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Puccini: Turandot
Nina Stemme (Turandot), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Calaf), Maria Agresta (Liù), Alexander Tsymbaluk (Timur), Angelo Veccia (Ping), Roberto Covatta (Pang), Blagoj Nacoski (Pong), Carlo Bosi (Altoum), Gianluca Breda (Mandarino)
Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Riccardo Chailly
it is a measure of Lehnhoff's authority that you never question his choices...Chailly digs deep into Puccini's score...And the La Scala orchestra plays as if their life depended on it...Stemme... — More…
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
María José Siri (Butterfly), Bryan Hymel (Pinkerton), Carlos Álvarez (Sharpless), Annalisa Stroppa (Suzuki)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly
There are undoubtedly passages of juvenile stylistic autopilot here that Puccini was right to cut…But it’s genuinely fascinating to hear what the first-night audience would have heard…The superb... — More…
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the Leipzig players do [Chailly] proud. There are so many stunning solos, from tenor horn at the start to the first trumpet who never splits brilliant top notes in the finale, that names should... — More…
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Ingvar Wixell (Rigoletto/Monterone), Edita Gruberova (Gilda), Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Victoria Vergara (Maddalena), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Sparafucile), Fedora Barbieri (Giovanna), Bernd Weikl (Marullo), Rémy Corazza (Borsa), Roland Bracht (Il Conte di Ceprano), Kathleen Kuhlmann (La Contessa...
It is truly memorable, with Pavarotti a Bacchus-like figure in the orgy scene...He acts the part of the Count as believably as if the latter's philosophy was his very own, and he sings gloriously... — More…
Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Anna Netrebko (Giovanna), Francesco Meli (Carlo VII), Carlos Álvarez (Giacomo), Michele Mauro (Delil) & Dmitry Beloselskiy (Talbot)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly
The interpretation makes sense, but rather diminishes the grand scale of the drama…Musically, though, this is breathtaking. Chailly’s attention to detail scrubs up an iffy opera into something... — More…
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Music - A Journey for Life - Riccardo Chailly
A Portrait by Paul Smaczny
Lars Vogt (piano), Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
As a snapshot... it makes for fascinating, often charming viewing, and it gives a valuable insight into both Chailly’s approach to what he conducts – he loves rehearsing, but always keeps something... — More…
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Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Renato Bruson, Susan Dunn, Vincenzo La Scola
Orchestra Communale Di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
(recorded at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in 1986)
Susan Dunn (Elena), Leo Nucci (Guido di Montforte), Veriano Luchetti (Arrigo), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Giovanni da Procida), Gianfranco Casarini (Il Sire di Bethume), Sergio Fontana (Il Conte Vaudemont), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Ninetta), Sergio Bertocchi (Danieli), Bruno Lazzaretti (Tebaldo), Giuseppe...
There is nothing inappropriate or anticlimactic about this performance…You can see the right emotions featured in Chailly’s face. His eyes are shut, Karajan-like, at the creation of the world,... — More…
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[La valse] is extremely fine, as indeed are the Daphnis Suites, where the playing is superbly accomplished in its understated virtuosity and Chailly is marvellously acute in his understanding... — More…
