Jean Rigby
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The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
4 CDs
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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Jean Rigby (Lucretia), Nigel Robson (Male Chorus), Catherine Pierard (Female Chorus), Donald Maxwell (Tarquinius), Alastair Miles (Collatinus), Alan Opie (Junius), Patricia Rozario (Lucia), Ameral Gunson (Bianca)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Hickox allows his singers plenty of space with no loss of tension; they respond impressively, with Catherine Pierard exceptional as the Female Chorus. — More…
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Britten: Albert Herring
John Graham-Hall (Albert), Patricia Johnson (Lady Billows), Felicity Palmer (Florence Pike), Alan Opie (Sid), Jean Rigby (Nancy)
Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Peter Hall
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Verdi: La forza del destino
Recommended(complete opera)
Rosalind Plowright, Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Renato Bruson, Paata Burchuladze, Juan Pons, John Tomlinson
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Opera
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Emma Bell (Fox), Sergei Leiferkus (Forester), William Dazeley (Harasta), Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Parson), Jean Rigby (Forester's Wife/Owl), Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito), Colin Judson (Pásek, Innkeeper), Sarah Pring (Innkeeper’s Wife)
London Philharmonic Orchestra,...
Still, with her background in choreography and a very visceral take on children's theatre, is an ideal director. There's nothing cutesy about her treatment of the animal characters...Jurowski... — More…
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Fairytale Operas
Hänsel und Gretel, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Angelika Kirchschlager, Diana Damrau, Thomas Allen, Lucy Crowe, Emma Bell, Sergei Leiferkus, Victoria Simmonds, Jonathan Summers, Sir Colin Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Opera North
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Renato Bruson (Rigoletto), Edita Gruberova (Gilda), Neil Shicoff (Duca di Mantova), Robert Lloyd (Sparafucile), Brigitte Fassbaender (Maddalena), Jean Rigby (Giovanna), Kurt Rydl (Monterone), Armando Gabba (Marullo), William Matteuzzi (Borsa), Geoffrey Moses (Conte di Ceprano), Maria Grazia Pittavini...
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Verdi: Rigoletto (highlights) Renato Bruson (Rigoletto), Edita Gruberova (Gilda), Neil Shicoff (Il Duca), Robert Lloyd (Sparafucile), Brigitte Fassbaender (Maddalena)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Giuseppe Sinopoli
A superb cast, with Neil Shicoff a wonderfully swaggering Duke. Sinopoli's tempos are erratic, lacking in tension. Still alluring, though. — More…
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Bizet: Carmen (highlights)
Jessye Norman (Carmen), Mirella Freni (Micaëla), Neil Shicoff (Don José), Simon Estes (Escamillo), Ghylaine Raphanel (Frasquita), Jean Rigby (Mercédès), Gérard Garino (Le Remendado), François Le Roux (Le Dancaïre)
Choeurs de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa
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Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard: extracts
Robert Lloyd (Sir Richard Cholmondley), Kurt Streit (Colonel Fairfax), Stafford Dean (Sergeant Meryll), Neil Mackie (Leonard Meryll/First Yeoman/First Citizen), Thomas Allen (Jack Point), Bryn Terfel (Wilfred Shadbolt), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Second Yeoman/Second Citizen), Sylvia McNair (Elsie Maynard),...
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