A valuable historical account of American classical music icon Aaron Copland conducting some of his best known compositions.
Puccini: Tosca [Pappano] (TheaterByte 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review)
A 4K premiere for an evergreen Puccini masterpiece that features excellent vocals and a directorial approach that may not please traditional operagoers.
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8 [Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Chailly] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
Mahler’s colossal orchestral and choral classical music piece gets a towering performance on Blu-ray Disc from Lucerne Festival and Riccardo Chailly.
Schöenberg: Gurre-Lieder [Dutch National Opera/Albrecht] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
Opus Arte and the Dutch National Opera offer up an exciting video premiere of this major 20th century piece that is not to be missed.
Liebermann: Frankenstein [Royal Ballet] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
This world-premiere falls just short of delivering the excitement that both its original source material and this famous company deserve.
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies [Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos/Danish National Symphony Orchestra] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
A splendid send off for the veteran Frühbeck de Burgos in this box set of Beethoven’s symphonies and then some.
Glass: Einstein on the Beach [Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris/Riesman] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
Théâtre du Châtelet put on a defining performance of Philip Glass’ signature, groundbreaking 1970s opera on this latest Opus Arte release.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Chroma – Grace – Takademe – Revelations (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
C Major releases a remarkable live document of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as part of Lincoln Center’s “Great American Dance” film series.
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 [Thielemann/Wiener Philharmoniker] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
A bargain priced warhorse with a musical performance as good as it gets.
Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann [Debus/Wiener Symphoniker] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
Offenbach’s ‘Tales of Hoffmann’ gets a fresh;y re-imagined production with strong singing, but some problematic staging from the Wiener Philharmoniker and co.
