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What opera CD/DVD have you purchased recently?

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#1 ·
i just ordered the Kubelik Meistersinger.
cant wait to hear it?:)
 
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#49 ·
Received the Keilberth Stereo Ring today.
It's a beautiful set. 2 nice booklets. One a synopsis and one about Keilberth
and the operas.
The discs are in beautiful glossy cardboard sleeves with pictures from the opera
on them.
Haven't listened yet, but will post when I do. Ciao
 
#50 ·
Watched the DVD of Peter Grimes from La Scala . John Graham-Hall is a wonderful Grimes...all petty madness. I love other interpreters like Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Philip Langridge. I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with his portrayal. Similarly, Ellen (Susan Gritton) is superb....a lovely range. I also enjoyed Felicity Palmers Auntie and the Balstrode of Christopher Purves.

What suprised me most was the wonderful setting. It just brought the whole thing to life. I especially was touched by the scene during the church service with Ellen and the boy.

For DVD opera i look for performances that make me stick like glue and wow my senses....this one does. Much better than the Met DVD and the one from Zurich. Better cast, conductor and setting by far!
 
#51 ·
Gergiev Walkure.
can't wait :)
 
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#52 ·
I've just received a very well remastered version of the classic 1939 Met performance of Simon Boccanegra (Tibbett, Rethberg, Martinelli, Pinza, Warren), from the Canadian label Immortal Performances. I've searched all my life (and I am old now) for a well engineered restoration of this one, and this is it for me.
 
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ROSSINI
'La Cenerentola'
Riccardo Chailly Conductor
Cecilia Bartolli Singer
Decca


BERLIOZ
'Benvenuto Cellini'
John Nelson Conductor
Orchestra National de France
Gregory Kunde, Patrizia Ciofi, Joyce Di Donato Singers
Virgin Classics


BELLINI
'I Capuleti e i Montecchi'
Fabio Luisi Conductor
Wiener Symphoniker
Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca Singers
DG

Along w/2 Haydn Masses. John Eliot Gardiner Conducting
 
#55 ·
Just received this wonderful dvd+cd and a second cd from Amazon. The documentary is a centennial tribute that is very well made and extremely affecting. A plus for me is that it's narrated by Charlotte Rampling. :kiss:

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#59 · (Edited)
3 operas on DVD.

Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini
TDK
Stage performance by the Opera National de Paris 2002
Joyce DiDonato Rosina
Bruno Campanella Conductor

LaCenerentola Rossini
Decca
Live broadcast of Gran Teatre del Liceu
Joyce DiDonato-Juan Diego Florez Angelina-Don Romiro
Patrick Summers Conductor

The Enchanted Island A Baroque patiche Written by Jeremy Sams Music of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and others.
Virgin Classics
NY Met World Premiere Production
David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, Joyce DiDonato and Placido Domingo Singers
William Christie Conductor

Yes, I went on a Joyce DiDonato kick. Besides feeling she is one of, if not the, leading Mezzos in the world today, she is from KC, Mo. Got to support one of our own:)cool:). BTW, she is great on all 3, esp. Enchanted Island.
 
#60 ·
Big order day for me. :)

Das Rheingold Gergiev
Daphne Bohm
Wagner at the Met various artists.
:)
 
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#73 ·
Hopefully something of him singing Britten...either Vere or Grimes. I particularly like his Vere...very upper class commander, can imagine him stood there with his hat on surveying the waters and enjoying a glass of wine with the officers. I must dig out his Death in Venice
 
#68 · (Edited)
Wagner, Lohengrin, Jochum, Opera D'Oro Grand Tier

Strauss, Arabella, Solti, Decca



 
#69 · (Edited)
Adding to my Lohengrin collection.............



And checking out Kempe's Bayreuth Ring.........

 
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Had to get it. Just couldn't resist Vickers, Hotter and Knappy together.
Knappys last performance at Bayreuth too,
and the classy Orfeo presentation.
I'm so weak. :rolleyes::D
 
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#72 ·
His Parsifal is excellent.
 
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#74 ·
This one:

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I have not had a good listen yet, but I think with Birgit Nilsson and Gottlob Frick you can't go wrong.
 
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For 12 dollars I thought I'd give it a go. :)
 
#79 ·
Not one of my favorites. The singing is ok, but tempi too fast for my taste.
 
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I just ordered from Amazon the DVD of the 1982 Covent Garden performance of LA BOHEME with Ileana Cotrubas, Neil Shicoff, and Thomas Allen. Having always heard this version spoken highly of, I was considering it for years -- then I saw a trailer on Youtube that made up my mind for me. I can't wait for the DVD to come; I think it's going to be great.
 
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