Wagner's Das Reingold (London, Sir George Solti) is an excellent recording that Stereophile recommended. The music and singing are beautiful:"...the full power and weight of a symphony orchestra are still delivered with tremendous impact." I feel the quality of the recording is very important in opera - you need to hear all the nuances. Nothing compares to a live performance. I saw Das Reingold at the Cincinatti Opera several years ago, the singing was nowhere near the quality of the Solti, but the sound and music were so gorgeous that I didn't care. On the other hand nothing stinks worse than a poorly performed opera.
Operas... Any fans?
Hi all,
I'm starting to get into Opera (I actually have season tickets to the Opera de Montreal)...
I would like to find some well recorded and well interpreted opera on CDs. The only problem is that I find that most CDs I purchased have a poor recording (or they sound like they were recorded from the 250th row).
Does anyone have any suggestion as to what opera CDs I should try getting (or any better labels than other ones)?
By the way, I am looking for complete operas or CDs with multiple opera passages (sorry, I don't know any better english words).
So in short, I'm looking for must have CDs...
So far the operas I really liked were:
Madama Butterfly
Rigoletto
Turandot
Lakmé
Carmen
Any of the above operas or any other operas worth while listenning would be appreciated...
Thanks ahead
I'm starting to get into Opera (I actually have season tickets to the Opera de Montreal)...
I would like to find some well recorded and well interpreted opera on CDs. The only problem is that I find that most CDs I purchased have a poor recording (or they sound like they were recorded from the 250th row).
Does anyone have any suggestion as to what opera CDs I should try getting (or any better labels than other ones)?
By the way, I am looking for complete operas or CDs with multiple opera passages (sorry, I don't know any better english words).
So in short, I'm looking for must have CDs...
So far the operas I really liked were:
Madama Butterfly
Rigoletto
Turandot
Lakmé
Carmen
Any of the above operas or any other operas worth while listenning would be appreciated...
Thanks ahead