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Verdi: La forza del destino
RecommendedAnja Harteros (Leonora), Jonas Kaufmann (Alvaro), Ludovic Tézier (Carlo), Nadia Krasteva (Preziosilla), Vitalij Kowaljow (Padre Guardiano), Renato Girolami (Fra Melitone)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester & Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Asher Fisch (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director)
A large part of the characterisation comes from the sheer quality of Harteros’s singing, poised and perfectly shaped, with an impeccable sense of style, the voice itself slightly hazy in colour... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, DVD of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Opera
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Building A Library, February 2019, Also Recommended
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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs & An Alpine Symphony
Anja Harteros (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Five-act version, sung in Italian
Jonas Kaufmann (Don Carlo), Anja Harteros (Elisabetta), Matti Salminen (Filippo II), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigo), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Eboli), Eric Halfvarson (Il Grande Inquisitore), Robert Lloyd (Un frate)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Antonio Pappano, Peter Stein
With Antonio Pappano in the pit, Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros brought to their interpretations of the leading roles rapturous arcs of phrasing and refulgence of tone that we have not heard... — More…
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Wagner: Die Walküre
From the 2017 Salzburg Easter Festival
Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Vitalij Kowaljow (Wotan), Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Anja Harteros (Sieglinde), Christa Mayer (Fricka), Georg Zeppenfeld (Hunding)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
A for effort for the production team – but the real interest of this release is musical. Thielemann’s fourth recording of this opera assembles his strongest cast yet…Harteros is a clearly projected,... — More…
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Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Anja Harteros (soprano)
Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato
The playing of the Badische Staatskapelle is decent – with excellent contributions from a busy principal cellist – and Marco Armiliato keeps everything ticking along well…there’s enough quality... — More…
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Piotr Beczala (Riccardo), George Petean (Renato), Anja Harteros (Amelia), Okka von der Damerau, Sofia Fomina (Oscar)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Zubin Mehta
The foregrounding of Oscar’s character is fascinating. It’s a striking performance amid a clutch of stellar turns…The ensembles are expertly balanced by Zubin Mehta, and the orchestra plays with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Blu-ray of the Month
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Puccini: Tosca
Anja Harteros, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ludovic Tézier
Salzburger Bachchor & Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
This production does a fine job of underlining just what a resonant opera Tosca is for our times…Harteros is a chic, grown-up, no-nonsense Tosca…She is on top form vocally, particularly rich... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Richard Strauss Gala
Anja Harteros, Camilla Nylund, Christine Goerke (sopranos)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
the Staatskapelle Dresden, with its distinctively mellow sound, is ideal for Strauss, and the singers are mostly well chosen for their appointed arias...Goerke has emerged as a true dramatic... — More…
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Offer,
Mariss Jansons conducts Mahler Symphony No. 2 Anja Harteros (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (alto)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra), Mariss Jansons
I hadn't taken on board quite how expressive a master Jansons can be: the face and above all the eyes change in an instant through absorption in the Resurrection's drama...These are superlative... — More…
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Piotr Beczala (Riccardo), George Petean (Renato), Anja Harteros (Amelia), Okka von der Damerau (Ulrica), Sofia Fomina (Oscar)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Zubin Mehta, Johannes Erath
