August 2010 Opera DVD releases

Aug 7, 2010 by admin

This list follows the new releases of DVDs in opera and vocal music for the month of August.
All items can be purchased at Amazon – all proceeds directly support day-to-day operations of this radio station.

Mozart: COSÌ FAN TUTTE – Miah Persson, Isabel Leonard, Topi Lehtipuu,
Florian Boesch, Bo Skovhus, Patricia Petibon; Claus Guth; Adam Fischer,
Salzburg Festival, 2009 (EuroArts)*

Rimsky-Korsakov: THE GOLDEN COCKEREL – Grigor Gondzhjan, Ruben Kubelyan,
Marietta Shakhverdyan, Ellada Chakhoyan, Susanna Martirosyan, Arutyun
Karadjan, Sergei Shushardjan, Grand Aivazyan; Roman Tikhomirov; Aram
Katanian, Yerevan Opera Theater, Armenia, 1986 (VAI)

Rossi: CLEOPATRA – Dimitra Theodossiou, Alessandro Liberatore, Paolo
Pecchioli, Sebastian Catana, William Corrò, Tiziana Carraro; Pier Luigi Pizzi;
David Crescenzi, Sferisterio Festival, Macerata, 2008 (Naxos)

Szymanowski: KING ROGER – Scott Hendricks, Olga Pasychnik, John Graham-
Hall, Willy Hartmann, Sorin Coliban, Liubov Sokolova, Justyna Dyla, Mariusz
Stefanski; David Pountney; Mark Elder, Bregenz Festival, 2009 (C-Major)*

Verdi: SIMON BOCCANEGRA [BLU-RAY] – Roberto Frontali, Carmen
Giannattasio, Giacomo Prestia, Giuseppe Gipali, Marco Vratogna, Alberto Rota,
Enea Scala, Lucia Michelazzo; Giorgio Gallione; Michele Mariotti, Teatro
Comunale di Bologna, 2007 (Arthaus Musik) [Released on DVD: June 2008]

Verdi: LA TRAVIATA – Marie McLaughlin, Walter MacNeil, Brent Ellis, Jane
Turner, Enid Hartle, David Hillman, Gordon Sandison, Christopher Thornton-
Holmes, John Hall, Martyn Harrison; Peter Hall; Bernard Haitink, Glyndebourne
Festival Opera, 1987 (Kultur) [Previouly released by Image]

* These titles have been announced as forthcoming Blu-ray releases but only
the DVD version is coming out this month (Aug. 31st) in the United States.