Arthaus Musik
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Haydn: The Creation
Lucia Popp, Francisco Araiza, Samuel Ramey, Olaf Bär & Iris Vermillion
Wiener Philharmoniker & Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Muti
There is plenty of glamour, and Muti is excitingly dramatic. —
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Verdi: Otello
Hanns Nocker, Christa Noack, Vladimír Bauer & Hanna Schmoock
Orchestra and Chorus of The Komische Oper Berlin, Kurt Masur
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Mario Hoff (Wotan), Erin Caves (Loge), Tomas Möwes (Alberich), Christine Hansmann (Fricka), Renatus Mészár (Fasolt), Hidekazu Tsumaya (Fafner), Marietta Zumbült (Freia), Frieder Aurich (Mime), Nadine Weissmann (Erda); Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St.Clair (conductor) & Michael Schulz (director)
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…a wonderful performance of Bruckner's most popular symphony, delivered in what appears to be a building with ideal acoustics. …the camera-work is restrained, not restless as it so often is,... —
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Bruckner’s Decision
A film by Jan Schmidt-Garre
Joachim Bauer, Sophie von Kessel, Michael Ponti, Peter Fricke, Peter von Fontano and, in the role of Richard Wagner: Joachim Kaiser
Centred around Bruckner's nervous breakdown before his move to Vienna, this proceeds as slowly as one of his adagios. Black-and-white images make for compelling viewing. —
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Alfred Muff (Peter), Gabriele Lechner (Gertrud), Liliana Nikiteanu (Hänsel), Marlin Hartelius (Gretel) & Volker Vogel (The Witch)
Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) & Frank Corsaro (director)
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Verdi: Falstaff
Bernd Weikl (Sir John Falstaff), Adelheid Fink (Mrs. Alice Ford), Wioletta Hebrowska (Mrs. Meg Page), Carlos Aguirre (Ford) & Yanyu Guo (Mrs. Quickly)
Orchestra of The Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Uwe Sandner (conductor) & Bernd Weikl (director)
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Mirella Freni: A Life Devoted to Opera
Mirella Freni (soprano) featuring Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Herbert Von Karajan & Luciano Pavarotti
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Verdi: La Traviata
Marlis Petersen (Violetta Valéry), Kristina Antonie Fehrs (Flora Bervoix), Fran Lubahn (Annina), Giuseppe Varano (Alfredo Germont) & James Rutherford (Giorgio Germont)
Oper Graz, Tecwyn Evans (conductor) & Peter Konwitschny (stage director)
Konwitschny is radical enough to introduce a character - silent, of course - whom Verdi and his librettist left out. That is Germont's daughter...Now to the musica performance: it is heavily... —
