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Roberto Alagna
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Puccini: La Rondine
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mulla Tchako, William Matteuzzi
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
It couldn't be more welcome when a recording transforms a work, as this one does, setting it on a new plane. Larondine ('The Swallow'), Puccini's ill-timed attempt to emulate Lehár in the world... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Recording of the Year
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Puccini: La Rondine
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Magda/Anna), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero/Roberto), William Matteuzzi (Prunier), Inva Mula (Lisette), Alberto Renaldi (Rambaldo)
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
An almost ideal account of Puccini's least-performed mature work, with both Alagna and Gheorghiu at their peak. Valuable extras from Alagna in Le Villi, too. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Recording of the Year
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Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedRoberto Alagna, Leontina Vaduva, Ruth Ann Swenson, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside & Samuel Ramey
London Voices, London Oratory Junior Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
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Building A Library, February 2025, Recommended Recording
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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Le Chevalier Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Le Compte des Grieux), Sophie Koch (Javotte), Anne Maria Panzarella (Poussette), Susanne Schimmack (Rosette), Nicolas Rivenq (De Brétigny), Nicolas Cavallier (L'Hôtelier), Gilles Ragon (Guillot...
In Act 1 Gheorghiu instantly establishes the heroine as a vivacious, wilful character with a great sense of fun and her singing is both imaginative and technically flawless...while Alagna, always... —
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Building a Library, December 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Opera
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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Comte des Grieux)
Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Antonio Pappano
In Act 1 Gheorghiu instantly establishes the heroine as a vivacious, wilful character with a great sense of fun and her singing is both imaginative and technically flawless...while Alagna, always... —
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Building a Library, December 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Opera
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Building a Library, March 2018, First Choice
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Angela Gheorghiu - Puccini
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Anton Coppola
Angela Gheorghiu delivers some of her finest singing on a disk full of Puccinian gems —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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Elîna Garanča: Habanera
RecommendedElîna Garanča (mezzo), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Coro Filarmonico del Regio di Torino, Karel Mark Chichon
Garanča's is a medium-scale mezzo approach, elegant and devoid of ugly lurches into chest voice. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd August 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater & Other Works
Andreas Scholl, Marek Ruszczynski, Tomasz Wabnic, Yuuki Wong, Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Christian Erny, Morphing Chamber Orchestra
Whether in the simple lyricism of Vater Unser or the more angular Es sang vor langen Jahren, Scholl commands attention. Most remarkable are the quirky plodding of My Heart ’s in the Highlands... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Scholl)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Puccini - Il Trittico
RecommendedMaria Guleghina (Giorgetta), Neil Shicoff (Luigi), Carlo Guelfi (Michele), Christian Gallardo-Domas (Angelica), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (La zia principessa), Elena Zilio (Frugola/Zita), Roberto Alagna (Rinuccio), Angela Gheorghiu (Lauretta), José van Dam (Schicchi)
London Symphony Orchestra,...
No previous recordings bring such warmth or beauty or so powerful a drawing of the contrasts between each of the three one-acters in Puccini's triptych as these. It's Pappano above all, with... —
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Building a Library, June 2005, Highly Recommended
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Roberto Alagna (Hoffmann), José Van Dam (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dapertutto/Dr Miracle), Natalie Dessay (Olympia), Sumi Jo (Giulietta), Leontina Vaduva (Antonia), Catherine Dubosc (Nicklausse / La Muse)
Choeur et Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Kent Nagano
