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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
James Morris (Hans Sachs), Ben Heppner (Walther von Stolzing), Karita Mattila (Eva), Thomas Allen (Beckmesser), Jill Grove (Magdalena), Matthew Polenzani (David), René Pape (Pogner), John Relyea (Nachtwächter)
Metropolitan Opera & Chorus, James Levine
Thank goodness for no quirky ideas...The singers are all outstanding, led by James Morris's warmly genial Sachs...and by Ben Heppner, who is an equally convincing Walther...Mattila not only looks... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, DVD of the Month
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
RecommendedJames Morris (Wotan/Der Wanderer), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge/Siegfried), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka/Waltraute), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Kurt Moll (Hunding), Matti Salminen (Fafner/Hagen)
Metropolitan Opera...
None of the four video-recorded versions can be called ideal; but this Met cycle has plenty of strong points. It's the only one Wagner would have recognised – no small consideration. It's frequently... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Eva Marton, Kiri Te Kanawa, James McCracken, Ruggero Raimondi, Joan Sutherland, Catherine Malfitano, Alfredo Kraus, Nicolai Gedda, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubas, Linda Gelinas, Ricardo Costa, Renato Bruson, Grace Bumbry, Katia...
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Marilyn Horne (Isabella), Paolo Montarsolo (Mustafa), Douglas Ahlstedt (Lindoro), Allan Monk (Taddeo), Myra Merritt (Elvira), Diane Kesling (Zulma), Spiro Malas (Haly)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine
Sparkily conducted by James Levine, Ponnelle's 1986 Met production goes for broad comedy rather than subtlety, but Marilyn Horne knows exactly how to sing Isabella, and receives strong buffo... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, DVD of the Month
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Otello), Renée Fleming (Desdemona), James Morris (Iago), Richard Croft (Cassio), Charles Anthony (Rodrigo), Alexander Anisimov (Lodovico), Jane Bunnell (Emilia), Christopher Schaldenbrand (Un Araldo), Ted Lambrinos (Monatano)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James...
It is good to have so telling a reminder on DVD of Placido Domingo's masterly assumption of the role of Otello...[Fleming was] then at her freshest and purest, yet also with power, looking and... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Renata Scotto (Manon Lescaut), Placido Domingo (des Grieux), Pablo Elvira (Lescaut), Renato Capecchi (Geronte), Philip Creech (Edmondo)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
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Bizet: Carmen
Agnes Baltsa (Carmen), José Carreras (Don José), Samuel Ramey (Escamillo), Leona Mitchell (Micaëla), Myra Merritt (Frasquita), Diane Kesling (Mercédès), Bruce Hubbard (Le Dancaïre), Anthony Laciura (Le Remendado), Vernon Hartman (Moralès)
Metropolitan Opera, James Levine
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Verdi: Nabucco
Maria Guleghina, Juan Pons, Samuel Ramey, Wendy White & Gwyn Hughes Jones
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine
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Verdi: Ernani
Luciano Pavarotti (Ernani), Leona Mitchell (Elvira), Sherrill Milnes (Don Carlo) & Ruggero Raimondi (De Silva)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, James Levine
One of the Met's nights of stars, with a comparatively trim Pavarotti in great voice; only Leona Mitchell slightly below par. The sets and the playing are almost too sumptuous for this early... — More…
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Birgit Nilsson (Elektra), Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis), Mignon Dunn (Clytemnestra), Donald McIntyre (Orest), Robert Nagy (Aegisth)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
“With Nilsson’s intense, overwhelming singing. . . it was a triumph for her…Leonie Rysanek is one of the few sopranos who can almost match Miss Nilsson note for note. . . Levine’s work was superb”... — More…
