Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
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Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Bertrand de Billy (conductor)
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Zemlinsky: Eine Florentinische Tragödie Op. 16 Heidi Brunner (Bianca), Wolfgang Koch (Simone) & Charles Reid (Guido Bardi)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand De Billy
The vitality of Bertrand de Billy’s conducting and the richness of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra’s playing in this 2010 concert recording are both extremely compelling. Wolfgang Koch provides... — More…
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Record Review, 17th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Opera, April 2018, Recording of the Month
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Schulhoff: Flammen (Flames) Raymond Very (Don Jun), Iris Vermillion (La Morte), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand De Billy
Bertrand de Billy is in his element, whether it’s on the dance f loor, ushering in the Dies Irae or leading a battery of orgasmic bells. Raymond Very is a handsome Don Juan, at his best in the... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
2 CDs
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Massenet: Cendrillon RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Cendrillon), Alice Coote (Prince Charming), Eglise Gutiérrez (Fairy Godmother), Ewa Podles (Madame de la Haltère), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Pandolfe), Madeleine Pierard (Noémie), Kai Rüütel (Dorothée), Jeremy White (Le Roi)
The Royal Opera House, Bertrand de Billy, Laurent Pelly
Pelly's production has a style all of its own...DiDonato is winning in Cinderella's smiles and tears, though vocally a little edgy. But she's well ballasted by...Alice Coote, who is intense... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th April 2012
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Gounod: Faust Piotr Beczala (Faust), Soile Isokoski (Marguerite), Kwangchul Youn (Mephistopheles), Adrian Eröd (Valentin), Michaela Selinger (Siebel), Hans Peter Kammerer (Wagner) & Zoryana Kushpler (Marthe)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Bertrand de Billy
a reading of exceptional vigour and dignity, banishing genteel cobwebs and traditional cuts...Isokoski's characteristically pure tones make her a winsomely vulnerable heroine...[Beczala] shows... — More…
3 CDs
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version) Ramón Vargas (Don Carlos), Alastair Miles (Philippe II), Bo Skovhus (Rodrigue), Nadja Michael (La Princesse Eboli), Iano Tamar (Elisabeth de Valois), Simon Yang (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Cornelia Salje (Thibault), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Un Moine), Benedikt Kobel (Le Compte de Lerme), Inna Los (Un Voix...
This is an issue of major importance, which all lovers of Verdi should acquire, since it will enable them to hear about 45 minutes of his most mature music which is otherwise not available…... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, Opera Choice
4 CDs
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Wagner: Lohengrin Michael König (Lohengrin), Camilla Nylund (Elsa), Robert Hayward (Telramund), Michaela Schuster (Ortrud), Falk Struckmann (Heinrich the Fowler), Daniel Schmutzhard (Herald)
Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra & Choir and Extra Choir of the Frankfurt Opera, Bertrand de Billy
The singing is on a generally fairly high level, with exceptionally good enunciation of the text from everyone...The chorus and the orchestra cope well with Bertrand de Billy's demands on them:... — More…
3 CDs
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Albert, E: Tiefland Lisa Gasteen (Marta), Johan Botha (Pedro), Falk Struckman (Sebastiano), Kwangchul Youn (Tommaso), Raymond Very (Nando)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Singakademie & Heinz Ferlesch Choreinstudierung, Bertrand De Billy
2 CDs
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Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue Deborah Polaski & Jane Henschel
Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy
The sumptuousness of the score doesn't quite come across in Bertrand de Billy's performance with the Vienna Radio Symphony. The voices lack allure, too - Deborah Polaski as Ariane seems under... — More…
2 CDs
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Puccini: Il tabarro Johan Botha (Luigi), Wolfgang Koch (Michele), Elza van den Heever (Giorgetta), Heidi Brunner (La Frugola), Charles Reid (Il Tinca/Ballad-Seller/Young Lover), Janusz Monarcha (Il Talpa), Elisabeta Marin (Young Lover)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Singakademie, Bertrand de Billy
[Botha] gives what is mostly a fine account of the role of Giorgetta’s young lover Luigi, his tone vital and with a healthy ring at the top of the voice; but at times there is a suggestion of... — More…
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (original 3-act version, 1805) Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Kurt Streit (Florestan), Peter Rose (Rocco), Gerd Grochowski (Pizarro), Brigitte Geller (Marzelline), Dietmar Kerschbaum (Jaquino), Martin Schwab (narrator)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Schönberg Chor, Bertrand de Billy
from the first notes of the Leonore No. 2 Overture, Bertrand de Billy creates lively dramatic tension...Brigitte Geller is a bright-eyed Marzelline, Peter Rose a sympathetic and nicely characterised... — More…
2 CDs
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