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New, Offer, Berg: Wozzeck
Matthias Goerne (Wozzeck), Asmik Grigorian (Marie), John Daszak, (Tambourmajor), Mauro Peter (Andres), Gerhard Siegel (Hauptmann), Jens Larsen (Doktor), Frances Pappas (Margret)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Vladimir Jurowski, William Kentridge
Sit back, breathe deeply and everything magically coheres. Strong performances definitely help. Assisted by the cameras’ close-ups, Matthias Goerne immediately grabs our attention as Wozzeck,... — More…
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
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Gundula Janowitz (Leonore), Rene Kollo (Florestan), Manfred Jungwirth (Rocco), Hans Sotin (Pizarro), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Adolf Dallapozza (Jaquino), Hans Helm (Fernando), Karl Terkal (First Prisoner), Alfred Sramek (Second Prisoner)
Wiener Staatsoper, Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein had a special rapport with Beethoven's opera and indeed with Vienna, where Otto Schenk's 1989 production is given further conviction by a top-quality cast led by Gundula Janowitz's... — More…
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
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Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson), Nina Stemme (Minnie), Tomasz Konieczny (Jack Rance)
Orchester & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Most
The star couple are on top form...In the theatre Stemme sounded one size larger vocally than Kaufmann but the tenor's burnished tone and romantic magnetism come across impressively on disc. Tomasz... — More…
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Verdi: La Traviata
Anna Netrebko (Violetta), Rolando Villazón (Alfredo), Thomas Hampson (Germont), Helene Schneiderman (Flora), Diane Pilcher (Annina), Salvatore Cordella (Gastone), Paul Gay (Barone), Herman Wallén (Marchese), Luigi Roni (Grenvil)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Rizzi, Brian Large
One of the finest available versions of La traviata available on video. — More…
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
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Felicity Lott (Marschallin), Anne Sofie von Otter (Octavian), Barbara Bonney (Sophie), Kurt Moll (Baron Ochs), Gottfried Hornik (Faninal), Heinz Zednik (Valzacchi), Anna Gonda (Annina)
Chor & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Carlos Kleiber
Kleiber gets some ravishing sounds from the Vienna Philharmonic, and his reading of the score is as Straussian and as perfect as you are likely to encounter in this world. The sound is very natural... — More…
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Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Anna Netrebko (Anna Bolena), Elina Garanca (Giovanna Seymour), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Enrico), Francesco Meli (Percy), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Lord Rochefort), Elisabeth Kulman (Smeton), Peter Jelosits (Hervey)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Evelino Pidò
It's no accident that Netrebko's better forays into bel canto have come with Garanca by her side, inspiring her to some lovely singing. Their voices blend beautifully...I find her a welcome counterpoint... — More…
Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten
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Stephen Gould (The Emperor), Anne Schwanewilms (The Empress), Michaela Schuster (The Nurse), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, the Dyer) & Evelyn Herlitzius (Barak’s Wife)
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburg Festival Children's Choir & Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann...
Evelyn Herlitzius and Wolfgang Koch inject drama as a couple experiencing marital difficulties...[the Empress] is central throughout, compellingly acted and luminously sung by the marvellous... — More…
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Offer, Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Rolando Villazón (Nemorino), Anna Netrebko (Adina), Leo Nucci (Belcore), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Dulcamara), Inna Los (Giannetta)
Orchester & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Alfred Eschwé
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
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Margot Fonteyn & Rudolf Nureyev
Wiener Symphoniker & Mitglieder des Balletts der Wiener Staatsoper, John Lanchbery
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Strauss, R: Die Liebe der Danae, Op. 83
Krassimira Stoyanova (Danae), Tomasz Konieczny (Jupiter), Norbert Ernst (Merkur), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Pollux), Regine Hangler (Xanthe), Gerhard Siegel (Midas), Mária Celeng (Semele), Olga Bezsmertna (Europa), Michaela Selinger (Alkmene), Jennifer Johnston (Leda)
Wiener Philharmoniker,...
The chief glory is probably the playing of the Vienna Philharmonic - warm, burnished and with all the sparkle of Strauss's score...Welser-Möst's conducting, though hardly revelatory, has an admirable... — More…