DVDs Received

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

Georges Bizet: Carmen. Anne Sofie von Otter, Lisa Milne, Marcus Haddock, Laurent Naouri, Mary Hegarty, Christine Rice, Hans Voschezang, Jonathan Best, Anthony Wise, Quentin Hayes, Colin Judson, Franck Lopez, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, conducted by Philippe Jordan; directed by David McVicar. BBC Opus Arte (distributed by Naxos of America) OA 0868 D

Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw. Helen Field, Menai Davies, Richard Greager, Phyllis Cannan, Machiko Obata, Samuel Linay, Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, conducted by Stuart Bedford; directed by Michael Hampe. Arthaus Musik (distributed by Naxos of America) 100 199

Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment. Mariella Devia, Ewa Podles, Paul Austin Kelly, Bruno Praticò, Nicolas Rivenq, Aldo Bramante, Ernesto Gavazzi, Edoardo Borioli, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan, conducted by Donato Renzetti; directed by Filippo Crivelli, sets and costumes by Franco Zefirelli. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS OPLFDR

Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix. Edita Gruberova, Deon van der Walt, Jacob Will, László Polgár, Armando Ariostini, Nadine Asher, Cornelia Kallisch, Miroslav Christoff, Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House, conducted by Adam Fischer; directed by Daniel Schmid. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS OPLDC

Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila. Vladimir Ognovenko, Anna Netrebko, Mikhail Kit, Larissa Diadkova, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Galina Gorchakova, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Irina Bogachova, Yuri Marusin, Kirov Orchestra, Opera Chorus and Ballet, St. Petersburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev. In association with San Francisco Opera; directed by Lotfi Mansouri. Philips (distributed by Universal Classics) B0000229-09

Charles Gounod: "Roméo et Juliette": A Film by Barbara Willis Sweete. Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu et al., Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anton Guadagno; produced by Chris Hunt. Arthaus Musik (distributed by Naxos of America) 100 707

Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, Scena di Berenice, Symphony No. 92 "ìOxford." Cecilia Bartoli, Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Filmed at the Styriarte Festival, Graz, Austria, in July 2001. BBC Opus Arte (distributed by Naxos of America) OA 0870 D

Leos Janácek (adapted by Kent Nagano): The Cunning Little Vixen (animated film version). Sung by Christine Buffle, Grant Doyle, Richard Coxon, Keel Watson, Peter Van Hulle, Andrew Foster-Williams, Katarina Giotas, Richard Roberts, Michelle Sheridan, Mark Wilde, Matt Baker, Beth Lynch, Matthew Smith, Nicholas Smith, Bea Weiss, Edward Weston, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, BBC Singers, New London Children's Choir, conducted by Kent Nagano. BBC Opus Arte (distributed by Naxos of America) OA 0871 D

Alfredo Kraus in Concert. Song recital in the Fernan Nuñez Palace, Madrid. With Edelmiro Arnaltes, piano. ©1993. Immortal (distributed by Qualiton Imports) IMM 950007

Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow. Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay, San Francisco Opera, conducted by Erich Kunzel; directed by Lotfi Mansouri. BBC Opus Arte (distributed by Naxos of America) OA 0837 D

Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria. Dietrich Henschel, Vesselina Kasarova, Jonas Kaufman, Rudolf Schasching, Thomas Mohr, Anton Scharinger, Malin Hartelius, Isabel Rey, Martina Janková, Cornelia Kallisch, Orchestra La Scintilla from the Zurich Opera House, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; directed by Klaus-Michael Grüber. Arthaus Musik (distributed by Naxos of America) 100 353

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Eva Mei, Patrizia Ciofi, Rainer Trost, Mehrzad Montazeri, Kurt Rydl, Markus John, Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conducted by Zubin Mehta; directed by Massimo Teoldi. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS-OPEADS

Giovanni Paisiello: Nina, o sia La pazza per amore. Cecilia Bartoli, Jonas Kaufmann, László Polgár, Juliette Galstian, Angelo Veccia, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zurich, conducted by Adam Fischer; directed by Cesare Lievi. Arthaus Musik (distributed by Naxos of America) 100 367

Giacomo Puccini: La bohème. Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi, Adriana Martino, Rolando Panerai, Gianni Maffeo, Ivo Vinco, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan, conducted by Herbert von Karajan; directed and designed by Franco Zeffirelli. Deutsche Grammophon (distributed by Universal Classics) 073 027-9

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca. Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, Leo...