Blu-Ray Video, Patrizia Ciofi (soprano)
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Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable
Bryan Hymel (Robert), Patrizia Ciofi (Isabelle), John Relyea (Bertram), Marina Poplavskaya (Alice), Nicolas Courjal (Alberti), David Butt Philip (Master of Ceremonies), Pablo Bemsch (Second Chevalier/Herald), Ashley Riches (Prince of Granada), Jihoon Kim (Fourth Chevalier/Priest), Jean-Francois Borras...
Meyerbeer's vocal writing demands virtuoso singing, and receives that here. Bryan Hymel hurls himself unstintingly at the title role, impossible high notes and all. Marina Poplavskaya suggests... — More…
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Chaya Czernowin: Heart Chamber
Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Noa Frenkel, Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Terry Wey (counter-tenor), Ensemble Nikel, SWR Experimentalstudio, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Johannes Kalitzke
There is only the hint of a story; the opera unfolds through a chain of connected situations, whether imagined, dreamlike or real. Bringing this to life is music of fabulous subtlety, its textures... — More…
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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Patrizia Ciofi (Leila), Dmitry Korchak (Nadir), Dario Solari (Zurga), Roberto Tagliavini (Nourabad)
Orchestra, Coro e Corpo di Ballo del Teatro di San Carlo, Gabriele Ferro
[Ciofi's] clear, incisive soprano catches Bizet's floating line and liquid coloratura with fluent ease, and she seems a touch mature only in close-up - alongside the youthful Dmitry Korchak,... — More…
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Donizetti: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali
Laurent Naouri (Mamma Agata), Patrizia Ciofi (Daria), Charles Rice (Procolo), Clara Meloni (Luigia), Enea Scala (Guglielmo), Pietro Di Bianco (Biscroma Strappaviscere), Enric Marinez-Castignani (Cesare Salsapariglia), Piotr Micinski (L'Impressario), Katherine Aitken (Pippetto), Dominique Beneforti...
