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, Oper Frankfurt (opera company)
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Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe Marlis Petersen (Hanna Glawari), Iurii Samoilov (Danilo), Kateryna Kasper (Valencienne), Martin Mitterrutzner (Camille de Rosillon)
Chor der Oper Frankfurt & Frankfurt Opern- und Museumsorchester, Joana Mallwitz
Although devoid of international stars, the cast is certainly bigger than the sum of its parts and delivers a lively, well-sung and -acted performance which brings the characters to life. The... — More…
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Opera, September 2019
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Flotow: Martha Maria Bengtsson, Katharina Magiera, Barnaby Rea, AJ Glueckert, Franz Mayer
Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester & Chor und Extra-Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle
The cast seems a just mixture of novelty and experience, with Bengtsson’s note-spinning both pure and dramatically apt, and Rea managing the non-part of Tristan…with aplomb. Glueckert’s tenor... — More…
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Opera, August 2018, Recording of the Month
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Wagner: Rienzi Peter Bronder (Rienzi), Christiane Libor (Irene), Falk Struckmann (Steffano Colonna), Claudia Mahnke (Adriano), Daniel Schmutzhard (Paolo Orsini), Alfred Reiter (Kardinal Orvieto)
Frankfurter Opern-und Museums-orchester & Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle
If Bronder lacks the last ounce of heroic razzmatazz...there is not a note or tone in this impressive reading which is not convincingly struck. His colleagues are in like form...Recording quality... — More…
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Glanert: Caligula Ashley Holland (Caligula), Michaela Schuster (Caesonia), Martin Wölfel (Helicon), Gregory Frank (Cherea), Jurgita Adamonyte (Scipio), Hans-Jürgen Lazar (Mucius), Dietrich Volle (Mereia, Lepidus), Barbara Zechmeister (Livia), Constantin Neiconi, Michael Schulte, Jin Soo Lee, Matthias Holzmann (Vier...
Ashley Holland in the title-role shapes his own arioso reflections on loneliness with suavity under pressure and the supporting cast seems admirably secure for a first performance; doubtless... — More…
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Opera, November 2010, Recording of the Month
2 CDs
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Schreker: Der ferne Klang Jennifer Holloway, Ian Koziara, Nadine Secunde, Barbara Zechmeister, Magnús Baldvinsson, Anthony Robin Schneider, Iurii Samoilov, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Dietrich Volle, Gordon Bintner, Bianca Andrew, Julia Moorman, Julia Dawson, Kelsey Lauritano, Iain MacNeil, Theo Lebow, Anatolii Suprun, Hans-Jürgen...
This is now a clear first choice for anyone wanting to listen to this fascinating opera. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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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…
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Leoni, F: L'Oracolo Annalisa Raspagliosi (Ah-Joe), Carlo Ventre (San-Lui), Ashley Holland (Old Wise Man), Peter Sidhom (Cim-Fen), Franz Mayer (Hu-Tsin), Katharina Magiera (Hua-Qui), Pere Llompart, Lars Rößler, Ricardo Iturra & Pavel Smirnov (Opium Addicts/Salesmen)
Chorus of the Frankfurt Opera & Frankfurt...
Leoni's orchestral score is clearly the work of a minor master, a composer who knew and learned from his contemporaries Debussy, Puccini and Strauss...Certainly, for anyone new to the piece,... — More…
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Berg: Wozzeck Audun Iversen (Wozzeck), Claudia Mahnke (Marie), Vincent Wolfsteiner (Tambourmajor), Martin Mitterrutzner (Andres), Peter Bronder (Hauptmann), Martin Wölfel (Der Narr), Alfred Reiter (Doktor), Katharina Magiera (Margret)
Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle
Everyone on stage puts the words first – often by speaking, shouting and shrieking as much as singing. The claustrophobia which boxed in previous issues of Wagner and Strauss from the same source... — More…
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Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg Daniel Behle (René, Count of Luxemburg), Camilla Nylund (Angèle Didier), Louise Alder (Juliette Vermont), Simon Bode (Armand Brissard), Sebastian Geyer (Prince Basil Basilowitsch), Margit Neubauer (Countess Stasa Kokozow), Ludwig Mittelhammer (Sergej Mentschikoff), Ingyu Hwang (Pawel von Pawlowitsch),...
Behle’s soaring tenor fulfils requirements though lacks theatrical personality in the Richard Tauber mould…but Louise Alder makes an entrancing Juliette, while Sebastian Geyer understands the... — More…
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen Louise Alder (Sharp-Ears, the Vixen), Jenny Carlstedt (Gold-Spur, the Fox), Simon Neal (The Forester), Joanna Krasuska Motulewicz (The Forester’s Wife / Owl), Beau Gibson (The Schoolmaster), Magnús Baldvinsson (The Priest), Sebastian Geyer (Haraschta)
Chor und Kinderchor der Oper Frankfurt,...
Debus leads a sprightly, well-integrated performance whose lightness makes an attractive and idiomatic contrast to those two older recordings [Mackerras and Rattle]…[His] interpretation is matched... — More…
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