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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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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedPiotr Beczała (Lohengrin), Anja Harteros (Elsa), Waltraud Meier (Ortrud), Tomasz Konieczny (Friedrich), Georg Zeppenfeld (Heinrich)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Christian Thielemann, Yuval Sharon
Harteros as Elsa responds with singing of considerable lyric beauty, her tonal response generous and well matched to the music…Beczała’s Lohengrin provides glorious singing from start to finish... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Anja Harteros (Amelia Grimaldi (Maria)), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Jacopo Fiesco) & Fabio Sartori (Gabriele Adorno)
Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Federico Tiezzi (stage director)
Some signs of vocal wear ([Domingo] was 69 at the time) could be seen as fitting the character; in fact they're surprisingly few and far between...The finest vocal contribution comes from soprano... — More…
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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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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 (Ulrica), Sofia Fomina (Oscar)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Zubin Mehta, Johannes Erath
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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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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs & An Alpine Symphony
Anja Harteros (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
