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Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 1-9 Mandy Fredrich (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo-soprano), AJ Glueckert (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Orchestra e Coro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta
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Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur María José Siri (Adriana Lecouvreur), Ksenia Dudnikova (Princess de Bouillon), Martin Muehle (Maurizio), Paolo Antognetti (Abbe de Chazeuil), Alessandro Spina (Prince de Bouillon), Nicola Alaimo (Michonnet), Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Frederic Wake-Walker
Daniel Harding
The playing is admirably sensuous: Cilea knew his Wagner and Debussy, and Harding pointedly emphasises the debts, while also giving us plenty of Italianate passion and lyricism. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Lully: Acis et Galatée
Jean-Francois Lombard (Acis), Elena Harsanyi (Galatee), Valeria La Grotta (Diane), Luigi de Donato (Polipheme), Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (L'Abondance), Markus van Arsdale (Comus/Tircis), Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Benjamin Lazar
Sardelli (wielding an authentically Lullian staff for certain movements) propels a crisp account – the festival orchestra’s first with period instruments. The many dances show off a wonderful... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex & Pizzetti: Three Orchestral Preludes for Oedipus Rex By Sophocles
Aj Glueckert, Ekaterina Semenchuck, Alex Esposito (bass-baritone), Adolfo Corrado, Luca Bernard, Sebastian Geyer, Massimo Popolizio, Lorenzo Fratini, Tiziano Mancini, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (opera company)
Daniele Gatti
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Verdi: La Traviata
Nadine Sierra (Violetta), Francesco Meli (Alfredo), Leo Nucci (Giorgio Germont)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta, Davide Livermore
Sierra’s Violetta gives Livermore’s production a heart...there’s ravishing soft singing when Leo Nucci’s Giorgio Germont persuades her to relinquish his son (however noble a presence, Nucci is,... — More…
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Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Javier Camarena (Il Duca di Mantova), Enkeleda Kamani (Gilda), Alessio Cacciamani (Sparafucile), Caterina Piva (Maddalena)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Frizza, Davide Livermore
Camarena, a star of the bel canto repertoire, eschews the ‘bravado’ approach taken by many tenors and brings a beautiful light, silvery tone to the role of the Duke. His voice pairs perfectly... — More…
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Gaetano Donizetti: Linda Di Chamounix
Jessica Pratt (Linda), Teresa Iervolino (Pierotto), Francesco Demuro (Carlo), Vittorio Prato (Antonio), Marina De Liso (Maddalena), Fabio Capitanucci (Il Marchese di Boisfleury), Michele Pertusi (Il Prefetto), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Michele Gamba
Deploying her voluminously secure soprano with artistry, [Pratt] gives us a sweetly innocent ‘O luce di quest’anima’ and skilfully navigates the once-famous Mad Scene. Her romantic partner is... — More…
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Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
Krassimira Stoyanova (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Sophie Koch (Komponist), Jessica Pratt (Zerbinetta), AJ Glueckert (Bacchus), Markus Werba (Ein Musiklehrer), Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti, Matthias Hartmann
Gatti conducts the score with evident affection, his account unrushed and expansive, moving in the Opera’s overture and achieving a noble sense of grandeur in the final minutes. — More…
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Mascagni: L’amico Fritz
Salome Jicia (Suzel), Charles Castronovo (Fritz), Teresa Iervolino (Beppe), Massimo Cavalletti (Davide)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Frizza, Rosetta Cucchi
Charles Castronovo is an admirable Fritz. His last-act aria has great style, and for a moment you can believe this is a man who has fallen in love but is terrified of marriage. Salome Jicia's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Verdi: Ernani
Francesco Meli (Ernani), Roberto Frontali (Don Carlo), Vitalij Kowaljow (Don Ruy Gomez da Silva), María José Siri (Elvira), Xenia Tziouvaras (Giovanna), Joseph Dahdah (Don Riccardo), Davide Piva (Jago), Lorenzo Fratini, Orchestra and Chorus Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Leo Muscato, James Conlon
