Blu-Ray Video, Patricia Bardon (contralto)
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Special offer. Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
RecommendedSarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra), Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christopher Maltman (Achilla) & Rachid Ben Abdeslam (Nireno)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie...
David McVicar's 2005 staging, revived the following summer, provoked a deal of contrasting views among the critical fraternity but was adored by the Glyndebourne public. Chief cause of their... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2006, DVD Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, DVD of the Year
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Special offer. Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Bejun Mehta (Cesare), Louise Alder (Cleopatra), Jake Arditti (Sesto), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Simon Bailey (Achilla)
Concentus musicus Wien, Ivor Bolton, Keith Warner
It’s a sound conception, executed with clever conceits – costume-changes prominent among them – and lively stage business that stops short of distracting from the emotional dramas which are... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Dvořák: Rusalka
Sally Matthews (Rusalka), Alexander Roslavets (Vodnik), Evan Leroy Johnson (Prince), Patricia Bardon (Ježibaba)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Ticciati, Melly Still
A deeply satisfying production...Spectacular to look at, too, with death-defying stage flying...the closing pages of the score blaze rather than smoulder with Robin Ticciati and the LPO playing... — More…
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Britten: Gloriana
Susan Bullock (Queen Elizabeth I), Toby Spence (Earl of Essex), Patricia Bardon (Countess of Essex), Mark Stone (Lord Mountjoy), Kate Royal (Lady Rich), Jeremy Carpenter (Sir Robert Cecil), Clive Bayley (Sir Walter Raleigh) & Brindley Sherratt (Ballad Singer)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra...
Bullock works assiduously to encompass all the moods of this singularly complex character study, but her vibrato sometimes acquires an edge. Other parts...are finely done, and Paul Daniel paces... — More…
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Handel: Agrippina
Patricia Bardon (Agrippina), Jake Arditti (Nerone), Danielle de Niese (Poppea), Filippo Mineccia (Ottone), Mika Kares (Claudio), Damien Pass (Pallante), Tom Verney (Narciso), Christoph Siedl (Lesbo)
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock, Robert Carsen
Carsen’s production…is a paradox that is simultaneously sophisticated and clumsy…On the other hand, [he] presents characters, their interactions and motivations with cleverness, wit and flawless... — More…
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Special offer. Handel Box Set
Sarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra), Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christopher Maltman (Achilla) & Rachid Ben Abdeslam (Nireno), Sonia Prina (Rinaldo), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo), Tim Mead (Eustazio), Anett Fritsch...
