Recording reviews Language of reviews is English, unless otherwise indicated. The Decca CD reissue of the 1978 Barclay Zauberflöte: 1 2 (in German) "Don Pasquale" on DVD (recorded in 1977, issued in 2020) (in French) CDs issued for the 50th stage anniversary in 2018: The 1978 Lucia (Vienna) on Orfeo: 1 2(in Dutch) Aria CD on BR-Klassik:  1 2 (in German) Mozart concert arias (with Harnoncourt) Straniera CD (in German) The 1987 Don Giovanni video The new Mozart CD on Nightingale Classics (recorded in 2013): 1 2 3 The CD reissue of the Paer Leonora (in Spanish) Norma DVD (in Italian) The Schubert Lieder CD on Nightingale Classics (2012): 1 2 Norma DVD The live 1976 "Ariadne" CD on Orfeo: 1 (in French) 2 (in German) 3 4 (in French) The Wiener Staatsoper Live CD (issued in 2012): in German in Polish in French Excerpts from André Tubeuf's review in Classica, June 2012: "Flexibilité, sûreté stratosphérique, contrôle hallucinant de l'émission, plasticité à l'infini, ce double album nous montre tout : fin d'années 1970 Lucia lunaire, Konstanze de diamant mais aussi Adele, irrésistible d'abattage et de drôlerie. (...) Témoignage formidable sur ce que peut encore le chant en nos époques troublées quand il est gouverné par tant de discipline et de si stricts refus ! Ne faire que ce qu'on est sûr(e) de pouvoir faire, le faire à même ses limites, le faire mieux que personne. Comme c'est simple !" Roberto Devereux DVD: 1 2 Lucrezia Borgia DVD: 1 (in German) 2 Lucrezia Borgia CD: 1 2 3 (in German) The 1991 La Finta Giardiniera CD (reissued in 2009) (in Hungarian) Review of "Ariadne of Naxos" (recently reissued on DVD) Norma DVD review from "Café Momus" (English translation) Further Norma DVD review excerpts (in various languages) on the website of Deutsche Grammophon Norma DVD review from the June 2007 issue of "Gramophone": Excerpt: "Edita Gruberová waited until last year to sing Norma on stage for the first time (her recording on Nightingale Classics to which John Steane gave a warm welcome - 11/05 - was based on a concert performance). In this production from Munich she is revealed as the greatest Norma of today. Her singing and acting bring out the complete portrait of the guilt-ridden priestess, trapped between her sense of duty to her religion and country, and the sickening prospect of losing her lover and her children. Gruberová brings a lifetime's experience of singing bel canto opera and caresses Bellini's vocal lines with many subtle touches. Almost entirely absent is that mannerism of sliding between notes which has marred some of her singing in the past. Every phrase is moulded with the feeling and reticence of a great artist." (Patrick O'Connor) Norma DVD (in German) Manon DVD (in French) The "Fledermaus" DVD on TDK (in German) The "Fledermaus" DVD on TDK (in French) "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" CD (in Hungarian) Short review of the "Ariadne auf Naxos" CD on Orfeo (in German) The "Linda di Chamounix" DVD (in German) The "Linda di Chamounix" DVD (in German) The "Linda di Chamounix" DVD (short review in German) The telecast of "I Puritani" from 1985 (Bregenz) Pre-review of the "Beatrice di Tenda" telecast (which has become available commercially since) (from the Opera-L discussion list) The Semiramide CD on Nightingale: Coloratura discussion forum Parterre Box The Sonnambula CD (in German, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format) The Sonnambula CD (short review, in German) How the CD "Dialog" with Toni Stricker came into being (in German) The CD "Dialog" (in German) The "Donizetti Portraits", "Tudor Queens" & "Maria di Rohan" CDs on Nightingale (in German) The "Maria di Rohan" CD on Nightingale (in German) The duet CD with Kasarova; The "Hymnus" CD on Nightingale (in German) The Dvorak/Rachmaninov/Rimsky-Korsakov Songs CD on Nightingale (in German) Short review of the "Anna Bolena" CD (in German) The "Fille du Régiment" CD on Nightingale Short review of the "Fille du Régiment" CD (in German) Short review of the operetta CD (in German) The "Traviata" CD on Teldec (in German) The "Maria Stuarda" CD on Philips and the "Lucia di Lammermoor" CD on Teldec (in Italian) The "Schauspieldirektor" CD (Mozart) (comparative review) The "Bastien & Bastienne" CD (Mozart) The "Idomeneo" CD (Mozart) (comparative review) The "Lucio Silla" CD (Mozart) (comparative review) Short review of the "Lucio Silla" CD (Mozart) (in German) The "Don Giovanni" video The "Don Giovanni" CD & video (comparative review) The "Cosi fan tutte" video (In Italian) The "Zauberflöte" CD on Teldec (In Italian) "Zauberflöte" recordings (comparative review) The "Carmina Burana" CD Short review of the "Ariadne auf Naxos" CD on Decca (in German) Short review of the "Ariadne auf Naxos" CD on Philips (in German) Recordings of "Ariadne auf Naxos" (comparative review) Un ballo in maschera Un ballo in maschera (in Hungarian) Richard Strauss songs; The Mozart/Debussy/Wolf Lieder CD (if the article doesn't show up, enter the site thru the main page, select "Arias for soprano" then "Coloratura song cycles" - or, switch off JavaScript in your browser) Short review of the coloratura CD on Orfeo (in German) Short review of the Lieder CD on Orfeo (in German) "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (the Böhm video and the Solti CD) "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (the Böhm video video on DVD) (in Czech) Short review of "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" CD on BMG/Eurodisc (in German) Short review of Haydn's "Die Schöpfung" CD on Teldec (in German)
Last updated: 1-Feb-2021