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DVD Video, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
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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 Monnai, Christophe Rousset
[the dialogue] was created by director Krzysztof Warlikowski and dramaturg Christian Longchamp, and designed for an in-your-face contemporary staging. That the result is at times shocking is... —
Awards:
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Opera, June 2013, Recording of the Month
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Rameau: Castor et Pollux
Anna Maria Panzarella, Véronique Gens, Finnur Bjarnason, Henk Neven, Judith van Wanroij, Nicolas Testé, Thomas Oliemans & Anders J. Dahlin
Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera & Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor) & Pierre Audi (stage director)
Christophe Rousset directs a superb ensemble performance with a cleanly voiced choir and an acute ear for Rameau's pungent orchestration. Patrick Kinmoth's set and costumes have an austere,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2009, DVD of the Month
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Stefano Landi: La morte d'Orfeo
Cecilia Molinari (Teti/Nisa/Lincastro/Euridice), Renato Dolcini (Fato/Fileno), Alexander Miminoshvili (Ebro/Giove), Gaia Petrone (Aurora/Fosforo), Juan Francisco Gatell (Orfeo), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, Pierre Audi
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Soler, V M: Il burbero di buon cuore
Elena de la Merced (Angelica), Veronique Gens (Madama Lucilla), Cecilia Díaz (Marina), Saimir Pirgu (Giocondo), Juan Francisco Gatell (Valerio), Luca Pisaroni (Dorval), Carlos Chausson (Ferramondo) & Josep Miquel Ramón (Castagna)
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real (Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid),...
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Cynthia Haymon (Poppea), Brigitte Balleys (Nerone), Michael Chance (Ottone), Harry van der Kamp (Seneca), Ning Liang (Ottavia), Heidi Grant Murphy (Drusilla), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Arnalta), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Claron McFadden (Valletto)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stage...
…mezzo-soprano Brigitte Balleys as Nero is credibly masculine without being theatrically butch, Ning Liang is darkly dignified as Ottavia, countertenor Michael Change (Ottone) and bass Harry... —
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Rameau: Zoroastre
Anders J Dahlin (Zoroastre), Evgueniy Alexiev (Abramane), Sine Bundgaard (Amélite), Anna Maria Panzarella (Erinice), Lars Arvidson (Zopire/La Vengeance), Marcus Schwartz (Narbanor), Gerard Théruel (Oromasès/Ariman), Ditte Andersen (Céphie)
The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra and Chorus &...
Christophe Rousset and his forces deliver an excellently paced reading and much of the singing is perfectly judged. Pierre Audi's production, while it moves the cast around efficiently enough,... —
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Cynthia Haymon (Poppea), Brigitte Balleys (Nerone), Michael Chance (Ottone), Harry van der Kamp (Seneca), Ning Liang (Ottavia), Heidi Grant Murphy (Drusilla), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Arnalta), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Claron McFadden (Valletto)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stage...
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Baroque Opera Classics Box Set
Anders J Dahlin (Zoroastre), Evgueniy Alexiev (Abramane), Sine Bundgaard (Amélite), Anna Maria Panzarella (Erinice), Lars Arvidson (Zopire/La Vengeance), Marcus Schwartz (Narbanor), Gerard Théruel (Oromasès/Ariman), Ditte Andersen (Céphie), Luca Pisaroni (Ercole), Veronica Cangemi (Iole), Anna Bonitatibus...
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Pierre Audi’s Monteverdi Cycle Box Set
Cynthia Haymon, Brigitte Balleys, Michael Chance, Claron McFadden, Heidi Grant Murphy & Ning Liang, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graciela Araya, Toby Spence
Jaco Huijpen, Christopher Gillet & Brian Asawa, John Mark Ainsley, Juanita Lascarro
David Cordier, Mario Luperi & Brigitte...
…strikingly staged, beautifully sung… —
