DVD: Natalie Dessay

DVD: Natalie Dessay

DVD:

Natalie Dessay

Ambroise Thomas - Hamlet - Barcelona Opera

Simon Keenlyside, Natalie Dessay

EMI Classics, 2004

Astonishing and Harrowing Operatic Shakespeare
This video of Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas is simply brilliant. Baritone Simon Keenlyside as Hamlet is astonishing. He is a great actor, especially for a singer, and he adapts his light baritone to the dramatic requirements of the opera with intelligence and total ...

Some Tales of Hoffmann [Region 2]

Daniel Galvez-Vallejo, José van Dam

attn: classical fundamentalists!
the classical fundamentalists are as annoying and as harmful as christian fundamentalists. why? because, like the religious fundamentalists the 'classical crowd' has become so conservative, so insistent on the 'sacred word' that they are, in affect, killing the future ...

Igor Stravinsky - Le Rossignol (The Nightingale)/ Dessay, McLaughlin, Urmana, Grivnov, Schagidullin, Naouri, ...

Natalie Dessay, Hugo Simcic

Virgin Classics, 2005

Five stars don't do this one justice! Brilliant!
This DVD is an excellent example of what the DVD medium can and should be, especially in relation to Classical music and Opera. This is a fantasy and an opera. The singers, actors and orchestra are first class. The production is imaginative and beautiful to behold. ...

Richard Strauss - Arabella / Thielemann, Te Kanawa, Brendel, Metropolitan Opera

Kiri Te Kanawa, Wolfgang Brendel

Deutsche Grammophon, 2001

Gorgeous performance by Kiri Te Kanawa
This is a lovely production. Kiri Te Kanawa is absolutely gorgeous in the title role. Nice support from the cast especially coloratura Natalie Dessay.

Jules Massenet - Manon / Dessay, Villazon, Ramey, Lanza, Henry, Perez, McVicar (Gran Teatre del Liceu 2007)

Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazon

Virgin Classics (EMI), 2008

A very moving production of Manon
David McVicar is one of my most favorite opera directors. For my taste, this is one of his most successful creations. Stage design is quite simple but very effective. Costumes are colorful. Dessay is a wonderful Manon. Her rendition of the `table aria' is maybe the ...

Gaetano Donizetti - La Fille du regiment / Dessay, Florez, Palmer, Corbelli, French, Campanella, Pelly (Royal ...

Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Florez

Virgin Classics, 2008

"La Fille" a delight for the eyes and the ears
Marvelous singing, fun to watch, wonderful acting and great comic timing by Natalie Dessay, 9 high Cs by Juan Diego Florez. If you want to buy only one bel canto opera buffa, get this one.

Orphée aux enfers

Natalie Dessay, Yann Beuron

Fine French Farce
I had the good fortune to pick up a copy of this production from the UK, and I certainly hope it becomes available in the US for the sake of fans of Jacques Offenbach and Natalie Dessay. For those not familiar with the story, it's a burlesque of the Orpheus & ...

Natalie Dessay - Greatest Moments on Stage

Natalie Dessay, Laurent Naouri

Virgin Classics, 2007

Opera par excellence
Natalie Dessay is apsolutely marvellous in this wonderful DVD. If you love the operatic voice, this is certainly a terrific choice. She gives a tour de force at every level, and if you cannot see her in person on the stage, than this is the way to go.

Offenbach - Des contes d'Hoffmann (Some Tales of Hoffmann) / Nagano, Galvez-Vallejo, Dessay, Lyon Opera

Daniel Galvez-Vallejo, José van Dam

Image Entertainment, 1999

attn: classical fundamentalists!
the classical fundamentalists are as annoying and as harmful as christian fundamentalists. why? because, like the religious fundamentalists the 'classical crowd' has become so conservative, so insistent on the 'sacred word' that they are, in affect, killing the future ...