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Offer, Berg: Wozzeck
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Matthias Goerne (Wozzeck), Asmik Grigorian (Marie), John Daszak, (Tambourmajor), Mauro Peter (Andres), Gerhard Siegel (Hauptmann), Jens Larsen (Doktor), Frances Pappas (Margret)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Vladimir Jurowski, William Kentridge
[Goerne] gives a masterly portrayal of a simple man whose life is destroyed by things he can do nothing about…Grigorian’s Marie offers a similar masterclass in how to truly sing her role, avoiding... — More…
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
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Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson), Nina Stemme (Minnie), Tomasz Konieczny (Jack Rance)
Orchester & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Most
Stemme and Jonas Kaufmann succeed in making Johnson and Minnie’s last-chance-love thoroughly believable. Their singing is magnificent: supple, authoritative, sincere and tender, with due attention... — More…
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Offer, Haydn: The Seasons
Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade & Florian Boesch
Wiener Philharmoniker & Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Nicolaus Harnoncourt
this is a splendid, inspiriting performance of a life-giving work. It's superbly executed by a 60-strong VPO, given a quasi-period makeover by Harnoncourt, and the elite of the Vienna State Opera... — More…
Offer, Strauss, R: Die Liebe der Danae, Op. 83
Krassimira Stoyanova (Danae), Tomasz Konieczny (Jupiter), Norbert Ernst (Merkur), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Pollux), Regine Hangler (Xanthe), Gerhard Siegel (Midas), Mária Celeng (Semele), Olga Bezsmertna (Europa), Michaela Selinger (Alkmene), Jennifer Johnston (Leda)
Wiener Philharmoniker,...
The chief glory is probably the playing of the Vienna Philharmonic - warm, burnished and with all the sparkle of Strauss's score...Welser-Möst's conducting, though hardly revelatory, has an admirable... — More…
Offer, Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Adrian Eröd (Peter), Janina Baechle (Gertrud), Daniela Sindram (Hänsel), Ileana Tonca (Gretel), Michaela Schuster (Witch), Annika Gerhards (Sandman, Dew Fairy)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper & Bühnenorchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann, Adrian Noble
A notable success – clear-eyed and lovingly conducted…a fine production that will be especially enjoyed by those who recoil from kitsch — More…
Offer, Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Luca Pisaroni (Conte Almaviva), Anett Fritsch (Contessa Almaviva), Martina Janková (Susanna), Adam Plachetka (Figaro), Margarita Gritskova (Cherubino), Ann Murray (Marcellina)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Dan Ettinger, Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Anna Netrebko (Anna Bolena), Elina Garanca (Giovanna Seymour), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Enrico), Francesco Meli (Percy), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Lord Rochefort), Elisabeth Kulman (Smeton), Peter Jelosits (Hervey)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Evelino Pidò
It's no accident that Netrebko's better forays into bel canto have come with Garanca by her side, inspiring her to some lovely singing. Their voices blend beautifully...I find her a welcome counterpoint... — More…
Massenet: Werther
Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elīna Garanča (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli); Vienna State Opera, Philippe Jordan, Andrei Serban (dir.)
Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Adrianne Pieczonka (Leonore), Tomasz Konieczny (Pizarro), Hans-Peter König (Rocco), Olga Bezsmertna (Marzelline), Norbert Ernst (Jaquino)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Konztertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Franz Welser-Möst
Offer, Salzburg Festival Concerts
Wiener Philharmoniker, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, National Children´s Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Pierre Boulez, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle