Erato

Helene Guilmette, Emmanuelle de Negri, Mathias Vidal, Sebastien Droy, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Christopher Purves, Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim

Joyce DiDonato, Yannick Nezet-Seguin (piano)

That box represents the COMPLETE COLLECTION OF OPERA RECORDINGS she did in audio and video.

CDs: 12 complete operas, ranging from the Baroque era to the 20th century:

Bellini: La sonnambula; Delibes: Lakmé; Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor and Lucie de Lammermoor (French version of the opera, prepared by the composer for Paris); Handel: Alcina; Monteverdi: Orfeo; Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, Mitridate; Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Orphée aux enfers; Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos; Stravinsky: Le Rossignol; • Seven recital discs covering Handel, Mozart, Strauss and a variety of French and Italian repertoire.

DVDs: 12 complete operas, again ranging from the Baroque era to the 20th century, recorded at some of the world’s major opera houses and festivals:

Bellini: La sonnambula; Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande; Donizetti: La Fille du régiment; Handel: Giulio Cesare; Massenet: Manon; Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Orphée aux enfers; Strauss: Arabella; Ariadne auf Naxos; Stravinsky: Le Rossignol; Thomas: Hamlet; Verdi: La traviata

‘Greatest Moments on Stage’: a DVD of scenes, all featuring Dessay at her most virtuosic, recorded live at some of the world’s major opera houses and festivals, from works by Bernstein, Donizetti, Mozart, Offenbach, Ravel, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss and Thomas. The video also includes commentary from Dessay herself.

DVD BONUS: Lucia di Lammermoor’s Mad Scene filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in 2007

Natalie Dessay, Emmanuelle Haim, Le Concert d'Astree