R. Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos opera to libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Directed 2013 by Katharina Thoma at Glyndebourne. Prologue starsare Thomas Allen (Music Master), William Relton (The Major-Domo), Frederick Long  (Lackey), Stuart Jackson (Officer), Kate Lindsey (Composer), Sergey Skorokhodov (Tenor), Michael Wallace (Wig Maker), Laura Claycomb (Zerbinetta), Soile Isokoski (Prima Donna), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Dancing Master), Dmitri Vargin, James Kryshak, Torben Jürgens, and Andrew Stenson (Four Comedians), and Gary Mathewman at piano. Opera stars are Ana Maria Labin (Naiad), Adriana Di Paola (Dryad), Gabriela Iştoc (Echo), Soile Isokoski (Adiana), Laura Claycomb (Zerbinetta), Dmitri Vargin (Harlequin), James Kryshak (Scaramuccio), Torben Jürgens (Truffaldino), Andrew Stenson (Brighella), and Sergey Skorokhodov (Bacchus). Additional performers are Fiona Alsop, Gini Comyns, Philip Dew, Kym Giggins, Darren Harker, Gowan Hewlett, Mike Howell, Rebecca MacMillan, Patrick O'Hare, Philip Ticehurst, and Matthew Tweddle. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader Pieter Schoeman) with 31 musicians. Set design by Julia Müer; costume design by Irina Bartels; lighting design by Olaf Winter; movement direction by Lucy Burge. TV Director was François Roussillon; Executive Producer was George Bruell; Sound Supervisor was Jen Chatauret; Music Producer was Sébastian Chonion. Released 2014, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: A+

Mozart Operas "box" with 3 titles (5 discs total). Below are the titles. Each of them has already been reported on this website, and you can get more details, including our grade, by using the links provided:

1. Le nozze di Figaro.  (Grade A+)
2. Die Zauberflöte. (Grade A)
3. Don Giovanni.  (Grade A-)

Released 2014, each opera has 5.0 or 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Composite Grade: A

Mozart Die Zauberflöte (the Magic Flute) opera to libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Directed 2003 by David McVicar at the Royal Opera House.  Stars Will Hartmann (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Adrian Thompson (Monostatos), Gillian Webster (First Lady), Christine Rice (Second Lady), Yvonne Howard (Third Lady), Thomas Allen (Speaker of the Temple), Matthew Beale (First Priest), Richard Van Allan (Second Priest), Alan Oke (First Man in Armour), Graeme Broadbent (Second Man in Armour), Zico Shaker (First Boy), Tom Chapman (Second Boy), and John Holland-Avery (Third Boy). Sir Colin Davis directs the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (Concert Master Vasko Vassilev) and the Royal Opera Chorus (Chorus Director Terry Edwards). Design by John F. Macfarlane; lighting design by Paule Constable;  choreography by Leah Hausman. Directed for TV by Sue Judd; produced by Oliver Macfarlane. Sung in German. This is the Blu-ray version, released 2008, of the Zauberflöte that Opus Arte also published in HD DVD. Disc has 5.1 PCM audio. Grade: A

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni opera to libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Directed 2008 by Francesca Zambello at the Royal Opera House. Stars Simon Keenlyside (Don Giovanni), Kyle Ketelsen (Leporello), Eric Halfvarson (Commendatore), Marina Poplavskaya (Donna Anna), Ramón Vargas (Don Ottavio), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Miah Persson (Zerlina), and Robert Gleadow (Masetto). Charles Mackerras conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (Concert Master Vasko Vassilev) and the Royal Opera Chorus (Chorus Master Stephen Westrop). Continuo: harpsichord Andrew Griffiths; cello Christopher Vanderspar. Set and costume design by Maria Björnson; lighting by Paul Pyant; choreography by Stephen Mear; fight direction by William Hobbs; directed for TV by Robin Lough. Released 2009 on 2 discs, sound benefits from recording with 48kHz/24-bit sound sampling; has 5.1 PCM sound output.  Grade: A-