New and upcoming CDs, DVDs, and blu-rays

[MAuer]

In February, the Naxos label will release an audio recording (2 CDs) of Scott Davenport Richards’ opera Blind Injustice, with a libretto by David Cote. The work, which had its world premiere at the Cincinnati Opera in 2019 and was developed in conjunction with the Ohio Innocence Project, tells the story of six people who were wrongly convicted of crimes and imprisoned. They finally regained their freedom through the efforts of the aforementioned project. Baritone Joseph Lattanzi, who created the role of Hawkins Fuller in Gregory Spears’ Fellow Travelers, sings the role of the Prosecutor, while the six prisoners are portrayed by members of the CO’s Young Artist program. John Morris Russell conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

I only wish this were being released in video format. With modern operas, I find I really need that visual element in conjunction with the music to fully enjoy them.

[MAuer]

New releases spotted in magazine ads:

- Sonya Yoncheva: “Rebirth”
Conductor/orchestra: Leonardo García Alarcón, Cappella Mediterranea
Selections by Monteverdi, Dowland, and Gibbons: Spanish Baroque music, Bulgarian folksongs
Sony

- Valer Sabadus: Arias by Bach and Telemann
Conductor/orchestra: Julia Schröder, Basel Chamber Orchestra
Sony

- Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Conductor/orchestra: Christian Thielemann, Staatskapelle Dresden
Soloists: Stephen Gould, Camilla Nylund, Christa Mayer, Markus Marquardt, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Franz Grundheber
Profil/Hänssler Classics

- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductor/orchestra: Christian Thielemann, Staatskapelle Dresden
Dresden State Opera Chorus
Cast: Georg Zeppenfeld, Klaus Florian Vogt, Jacquelyn Wagner, Adrian Eröd, Vitalij Kowaljow, Sebastian Kohlhepp, et. al.
Profil/Hänssler Classics

- Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Conductor/orchestra: Christian Thielemann, Staatskapelle Dresden
Soloists: Krassimira Stoyanova, Marina Prudenskaya, Charles Castronovo, Georg Zeppenfeld
Profil/Hänssler Classics

The cast of that Meistersinger looks quite appealing . . .

[JohnGerald]

I see that both Presto Classical and Amazon (US) show March releases in Blu ray of Faust (Schrott, Fabiano, Lungu) and Lucrezia Borgia (Remigio, Mimico, Anduaga).