DVD Reviews
DANIEL BARENBOIM Liszt Piano Concertos – May 02, 2012
Never out of the repertoire during their 150-year history, Liszt’s piano concertos hardly convey the extent of his achievement yet remain among the highpoints [...]
STRAVINSKY The Rake’s Progress – Apr 02, 2012
Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s 1975 production of The Rake’s Progress is one of the most enduring versions of Stravinsky’s enigmatic opera. Directed by John Cox, [...]
PAISIELLO Nina – Feb 24, 2012
Although it is hard to believe now, Rossini was booed off the stage at the disastrous opening in 1816 of his opera Il barbiere [...]
TCHAIKOVSKY Pique Dame – Dec 12, 2011
Since re-opening in 1999 after a fire five years earlier did heavy damage to the historic Gran Teatre, Barcelona’s Liceu Opera has developed an [...]
WAGNER Der fliegende Holländer – Dec 02, 2011
Judged purely on audio terms, Opus Arte’s new Blu-ray of Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer from Netherlands Opera would qualify as a serviceably sung, expressively [...]
MOZART The Magic Flute – Nov 30, 2011
Mozart lovers interested in seeing what Die Zauberflöte looks like after it has been tossed around the inimitable brain of director Julie Taymor will [...]
MASCAGNI Cavalleria Rusticana LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci – Nov 24, 2011
Plácido Domingo has been regarded as “remarkable for his age” for so many years now, that it comes as a bit of a shock [...]
CLAUDIO ARRAU Arrau and Brahms: The Two Romantics – Nov 07, 2011
Claudio Arrau’s final concert in his native Chile in 1984 is the subject of Arrau and Brahms: The Two Romantics, an absorbing documentary by [...]
VERDI Otello – Oct 28, 2011
There are two principal reasons to savor this 1978 Metropolitan Opera telecast of Verdi’s Otello: Jon Vickers’ searing portrayal of the title role, and [...]
TURNAGE Anna Nicole – Sep 23, 2011
The rise and fall of Anna Nicole Smith was a tawdry saga ripe for operatic burlesque. Lest you’ve forgotten, she was a bimbo from [...]
