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Blu-Ray Video, Cornelius Meister (conductor)
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Hans Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen
Barbara Hannigan (Gerda), Rachael Wilson (Kay, Katarina Dalayman (Grandmother / Old Lady / Finn Woman), Peter Rose (Snow Queen / Reindeer / Clock)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Cornelius Meister, Andreas Kriegenburg
Kriegenburg’s production, cleanly shot by Christoph Engel, suggests it was all in the mind anyway. His is not a show for kids, even if Abrahamsen’s opera might be – getting close to Andersen’s... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Video: Opera
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Massenet: Werther
Juan Diego Flórez (Werther), Anna Stéphany (Charlotte), Mélissa Petit (Sophie), Audun Iversen (Albert), Cheyne Davidson (Le Bailli), Martin Zysset (Schmidt)
Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Kinderchor der Oper Zürich, Cornelius Meister, Tatiana Gurbaca (dir).
Director Tatjana Gürbaca and designer Klaus Grünberg have transformed Massenet’s masterpiece into a compelling drama that glues you to the edge of your seat from start to finish…Flórez gives... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Opera Choice
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Hans Werner Henze: Der Prinz von Homburg
Libretto by Ingeborg Bachmann, after the play by Heinrich von Kleist
Stefan Margita (Friedrich Wilhelm), Helene Schneiderman (The Electress), Vera-Lotte Boecker (Princess Natalie), Robin Adams (Friedrich Artur), Moritz Kallenberg (Count Hohenzollern), Michael Ebbecke (Field Marshall Dorfling), Friedemann Rohlig (Colonel Kottwitz), Johannes Kammler (Sergeant), Staatsoper...
Kimmig’s intriguing modern-day production for Staatsoper Stuttgart sets the drama in an abstract frame that’s at once transparent and opaque...Robin Adams is outstanding as Homburg in an excellent... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Busoni: Doktor Faust
Dietrich Henschel (Doktor Faust), Daniel Brenna (Mephistopheles), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Wagner/Master of Ceremonies), Joseph Dahdahv (Duke of Parma), Olga Bezsmertna (Duchess of Parma)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Cornelius Meister, Davide Livermore
Meister [acquits himself well], conducting by turns with sensitivity and vigour, and capturing effectively the haunting, mysterious sound world of the piece. The orchestral playing could be... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Goran Juric (Heinrich), Michael Konig (Lohengrin), Simone Schneider (Elsa), Martin Gantner (Friedrich), Okka Von Der Damerau (Ortrud), Shigeo Ishino (Der Heerufer), Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Cornelius Meister
However spartan the visuals, in many ways its sheer starkness enables it to hint at the central mysteries of the piece. Where the production triumphs is on the musical side, with each of the... —
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Clay Hilley (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Albert Dohmen (Hagen), Elisabeth Teige (Gutrune), Michael Kupfer-Radecky (Gunther), Christa Mayer (Waltraute), Olafur Sigurdarson (Alberich)
Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Cornelius Meister, Valentin Schwarz
