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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda), Elza van den Heever (Elisabetta), Matthew Rose (Talbot), Joshua Hopkins (Cecil), Matthew Polenzani (Leicester), Maria Zifchak (Anna Kennedy)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Maurizio Benini
handsomely designed...well acted and strongly sung. Elza van der Heever delivers a statuesque Elizabeth, if with tomboyish tendencies...DiDonato offers a physically plain, emotionally determined... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Rossini: Le Comte Ory
RecommendedJuan Diego Flórez (Comte Ory), Diana Damrau (Comtesse Adèle), Joyce DiDonato (Isolier), Susanne Resmark (Ragonde), Michele Pertusi (Tutor), Stéphane Degout (Raimbaud)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Maurizio Benini
Sher's production is wise, witty and completely faithful to the spirit of the piece...Damrau is peerless, giving a bravura comic performance made from winks and nudges, heavy theatrical sighing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th April 2012
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Ekaterina Siurina (Adina), Peter Auty (Nemorino), Alfredo Daza (Belcore), Luciano di Pasquale (Dulcamara), Eliana Pretorian (Giannetta)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director)
An enchanting account. Set in Mussolini's Italy...it is wonderfully cast and a perfect team effort. — More…
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Verdi: Luisa Miller
Darina Takova (soprano), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Damiano Salerno (baritone), Ursula Ferri (contralto), Arutjun Kotchinian (bass), Luca Favaron (tenor) & Elisabetta Martorana (soprano), Director: Arnaud Bernard / Sets: Alessandro Camera and Video director: Tiziano...
This mediocre opera needs stronger atmosphere than it gets in this strangely monumental staging for a domestic drama. The singing and conducting is strong, but it is more convincing to just... — More…
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Donizetti: Classic Comedies Box Set
Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader (Ernesto), Ekaterina Siurina (Adina), Peter Auty (Nemorino), Alfredo Daza (Belcore), Luciano di Pasquale (Dulcamara), Eliana Pretorian (Giannetta)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
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Bellini: La Sonnambula
Simone Alaimo (Il Conte Rodolfo), Eglise Gutierrez (Amina), Antonino Siragusa (Elvino), Sandra Pastrana (Lisa), Gabriella Colecchia (Teresa), Gabriele Nani (Alessio) & Max René Cosotti (Un notaro)
Orchestra & Chorus Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Hugo De...
This performance of Bellini's lovely opera from Sardinia has a superb Amina in Eglise Gutierrez, the finest since Callas — More…
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Puccini: Tosca
Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Cavaradossi), Ruggero Raimondi (Scarpia)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Nuria Espert (director)
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Glyndebourne: Comedy & Tragedy
Alessandro Corbelli (Schicchi), Massimo Giordano (Rinuccio), Sally Matthews (Lauretta), Felicity Palmer (Zita), Marie McLaughlin (La Ciesca), Ekaterina Siurina (Adina), Peter Auty (Nemorino), Alfredo Daza (Belcore), Luciano di Pasquale (Dulcamara), Eliana Pretorian (Giannetta), Christopher Purves...
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Verdi Collection Vol. 2
Roberto Frontali, Amarilli Nizza, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Walter Fraccaro, Silvio Zanon, Paolo Battaglia, Donatella Gugliuzza, Darina Takova, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Alexander Vinogradov, Damiano Salerno, Ursula Ferri, Arutjun Kotchinian, Cinzia Forte (Violetta), Saimir Pirgu (Alfredo), Giovanni Meoni (Germont),...
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Puccini Operas Box
Inva Mula (Mimi), Aquiles Machado (Rodolfo), Laura Giordano (Musetta), Fabio Maria Capitanucci (Marcello), David Menéndez (Schaunard), Felipe Bou (Colline), Gonzalo Fernández de Terán (Parpignol), Juan Tomás Martínez (Alcindoro), Alfredo Mariotti (Benoit), Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Cavaradossi),...
