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, Carlos Álvarez (baritone)
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Verdi: Rigoletto Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Javier Camarena (Duke of Mantua), Desirée Rancatore (Gilda), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Maddalena), Ante Jerkunica (Sparafucile)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Riccardo Frizza, Monique Wagemakers
There’s some formidable singing, though Rancatore is not at her best here...Camarena and Álvarez, however, are both magnificent. — More…
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Verdi: Ernani Neil Shicoff (Ernani), Michèle Crider (Elvira), Carlos Alvarez (Don Carlo), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Dana Liliana Ciuca (Giovanna), Benedikt Kobel (Don Riccardo) & Ayk Martirossian (Jago)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Seiji Ozawa
chief among [the advantages] are the classy playing of the Vienna orchestra and conducting from Seiji Ozawa...that, despite feeling a little stately and indulgent towards the singers early on,... — More…
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Verdi: Otello RecommendedAleksandrs Antonenko (Otello), Marina Poplavskaya (Desdemona), Carlos Àlvarez (Iago), Barbara Di Castri (Emilia), Stephen Costello (Cassio), Antonello Ceron (Roderigo), Mikhail Petrenko (Lodovico)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Muti
Otello is played by Aleksandrs Antonenko, who is tremendous in all respects. His Desdemona is the lovely Marina Poplovskaya...an expert in suffering. Carlos Àlvarez's Iago and Stephen Costello's... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2012, First Choice (DVD & Blu-ray)
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Verdi: Otello RecommendedAleksandrs Antonenko (Otello), Marina Poplavskaya (Desdemona), Carlos Àlvarez (Iago), Barbara Di Castri (Emilia), Stephen Costello (Cassio), Antonello Ceron (Roderigo), Mikhail Petrenko (Lodovico)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Muti
Otello is played by Aleksandrs Antonenko, who is tremendous in all respects. His Desdemona is the lovely Marina Poplavskaya...an expert in suffering. Carlos Àlvarez's Iago and Stephen Costello's... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2012, First Choice (DVD & Blu-ray)
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One of the finest basso cantantes of this generation, rich-toned yet powerfully characterised, in live excerpts from various Vienna State Opera performances, featuring two of his greatest roles. — More…
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 Carlos Álvarez, Alfred Reiter, María Bayo, José Bros, Sonia Ganassi, Lorenzo Regazzo, Antonio López & José Moreno
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real & Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Víctor Pablo Pérez
Updating is more or less de rigueur in today's operatic circles and Madrid once again comes up with the goods in a wholly plausible re-siting of Giovanni to 1940s Spain. The transfer of the... — More…
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Mozart: Don Giovanni Carlos Álvarez (Don Giovanni), Alex Esposito (Leporello), Irina Lungu (Donna Anna), Maria José Siri (Donna Elvira), Saimir Pirgu (Don Ottavio), Natalia Roman (Zerlina), Christian Senn (Masetto), Rafał Siwek (Il Commendatore)
Arena di Verona, Stefano Montanari, Franco Zeffirelli
They really don’t make them like this any more…The production is lavish and highly populated, 18th-century Seville in all its Baroque glory...Although the playing of the Arena di Verona Orchestra... — More…
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Mozart: Don Giovanni Carlos Álvarez (Don Giovanni), Alex Esposito (Leporello), Irina Lungu (Donna Anna), Maria José Siri (Donna Elvira), Saimir Pirgu (Don Ottavio), Natalia Roman (Zerlina), Christian Senn (Masetto), Rafał Siwek (Il Commendatore)
Arena di Verona, Stefano Montanari, Franco Zeffirelli
They really don’t make them like this any more…The production is lavish and highly populated, 18th-century Seville in all its Baroque glory...Although the playing of the Arena di Verona Orchestra... — More…
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Verdi: Macbeth Carlos Álvarez (Macbeth), Maria Guleghina (Lady Macbeth), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Banquo), Begoña Alberdi (Lady in Waiting), Marco Berti (Macduff), Javier Palacios (Malcolm), Ferran Ilari (Fleance), Stefan Kocan (Doctor)
Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Bruno Campanella
A strong cast was the most prominent factor in the return of Macbeth to the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Carlos Álvarez… in glorious voice and with a good sense of the psychology of the character.... — More…
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 Carlos Álvarez (Don Giovanni), Lorenzo Regazzo (Leporello), María Bayo (Donna Anna), José Bros (Don Ottavio), Sonia Ganassi (Donna Elvira), José Antonio López (Masetto), María José Moreno (Zerlina), Alfred Reiter (Commendatore)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra...
