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Blu-Ray Video, Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Isabella), Edgardo Rocha (Lindoro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafà), Alessandro Corbelli (Taddeo), Rebeca Olvera (Elvira), Rosa Bove (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
If this was, indeed, Bartoli’s first Isabella, it was worth the wait…Nowadays she’s a consummate comedienne whose work looks especially well on film. As for her singing, one would be hard-pressed... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Handel: Ariodante
Cecilia Bartoli (Ariodante), Kathryn Lewek (Ginevra), Nathan Berg (King of Scotland), Christophe Dumaux (Polinesso), Sandrine Piau (Dalinda), Rolando Villazón (Lurcanio), Kristofer Lundin (Odoardo)
Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco, Gianluca Capuano, Christof Loy
This is no routine Ariodante…Bartoli is Bartoli. Those who find her trilling mannered and freighted with excessive vibrato will wrinkle their noses. But who can doubt her remarkable presence... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Opera Collection
Rodney Gilfry (Don Giovanni), Elizabeth (Rae) Magnuson (Donna Anna), Roberto Saccà (Don Ottavio), Cecilia Bartoli (Donna Elvira), László Polgár (Leporello), Matti Salminen (Il Commendatore), Oliver Widmer (Masetto), Isabel Rey (Zerlina), Cecilia Bartoli (Fiordiligi), Agnes Baltsa (Despina), Liliana...
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Special offer. The Blu-ray Experience - Opera & Ballet Highlights
Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura, Simon Keenlyside & Agnes Letestu, Cecilia Bartoli & Bryn Terfel
Royal Opera House, Paris Opera Ballet, Teatro Real, Glyndebourne, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Drottningholm Theatre, De Nederlandse Opera
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Special offer. Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne
Recorded live in Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, Sussex, 24th April 1999.
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo soprano) & Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
Sparkling harmony …the combined talents of Bryn Terfel and Cecilia Bartoli… raise the temperature… Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro… is charged with intrigue and sexual tension and they captured... —
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Harnoncourt: The Mozart Da Ponte Operas
Isabel Rey (Susanna), Carlos Chausson (Figaro), Eva Mei (Countess), Rodney Gilfry (Count), Liliana Nikiteanu (Cherubino), Elisabeth von Magnus (Marcellina), Robert Holl (Dr Bartolo), Volker Vogel (Basilio), Martin Zysset (Don Curzio), Werner Groschel (Antonio), Lisa Larsson (Barbarina), Rodney Gilfry...
All three operas are included in this box set of three Blu-ray discs featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Zürich Opera House in productions directed by Jürgen... —
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Salzburg Festival - 100 Years Anniversary Edition
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), John Daszak (tenor), Gábor Bretz (bass), Anna Maria Chiuri (mezzo-soprano), Julian Prégardien (tenor), Angela Denoke (soprano), Raymond Very (tenor), Peter Hoare (tenor), Jurgita Adamonyte (mezzo-soprano), Johan Reuter (baritone), Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Sophie...
