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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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I need another War Requiem like a hole in the head, but somehow the words Ian Bostridge have the effect of dragging my index finger irresistibly to the "proceed to checkout" button.



I listened to this on Spotify after seeing that it is Gramophone's first choice for Billy Budd. And I could see why, powerful (without sacrificing beauty of tone) Vere, youthful ardent Billy, sonorous Claggart, fine comprimarios. So I HAD to own it.



A Robert Carsen production, Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Phil, Pavol Breslik as Tamino, and luxury casting of comprimarios (José van Dam as the Speaker; Annick Massis, Magdalena Kožená and Nathalie Stutzmann as the three ladies? No brainer, buy buy buy.

 
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Ordered this one last week and received it today. Comes with a very nice booklet, including libretto. I've only checked out the first few tracks as I won't have ample time necessary to listen to it until later this weekend. The Toccata includes "ambient sounds" and the arriving "audience" going rhubarb-rhubarb in simulation of the public congregating and being summoned by fanfare. It was annoying at first, was this to be a harbinger of how it will play out in the rest of the cd? But no, it was just an opening affectation to suggest how it was done in the 1607 premiere in Mantua. But then the acoustics shape up and the very precise and studied rendition of the Prologo take over. Sounds promising. It was recorded last year, according to the liner notes in the booklet.

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I know there was a project to launch a DVD of the Bologna's performances with John Osborne and Carmela Remigio. The production was signed by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Who knows?. Maybe it will finally appears someday.

It's easy to find the performance from the Mezzo TV competition in Szeged, though the production was not precisely exciting:



And this is my favorite version in CD:

 
#88 ·
I know there was a project to launch a DVD of the Bologna's performances with John Osborne and Carmela Remigio. The production was signed by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Who knows?. Maybe it will finally appears someday.

It's easy to find the performance from the Mezzo TV competition in Szeged, though the production was not precisely exciting:

Thanks Schigolch. The production looks rather unlikely. If there was ever an opera screaming out for straightforward spooky Hollywood style romanticism, it's this one.
 
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If there was ever an opera screaming out for straightforward spooky Hollywood style romanticism, it's this one.
IMO, this opera screams for being forgotten at the first place. Or maybe it is somewhat valueable as reminder that romantic period wasn't all Byrons and Chopins and that there was something that we might call romantic exploitation art, works that made use of most cheap elements and themes popular at that time. Der Vampyr is almost like XIXth century Twilight.
 
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Part 3 of the Kempe Ring ordered. :)
 
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It's excellent Yashin. Better than I expected.
 
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Die Gezeichneten is a great opera. In fact, Schreker was almost as popular as Strauss at his time, but he gradually lost favour with the audience, and he was also attacked by the Nazi Party, because he was of Jewish origins. I would recommend it to all fans of German Romantic and Post-Romantic opera. There is a DVD in the market, if you prefer being exposed first to a visual as well as audio experience. There are some examples in youtube:



Der Schatzgraber is not such different from Die Gezeichneten, only a little bit more... expansive. The beautiful chords are now a trifle too self-conscious and sometimes it seems they are just festering notes. It's a nice experience, anyway, but in this case, to the best of my knowledge, there is no DVD available, so you need to stick to the CD. There is also part of the opera available on youtube:



About "Written on Skin", I think is a must for opera fans.
 
#109 ·
Very disappointed here. Presentation excellent, sound very good, BUT, my pet peeve.
They put the last 4 minutes of Act l on the 2nd disc. Unbelievable!!!!
Ruins the whole act for me. :mad:
 
#104 ·
Indeed. I watched a performance of Der Ferne Klang at Seville, some years ago. It's a very nice opera, (I love the second act, at the Venice's island) and can be a good introduction to Schreker, though the musical approach is a little bit more adventurous than in his later pieces.

There are a couple of CDs available, this is the "classic" recording by Gerd Albretch:

 
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Last installment of this great cycle ordered :)
 
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#111 ·
The 1972 Guillaume Tell.

In the "what cd/dvd are you listening to/watching thread" Itullian extolled this opera, of which I've only listened to small segments of in the past, usually while watching the Lone Ranger (tv series not the damn movie) and A Clockwork Orange. Well, also asile hereditaire and the aria that sounds a bit like a riff off Lulli's bois epais: selva opaca (yes, the Italian version). But I've never been much of a Rossini follower, except for the Barber. I listen to the Callas/Gobbi/Alva version every twenty years or so. But that's it.

Well, since Itullian and I seem to like a lot of the same music, I've just ordered this one.

I need to develop more self-control. It's the internet. Caballe was the dealmaker for me.

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The 1972 Guillaume Tell.

In the "what cd/dvd are you listening to/watching thread" Itullian extolled this opera, of which I've only listened to small segments of in the past, usually while watching the Lone Ranger (tv series not the damn movie) and A Clockwork Orange. Well, also asile hereditaire and the aria that sounds a bit like a riff off Lulli's bois epais: selva opaca (yes, the Italian version). But I've never been much of a Rossini follower, except for the Barber. I listen to the Callas/Gobbi/Alva version every twenty years or so. But that's it.

Well, since Itullian and I seem to like a lot of the same music, I've just ordered this one.

I need to develop more self-control. It's the internet. Caballe was the dealmaker for me.

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Thank you for the plug :) Caballe is glorious and this is a glorious opera.
Takes about 3/4 thru the first act to really get going and then it really takes off.
Even the ballet music is magic.
What music!!!!!
 
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