More By Artist: Metropolitan Opera
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever, Matthew Polenzani, Matthew Rose / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2015 ] On New Year's Eve 2012 Joyce DiDonato became the first singer to take the title role in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at New York's Metropolitan Opera. With her at its heart, the production became, in the words of Opera magazine, "a high point of the... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (the complete opera recorded in 1995) Metropolitan Opera / Kiri Te Kanawa, Vladimir Chernov, Placido Domingo, Robert Lloyd / James Levine (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 16/Sep/2004 ] "Vladimir Chernov's Boccanegra, a compelling portrayal, beautifully and intensely sung. His eyes tell us throughout of Boccanegra's torments of mind and heart. Levine draws fine performances from his players, but Solti does as well if not... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Ernani (complete opera recorded in 1983) Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Leona Mitchell, Sherrill Milnes / James Levine (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 18/Jan/2008 ] G - "A quartet of major voices was on hand to fill the leading roles... Naturally, they gave fans of sheer vocalism a great deal to cheer about during the evening... Mr. Pavarotti gave a splendid full-throated performance... He was also a sensitive... |
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GIORDANO
Andrea Chenier (complete opera recorded in 1997) Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Guleghina, Juan Pons / James Levine (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 22/Apr/2012 ] |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in December 2016) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Johan Reuter / Lothar Koenigs [ Nonesuch Classics Blu-Ray+DVD / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] "conducting, singing, direction: they're all of a piece, working to domesticate Berg's feral beast, and making it the funniest, least absurd and most approachable Lulu on film" Gramophone |
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Metropolitan Opera Orc & Choru
Puccini: La Boheme [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 7/Feb/2011 ] |
DONIZETTI
La Fille Du Regiment (complete opera recorded in 1940) Metropolitan Opera, Lily Pons, Raoul Jobin, Irra Petina & Salvatore Baccaloni, Irra Petina / Gennaro Papi (cond) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 31/Oct/2011 ] Recorded live on 28th December 1940 Beloved soprano Lily Pons was at her most charming and vivacious in this performance, her house role debut as the titular heroine, Marie, and her only Met broadcast in the role. The cast for this centennial... |
PUCCINI
Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey / Andris Nelsons (cond) [ Decca Music Group Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Jul/2011 ] Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in the Met repertory. |
VERDI
Aida (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Violeta Urmana, Johan Botha, Dolora Zajick & Carlo Guelfi / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ Decca Music Group Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Jul/2011 ] Verdi's epic drama of ancient Egypt comes to life in the Met's monumental production, captured here in a breathtaking Live in HD presentation. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera recorded in 2009) Metropolitan Opera / Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Sony Metropolitan Series DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "No one could fault any of the singing in this large-scale production which is often stunningly beautiful, particularly the first act ending. Sets and props are minimal-effects are achieved primarily through color. Video and audio are... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 1986) Metropolitan Opera / Peter Hofmann, John Macurdy, Eva Marton, Leonie Rysanek / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] "The Met brought out its best available performers. . . James Levine. . . controls the music superbly and. . . brings out a texture of sound in which Wagnerian sensualists can simply wallow." (Washington Post, 1986) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Peter Mattei, Rene Papp, Jonas Kaufmann, Katarina Dalayman / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ Sony DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "The impassioned intensity Jonas Kaufmann brings to Parsifal's music is matched by the rhetorical conviction of Peter Mattei's Amfortas and Evgeny Nikitin's Klingsor." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Peter Mattei, Rene Papp, Jonas Kaufmann, Katarina Dalayman / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Mar/2014 ] "The impassioned intensity Jonas Kaufmann brings to Parsifal's music is matched by the rhetorical conviction of Peter Mattei's Amfortas and Evgeny Nikitin's Klingsor." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
VERDI
Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Piotr Beczala, Zeljko Lucic, Diana Damrau, Oksana Volkova, Stefan Kocan / Michele Mariotti [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] The sought-after lyric tenor Piotr Beczala, is the womanizing Duke in this new production of Verdi's Rigoletto from the Metropolitan Opera. Ċ½eljko Luèiæ sings the title role and Diana Damrau sings Rigoletto's daughter Gilda. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 2010) Metropolitan Opera / Plácido Domingo, Adrianne Pieczonka, James Morris, Marcello Giordani / James Levine (cond) [ Sony Metropolitan Series DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "(Domingo's) portrayal is touching and sounds beautiful, particularly in the last act; in its own way, it is yet another triumph for him in what is a very long career of triumphs." (ClassicsToday) |
HANDEL
Rodelinda (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Renee Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Stephanie Blythe / Harry Bicket (cond) [ Decca Classics Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2012 ] E: Renée Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth's celebrated production of Handel's Rodelinda from the Metropolitan Opera - based on the "Live in HD" transmission to cinemas worldwide. |
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VERDI / JOHAN STRAUSS
Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center [2 DVDs] The Metropolitan Opera with Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Cheryl Studer, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Daniels, and many others [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 6/May/2010 ] G - Thrill to "hours and hours of glorious opera...A triumphant celebration of virtuosity (Toronto Globe and Mail) as New York's legendary opera company celebrates its first quarter century at Lincoln Center with "one of the most exquisitely refined... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera recorded in 1993) Michael Sylvester, Aprile Millo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Vladimir Chernov, Dolora Zajick / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2012 ] Release includes a booklet with a three language synopsis [English / French / German], full cast list and detailed track list |
VERDI
Aida (Complete opera recorded in 1991) Placido Domingo, Aprile Millo, James Morris / Metropolitan Opera / James Levine [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Release includes a booklet with a three language synopsis [English / French / German], full cast list and detailed track list |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 1983) Metropolitan Opera / Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Grace Bumbry, Nicolai Ghiaurov / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 13/Oct/2005 ] Filmed in 1983, this DVD captures the Metropolitan Opera's sweeping sets, its army of authentically costumed singers, and a cast of glowing soloists led by Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Grace Bumbry and Nicolai Ghiaurov |
