Since you are interested in Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2000), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (complete ballet recorded in 2003) Zurich Ballet / Karine Seneca / Stanislav Jermakov / Marine Castel / Jozef Varga / Vladimir Fedoseyev (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] G - Heinz Spoerli's Zurich Ballet Cinderella production, filmed as a musical from Hollywood, turned out to be a huge success at its premiere and must rank as one of the most 'dancerly' stagings Prokofiev's popular ballet has ever received. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded at the paris Opera in 2008) Bolshoi Theatre / Marius Kwiecien / Makvala Kasrashvili / Tatiana Monogarova / Alexander Vedernikov (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / 2 DVD - released 10/May/2009 ] G - "Kwiecien is scoring a triumph in the title role, a part everywhere identified with his immediate predecessor, Siberian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky…Kwiecien commands the stage with his good looks, rich and resonant voice and the volatile... |
W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2002) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Peter Mattei / Giles Cachemaille / Nathan Berg / Mark Padmore / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] G :- Regions 2-5 - Widescreen 16:9 - PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 174 Minutes - PAL |
PHILIPPE BOESMANS
Julie (complete opera recorded in 2005) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Gary Magee / Malena Ernman / Kerstin Avemo / Kazushi Ono (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] G - "Bondy's purely naturalistic production is beautifully filmed with telling use of close-ups..." BBC Music Magazine, October 2007 ***** |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Turn of the Screw, The (complete opera recorded 1n 2001) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Mireille Delunsch, Gregory Monk / Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding / Luc Bondy [ Bel Air Classiques / Harmonia Mundi Distibution / DVD - released 29/Jul/2005 ] G :- "Richard Peduzzi's set of sliding walls and panels is elegantly simple; Miller, McLaughlin and the two children sing their roles very well. Daniel Harding's conducting with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra really takes risks..." --The Guardian |
VERDI
La Traviata (complete opera) Mireille Delunsch / Matthew Polenzani / Zeljko Lucic / Orchestre de Paris / Yutaka Sado / Peter Mussbach [ Harmonia Mundi Distribution / Arte / Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 2/Mar/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / DTS 5.1 Surround / Colour - 130 Minutes - PAL |
HANDEL
Hercules (complete opera recorded in 2004) Paris Opera / William Shimell / Joyce Didonato / Toby Spence / Ingela Bohlin / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] G :- |
MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 1998) Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles / Trisha Brown / Smon Keenlyside / Juanita Lascarro / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi France / 2 DVD - released 26/Jul/2007 ] G :- "To many fans of the work, it is this production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo which debuted at La Monnaie in Brussels in May of 1998 which offers a near-flawless symbiosis of music, text, and movement. Starring Trisha Brown and René Jacobs, this... |
VERDI
Aida (complete opera recorded in 2006) Zurich Opera / Nina Stemme / Luciana D'Intino / Salvatore Licitra / Juan Pons / Adam Fisher (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / 2 DVD - released 24/Jul/2007 ] G :- Gramophone Magazine DVD of the Month - September 2007 |