Bel Air Classiques
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Auber: Marco Spada
David Hallberg (Marco Spada), Evguenia Obraztsova (Angela), Olga Smirnova (Marquesa Sampietri), Semion Chudin (Prince Frederici), Igor Tsvirko (Count Pepinelli), Alexeï Loparevitch (Brother Borromée), Andreï Sitnikov (Prince Osario), Anastasia Stashkevich (The Fiancée) & Vyacheslav Lopatin (The...
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Verdi: Falstaff
Roberto De Candia (Falstaff), Simone Piazzola (Ford), Rebecca Evans (Alice), Daniela Barcellona (Mistress Quickly), Ruth Iniesta (Nannetta), Joel Prieto (Fenton), Maite Beaumont (Meg Page)
Daniele Rustioni, Teatro Real, Laurent Pelly
None of Pelly’s characters is especially appealing...Fortunately, the musical performances are stronger than the production. Daniele Rustioni has proved his worth in Verdi, particularly with... — More…
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Rameau: Platée Mathias Vidal (Thespis), Nahuel Di Pierro (Un Satyre/Citheron), Marc Mauillon (Momus), Julie Fuchs (Thalie/La Folie), Tamara Bounazou (L'Amour/Clarine), Lawrence Brownlee (Platée), Jean Teitgen (Jupiter), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Mercure), Adrianna Bignani Lesca (Junon), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Choeurs...
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Wagner: Tannhäuser Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser), Marina Prudenskaya (Venus), Ann Petersen (Elisabeth), Peter Mattei (Wolfram von Eschenbach), René Pape (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Musically, here is work from the conductor and orchestra on the level of their 2013 London Proms Ring...A well-chosen cast make much of the sympathetic acoustic of the Staatsoper's temporary... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 Bo Skovhus (Don Giovanni), Kyle Ketelsen (Leporello), David Bizic (Masetto), Colin Balzer (Don Ottavio), Kristine Opolais (Donna Elvira), Kerstin Avemo (Zerlina) & Anatoli Kotscherga (Il Commandatore)
English Voices & Freiburger Barockorchester, Louis Langrée
Tcherniakov's reading gives depth to a drama too often tripped up by creaking period theatrical conceits...Skovhus is electrifying in the lead role as he pivots from roaring malevolence to whispered... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, DVD Choice
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Escaich: Claude Jean-Sebastian Bou (Claude), Jean-Philippe Lafont, Roberto Ferreira, Laurent Alvaro, Remi Mathieu, Philip Sheffield
Maïtrise, Chorus & Orchestra. Opéra de Lyon, Jeremie Rhorer (conductor) & Olivier Py (director)
Rhorer conducts the orchestra and chorus (capable of terrifying murmurs and haunting background colour) in a performance that builds to a truly striking denouement. This is Escaich's first opera... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Cherubini: Medea Nadja Michael (Medea), Kurt Streit (Jason), Christianne Stotijn (Néris), Vincent Le Texier (Creon), Hendricke Van Kerckhova (Dirce)
Les Talens Lyriques & Les Choeurs de la Monnaie, Christophe Rousset
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Opera, June 2013, Recording of the Month
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Cherubini: Medea Nadja Michael (Medea), Kurt Streit (Jason), Christianne Stotijn (Néris), Vincent Le Texier (Creon), Hendricke Van Kerckhova (Dirce)
Les Talens Lyriques & Les Choeurs de la Monnai, Christophe Rousset
[the dialogue] was created by director Krzysztof Warlikowski and dramaturg Christian Longchamp, and designed for an in-your-face contemporary staging. That the result is at times shocking is... — More…
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Opera, June 2013, Recording of the Month
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