SUGGESTED RECORDINGS
Prepare for the opera season by listening at home! Here is a list of excellent recordings of San Diego Opera’s 2012 International Season to help you get to know the operas before we produce them. (This is by no means an exhaustive list; be sure to check your CD store for other recordings of these same operas, especially on budget labels such as Naxos and Opera d’Oro. Be aware, however, that some budget recordings do not include libretti.) All of these recordings are available for order through the internet at sites such as www.amazon.com and www.iclassics.com. Also, be sure to check your local Borders or Barnes & Noble bookstores which have good collections of CDs in stock.
SALOME
by Richard StraussAudio
Nilsson, Stolze, Waechter, Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti conducting. DECCA
Behrens, Baltsa, van Dam, Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conducting, EMI
DVD
Mattila, Uusitalo, Begley, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers conducting, SONY
Malfitano, Terfel, Silja, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting, DECCA
MOBY-DICK
Music by Jake Heggie, Libretto by Gene ScheerThere are currently no CDs or DVDs available of this work.
DON PASQUALE
by Gaetano DonizettiAudio
Sills, Gramm, Kraus, Titus, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Chorus, Sarah Caldwell conducting EMI
Mei, Bruson, Lopardo, Allen, Munich Radio Orchestra, Chorus of the Bavarian Radio, Roberto Abbado conducting RCA
DVD
Rey, Florez, Raimondi, Widmer, Chorus and Orchestra of the Opernhaus, Zurich, Nello Santi conducting DECCA
Desderi, Cassi, Gatell, Giordano, Giovanile Luigi Cherubini Orchestra, from the Ravenna Festival, Riccardo Muti conducting ARTHAUS
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by Gioachino RossiniAudio
Allen, Baltsa, Araiza, Academy of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Neville Marriner conducting PHILIPS
Nucci, Bartoli, Matteuzzi, Fissore, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patane conducting DECCA
DVD
Quilico, Bartoli, Alvarez, Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart, Gabriele Ferro conducting ARTHAUS
Spagnoli, Bayo, Florez, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real, Madrid, Gianluigi Gelmetti conducting DECCA [Blu-Ray]