Blu-Ray Video, Piotr Beczala (tenor)
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Blu-ray of the Month
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Stanisław Moniuszko: Halka
Corinne Winters (soprano), Tomasz Konieczny (bass-baritone), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Alexey Tikhomirov, Natalia Kawałek, Łukasz Jakobski, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Lukas Borowicz, Mariusz Treliński
by the time we reach the grand ensembles Łukasz Borowicz’s conducting has all guns blazing, his orchestra putting over the music’s defining dance rhythms with lightness and point, if not ideal... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns
Piotr Beczala (Prince Sou-Chong), Julia Kleiter (Lisa), Rebeca Olvera (Mi), Spencer Lang (Count Gustav von Pottenstein), Cheyne Davidson (Tschang) & Martin Zysset (Chief Eunuch)
Chor der Oper Zurich & Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Andreas Homoki (stage director)
This is a magnificent achievement: a staging that lets the piece speak eloquently for itself, performed with a sense of style that’s faithful without being patronising…Kleiter’s singing has... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
RecommendedMariusz Kwiecien (Onegin), Anna Netrebko (Tatyana), Piotr Beczala (Lensky), Oksana Volkova (Olga), Alexei Tanovitski (Gremin)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Deborah Warner (director)
Netrebko convincingly projects the teenage Tatiana's inwardness and sensitivity...Beczala, bookish and intense as Lensky, is deeply moving during the humiliating party scene and duel...Gergiev's... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Adrianne Pieczonka (Die Marschallin), Franz Hawlata (Baron Ochs), Angelika Kirchschlager (Oktavian), Franz Grundheber (Faninal), Miah Persson (Sophie), Piotr Beczala (Italian Tenor)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) & Robert...
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Anna Netrebko (Lucia), Piotr Beczala (Edgardo), Mariusz Kwiecien (Enrico), Colin Lee (Arturo), Ildar Abdrazakov (Raimondo)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet, Marco Armiliato (conductor) & Mary Zimmerman (director)
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9
and documentaries about each Symphony
Annette Dasch (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Piotr Beczala (tenor) & Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
The performances, the Vienna Philharmonic on top form, can't help sounding wonderful...oddly, it is the discussions that are the most enjoyable elements in this ambitious set. — More…
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Puccini: Tosca
Karine Babajanyan (Tosca), Piotr Beczala (Cavaradossi), Carlos Álvarez (Scarpia), Wiener Staatsoper, Marco Armiliato, Margarethe Wallmann
Álvarez is an old hand at curdling the blood, and Cavaradossi’s torture is repellent…[Babajanyan's] plaintive lyric voice is appealing but she rarely unleashes her stage tigress even when she... — 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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Strauss, J, II: Simplicius
Michael Volle (The hermit), Martin Zysset (Simplicius), Elizabeth Magnuson (Hildegarde) & Piotr Beczala (Arnim von Grübben)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst
