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Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
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Jonas Kaufmann (Andrea Chénier), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Maddalena de Coigny), Željko Lučić (Carlo Gérard), Denyce Graves (Bersi), Elena Zilio (Madelon), Rosalind Plowright (Contessa de Coigny), Roland Wood (Roucher), Peter Coleman-Wright (Pietro Fléville), Eddie Wade (Fouquier-Tinville), Adrian Clarke...
The Countess de Coigny in sumptuous purple satin is sung to great effect by Rosalind Plowright, as is Elena Zilio’s Madelon…never less than compelling on screen, Jonas Kaufmann is a perfect foil... — More…
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Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes
Lianna Haroutounian (Helene), Bryan Hymel (Henri), Erwin Schrott (Procida), Michael Volle (Guy de Montfort), Michelle Daly (Ninetta), Neal Cooper (Thibault), Nico Darmanin (Daniéli), Jung Soo Yun (Mainfroid), Jihoon Kim (Robert), Jean Teitgen (Le Sire de Béthune) & Jeremy White (Le Comte de Vaudemont)
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Pappano draws some exquisitely supple playing from the strings and woodwind, holding plenty of energy in reserve for the grand confrontations and choruses where the brass blaze with Berlioz-like... — More…
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)
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Roberto Alagna (Carlos), Karita Mattila (Elisabetta), Thomas Hampson (Posa), Jose van Dam (Filippo II), Waltraud Meier (Eboli)
Orchestre de Paris & Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet, Antonio Pappano (conductor), Luc Bondy (director)
in virtually every respect, the Pappano DVD of the original French version is the one to have; there you sense the full value of Verdi’s original and preferable thoughts in an intelligent, finely... — More…
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Puccini: Tosca
Catherine Malfitano (Tosca), Placido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Ruggero Raimondi (Scarpia), Giacomo Prestia (Angelotti), Giorgio Gatti (Sacristan)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Rome RAI, Zubin Mehta, Andrea Andermann
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Monique Loudières (Juliet), Manuel Legris (Romeo), Charles Jude (Tybalt), Lionel Delanoë (Mercutio) & Wilfried Romoli (Benvolio)
Paris Opera Ballet & Orchestra of The Opera de Paris, Vello Pahn
Maria Callas at Covent Garden
London 1962 & 1964
Maria Callas (soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Calro Felice Cillario
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Barenboim’s seminal Ring cycle, available for the first time on Blu-Ray
Das Rheingold
John Tomlinson (Wotan), Graham Clark (Loge), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Linda Finnie (Fricka), Matthias Hölle (Fasolt), Philip Kang (Fafner), Eva Johansson (Freia), Bodo Brinkmann (Donner), Kurt Schreibmayer (Froh), Helmut Pampuc (Mime), Birgitta Svendén (Erda),...
For me the highlight of Daniel Barenboim's 1992 Bayreuth cycle is the matchless singing of John Tomlinson as Wotan, coupled with a radiant Brünnhilde from Anne Evans. Siegfried Jerusalem is movingly... — More…
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Richard Winsor (The Swan/The Stranger), Dominic North (The Prince), Nina Goldman (The Queen), Madelaine Brennan (The Girlfriend), Steven Kirkham (The Private Secretary), Joseph Vaughan (The Young Prince)
The New London Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones, Matthew Bourne (director & choreographer)
Angels Sing - Libera in America (Blu-Ray)
Libera, Robert Prizeman (musical director)
The Art of the Love Song: Annie Moses Band
Annie Moses Band