DVD: Nina Stemme

DVD: Nina Stemme

DVD:

Nina Stemme

Nina Stemme, Salvatore Licitra

Bel Air Classiques, 2007

Good modern Aida
This is a good modern Aida with good sound and a quality production. However, some older versions (sound only) are superior. The version with Nilsson and Corelli is my favorate.

R. Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier / Stemme, Kasarova, Hartelius, Muff, Chuchrova, Groissbock, Gotzen, Vogel, ...

Nina Stemme, Vesselina Kasarova

EMI Classics, 2005

Rosenkavalier liberated from time and place
Rosenkavalier is far more than a period piece. There are elements to this story that have meaning for all people at all times. This is a new production that helps us see this. Unfortunately there are a few flaws which have angered purists and literalist viewers ...

Janacek - Jenufa

Nina Stemme, Eva Marton

TDK, 2007

I Beg To Differ
There are three characters in this opera who are infinitely more important, in every respect, than the rest of the dramatis personae put together - to concern oneself with anyone but Jenufa, the Kostelnicka, and Luca is to trivialize one of the most powerful, most ...

Tristan und Isolde

R. Wagner, Nina Stemme

BBC / Opus Arte, 2008

To die in order to live: a brilliant performance of Tristan
By Wagner's own written comments, composition of Tristan und Isolde was inspired by his love affair with Mathilde Wesendonck and the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. Mathilde had married the silk merchant Otto Wesendonck, who was a great admirer of Wagner's music, ...