GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (Complete opera recorded in 1996) Metropolitan Opera / Placido Domingo / Renee Fleming / James Morris / Richard Croft / Charles Anthony / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] G - Starring Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming, James Morris, Richard Croft, Charles Anthony, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. |
W. A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (compelte opera recorded in 1961) Roberta Peters, Cesare Siepi, Kim Borg / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Metropolitan Series / 3 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Roberta Peters' Susanna is delicious in the pert and sassy rather than vaguely vindictive manner, much in keeping with the overall mood, and it is beautifully sung, with a "Deh vieni" to remember." (ClassicsToday.com) |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Alceste (complete opera recorded in 1941) with commentary introductions Rose Bampton, René Maison, Leonard Warren / New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Ettore Panizza [ Naxos Immortal Performances / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Radio broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, March 1941. |
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded in 1972) Theo Adam, James King, Pilar Lorengar / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Schippers [ Sony Metropolitan Series / 3 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Direct from the Metropolitan Opera's archives. These complete live recordings are taken from the Met's historic Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts and are newly remastered from the original sources. All feature great singers in live performance, at... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen [The Ring of the Nibelungen] (recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Deborah Voigt, Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann / James Levine, Fabio Luisi (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / 5 Blu-ray Box Set - released 18/Oct/2012 ] The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history. |
VERDI
Aida (complete opera recorded in 2009) Metropolitan Opera / Violeta Urmana, Johan Botha, Dolora Zajick & Carlo Guelfi / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ Decca DVD / 2 DVD - 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. Violeta Urmana stars in the title role of the princess-turned-slave girl, opposite Johan Botha as her lover... |
WAGNER
Parsifal (the complete opera) Waltraud Meier / Siegfried Jerusalem / Metropolitan Opera / James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] G :- "Meier's Kundry is electrifying ... she simply is Kundry, having thought herself voice, body and soul into the part, a wholly remarkable achievement which is the stuff of legends" (Gramophone) |
HANDEL / RAMEAU / VIVALDI / CAMPRA / PURCELL / etc
The Enchanted Island (complete opera recorded in 2012) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, Placido Domingo / William Christie (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] "The singing from Danielle de Niese, David Daniels and Joyce DiDonato is stellar...William Christie conducts magisterially." (The Observer) |