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Listen to Freddie De Tommaso at full throttle and you’ll need to lie down in a darkened room. Passione is singing in the tradition of De Tommaso’s hero Franco Corelli: stylish and heartfelt,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Thoughtful is how I’d describe Jurowski’s conducting...Perhaps the most moving aspect of this performance – also testimony to Benedetti’s knack of getting under the skin the piece – is the finale’s... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2020 More…

Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Sutherland gives an intensely appealing interpretation, while Pavarotti gives a performance equally imaginative. Mehta directs a gloriously rich and dramatic performance. Still the best-sounding... — Penguin Guide More…

Solti seems freed from emotional inhibitions, with every climax superbly thrust home and the hushed intensity of the glorious slow movement captured magnificently on CD — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Turandot is a psychologically complex work fusing appalling sadism with self-sacrificing devotion.
The icy Princess of China has agreed to marry any man of royal blood who can solve three riddles... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…