DVDs Received

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

John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer. Sanford Sylvan, Christopher Maltman, Yvonne Howard, Tom Randle, Kamel Boutros, Leigh Melrose, Emil Marwa, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by John Adams; directed by Penny Woolcock. Decca (distributed by Universal Classics) B00001515-09

Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio. Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, René Pape, Falk Struckmann, Robert Lloyd, Matthew Polenzani, Jennifer Welch-Babidge, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine; directed by Jürgen Flimm. Deutsche Grammophon (distributed by Universal Classics) B00001417-09

Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula. Anna Moffo, Danilo Vega, Plinio Clabassi, Anna Maria Anelli, Gianna Galli, Guido Mazzini, Orchestra e Coro di Milano della Televisione Italiana, conducted by Bruno Bartoletti; directed by Mario Lanfranchi. VAI (distributed by Video Artists International) DVD 4239

Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale. Alessandro Corbelli, Eva Mei, Antonino Siragusa, Roberto De Candia, Giorgio Gatti, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Lirico-Cagliari, conducted by Gérard Korsten; directed by Stefano Vizioli. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS-OPDP

Jules Massenet: Manon. Renée Fleming, Marcelo Alvarez, Jean-Luc Chaignaud, Alain Vernhes, Michel Sénéchal, Franck Ferrari, Jaël Azzaretti, Isabelle Cals, Delphine Haidan, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Paris, conducted by Jesús López-Cobos; directed by Gilbert Deflo. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS-OPMANON

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte. Dorothea Röschmann, Katharina Kammerloher, Werner Güra, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Daniela Bruera, Roman Trekel, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin German State Opera Chorus, conducted by Daniel Barenboim; directed by Doris Dörrie. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS-OPCFT

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro. Walter Berry, Reri Grist, Claire Watson, Ingvar Wixell, Edith Mathis, Zoltán Kelemen, Margarethe Bence, Klaus Hirte, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus, conducted by Karl Böhm; directed by Günther Rennert. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS-CLOPNDF

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte. Dorothea Röschmann, Diana Damrau, Will Hartmann, Simon Keenlyside, Franz-Josef Selig, Ailish Tynan, Adrian Thompson, Gillian Webster, Christine Rice, Yvonne Howard, Thomas Allen, Matthew Beale, Richard Van Allan, Alan Oke, Graeme Broadbent, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Sir Colin Davis; directed by David McVicar. BBC Opus Arte (distributed by Naxos of America) OA 0886 D

Producers' Showcase: Festival of Music, Vol. 1. (Complete live telecast of 30 January 1956.) Leonard Warren, Jan Peerce, Zinka Milanov, Roberta Peters, Marian Anderson, Blanche Thebom, Mildred Miller, Risë Stevens, Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Björling et al., Showcase Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Max Rudolf. VAI (distributed by Video Artists International) DVD 4244

Producers' Showcase: Festival of Music, Vol. 2. (Complete live telecast of 10 December 1956.) Marian Anderson, Boris Christoff, Victoria de Los Angeles, Barry Morell, Nicola Moscona et al., Showcase Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Alfred Wallenstein. VAI (distributed by Video Artists International) DVD 4245

Sergei Prokofiev: War and Peace. Olga Guryakova, Nathan Gunn, Robert Brubaker, Anatoli Kotcherga, Elena Obraztsova, Vassili Gerello, Elena Zaremba, Stefan Margita, Susanna Poretsky, Leonid Zimnenko, Mikhail Kit, Vladimir Matorin, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Paris, conducted by Gary Bertini; directed by Francesa Zambello. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS-OPWP

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot. Eva Marton, Plácido Domingo, Leona Mitchell, Paul Plishka, Hugues Cuénod, Brian Schexnayder, Allan Glassman, Anthony Laciura, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet, conducted by James Levine; directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Deutsche Grammophon (distributed by Universal) B0000852-09

Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia. Manuel Lanza, Vesselina Kasarova, Reinaldo Macias, Carlos Chausson, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elizabeth Rae Magnuson, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House Zürich, conducted by Nello Santi; directed by Grischa Asagaroff. EuroArts (distributed by Naxos of America) 20 5124 9

Giuseppe Verdi: Otello. Plácido Domingo, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci, Cesare Catani, Antonello Ceron, G. Battista Parodi, Rossana Rinaldi, Cesare Lana, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, conducted by Riccardo Muti; directed by Graham Vick. TDK (distributed by Naxos of America) DVUS...