DVDs Received

Inclusion in this listing does not preclude review in future issues.

Vincenzo Bellini: Norma ("New Edition by Maurizio Biondi based on the Original Work," from the Teatro Regio, Parma). June Anderson, Daniela Barcellona, Shin Young Hoon, Ildar Abdrazakov, Svetlana Ignatovitch, Leonardo Melani, Europa Galante Orchestra, Verdi Festival Chorus, conducted by Fabio Biondi; Roberto Ando (stage director), Giovanni Carluccio (set designer), Nana Lecchi (costume designer), Carlo Battisto (TV director). TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVIS-OPNOR

Charles Gounod: Faust. Alfredo Kraus, Ana Maria González, Roberto Coviello, Nicola Ghiuselev, Ambra Vespasiani, Wilma Colla, Tito Turtura, Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini," Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma della Cooperativa "Artisti del Coro" di Parma, conducted by Alain Guingal; staging, sets, and costumes by Beppe De Tomasi. (Live 1987 performance.) Hardy Classic Video (distributed by VAI) HCD 4005 (DVD)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (from the Opéra National du Rhin). Angela Denoke, Torsten Kerl, Yuri Batukov, Brigitta Svenden, Barbara Beier, Julia Oesch, Christian Baumgärtel, Stephan Genz, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, conducted by Jan Latham-König; Inga Levant (stage director), Charles Edwards (sets and lighting), Magali Gerberon (costume designer), Don Kent (video director). ArtHaus Musik (distributed by Naxos of America) 100 343

Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona). Furio Zanasi, Montserrat Figueras, Arianna Savall, Sara Mingardo, Cécile van de Sant, Antonio Abete, Adriana Fernández, Daniele Carnovich, Fulvio Bettini, Mercedes Hernández, Marília Vargas, Gerd Türk, Francesc Garrigosa, Carlos Mena, Iván García, Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, conducted by Jordi Savall; Gilbert Deflo (staging), Brian Large (TV director). BBC Opus Arte (distributed by Naxos of America) OA 0843 D

Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari (from the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples). Leo Nucci, Vincenzo La Scola, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Danilo Rigoso, Leopoldo Lo Sciuto, Birgit Eger, Daniele Zanfardino, Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet of the Teatro di San Carlo, conducted by Nello Santi; Werner Düggelin (stage director), Raimund Bauer (set designer), Jorge Jara (costume designer), Heinz Spoerli (choreographer), George Blume (TV director). TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS-OPIDF

Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff. Willard White, Geraldine McGreevy, Charlotte Hellekant, Miah Persson, Nora Gubisch, Marcus Jupither, Yann Beuron, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Santiago Sánchez Jericó, Paolo Battaglia, Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Enrique Mazzola; staging, sets, lighting, and costumes by Herbert Wernicke. ArtHaus Musik (distributed by Naxos of America) 100 345

Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata. Stefania Bonfadelli, Scott Piper, Renato Bruson, Annely Peebo, Paola Leveroni, Cristian Ricci, Ezio Maria Tisi, Andrea Snarsky, Gastone Sarti, Orchestra and Chorus of Fondazione "Arturo Toscanini," conducted by Plácido Domingo; director and set designer, Franco Zeffirelli. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS-OPLTR (DVD)

Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore. José Cura, Verónica Villarroel, Yvonne Naef, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Tómas Tómasson, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Edgaras Montvidas, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Carlo Rizzi; directed by Elijah Moshinsky; set designer Dante Ferretti, costume designer Anne Tilby. BBC Opus Arte (distributed by Naxos of America) OA 0849 D (DVD)

Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore. Mario Del Monaco, Leyla Gencer, Fedora Barbieri, Ettore Bastianini, Plinio Clabassi, Laura Londi, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, conducted by Fernando Previtali; directed by Claudio Fino. (1957 RAI film.) Hardy Classic Video (distributed by VAI) HCD 4006 (DVD)