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Handel: Semele / NZ Opera [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Witness The Wedding of the Year, filmed at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland, New Zealand. Handel’s Baroque masterpiece Semele is an exciting mix of opera and oratorio. “A remarkable production... a brilliant theatrical phenomenon, surprising, amusing and utterly engrossing”

Opera Magazine (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7309D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1362D $29.99

Mascagni: L’Amico Fritz [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Building on the success of Cavalleria rusticana, Pietro Mascagni’s commedia lirica L’amico Fritz was given seven encores and thirty-five curtain calls at its premiere in Rome in 1891. Returning to the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence for the first time since 1941, this production was acclaimed for its superb cast and astonishingly effective modern setting. (Dynamic)

1Blu-ray# DYN-37960 $27.99

1DVD# DYN-57960 $27.99

Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Jacques Offenbach had already achieved fame as an operetta composer by 1866, but that year’s premiere of La Vie Parisienne was his first portrayal of contemporary Parisian life. With significant new musical discoveries and the final acts restored, this opéra-bouffe masterpiece now speaks for itself given the resources of a superb cast. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0163V $29.99

2DVD# 2110753-54 $29.99

Verdi: Rigoletto [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Rigoletto is the sharp-tongued jester to the serial womanizer, the Duke of Matua. But when the Duke turns his seductive ways towards Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda, the jester learns that he is powerless to protect her. What follows is an epic tale of deceit, revenge and, above all, love. Director Oliver Mears makes his Royal Opera debut with his thrilling new production’ – The Times (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7303D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1354D $29.99

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Bellini: Bianca e Fernando [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Bianca e Fernando, commissioned for the inauguration of the Carlo Felice Theatre in 1828, was composed at the start of Bellini’s career as one of the most important opera composers of the 19th century. This acclaimed first modern performance revives the original ‘splendid celebration’ of its premiere. (Dynamic)

1Blu-ray# DYN-57954 $27.99

1DVD# DYN-37954 $27.99

Puccini: Madama Butterfly [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, one of the most played operas today, is performed on the Seebühne for the first time. “Enrique Mazzola leads the Wiener Symphoniker to a beguiling string sound and a flexibility that is so important for Puccini”

– Der Tagesspiegel. (C Major)

1Blu-ray# 762204 $42.99

1DVD# 762108 $32.99

Janácek: Jenufa [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Award-winning director Claus Guth’s acclaimed production of Jenufa is a striking representation of an oppressed society ‘infused with heart-warming humanity’ (Evening Standard) Hungarian conductor Henrik Nánási conducts Asmik Grigorian in her much-anticipated Royal Opera House debut in the title role. (Opus Arte)

OA BD7302D $39.99

OA 1351D $29.99

Porpora: L’Angelica [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Nicola Porpora was a composer who helped to turn Italian opera into the most successful and spectacular genre in Europe. One of the few luminaries of the ‘Neapolitan School’ to actually be born in Naples, Porpora wrote L’Angelica, a serenade for six voices and instruments, to a libretto by the young Pietro Metastasio in 1720. (Dynamic)

DYN-57936 $27.99

Verdi: Falstaff – Salzburg Festival 1982 [Blu-ray]

In this legendary performance from the Salzburg Festival, Herbert von Karajan conducted and directed the opera, in the amazing set design of Günther Schneider-Siemssen. (C Major)

1Blu-ray# 761504 $42.99

Bellini: Norma [DVD]

This production of Norma as staged in January 2018 at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa was also the superb conclusion to the career of Mariella Devia, one of the finest Belcanto singers of our time. (Bongiovanni)

1DVD# AB20041 $31.99

Mozart: Don Giovanni [Blu-ray]

1987 production of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival featuring an outstanding cast of singers. Including Samuel Ramey and Gosta Winbergh. (C Major)

1Blu-ray# 761404 $42.99

Donizetti: Torquato Tasso [DVD]

The music of Torquato Tasso is highly inventive – outstandingly so. This work is captivating in its intensity and focuses on aspects of and moments in Tasso’s rich, eventful life. (Bongiovanni) 1DVD# AB20040 $31.99