Since you are interested in The Berlin Concert - Live from the 'Waldbuhne' (complete concert) BLU-RAY, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera directed by Peter Hall in 2005) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Raquela Sheeran / Lucia Cirillo / Ruxandra Donose / Nathan Berg / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "The BD disc offers an excellent reproduction of the "live" experience that will surely warm the hearts of those who cannot make it to the opera house often enough." (Blu-Ray.com) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi [with Rachmaninov - The Miserly Knight] (complete operas recorded in 2004) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Alessandro Corbelli / Massimo Giordano / Richard Berkeley-Steele / Maxim Mikhailov / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Blu-Ray - "Alessandro Corbelli delivers a masterclass in how to extract every ounce of humour from comedy by playing it straight. He is the king of comedy and an international treasure." The Stage |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore (complete opera recorded in 2005) Gran Teatre del Liceu / Rolando Villazon, Maria Bayo, Jean-Luc Chaignaud / Daniele Callegari (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Rolando Villazón is here on top form, fleshing out the notes with alternate delicacy and vehemence and personifying the shy, frustrated hero with a Chaplinesque range of gesture and mannerism." (BBC Music) |
W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (complete opera recorded in 2003) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Dorothea Roschmann / Will Hartmann / Diana Damarau / Franz-Josef Selig / Sir Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "Diana Damrau's supremely sung Queen of the Night oozes class, while Simon Keenlyside's profoundly human, touchingly sympathetic view of Papageno deserves an Olivier Award." (Classic FM) |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Pamela Armstrong / Thomas Allen / Ragnar Ulfung / Hakan Hagegard / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - 'Vladimir Jurowski gives the bottle a good shake before popping his first cork with the overture. The London Philharmonic are on their toes… The pace is racy, the articulation brilliant, the Viennesisms deftly in place, the waltz fruity... |
PROKOFIEV
L'Amour des 3 Oranges [Love for Three Oranges] (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Alain Vernhes / Martial Defontaine / Francois Le Roux / Stephane Deneve (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Blu-Ray - Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, in 2005. |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Doctor Atomic (Complete Opera directed by Peter Sellars recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, James Maddalena / Lawrence Renes (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Blu-Ray - G - 'The cast is flawless… Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire.' The Times |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Karl Paquette / Vello Pahn (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "Nureyev has adjusted the already-impressive lines of swans in the older version into spectacular geometric shapes. There seem to be more swans than any production of the ballet I had previously seen." (Four Stars AudAud.com) |