In case you want to prepare yourself before visiting an opera or simply feel the need to "hear more", Zsolt Horpácsy, one of Oper Frankfurt's dramaturges, has compiled the following list of recommended recordings of operas, both premieres and revivals, and recordings by some of the singers giving recitals in the 2011/2012 season.
N E W P R O D U C T I O N S
Othmar Schoeck
Penthesilea
Dernesch, Lipovsek, Adam, Marsh, Gessendorf,
ORF SO,
Gerd Albrecht
Orfeo 1982
Emmanuel Chabrier
L’Étoile
Alliot-Lugaz, Gautier, Bacquier
Chor und Orchester der Opéra der Lyon
Gardiner
EMI 1984
Richard Wagner
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Nilsson, Windgassen, Rysanek, King, Adam, Neidlinger
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Böhm
Philips 1967
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Domingo, Scotto, Milnes, Plishka
Natinal PO, Levine
RCA, 1978
Francesco Cavalli
La Calisto
Bayo, Lippi, Keenlyside, Pushee
Concerto Vocale
Jacobs
HMF 2006
Francesco Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur
Tebaldi, Del Monaco, Simionato, Ricciardi
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Capuana
Decca, 1961
Pietro Mascagni
L'amico Fritz
Pavarotti, Freni, Sardinero, Didier
Covent Garden Orchestra, Gavazzeni
EMI, 1968
Leoš Janáček
Die Sache Makropoulos
Söderström, Dvorsky, Blachut
Wien PO, Mackerras
Decca, 1978
Richard Wagner
Das Liebesverbot
Hass, Coburn, Schunk, Prey, Engen
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Sawallisch
Orfeo, 1983
Igor Strawinsky
The Rake's Progress
Terfel, Bostridge, York, von Otter
Monteverdi Choir, London SO
Gardiner
DGG, 1997
Arnulf Herrmann
Wasser
(First release – no recording available)
R E V I V A L S
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte
Gens, Fink, Güra, Boone, Spagnoli, Oddone,
Kölner Kammerchor, Concerto Köln
Jacobs
HMF 1998
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Die tote Stadt
Vogt, Pavlovskaya, Nagy, Ryberg, Carlstedt
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester,
Weigle
Oehms 2011 (available at start of season 2011/2012)
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata
Scotto, Kraus, Bruson
Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
EMI 1981
Jacques Offenbach
Hoffmanns Erzählungen
Jobin, Doria, Revoil, Musy, Pernet, Bovy
Opera-Comique Orchestra Paris
Cluytens
Naxos 1948
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi,
La Scala Orchestra,
Victor de Sabata
EMI 1953
Johann Strauß
Die Fledermaus
Peter Anders, Anny Schlemm, Rita Streich, Helmut Krebs
RSO Berlin,
Ferenc Fricsay
Audite 1949
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Hagegard, Auger, Jones, Bonney, Terfel
Orchester des Hoftheaters Drottningholm
Decca 1989
Richard Strauss
Arabella
Rothenberger, Della Casa, Fischer-Dieskau
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Keilberth
DGG 1963
Paul Dukas
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Polaski, Henschel, Donose, Youn,
RSO Wien, De Billy
Oehms, 2007
Aribert Reimann
Lear
Koch, Stallmeister, Clark, Wölfel
Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester,
Weigle
Oehms 2009
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte
Bonney, Jo, Streit
Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestre
Arnold Östman
Decca 1993
Luigi Dallapiccola
Volo di notte / Il prigioniero
(No recording available at the moment)
Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold
Dike, Stensvold, Streit, Schmeckenbecher
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Weigle
Oehms 2011
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre
Westbroek, Dike, Bullock, van Aken, Stensvold
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Weigle
Oehms 2011
