classical music: glyndebourne     classical music:       Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream / Bowman, Cotrubas, Lott, Buchanan, Davies, Duesing, Haitink, ...7 reviews Benjamin Britten, Felicity Lott Kultur Video, 2004 A Dream come true I've been waiting for this to arrive on DVD having fallen in love with it on LaserDisk. And it has been worth the wait. Britten is up to the task of turning Shakespeare into opera. He devises a different sound for each of the three forces - the fairies, the mortals and the rustics. The casting is ideal with a young Cotrubas as Titania outstanding. Bernard Haitink keeps everything moving. And ...             Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro / Te Kanawa, Cotrubas, von Stade, Luxon, Skram, Fryatt; Pritchard, Glyndebourne ...25 reviews Kiri te Kanawa, Ileana Cotrubas Arthaus Musik, 2004 Marriage of Figaro Even after many years, this production, with the marvelous Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess, is still the best Marriage of Figaro production I have ever seen. Frederica von Stade is outstanding as Cherubino, and Benjamin Luxon is a wonderful Count. I initially didn't care much for Ileana Cotrubas as Susanna, but after repeated viewings I have come to appreciate how sublimely she performs. Knut ...             George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn · Sir Simon Rattle · W. White · C. Haymon · Glyndebourne Opera127 reviews Willard White, Cynthia Haymon EMI Classics, 2001 A Must This is a recording anybody who likes Gershwin's Porgy And Bess could not do without. It is the only full original recording of the opera as far as I know, and in my opinion the musical performance and the acting are both really outstanding. I'm happy that I've found this DVD - 100 % recommended!             Puccini - Gianni Schicchi / Corbelli, Palmer, Giordano, Matthews, McLaughlin, Jurowski, Glyndebourne Opera10 reviews Massimo Giordano, Felicity Palmer BBC / Opus Arte, 2005 FEEL LIKE LAUGHING? YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE! Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (pronounced Skee-kee) is not only one of the funniest operas ever composed, it is one of the best COMEDIES ever staged, whether of an operatic nature or otherwise! Although it should be noted that the libretto, by Giovacchino Forzano, is based on an episode in Dante's Inferno, it cannot be denied that Puccini supplies a great deal of the hilarity through his astute ...             Mozart: Idomeneo - Pavarotti: 1964 Glyndebourne debut recording2 reviews Mozart, Pritchard, ... GLYNDEBOURNE, 2010 Pavarotti always the best..... This Debut recording gives us an early insight into the beautiful voice we would be listening to for many years to come. His voice even this early is beautiful, precise, and just thrills you. Even in 1964 we knew he was a God given vocal gift to us. Wonderful release....sooo happy I own it now.             Handel - Giulio Cesare (Glyndebourne Opera Festival 2006)34 reviews William Christie, Sarah Connolly Opus Arte, 2006 A Revelation I won't add much to the accolades that are already available, but I will say that David McVicar's production repays close attention: not only is it entertaining and fun (always, I think, tastefully so), but it's clear from the performance that his rehearsal process allowed these fine singers to inhabit their roles better than many opera productions I've seen. After almost 4 hours, I found myself ...             Strauss: Die Fledermaus [Blu-ray]7 reviews Thomas Allen, Pamela Armstrong BBC / Opus Arte, 2008 I'd give it a 10 if i could! This production is hands-down the best I have seen. All of the principal performers were truly excellent. The sound, lighting and sets were fabulous on the blue-ray disk. Thomas Allen and Pamela Armstrong were hilarious throughout. The role of Prince Orlofsky was performed with absolutely amazing virtuosity by Malena Ernman, while Lyubov Petrova was bubbly as the maid. The nuanced gestures and ...             Tristan und Isolde7 reviews Nina Stemme, Robert Gambill BBC / Opus Arte, 2008 Superlative production This is one of the most dramatically gripping operas on DVD that I have ever seen. The production from Glyndebourne is conceived to convey the intense drama of this tragic love story visally and musically. The unit set is unusual, a concentric crescent that changes appearance radically with lighting. The effect is highly dramatic. The singers are superb. Nina Stemme is a fierce, angry Isolde ...             Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) / Haitink, Finley, Hagley, Fleming, Glyndebourne ...50 reviews Gerald Finley, Alison Hagley Kultur Video, 2003 An essential addition to any opera-lover's library Other reviewers have pointed out some obvious weaknesses in this production: rather strange sets, odd use of "highlights" and dimming, and occasional uneven sound quality. But I soon forgot these in the sheer delight of watching a masterful presentation of one of my favorite operas. While all the principals are good, Gerald Finley is an especially memorable Figaro, and Alison Hagley is, quite ...             Rossini - Le Comte Ory / Massis · Laho · Montague · Shaulis · Tézier · Davis · Jérôme Savary · Glyndebourne ...9 reviews Annick Massis, Marc Laho Kultur Video, 2005 As Silly as Opera Gets! All the more reason to enjoy it! Goofy as the story seems, and gaudy as the costumes are, the music is profoundly crafted and polished in tehniques of composition, and the singing on this disk is superb. Other tha Mozart, no composer of comic opera comes close to Rossini's brilliance in combining sophisticated music with witty fluff on stage.             Britten - Albert Herring / Graham-Hall, Rigby, Opie, Kern, Palmer, Johnson, Gale, Van Allan, Hammond-Stroud, ...2 reviews Alan Opie, Jean Rigby Kultur Video, 2005 GEM OF A PERFORMANCE This is a performance of Albert Herring in the opera house for which it was conceived. That first performance was nearly sixty years ago now and, in the wrong production, Eric Crozier's comedy can feel a bit arch and dated these days, even if Britten's musical wit stands up a little better. Let's face it, Albert is a wimp and one night's binge drinking (pace Mr. Blair) ain't necessarily going ...             George Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare (Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2005) [Blu-ray]34 reviews William Christie, Sarah Connolly Opus Arte, 2009 A Revelation I won't add much to the accolades that are already available, but I will say that David McVicar's production repays close attention: not only is it entertaining and fun (always, I think, tastefully so), but it's clear from the performance that his rehearsal process allowed these fine singers to inhabit their roles better than many opera productions I've seen. After almost 4 hours, I found myself ...             Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortileges & L'Heure Espagnole / Maurice Sendak, Glyndebourne Festival Opera2 reviews Cynthia Buchan, Anna Steiger KULTUR VIDEO, 2009 Les Deux Maurice ... ... Maurice Ravel and Maurice Sendak! A match made in Heaven, although I don't think they could ever have met, even in dream-time. "The Spanish Hour/Clock" was composed in 1907; "The Boy and the Enchantments" in 1924. But Sendak's stage designs and costumes suit Ravel's music perfectly, and Ravel's naughty boy is the meoldic prototype of the boy in Sendak's classic "Where the Wild Things Are." ...             Berg - Lulu / Davis, Schafer, Bailey, Kuebler, Harries, Schone, Bardon, Glyndebourne16 reviews Christine Schäfer, Kathryn Harries Kultur Video, 2004 An outstanding performance of a masterpiece This is the only commercial DVD release of Berg's Lulu in complete 3 acts. I like the performance here. Christine Schäfer is a great champion of modern music and "Lulu of our time". Her performance is outstanding, both vocally and visually. Other singers are also quite good. Andrew Davis leads London Philharmonic in a performance which does Berg's masterwork justice by brining the intricate ...             Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice / Baker, Speiser, Gale, Leppard, Glyndebourne Opera8 reviews Elisabeth Speiser, Janet Baker Kultur Video, 2004 Unbelievable This is a jaw-dropping performance of the most influential of all operas, featuring Dame Janet Baker in her signature role. Besides everything else--flawless, relaxed technique, outstanding musicianship and insight--her mastery of cross-dressing-acting is unmatched. If there's a flaw, it's that there's too much blue in the setting. I started to think I was under water rather than underground.             Claudio Monteverdi - L'incoronazione di Poppea (Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2008)8 reviews Danielle de Niese, Alice Coote Decca, 2009 A "Modern" Masterpiece I was fully prepared not to like this recording of Poppea. For years I have enjoyed this masterwork in the radiant production of Nikolaus Harnoncourt done with Jean-Pierre Ponelle. I feared that this "modern" production would be an empty and horrendous mess as the director-driven "eurotrash" productions of most Handel operas and all Rameau works so far done as "modern". What a great surprise is ...             Verdi - Macbeth / Paskalis, Barstow, Morris, Erwen, Pritchard, Glyndebourne Opera13 reviews James Morris, Kostas Paskalis Arthaus Musik, 2005 Hard to Imagine Anyone Would Be Disappointed As other reviewers have pointed out, this production from 35 years ago is very well sung and acted. It is currently the most "standard" staging to be had of this opera on DVD and, thankfully for traditionalists, it's a good one. One aspect often overlooked in an opera DVD (or under-appreciated, especially when good) is the video direction, which is outstanding here in the hands of Dave Heather. ...             Mozart Opera Glyndebourne Collection: Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Entfuhhrung aus ...8 reviews Kiri te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade Arthaus Musik, 2006 Mozart Mozart Opera Glyndebourne Collection: Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Entfuhhrung aus dem Serail, Idomeneo, Die Zauberflote (6 DVDs)             Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress / Lott, Goeke, Ramey, Elias, van Allan, Haitink, Glyndebourne Opera5 reviews Samuel Ramey, Leo Goeke Arthaus Musik, 2005 This Production Will Likely Never Be Bettered This 1975 production from Glyndebourne is one of the most celebrated opera productions of the past thirty years. Primarily this is because of the absolutely fabulous design by David Hockney who took the engravings of Hogarth's series 'The Rake's Progress,' which had inspired the opera in the first place, and turned them into some of the cleverest sets and costumes ever seen. The designs mimic the ...             Georges Bizet - Carmen / Peter Hall, Bernard Haitink, Maria Ewing, Barry McCauley, London Philharmonic, ...13 reviews Barry McCauley, Marie McLaughlin Kultur Video, 2005 Ewing is amazing I can only echo the praise for Maria Ewing...she is astonishing...as one reviewer said, not coquettish at all, but obviously a woman with a strong death wish...what an actress she is. I bought this DVD because I have her in Salome and the Coronation of Poppaea, in both of which she is amazing too. But this is the best...she's riveting. She's not really attractive at all...rather scary, in fact, ...              search for classical music collection, corbelli, entfuhhrung, espagnole, euridice, festival, fledermaus, frideric, giordano, glyndebourne, graham-hall, hammond-stroud, idomeneo, incoronazione, jurowski, marriage, matthews, mclaughlin, midsummer, montague, monteverdi, paskalis, pavarotti, philharmonic, pritchard, recording, schicchi, sortileges, stravinsky, zauberflote classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Teaching About Disabilities Through Children's Literature home  impressum - about us