ryan, Iréne Theorin, Mikhail Petrenko, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Gerd Grochowski, Waltraud Meier / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Lance Ryan, Peter Bronder, Terje Stensvold, Johannes Martin Kränzle / Daniel Barenboim [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "Stensvold (Wanderer) sings with perfectly centred tone, terrific staying power and command of broad legato phrases...Surprisingly, though, it's Alberich here who possesses the more beautiful voice: baritone Johannes Martin Kranzle." (IRR) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620 [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Martin Summer, Yasmin Özkan, Martin Piskorski, Fatma Said, Till von Orlowski / Ádám Fischer (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2017 ] Accompanied by a luxurious team of professionals, consisting of the renowned stage director Peter Stein, stage designer Ferdinand Wöger and conductor Ádám Fischer, Teatro alla Scala presents Mozart's Zauberflöte. In this production, orchestra,... |
LUDWIG MINKUS
Minkus: Don Quixote (complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Natalia Osipova, Leonid Sarafanov, Riccardo Massimi, Matthew Endicot / Alexander Titov (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/May/2016 ] Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev Staged By: Raffaele Del Savio In this production from Teatro alla Scala the ballet Don Quixote is shown in the legendary choreography of Rudolf Nureyev. Nureyev´s intention by fusing together the worlds of Commedia... |
ADOLPHE ADAM & OTHERS
Adam: Le Corsaire (complete ballet recorded May 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Nicoletta Manni, Martina Arduino, Timofej Andrijashenko / Patrick Fournillier (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] With fairytale-like staging and a "Pas de deux" that made Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn a legend and always awaited in the ballet galas, Le Corsaire is considered a choreographic milestone in the history of ballet. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2017) Teatro alla Scala / Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta, Alexander Tsymbaluk / Riccardo Chailly(cond) [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 10/Sep/2017 ] "Stemme is in the great tradition of Birgit Nilsson's Turandot, though there is a touching uncertainty around her Princess too...Agresta's Liù is one of the most appealing on record." BBC Opera Choice June 2017 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta, Alexander Tsymbaluk / Riccardo Chailly(cond) [ Decca Music Group Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2017 ] "A firm recommendation for this eminently watchable offering from the theatre of the opera's premiere." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month April 2017 |
