Genre:
Opera
Release Date:
Mar 2014
Subtitles:
EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/CH (Idomeneo)/NE (Entführung)
Sound Format:
2.0LPCM + 5.1 DTS
Catalog Number:
OA1131BD
Mozart - The Great Operas
From the mythological setting of Idomeneo via the sparkling wit of Le nozze di Figaro and powerful tragicomedy of Don Giovanni to the fantastical workings of the late Singspiel Die Zauberflöte, Mozart’s mature operas stand among the greatest achievements of Western art, dramas that illuminate the composer’s creativity as a whole and which stood out in their own time for the new level of characterisation, wit and lessons on life and humanity they brought to the musical stage. Featuring recordings made during the last ten years from some of the world’s leading opera houses, this collectionoffers an acclaimed series of productions that present consummate interpretations of Mozart’s scores through striking set designs and peerless singing, paying homage to a group of masterpieces which are just as relevant today as when they were first performed.
Idomeneo (Salzburg Festival)
Idomeneo - Ramón Vargas
Idamante - Magdalena Kožená
Ilia - Ekaterina Siurina
Elettra - Anja Harteros
Salzburger Bachchor / Camerata Salzburg
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington
Directors: Ursel and Karl-Ernst Herrmann
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (DNO)
Konstanze - Laura Aikin
Belmonte - Edgaras Montvidas
Osmin - Kurt Rydl
Blonde - Mojca Erdmann
Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Constantinos Carydis
Director: Johan Simons
Le nozze di Figaro (Paris National Opera)
Count Almaviva - Peter Mattei
Countess Almaviva - Christiane Oelze
Susanna - Heidi Grant Murphy
Figaro - Lorenzo Regazzo
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Paris
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling
Director: Christoph Marthaler
Don Giovanni (Teatro Real)
Don Giovanni - Carlos Álvarez
Leporello - Lorenzo Regazzo
Donna Anna - María Bayo
Don Ottavio - José Bros
Donna Elvira - Sonia Ganassi
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Conductor: Victor Pablo Pérez
Director: Lluís Pasqual
Così fan tutte (Glyndebourne)
Fiordiligi - Miah Persson
Dorabella - Anke Vondung
Ferrando - Topi Lehtipuu
Guglielmo - Luca Pisaroni
The Glyndebourne Chorus / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conductor: Iván Fischer
Director: Nicholas Hytner
La Clemenza di Tito (Paris National Opera)
Tito - Christoph Prégardien
Vitellia - Catherine Naglestad
Sesto - Susan Graham
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling
Directors: Ursel and Karl-Ernst Hermann
Die Zauberflöte (La Scala)
Tamino - Saimir Pirgu
Pamina - Genia Kühmeier
Pagageno - Alex Esposito
Queen of Night - Albina Shagimuratova
Sarastro - Günther Groissböck
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Roland Böer
Director: William Kentridge
Reviews
"An evening of overwhelming beauty." (Le Monde - La Clemenza di Tito)
"Carlos Álvarez, a Giovanni recalling in voice George London in the part, wholly dominates this opera with a nasty, driven reading of the lecher and bully. Like London, he sings with dark-hued intensity throughout. His must be the best Don about today." (Gramophone - Don Giovanni)
"... they are good actors! Lorenzo Regazzo as Figaro is a find: lively, young-looking and equipped with a strong, steady bass-voice, full of expression." (Musicweb International - Le Nozze di Figaro)
"When I saw this production at Glyndebourne, I thought that it was one of the three perfect operatic performances that I have ever been to." (BBC Music Magazine - Così fan tutte)
"Constantinos Carydis conducts the excellent Netherlands CO with zest and a fair sense of period style." (Gramophone - Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
"Don't miss this visually enchanting and thought-provoking treat." (Gramophone - Die Zauberflöte)
"A vocal ensemble of the highest quality ... this was scintillating as well as moving Mozart." (Salzburger Volkszeitung - Idomeneo)