Opera List

Bartok *- Duke Bluebeard's Castle--Robert Lloyd-Elizebeth Laurence Bellini *-Norma - (4) Sidney - Joan Sutherland Bizet Carmen - Rosi film (5)- Julia Migenes-Johnson, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimond Britten *-Turn of the Screw - (3)Film - Voices: Donath, June, Tear Cilea *-Adriana Lecouvreur - (3) Teatro Alla Scala - Mirella Freni, Peter Dvorsky, Fiorenza Cossotto Cimarosa *- Domenico Cimarosa - Il Matrimonio Segreto - (4)Cologne Opera - Schwetzingen Festival - Barbara Daniels, Carlos Feller, Claudio Nicolai, David Kuebler, Georgine Resick Corigliano *Ghosts of Versailles— (3.5) (1992) - MET - Teresa Stratas, Renee Fleming, Tracy Dahl, Stella Zambalis, Judith Christin, Marilyn Horne, Jane Shaulis, Graham Clark, Peter Kazaras, Neil Rosenshein, Richard Drews, Gino Quilico, Hakan Hagegard, James Courtney, Ara Berberian, Wilbur Pauley - This was composed for the 100th anniversary of the MET Debussy * - Pelleas et Melisande -(4) Welsh National Opera - PierreBoulez - Neill Archer, Alison Hagley, Donald Maxwell, Kenneth Cox, Penelope Walker, Samuel Burkey, Peter Massocchi Donizetti * - L'Elisir d'Amore -(3.5) MET - Judith Blegen, Luciano Pavarotti, *-Maria Sturda-- 1988.Peter Weigl Film, sung by Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau and Luciano Pavarotti. Schiller play *Lucia di Lammermoor- MET (1982) Joan Sutherland,Alfredo Kraus,Ariel Bybee *-Lucia di Lammermoor- Excerpt,Act II, sextet,MET Joan Sutherland,Alfredo Kraus,Ariel Bybee, *-Lucia di Lammermoor- Excerpt,Act II, sextet,1908,eNRICO Caruso, Marcel Journet *-Lucia di Lammermoor- Mad Scene, Sutherland,Covant Gardens, 1963 Falla *- Don Quixote's Puppet Show Gounod * - Charles-Francois Gounod - Romeo et Juliette -(3.5) Covent Garden - Charles Mackerras, conductor - Nicolas Joel, director - Roberto Alagna, Leontina Vaduva, Francois Le Roux, Paul Charles Clarke, Peter Sidhom, Robert Lloyd, Anna Maria Panzarella.(French,171 minutes) * Faust Handel * Xerxes -(5) English National Opera & Chorus - Ann Murray, Valerie Masterson, Christopher Robson, Jean Rigby, Lesley Garrett, Christopher Booth-Jones, Rodney Macann - (English),3 hours *- : Julius Caesar, Peter Sellars version set around a swimming pool.180 minutes Janocek *-The Cunning Little Vixon (2.5)-Chatalet Theare,Paris,Mackerras conducting, Thomas Allen,Eva Jenis,98 minutes,This is a blend of opera, ballet, and cartoon book! Leoncavello *Pagliacci -(4) Film Zeffirelli - Placido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons - Philips 070-204 (60 minutes) Mozart 1.*- Die Zauberfloete -(5) Ingmar Bergman - Ulric Cold, Erik Saeden, Hakan Hagegard, Irma Urrila, Josef Kostlinger, Birgit Nordin.Bel Canto LV2351 (Criteron)- 1975 Film. * -1. Marriage of Figaro -(4) Vienna - Ponnell directed - Karl Bohm conductor - Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau, Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, Hermann Prey, Maria Ewing - (film version) *- 2. Marriage of Figaro - Peter Sellars version. (Set in Trump Tower) *-1. - Don Giovanni (5)- Losey film - Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kenneth Riegel, Jose Van Dam, Teresa Berganza, Malcolm King -177 minutes *- Don Giovanni - La Scala -(4) Thomas Allen, Sergej Koptchak, Edita Gruberova, Francisco Araiza, Ann Murray, Claudio Desderi - Conductor Riccardo Muti - DVD. *-Mitridate, Re di Ponto -(2) Teatro Olympico, Vicenza - Harnoncourt -directed by Ponnelle - Gosta Winbergh, Yvonne Kenny, Ann Murray, Anne Gjevang, Joan Rodgers, Peter Straka, Massimiliano Roncato -Film.2hours. *- Cosi Fan Tutte, Peter Sellars version.(Set in Despina's diner by the sea) Moussorsgky .*-Boris Godunov - (3)Kirov - Royal Opera Production - Robert Lloyd, Olga Borodina, Alexei Steblianko, Sergei Leiferkus, Alexander Morosov, Yevgeny Boitsov - 1. *Khovanshchina (Shostakovich, Stravinsky):(2) - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Vladimir Atlantov, Yuri Marusin, Anatoly Kocherga, Paata Burchuladze, Ludmila Semtschukm 182 minutes - PA-90-299 Offenbach *- Tales of Hoffman (Micheal Powell,English Prokofiev *- The Fiery Angel -(3) Mariinsky - Sergei Leiferkus,Galina Gorchakova, Evgenia Perlaskova-Verkovich, Mikhail Kit, Larissa Dvadkova - Philips 440 070 *-Love For Three Organges. Opera Lyon. Nagano Puccini *- Tosca - (5)Griffin film - Cinematography by Vittorio Storarro -Catherine Malfitano, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi - In the settings and at the times of Tosca - 2 *-Tosca- (3)(Act II) Maria Callas 3. * Tosca. - Pavarotti,Kabarvanski, Wixell,Rome Opera. Oren.220 minutes.RCA 4. *Tosca. - Behrens,Domingo,Macneill,MET 1985.DVD *- La Boheme -(5) Australian Opera - London 440 071 276-1 (1)(123 minutes) The production is set in 1957, a time in France that closely parallels the era of the 1840's when this was originally supposed to take place. Filmed and edited by Baz Luhrmann Cast includes Christine Douglas as Musetta, Roger Lemke as Marcello, *-Madama Butterfly - (3)Vienna - Ponnelle film - Von Karajan -Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns, Michel Senechal, Marius Rintzler, Elke Schary, Giorgio Stendoro. London 071-504 (1)(142 Minutes *- Turandot -(5) MET - Eva Marton, Placido Domingo, Leona Mitchell, Paul Plishka London 072510-1 (123 minutes). *- Il Trittico - Teatro Alla Scala - Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni: *-Il Tabarro -(4) Piero Cappuccilli, Silvia Sass, Nicola Martinucci, Eleanora Jankovic. Suor Angelica -(3) Rosalind Plowright, Dunja Vejzovich, Maria Grazia Allegri, Jole Arno, Nella Verri. Gianni Schicci - (3)Juan Pons, Cecilia Gasdia, Yuri Marusin, Eleanora Jankovic. (Total:162 minutes) *- La Fanciulla del West - (4)MET - Barbara Daniels, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes - conducted by Leonard Slatkin *-Manon Lescaut -(3)- MET - Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo Ravel *- The Spanish Clock, Gynnbourne (Sendak design) Rimsky-Korsakov *- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Mlada -(4) Fantasy Opera-Ballet - Bolshoi - Nina Ananiashvili (Mlada is a dancing, non-singing role), Oleg Kulko, Maria Gavrilova, Gleb Nikolsky, Galina Borisova - pastiche of fantasy opera, puppetry and ballet. Rossini *- La Cenerentola -(5) La Scala - Frederica Von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Paolo Montarsolo, Margherita Guglielmi, Laura Zannini, Paul Plishka, Claudio Desderi - *-L'Italiana in Algeri -(3) Stuttgart - Gunther Von Kannen, Nuccia Focile Barber of Seville - 1. Barber of Seville -(5) Stuttgart - Cecilia Bartoli, Gino Quilico,David Kuebler, Robert Lloyd, Carlos Feller - recorded in 1988 when Cecilia was 22 RCA (156 minutes) 2. Barber of Seville - (5)- Glyndebourne - Maria Ewing, John Rawnsley, Max-Rene Cosotti, ClaudioDesderi, Ferruccio Furlanetto 3. Barber of Seville -(5) Teatra Alla Scala - Ponnelle Film - Luigi Alva, Teresa Berganza, Herman Prey -Claudio Abbado - Saint-Saens * - Samson et Dalila -(2.5) San Francisco - Placido Domingo, Shirley Verret -PA-90-296 (118 minutes,French) Shostakovich *-Lady Macbeth of Mtensk, Peter weigl Film,Rostopovich &London Philharmonic/Galina Richard Strauss *- Salome - (4) Berlin - Catherine Malfitano, Simon Estes, Leonie Rysanek, Hiestermann - Teldec 9031-73827-6 (103 minutes) *-Elektra -(4) Vienna - dir Gotz Friedrich - Leonie Rysanek, Varnay, Dietrick Fisher-Dieskau, Catarina Ligendza, Astrid Varney, Hans Beirer - London (107 minutes) *- Arabella - (3) film version, Vienna- Solti - Gundula Janowitz, Bernd Weikl, Rene Kollo, Sona Ghazarian, Margarita Lilowa, Hans Kraemmer, Edita Gruberova. *-Rosenkavalier - (5) Covent Garden - Solti - Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells, Aage Haugland, Barbara Bonney - PA86-172 (198 minutes) *-Capriccio - (2)San Francisco - Kiri te Kanawa, Hakan Hagegard, Tatiana Troyanos (last appearance), Victor Braun, David Kuebler, Simon Keenlyside, Michel Senechal, Dale Travis -- London 440-071-526 Stravinsky *- Igor Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex -(4) Saito Kinen orchestra, singers, dancers - Seiji Ozawa - Philip Langridge, Jessye Norman, Min Tanaka, Bryn Terfel, Harry Peeters, Robert Swensen, Michio Tatara, Kayoko Shiraishi - combines elements of kabuki dance, Japanese opera, film and oratorio *The Rakes Progress, Von Karajan, Saltzburg. Soprano DawnUpshaw is Anne, Tom's faithful model, and Monte Pederson id Nick Shadow Verdi *- MacBeth. (4.5) Film by Claude Anna.- Orchestra & chorus of the Teatro Communale di Bologna - Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey (voice), Anna Caterina Antonacci, Veriano Luchetti, Antonio Barasorda, Nicolas Sansier, Sergio Fontana - Shot in old castle - *-Il Trovatore - (3.5) MET - Eva Marton, Dolora Zajick, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes * - Otello - (4) Berlin - Film - Herbert Von Karajan - Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop, Stefania Malagu, Aldo Bottion, Michel Senechal, Mario Macchi, Jose Van Dam - DG-072-501(146 minutes) *Otello - (5) La Scala - Franco Zeffirelli film - Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli *-Giovanna D'Arco - Bologna - Vincenzo La Scola, Susan Dunn, Renato Bruson, Pierre Lefebvre, Pietro Spagnoli - Werner Hertzog,directed. *-La Traviata— -Zeffrelli film *-Ballo Maschorado--MET 1980 (Pavrotti) Wagner *- Parsifal-(Syberborg Film)DVD * - Der Fliegende Hollander -(4) Bayerischen Stattsoper - Directed by Wolfgang Sawillisch - Robert Hale, Julia Varady, Peter Seiffert, Jaakko Ryhanen - *-Das Rheingold *2. - MET(4) - James Morris, Christa Ludwig, Siegfried Jerusalem, Ekkehard Vlaschina, Heinz Zednik, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Matti Salminen, Mari Anne Haggander - - DG 072 518 *- Die Walkure - (5) MET - Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Christa Ludwig, Gary Lakes, James Morris, Kurt Moll - DG 072 519. *-Siegfried-(3)MET.Hildegard Behrens, Siegfried Jerasalum, James Morris, *-(4)Gotter-Dammerung - MET- Hildegard Behrens, Siegfried Jerusalem, Matti Salminen, Christa Ludwig, Anthony Raffell, Hanna Lisowska, Ekkehard Wlaschiha - DG 072 521. 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