Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 14th August 2024.
Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Maurizio Benini (conductor)
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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda), Elza van den Heever (Elisabetta), Matthew Rose (Talbot), Joshua Hopkins (Cecil), Matthew Polenzani (Leicester), Maria Zifchak (Anna Kennedy)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Maurizio Benini
handsomely designed...well acted and strongly sung. Elza van der Heever delivers a statuesque Elizabeth, if with tomboyish tendencies...DiDonato offers a physically plain, emotionally determined... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Rossini: Aureliano in Palmira Kenneth Tarver (Aureliano), Catriona Smith (Zenobia), Silvia Tro Santafé (Arsace), Ezgi Kutlu (Publia), Andrew Foster-Williams (High Priest of Isis), Vuyani Mlinde (Licinio), Julian Alexander Smith (Oraspe)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
Opera Rara's performance is a fine one, conducted with stylistic assurance by Maurizio Benini and sung by a good cast, able to rise above the music's considerable technical challenges to achieve... — More…
3 CDs
Original price ($42.75) Reduced price $36.25Downloads
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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda), Elza van den Heever (Elisabetta), Matthew Rose (Talbot), Joshua Hopkins (Cecil), Matthew Polenzani (Leicester), Maria Zifchak (Anna Kennedy)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Maurizio Benini
handsomely designed...well acted and strongly sung. Elza van der Heever delivers a statuesque Elizabeth, if with tomboyish tendencies...DiDonato offers a physically plain, emotionally determined... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Gomes: Salvator Rosa Mauro Pagano (tenor), Francesca Scaini (soprano), Francesco Ellero D’Artegna (bass)
Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Maurizio Benini
2 CDs
Original price ($25.25) Reduced price $20.75Downloads
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Verdi: Luisa Miller Giuseppe Sabbatini (Rodolfo), Darina Takova (Luisa), Alexander Vinogradov (Walter), Ursula Ferri (Federica), Arutjun Kotchinian (Wurm), Damiano Salerno (Miller)
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Maurizio Benini
2 CDs
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Rossini: Le Comte Ory RecommendedJuan Diego Flórez (Comte Ory), Diana Damrau (Comtesse Adèle), Joyce DiDonato (Isolier), Susanne Resmark (Ragonde), Michele Pertusi (Tutor), Stéphane Degout (Raimbaud)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Maurizio Benini
Sher's production is wise, witty and completely faithful to the spirit of the piece...Damrau is peerless, giving a bravura comic performance made from winks and nudges, heavy theatrical sighing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th April 2012
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Puccini: Tosca Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Cavaradossi), Ruggero Raimondi (Scarpia)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Nuria Espert (director)
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Bellini: La Sonnambula Simone Alaimo (Il Conte Rodolfo), Eglise Gutierrez (Amina), Antonino Siragusa (Elvino), Sandra Pastrana (Lisa), Gabriella Colecchia (Teresa), Gabriele Nani (Alessio) & Max René Cosotti (Un notaro)
Orchestra & Chorus Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Hugo De...
This performance of Bellini's lovely opera from Sardinia has a superb Amina in Eglise Gutierrez, the finest since Callas — More…
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Bellini: La Sonnambula Simone Alaimo (Il Conte Rodolfo), Eglise Gutierrez (Amina), Antonino Siragusa (Elvino), Sandra Pastrana (Lisa), Gabriella Colecchia (Teresa), Gabriele Nani (Alessio) & Max René Cosotti (Un notaro)
Orchestra & Chorus Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Hugo De...
This performance of Bellini's lovely opera from Sardinia has a superb Amina in Eglise Gutierrez, the finest since Callas — More…
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore Ekaterina Siurina (Adina), Peter Auty (Nemorino), Alfredo Daza (Belcore), Luciano di Pasquale (Dulcamara), Eliana Pretorian (Giannetta)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director)
An enchanting account. Set in Mussolini's Italy...it is wonderfully cast and a perfect team effort. — More…
