DVD: Ramon Vargas

DVD: Ramon Vargas

DVD:

Ramon Vargas

Verdi - Requiem
Ramon Vargas, Fiorenza Cedolins

TDK, 2007

The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden

Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca

Deutsche Grammophon, 2008

Unforgettable Concert
Do not hesitate to buy this DVD. It is worth every dollar. The four singers really stand out, Netrebko with her angel-like voice, Vargas with a wonderful tenor voice, Garanca as a colorful mezzo and Tezier as a brilliant baritone. Each and every aria are outstandingly ...

The Opera Gala [Blu-ray]

SWR, Ramón Vargas

Deutsche Grammophon, 2008

Great, but repetitive
For those of us who like a recorded concert, this is a beautiful recording, the singers well known, the music well known to all and the images in perfect resolution. It is very enjoyable. Only one problem: a concert in Berlin in 2006 (both with Marco Armiliato as ...

Mozart - Idomeneo

Magdalena Kozena, Anja Harteros

Decca, 2007

stellar
This is the best DVD of Idomeneo I've seen. The Regies are Ursel and Karl-Ernst Herrmann. I think this production actually premiered a few years back with a different cast (have seen photos of it with Kasarova and Roeschmann), and this is a revival. Anyhow, it is a ...

Opera Stars Sing Broadway
Gale Gilmore, Melanie Holliday

St Clair Vision, 2004

Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Gergiev, Carsen [Metropolitan Opera 2007]

Renee Fleming, Ramon Vargas

Decca, 2007

The best DVD version of Eugene Onegin
Robert Carsen's production is lovely with a successful blend of conservative and new ideas. I know this opera for years, and have quite a few recordings of it. But never before did its closing scene move me, as in this performance. This is mostly because of the singing ...

Joaquin Pardave-3 Peliculas Clasicas
Joaquin Pardave, Manolo Fabregas

Navarre Corporation, 2008

Pompeyo el Conquistador -(Pompeyo the Conqueror) - Pompeyo es un conquistador irredento. Un hombre ofendido lo manda matar. Surgen innumerables situaciones cómicas. Lo dan por muerto, pero Pompeyo cambia de nombre, ahora se llama Terencio. Y continúa como gran Conquistador. Pompeyo is a sinful Casanova. A man who feels offended by him pays to have ...

Verdi - Don Carlos

Ramon Vargas, Iano Tamar

TDK, 2007

Verdi with controversy but with depth
A very powerful performance this. It uses every note Verdi originally wrote for the Paris production including the ballet music. It is a very good performance with Skovhus and Miles standing out from a fine cast. There are better performances on the other DVDs but this ...

La Traviata at La Scala

Angela Gheorghiu, Ramon Vargas

Arthaus Musik, 2008

A Superb Traviata
This new DVD from Arthaus faces formidible competition from Gheorghiu's first Violetta on Decca; this was her "double" debut, both on DVD and CD. It was her first undertaking of the role and clearly she meant to make it her own. The conductor, Solti, allows for the ...

Puccini: La Boheme (Live from the Met)

Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta

EMI Classics, 2008

A BOHEME to treasure !! Is it Rodolfo's or Mimi's Boheme ?
Britten - Peter Grimes (The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Series) This DVD is a recording of the performance of La Boheme at the Met on April 5/2008 which was transmitted in HD worldwide. The first night was on 3/29th with the same cast, and the reviews in NY papers ...

The Opera Gala

Elina Garanca, Anna Netrebko

Deutsche Gram. Ger., 2008

Unforgettable Concert
Do not hesitate to buy this DVD. It is worth every dollar. The four singers really stand out, Netrebko with her angel-like voice, Vargas with a wonderful tenor voice, Garanca as a colorful mezzo and Tezier as a brilliant baritone. Each and every aria are outstandingly ...