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Strauss, R: Elektra
RecommendedEvelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Mikhail Petrenko (Orest), Tom Randle (Aegisth), Franz Mazura (Der Pfleger des Orest)
Coro Gulbenkian & Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Herlitzius as the vengeful daughter is vocally tireless...Chereau exacts similarity intense, realistic performance from Adrianne Pieczonka as Chrysothemis...Other crucial elements in a total... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Opera
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Opéra
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Rimsky Korsakov: The Snow Maiden
Aida Garifullina (Snowmaiden), Yuriy Mynenko (Lel), Martina Serafin (Kupava), Maxim Paster (Tsar Berendy), Thomas Johannes Mayer (Mizguir)
Opéra national de Paris, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Dmitri Tcherniakov
Tatarnikov is sensitive to the score’s brilliant colours and vividly imagined textures, drawing on the fine playing of the Paris Opera Orchestra and the enthusiastic engagement – both vocal and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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New,
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Andreas Schager (Tristan), Anja Kampe (Isolde), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Stephen Milling (King Marke), Stephan Rügamer (Melot)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes
RecommendedEkaterina Kondaurova (Firebird), Ilya Kuznetsov (Ivan Tsarevich), Marianna Pavlova (The Princess) & Vladimir Ponomarev (Kachtcheï the Immortal), Alexandra Iosifidi (The Chosen One), Elena Bazhenova (300-Year-Old Woman) & Vladimir Ponomarev (Shaman)
Mariinsky Orchestra & Ballet,...
For those who only know the black-and-white pictures of the original production of The Rite of Spring, the colours of Roerich's designs are a revelation, while the vision of Nijinksy's revolutionary... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th July 2009
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Cherubini: Medea
Nadja Michael (Medea), Kurt Streit (Jason), Christianne Stotijn (Néris), Vincent Le Texier (Creon), Hendricke Van Kerckhova (Dirce)
Les Talens Lyriques & Les Choeurs de la Monnaie, Christophe Rousset
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Opera, June 2013, Recording of the Month
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko
Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov (Sadko), Aida Garifullina (Volkhova), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Lubava Buslaevna), Yuri Minenko (Nazhata), Stanislav Trofimov (Ocean-Sea, The Sea Tsar), Bolshoi Theatre, Timur Zangiev, Dmitri Tcherniakov (director)
Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov is a sturdy Sadko, scarcely ever off the stage...Rightly, the solo for the Varangian Merchant (Dmitry Ulianov) who will accompany Sadko on his voyages stops the show. But... — More…
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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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Wagner: Lohengrin
Goran Juric (Heinrich), Michael Konig (Lohengrin), Simone Schneider (Elsa), Martin Gantner (Friedrich), Okka Von Der Damerau (Ortrud), Shigeo Ishino (Der Heerufer), Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Cornelius Meister
However spartan the visuals, in many ways its sheer starkness enables it to hint at the central mysteries of the piece. Where the production triumphs is on the musical side, with each of the... — More…
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Arena di Verona Box Vol. 1
Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, Tamar Iveri, Nino Machaidze, Stefano Secco, Artur Rucinski, Jean-Francois Borras, Ketevan Kemoklidze
Franco Zeffirelli, Francesco Micheli, Omer Meir Wellber, Carlus Padrissa and Alex Olle
The strengths of this performance... are its musical standards, particularly the orchestra under the direction of Giuliano Carella whose dynamism and management of the sound picture is commendable,... — More…
