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Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corop [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo was premiered in 1600 in Rome. It was conceived to be performed in costume, bringing text and music together in a dramatic form, and is accepted as the first surviving opera, pre-dating works by Peri and Monteverdi. This production was hailed as ‘an unmitigated, tremendous success’ – Bachtrack (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0161V $27.99

1DVD# 2110750 $27.99

The Monteverdi Trilogy [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

This set brings together Monteverdi’s three surviving operas: the splendorous L’Orfeo and, from later in his life, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and L’incoronazione di Poppea with their visceral passions and dramatic dilemmas. John Eliot Gardiner’s acclaimed Monteverdi 450 series of performances is a confirmation that Monteverdi ‘will be sighed for in later ages. (Opus Arte)

3Blu-ray# OA BD7300BD $54.99

3DVD# OA 1349BD $39.99

Levay: Elisabeth [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Powerful themes and a potent score brimming with fabulous music have combined to establish Elisabeth as the most successful German-language musical of all time. This spectacular open-air event presents Elisabeth at the fabled empress’s real-life home – Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0164V $27.99

1DVD# 2110749 $27.99

Puccini: Turandot [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

This new encounter between director Robert Wilson’s powerful visual universe and Puccini’s evocative music was bound to be an outstanding event. Carried out by a brilliant cast of singers, dominated by Irene Theorin as Turandot, and Gregory Kunde as Calaf, this magnificent production has been met with universal acclaim. (Belair)

1Blu-ray# BAC570 $29.99

1DVD# BAC170 $29.99

Blow: Venus & Adonis; Purcell: Dido & Aeneas [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Two classic court operas are brought together to tell the stories of love, be it between gods or royalty in the historic Confidencen Theatre, Sweden. Venus & Adonis, composed in 1683 by John Blow, is considered the earliest example of English opera. It tells the enchanting story of two mythical lovers and their cruel fate in scenes reaching from light-hearted comedy to heartfelt despair.

(Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7308D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1361D $29.99

Giordano: Siberia [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Umberto Giordano’s opera Siberia with its libretto by Puccini’s successful librettist Luigi Illica premiered in 1903 at La Scala. This opera rarity performed at Bregenz Festival is musical narrative theatre in perfection in which “Uryupin leads the agile Wiener Symphoniker through the score with a sense for delicately tinted colours.“

– Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (C Major)

1Blu-ray# 763004 $42.99

1DVD# 762908 $32.99

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Richard Wagner’s extraordinary cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen, is epic in every sense of the word. Sofia Opera’s acclaimed productions bring Wagner’s shimmering and opulent vision to life in a spectacle that is thrilling from beginning to end in both its daring visual language and its overwhelming musical intensity. (Dynamic)

4Blu-ray# DYN-57964 $74.99

8DVD# DYN-37964 $74.99

Spuck: Winterreise [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, a cycle of 24 songs for voice and piano is not only regarded as the zenith of Schubert’s song composition, but as the pinnacle of German art song in its entirety. Using a mixture of large ensemble scenes and intimate solo images, Christian Spuck allows the medium of dance to provide new perspectives on one of the greatest works of classical music. (Accentus)

Verdi: Don Carlo

1Blu-ray# ACC10545 $49.99

1DVD# ACC20545 $38.99

Based on Schiller’s play of the same name, Don Carlo is Verdi’s most ambitious work, written for the Paris Opera in 1865–66 in the tradition of a French grand opera. This legendary production is directed by Herbert von Karajan. With its extraordinary vocal cast, it is truly one of the most memorable opera performances. (C Major)

1Blu-ray# 761604 $42.99

Schubert: Eine Winterreise [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

In Eine Winterreise, renowned director Christof Loy has created a memorable evening of music theatre in which Schubert’s tragically short life is depicted by and extended through his immortal music and songs from Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin and Schwanengesang. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0165V $27.99

1DVD# 2110751 $27.99