Favorite Mozart Opera

[DavidW]

Wow, you have been thorough in your list! 

If it has to be only one, my vote goes to Die Zauberflöte; although everything from Idomeneo onwards is a favourite.

Yeah that list is so long I probably could have snuck in a Haydn opera in the early section and nobody would have noticed!

[Opus106]

Yeah that list is so long I probably could have snuck in a Haydn opera in the early section and nobody would have noticed!

Except Gurn.

[Wanderer]

I'm tempted to read that as Cosi Don Fluté.

OK, let's have some fun.

La clemenza di Mitridate, re di Ponto

Così fa Tito

Die Entführung aus dem Don Giovanni

[Wanderer]

Yeah that list is so long I probably could have snuck in a Haydn opera in the early section and nobody would have noticed!

Make a mental note for next time, then. 

[springrite]

OK, let's have some fun.

La clemenza di Mitridate, re di Ponto

Così fa Tito

Die Entführung aus dem Don Giovanni

I guess there is no room for La clemenza di Don Giovani...

[Wanderer]

I guess there is no room for La clemenza di Don Giovani...

Maybe that would be too out of character?

[DavidW]

Except Gurn.

Yeah he could probably list all of Haydn and Mozart's operas from memory!

[Gurn Blanston]

Except Gurn.

Thank you, Navneeth. I suspect that I might be the only one here who has all of Haydn's operas.

[Scarpia]

Thank you, Navneeth. I suspect that I might be the only one here who has all of Haydn's operas.

Weren't they all released in a giant Decca box set?

[Sergeant Rock]

Thank you, Navneeth. I suspect that I might be the only one here who has all of Haydn's operas.

You probably are. I've only four: L'infedelta delusa conducted by Almeida, La fedelta premiata conducted by Dorati, Armida, and Orlando Paladino, the last two conducted by Harnoncourt.

Sarge

[Gurn Blanston]

Weren't they all released in a giant Decca box set?

No, just the easy ones.   I got the set of 2 boxes that came out before that, 10 disks each. But there are also 2 marionette operas (Die fueuerbrunst and Philemon et Baucis, and some early ones that aren't in there, like Acide, Lo speziale, La Cantarina and Le Pescatrici. Most have just a single recording and finding those isn't the no-brainer that you would think it would be!   

You probably are. I've only four: L'infedelta delusa conducted by Almeida, La fedelta premiata conducted by Dorati, Armida, and Orlando Paladino, the last two conducted by Harnoncourt.

Sarge

I have the Harnoncourt Orlando and greatly enjoy it. I also have Orfeo & Euridyce which missed the Dorati set due to its never having been performed in England when it was written (1792). I have Il Stagione Frankfurt on DHM. Nice recording.

[Gurn Blanston]

Yeah he could probably list all of Haydn and Mozart's operas from memory!

I can, but it's a lot easier to do Beethoven's.

[DavidW]

I can, but it's a lot easier to do Beethoven's.

Even easier to list Bach's operas!

[Brahmsian]

Wow, I thought Don Giovanni would be in the lead by this point. 

[Wanderer]

Armida, and Orlando Paladino, the last two conducted by Harnoncourt.

Superb recordings, those two.

[DavidW]

Wow, I thought Don Giovanni would be in the lead by this point. 

Well Ray it's time for you to get 10 friends to register and change the vote!

[karlhenning]

Is there a consensus as to "best Don Giovanni DVD"?  I want one, but I don't want Eurotrash dubious production values, je-je-je!

[karlhenning]

Wow, I thought Don Giovanni would be in the lead by this point. 

BTW, Ray, I am delighted that you are enjoying Onegin!

[karlhenning]

I've promised myself to get to know Così, truly I have.

[DavidW]

Is there a consensus as to "best Don Giovanni DVD"?  I want one, but I don't want Eurotrash dubious production values, je-je-je!

I can only speak for what I like, and when I watched the Levine production I loved it.  The conducting is sumptuous, Terfel is amazing, the costumes are lavish.