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, Jessica Pratt (soprano)
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Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos Krassimira Stoyanova (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Sophie Koch (Komponist), Jessica Pratt (Zerbinetta), AJ Glueckert (Bacchus), Markus Werba (Ein Musiklehrer), Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti, Matthias Hartmann
Gatti conducts the score with evident affection, his account unrushed and expansive, moving in the Opera’s overture and achieving a noble sense of grandeur in the final minutes. — More…
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Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco Jessica Pratt (Giovanna), Jean-François Borras (Carlo VII), Julian Kim (Giacomo), Roberto Cervellera (Delil) & Emanuele Cordaro (Talbot)
Chorus of the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Riccardo Frizza
2 CDs
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Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos Krassimira Stoyanova (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Sophie Koch (Komponist), Jessica Pratt (Zerbinetta), AJ Glueckert (Bacchus), Markus Werba (Ein Musiklehrer), Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti, Matthias Hartmann
Gatti conducts the score with evident affection, his account unrushed and expansive, moving in the Opera’s overture and achieving a noble sense of grandeur in the final minutes. — More…
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Vaccai: La sposa di Messina Jessica Pratt (Donna Isabella), Filippo Adami (Don Emanuele), Armando Ariostini (Don Cesare), Wakako Ono (Beatrice), Maurizio Lo Piccolo (Diego)
Classica Chamber Choir & Brno Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani
The music is attractive and workmanlike, without being especially memorable...Maurizio Lo Piccolo in the small part of Diego is the best of the men but both ladies are excellent: Jessica Pratt... — More…
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Rossini: Otello Michael Spyres (tenor), Jessica Pratt (soprano), Ugo Guagliardo (bass), Giorgio Trucco (tenor), Geraldine Chauvet (mezzo-soprano) & Leonardo Cortellazzi (tenor)
Virtuosi Brunensis & Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir, Cluj, Antonino Fogliani
Pratt is every bit as fine as von Stade, the voice free, flexible and finely-schooled, her engagement with the role fairly complete, both in the high drama of Act 2 where the opera finally embraces... — More…
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Donizetti: Il Castello di Kenilworth Jessica Pratt (Elisabetta), Carmela Remigio (Amelia), Stefan Pop (Warney), Xabier Anduaga (Leicester), Dario Russo (Lambourne) & Federica Vitali (Fanny)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera & Coro Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza
Jessica Pratt’s Elizabeth takes a while to hit form, while as her rival Amelia Carmela Remigio is both physically and vocally expressive, offering liquid tone. As the two-timing Earl of Leicester,... — More…
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Donizetti: Rosmonda d'lnghilterra Jessica Pratt (Rosmonda), Eva Mei (Leonora), Dario Schmunck (Enrico), Nicola Ulivieri (Clifford), Raffaella Lupinacci (Arturo)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Sebastiano Rolli
…this a very well-sung performance with lots of wonderful music and except for a rather mediocre Enrico it should appeal to all Donizetti lovers. — More…
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Rossini: Aureliano in Palmira Michael Spyres (Aureliano), Jessica Pratt (Zenobia), Lena Belkina (Arsace) & Raffaella Lupinacci (Publia)
Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Will Crutchfield (conductor) & Mario Martone (stage director)
[This production] is excellent and the singing on a very high level. The title role has the least interesting music, but Michael Spyres…makes what he can of it…[the lovers] are sung by Lena... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Bellini: La Sonnambula Giovanni Battista Parodi (Rodolfo), Julie Mellor (Teresa), Jessica Pratt (Amina), Shalva Mukeria (Elvino)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice, Gabriele Ferro
Bepi Morassi's production...takes the piece with a pinch of irony, but arguably no more than intended by its creators...Pratt's blonde bombshell of an Amina shows good range of technical skills... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Bellini: La Sonnambula Giovanni Battista Parodi (Rodolfo), Julie Mellor (Teresa), Jessica Pratt (Amina), Shalva Mukeria (Elvino)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice, Gabriele Ferro
Bepi Morassi's production...takes the piece with a pinch of irony, but arguably no more than intended by its creators...Pratt's blonde bombshell of an Amina shows good range of technical skills... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, DVD of the Month
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