Browse: DVD Video, Francisco Araiza (tenor)
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Recommended
Gwyneth Jones (Marschallin), Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Manfred Jungwirth (Baron Ochs), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Francisco Araiza (Italian Singer), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Gudrun Wewezow (Annina)
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Carlos Kleiber
Kleiber's conducting is spacious, transparent and warm. Brigitte Fassbaender is ideal as Octavian, Gwyneth Jones a moving Marschallin, Lucia Popp a sweet-voiced if mature Sophie, and Manfred... — More…
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Verdi: Falstaff
Giuseppe Taddei (Falstaff), Ronaldo Panerai (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), Piero De Palma (Dr Caius), Heinz Zednik (Bardolfo), Federico Davià (Pistola), Raina Kabaivanska (Alice Ford), Janet Perry (Nannetta), Trudeliese Schmidt (Meg Page), Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly)
Wiener Philharmoniker,...
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Frederica von Stade (Cenerentola), Francisco Araiza (Don Ramiro), Paolo Montarsolo (Don Magnifico), Claudio Desderi (Dandini), Laura Zannini (Tisbe), Margherita Guglielmi (Clorinda), Paul Plishka (Alidoro)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado
Ponnelle's film of his La Scala staging is so imaginative and musically refined that it triumphs over the dubbing. Von Stade is an achingly beautiful Cinderella, Araiza a romantic Prince. — More…
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Kurt Moll, Francisco Araiza, Edita Gruberova, Lucia Popp & Wolfgang Brendel
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch
This charming production features Lucia Popp's still glorious Pamina and Moll's resonant Sarastro heading a first-rate cast. Brendel's Papageno lightens the recommendation. — More…
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384
Francisco Araiza (Belmonte), Edita Gruberova (Konstanze), Reri Grist (Blonde), Norbert Orth (Pedrillo), Thomas Holtzmann (Bassa Selim), Martti Talvela (Osmin)
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Karl Böhm
One of Böhm's last operatic assignments, he accompanies his fine cast with huge wisdom. Gruberova and Talvela are outstanding. August Everding's production, adventurous for 1980, is now a delight... — More…
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Kathleen Battle (Pamina), Francisco Araiza (Tamino), Manfred Hemm (Papageno), Luciana Serra (Queen of the Night), Heinz Zednik (Monostatos), Kurt Moll (Sarastro), Andreas Schmidt (Speaker), Barbara Kilduff (Papagena)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine, David Hockney (designs)
its many virtues include a formidable Queen of the Night in Luciana Serra, an adorable Pamina in Kathleen Battle, and vivid, primary-colour designs by David Hockney. James Levine paces everything... — More…
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Margaret Marshall (Fiordiligi), Ann Murray (Dorabella), Francisco Araiza (Ferrando), James Morris (Guglielmo), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) & Kathleen Battle (Despina)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Michael Hampe (director)
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Philippe Huttenlocher (Orfeo), Rachel Yakar (Euridice), Dietlinde Turban, Trudeliese Schmidt (La Musica/La Speranza), Francisco Araiza (Pastore/Spirito), Christian Bösch (Pastore)
Das Monteverdi-Ensemble des Opernhauses Zürich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Massenet: Manon
Edita Gruberova, Francisco Araiza, Pierre Thau, Hand Helm, Wilfried Gahmlich & Geory Tichy
Chor de Wiener Staatsper & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Adam Fischer
A pretty-picture version of this ingratiating opera, with a strong performance from Francisco Araiza, but Edita Gruberova as Manon looks far too doll-like and sings in piping tones. Just charm,... — More…
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Thomas Allen (Don Giovanni), Edita Gruberova (Donna Anna), Ann Murray (Donna Elvira), Francisco Araiza (Don Ottavio), Claudio Desderi (Leporello), Susanne Mentzer (Zerlina), Natale de Carolis (Masetto), Sergej Koptchak (Il Commendatore)
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Riccardo Muti
A rare operatic detour on the part of a great theatre director, Giorgio Strehler, it does bear a distinctive theatrical stamp… Thomas Allen's Giovanni (in splendidly aristocratic form) and Claudio... — More…