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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
RecommendedDiana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), Nicolas Teste (Nourabad)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Gianandrea Noseda, Penny Woolcock (dir.)
Woolcock finds a double drama in Bizet's opera..., Noseda drawing sumptuous playing from the Met Orchestra...The Met fields a magnificent cast. Matthew Polenzani is a puppyish Nadir...whil Mariusz... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Opera Recording
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New Year’s Eve Concert 1998 – Songs of Love and Desire
Mirella Freni (soprano), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Marcelo Alvarez (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
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Maria Callas at Covent Garden London 1962 & 1964
Maria Callas (soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Carlo Felice Cillario
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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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Jirí Kylián‘s Car Men Additional Ballets: Silent Cries & La Cathédrale engloutie
With Sabine Kupferberg, Gioconda Barbuto, David Krügel, Karel Hruška and others
Nederlands Dans Theater
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Bizet: Carmen
Julia Migenes (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Faith Esham (Micaëla), Ruggero Raimondi (Escamillo), John Paul Bogart (Zuniga), François Le Roux (Moralès), Lillian Watson (Frasquita), Susan Daniel (Mercédès), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Le Dancaïre), Gérard Garino (Le Remendado), Julien Guiomar (Lillas...
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Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedAnna Caterina Antonacci (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don Jose), Norah Amsellem (Micaela), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Escamillo), Jacques Imbrailo (Morales), Matthew Rose (Zuniga), Elena Xanthoudakis (Frasquita), Viktoria Vizin (Mercedes), Caroline Lena Olsson (Lillas Pastia), Jean Sebastien Bou (Le Dancaire),...
Pappano in the pit takes the whole thing at a tremendous lick while coaxing some lovely playing from the Royal Opera House Orchestra. For all that, this is opera as spectacle with good tunes... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2015, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Bregenz Festival: Opera on the Lake Stage
Aida; Andrea Chénier; Die Zauberflöte; Turandot; Carmen
Tatiana Serjan (Aida), Rubens Pelizzari (Radames), Iain Paterson (Amonasro), Iano Tamar (Amneris), Kevin Short (Re), Tigran Martirossian (Ramfis), Ronald Samm (Messaggero), Elisabetta Martorana (Sacerdotessa), Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen), Daniel Johansson (Don José), Scott Hendricks (Escamillo), Elena...
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Bizet: Carmen
Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen), Daniel Johansson (Don José), Scott Hendricks (Escamillo), Elena Tsallagova (Micaëla)
Wiener Symphoniker, Paolo Carigni
Holten says he’s keen to steer clear of the Spanish clichés on the one hand, and to examine Carmen as a real person on the other…It’s no earth-shattering insight but it does form the basis for... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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