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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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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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Offer, Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids
Sean Panikkar (Dionysus), Russell Braun (Pentheus), Willard White (Cadmus), Nikolai Schukoff (Tiresias/ Calliope), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Agave/Venus), Károly Szemerédy (Captain/Adonis), Vera-Lotte Böcker (Autonoe/Proserpine), Anna Maria Dur (Beroe), Rosalba Guerrero Torres (Bassarid - Dancer)
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Berg: Wozzeck
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Matthias Goerne (Wozzeck), Asmik Grigorian (Marie), John Daszak (Tambourmajor), Mauro Peter (Andres), Gerhard Siegel (Hauptmann), Jens Larsen (Doktor), Frances Pappas (Margret), Tobias Schabel (Erster Handwerksbursche), Huw Montague Rendall (Zweiter Handwerksbursche), Heinz Göhrig (Narr)
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[Goerne] gives a masterly portrayal of a simple man whose life is destroyed by things he can do nothing about…Grigorian’s Marie offers a similar masterclass in how to truly sing her role, avoiding... — More…
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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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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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Offer, Mozart: Requiem
Rachel Yakar (soprano), Ortrun Wenkel (contralto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor) & Robert Holl (bass)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Period-instrument shocks and surprises come thick and fast as Harnoncourt encourages a short-breathed, staccato style that sits more comfortably with his orchestra than the soloists. — More…
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…
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…
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Offer, Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
Soile Isokoski, Sophie Koch & Johan Botha
Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann, Sven-Eric Bechtolf
