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Future opera releases on DVD and Blu-ray

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#1 ·
Hey, I thought of another thread for a neglected area: the DVDs and blu-rays that are coming up.

I'm excited about this, about to be released on 6/14/11 - Lully's Armide, by William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, on blu-ray:

 
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DECCA remastering classics.



Puccini: La Bohème

Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Mirella Freni (Mimi), Rolando Panerai (Marcello), Elizabeth Harwood (Musetta), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Gianni Maffeo (Schaunard)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Schonberger Sangerknaben & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

Deluxe hard-back editions with original covers.

Each edition includes libretto, and synopsis both with English, German and French translations, original essay, and rare images.

Presented on 2CDs + High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc containing the complete opera in 24-Bit audio.

Remastered in ultra-high quality 96kHz/24-bit audio at Abbey Road Studios in 2014 under the supervision of long-term Decca balance engineer Philip Siney.

as well as;

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Sherrill Milnes (Enrico), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo), Ryland Davies (Arturo), Huguette Tourangeau (Alisa), Pier Francesco Poli (Normanno)

Chorus & Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
and

Verdi: Rigoletto

Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Joan Sutherland (Gilda), Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto), Huguette Tourangeau (Maddalena), Martti Talvela (Sparafucile)

London Symphony Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Richard Bonynge
 
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Puccini: La Bohème

Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Mirella Freni (Mimi), Rolando Panerai (Marcello), Elizabeth Harwood (Musetta), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Gianni Maffeo (Schaunard)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Schonberger Sangerknaben & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

Deluxe hard-back editions with original covers.

Each edition includes libretto, and synopsis both with English, German and French translations, original essay, and rare images.

Presented on 2CDs + High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc containing the complete opera in 24-Bit audio.

Remastered in ultra-high quality 96kHz/24-bit audio at Abbey Road Studios in 2014 under the supervision of long-term Decca balance engineer Philip Siney.

as well as;

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Sherrill Milnes (Enrico), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo), Ryland Davies (Arturo), Huguette Tourangeau (Alisa), Pier Francesco Poli (Normanno)

Chorus & Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
and

Verdi: Rigoletto

Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Joan Sutherland (Gilda), Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto), Huguette Tourangeau (Maddalena), Martti Talvela (Sparafucile)

London Symphony Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Richard Bonynge
The Blu-Ray sounds fantastic! Lots of other titles from Universal showing up on Blu-Ray audio lately.
 
#234 ·
Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Anna Netrebko (Manon Lescaut), Yusif Eyvazov (Des Grieux), Armando Piña (Lescaut), Carlos Chausson (Geronte), Benjamin Bernheim (Edmondo)

Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Marco Armiliato
Somewhere before the end of the year.
 
#242 ·

Puccini: Turandot

Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta, Angelo Veccia, Roberto Covatta, Blagoj Nacoski, Carlo Bosi, Gialuca Breda

Coro di voci bianche dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Riccardo Chailly

PHP:
TURANDOT, the first BD/DVD of a cycle of the complete Puccini operas in partnership with La Scala and conducted by Chailly. Quality casts and sumptuous productions guarantee a new benchmark for these classic operas. This Turandot is unique in presenting for the first time on film the LUCIANO BERIO completion of the opera - premiered by Chailly in 2001. Nina Stemme assumes the title role with Maria Agresta as Liu with Aleksandrs Antonenko as the heroic Calaf.
Out January 20th
 
#244 ·
Norbeck, Peters & Ford latest release:

EUGEN ONÉGIN, Live Performance, 8 May, 1951, w.Khaikin Cond. Leningrad Maly Opera Ensemble; Ivan Alekseyev, Ivan Kozlovsky, Olga Kashevarova, Lyudmila Grudina, Sofia Preobrazhenskaya, Nikolai Konstantinov, etc. (Russia) 2-Aquarius AQVR 398 [The audience's wildly enthusiastic response is quite palpable, especially with Kozlovsky's initial appearance, briefly interrupting the stage action - not unlike the exciting response to Lemeshev in his live performance, OP2892! This performance is clearly another such 'event'!] (OP3194)

More info on their website.
 
#245 ·


Anniversary Edition 2 CDs Barcode 5991813278821

Boito:
L'altra notte in fondo al mare (from Mefistofele)

Catalani:
Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)

Cilea:
Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur)

Poveri fiori (from Adriana Lecouvreur)

Gounod:
Il était un roi de Thule... Ah! je ris (from Faust)

Mascagni:

Voi lo sapete o mamma (from Cavalleria rusticana)

Mozart:
Ch'io mi scordi di te?... Non temer, amato bene, K505

Ah, lo previdi... Ah, l'invola agl'occhi miei, K272

Oh smania! oh furie!...D'Oreste, d'Aiace (from Idomeneo)

Strauss, R:

Vier letzte Lieder

Verdi:
Ecco l'orrido campo … Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (from Un ballo in maschera)

Morrò, ma prima in grazia (from Un Ballo in Maschera)

Mia madre aveva...Piangea cantando...Ave Maria (from Otello)

Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino)

Wagner:
Wesendonck-Lieder (5)

Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhauser)
 
#247 ·
From: Norbeck, Peters & Ford

MADAME L'ARCHIDUC, recorded 1956, w. Cariven Cond. Claudine Collart, René Lenoty, Aimé Doniat, André Balbon, Gaston Rey & Freda Betti; LA FIFRE ENCHANTÉ, recorded 1958, w.Roger Ellis Cond. Nicole Broissin, Joseph Peyron, Claudine Collart, Aimé Doniat & Gilbert Moryn (both Offenbach; both Radio-Lille Ensemble). [Particularly memorable are the performances of the exquisite Nicole Broissin & Claudine Collart (the latter whom we recently lost on 15 March 2016), the inimitable Aimé Doniat and the delightful Joseph Peyron! Another irresistible charmer - among the very best in this series!] (France) 2-Malibran 801. (OP3196)
 
#255 ·

Verdi: Otello
Osterfestspiele Salzburg, Großes Festspielhaus, March 2016

José Cura (Otello), Dorothea Röschmann (Desdemona), Carlos Álvarez (Iago), Benjamin Bernheim (Cassio), Christa Mayer (Emilia), Georg Zeppenfeld (Lodovico), Csaba Szegedi (Montano), Gordon Bintner (Herald)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
 
#257 ·


Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Michael Spyres (Mitridate), Patricia Petibon (Aspasia), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Sifare), Christophe Dumaux (Farnace), Sabine Devieilhe (Ismène), Cyrille Dubois (Marzio) & Jaël Azzaretti (Arbate)

Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm.

Out April 28th
 
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