DVD Video, Daniel Oren (conductor)
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Special offer. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico), Taylor Stayton (Arturo), Kwangchul Youn (Raimondo), Rachael Lloyd (Alisa), Peter Hoare (Normanno)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren, Katie Mitchell (dir.)
The staging is over-stuffed but it is not stupid or careless…Minute alterations in the textures of Donizetti’s orchestration are brilliantly clear. Were you not already persuaded that the opera... — More…
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Dmitry Korchak (Il Conte d’Almaviva), Carlo Lepore (Bartolo), Nino Machaidze (Rosina), Leo Nucci (Figaro), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Basilio), Manuela Custer (Berta), Nicolò Ceriani (Fiorello/Ambrogio) & Gocha Abuladze (Un Ufficiale)
Arena di Verona Orchestra, Chorus, Ballet and Technical Team,...
Nucci’s Figaro is something for the archives…Korchak confirms his position as one of the best of today’s Almavivas, while Nino Machaidze is a pleasingly aggregable (and, where necessary, pleasingly... — More…
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Verdi: Aida
Hui He (Aida), Marco Berti (Radames), Andrea Ulbrich (Amneris), Ambrogio Maestri (Amonasro), Roberto Tagliavini (The King), Antonella Trevisan (High Priestess) & Antonello Ceron (A messenger)
Orchestra, Chorus and Corps de Ballet of the Arena di Verona, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Gianfranco...
It's straightforward, recalling Edwardian toy theatre...And the spectacle isn't overdone...Ulbrich is a fiery Amneris. But it's the Ethiopians who carry the day, with Maestri's thundering Amonasro... — More…
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Verdi: Nabucco
George Gagnidze (Nabucco), Susanna Branchini (Abigaille), Rubens Pelizzari (Ismaele), Rafal Siwek (Zaccaria), María José Moreno (Fenena), Nicolò Ceriani (High Priest of Belo), Paolo Antognetti (Abdallo), Elena Borin (Anna); Daniel Oren, Arnaud Bernard
This performance boasts a very decent cast. George Gagnidze is in bullish form as Nabucco, his baritone rock solid if not especially beautiful…Branchini has her wild moments as Abigaille, but... — More…
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Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable
Bryan Hymel (Robert), Patrizia Ciofi (Isabelle), John Relyea (Bertram), Marina Poplavskaya (Alice), Nicolas Courjal (Alberti), David Butt Philip (Master of Ceremonies), Pablo Bemsch (Second Chevalier/Herald), Ashley Riches (Prince of Granada), Jihoon Kim (Fourth Chevalier/Priest), Jean-Francois Borras...
Meyerbeer's vocal writing demands virtuoso singing, and receives that here. Bryan Hymel hurls himself unstintingly at the title role, impossible high notes and all. Marina Poplavskaya suggests... — More…
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The singing is generally excellent — More…
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Anna Pirozzi (Leonora), Enkelejda Shkosa (Azucena), Piero Pretti, Marco Caria (Il Conte di Luna), Alessandro Spina (Ferrando)
Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche, Coro Lirico Marchigiano Vincenzo Bellini, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Francisco Negrin (director)
Lievi’s production charts a sensible course between period costumes and minimalist sets…The cast is led by a bright, tireless Don Carlo from José Bros, though one wishes he would vary his volume... — More…
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Michele Pertusi (Philip II), José Bros (Don Carlo), Vladimir Stoyanov (Rodrigo), Ievgen Orlov (The Great Inquisitor), Simon Lim (A monk), Serena Farnocchia (Elisabetta), Marianne Cornetti (Eboli), Lavinia Bini (Tebaldo)
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Teatro Regio di Parma, Daniel Oren
Lievi’s production charts a sensible course between period costumes and minimalist sets…The cast is led by a bright, tireless Don Carlo from José Bros, though one wishes he would vary his volume... — More…
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Special offer. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Fiorenza Cedolins (Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly)), Francesca Franci (Suzuki), Mina Blum (Kate Pinkerton), Marcello Giordani (Pinkerton), Juan Pons (Sharpless)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Franco Zeffirelli (stage director)
