Browse: Blu-Ray Video, Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)
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Brett Dean: Hamlet RecommendedAllan Clayton (Hamlet), Sarah Connolly (Gertrude), Barbara Hannigan (Ophelia), Rod Gilfry (Claudius), Kim Begley (Polonius), John Tomlinson (Ghost/Grave-Digger), Jacques Imbrailo (Horatio), David Butt Philip (Laertes)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski
Dean’s score succeeds through rampant imagination and simple wisdom…[Clayton’s] portrayal of Hamlet’s decline would be noteworthy even without singing that is full of expressive meaning and always... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Contemporary
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Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Izabela Matula, Leonardo Capalbo, Jacques Imbrailo, Ilona Revolskaya, Alastair Miles (bass), Barbora Horáková Joly (staging), Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker
Orozco-Estrada conducts the Vienna Symphony with plenty of passion and punch...All in all, then, a powerful, intelligent account of this fine verismo work. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Britten: Billy Budd
RecommendedJohn Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Phillip Ens (Claggart), Iain Paterson (Mr Redburn), Matthew Rose (Mr Flint), Darren Jeffery (Lieutenant Ratcliffe), Alasdair Elliott (Red Whiskers), John Moore (Donald), Jeremy White (Dansker), Ben Johnson (Novice), Colin Judson (Squeak)...
[Elder paces] the developing tragedy with airily lyrical detail and brooding, ominous power. John Mark Ainsley' s plangent, dark-toned tenor and intense diction show us a more neurotic Vere than... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd May 2011
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, DVD Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, DVD Choice
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Britten: Billy Budd
Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald), Francisco Vas (Squeak), Sam Furness (Novice); Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner
The strength of the production is its universality…The acting works so well in close-up that it is possible to follow this performance almost like a film…[Imbrailo’s] warm, unforced singing is... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Opéra
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - DVD/Blu-ray
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Jacques Imbrailo (Pelléas), Corinne Winters (Mélisande), Kyle Ketelsen (Golaud), Brindley Sherratt (Arkel), Yvonne Naef (Geneviève), Damien Göritz (Yniold)
Philharmonia Zürich, Alain Altinglu, Dmitri Tcherniakov
The score is beautifully played by the Zurich orchestra. Offering delicacy and intensity at the same time, Alain Altinoglu’s sensitive conducting is notable for its constant search for detail...Every... — More…
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Jacques Imbrailo (Pelléas), Michaela Selinger (Mélisande), Vincent Le Texier (Golaud), Doris Soffel (Geneviève) & Wolfgang Schöne (Arkel)
Essener Philharmoniker, Stefan Soltesz (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)
Imbrailo's Pelléas is a virile, romantic heartthrob, with fine voice to match. Mezzo-soprano Michaela Selinger follows the recent trend of shunning the blanched view of Mélisande, resulting in... — More…
