DVD Video, Wiener Staatsoper (opera company)
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Janáček: Káťa Kabanová
RecommendedCorinne Winters (Kát’a), Evelyn Herlitzius (Kabanicha), David Butt Philip (Boris), Jaroslav Březina (Tichon), Jarmila Balážová (Varvara), Benjamin Hulett (Váňa), Jens Larsen (Dikój)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Jakub Hrůša, Barrie Kosky
Winters is utterly remarkable throughout, words and gestures always telling...Despite Kosky’s occasional idiosyncrasies, this is musically overwhelming. You really do need to hear it. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Video Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedAsmik Grigorian (Lauretta/Giorgetta/Suor Angelica), Misha Kiria (Schicchi), Karita Mattila (La Zia Principessa), Roman Burdenko (Michele), Joshua Guerrero (Luigi), Alexey Neklyudov (Rinuccio)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst, Christof Loy
[in Suor Angelica] Grigorian holds the stage almost throughout; a performance of heartrending vocal beauty and equally potent vocal characterisation...You might feel Loy pushes it too far but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th July 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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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)
Wiener...
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Vidéo
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
RecommendedGundula 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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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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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
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Adrianne Pieczonka (Leonore), Tomasz Konieczny (Pizarro), Hans-Peter König (Rocco), Olga Bezsmertna (Marzelline), Norbert Ernst (Jaquino), Paul Lorenger (Shadow Pizarro), Nadia Kichler (Shadow Leonore)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Konztertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor,...
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Jonas Kaufmann: The Puccini Edition Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut), Christopher Maltman (Lescaut), Maurizio Muraro (Gerontes) & Benjamin Hulett (Edmondo), Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson), Nina Stemme (Minnie), Tomasz Konieczny (Jack Rance), Kristine Opolais (soprano)
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedAleksandrs Antonenko (Otello), Marina Poplavskaya (Desdemona), Carlos Àlvarez (Iago), Barbara Di Castri (Emilia), Stephen Costello (Cassio), Antonello Ceron (Roderigo), Mikhail Petrenko (Lodovico)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Muti
Otello is played by Aleksandrs Antonenko, who is tremendous in all respects. His Desdemona is the lovely Marina Poplovskaya...an expert in suffering. Carlos Àlvarez's Iago and Stephen Costello's... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2012, First Choice (DVD & Blu-ray)
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Rosa Feola (soprano), Alisa Kolosova (contralto), Dmitry Korchak (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass-baritone), Wiener Staatsoper (opera company)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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Olga Neuwirth: Orlando
RecommendedKate Lindsey (Orlando), Anna Clementi (Narrator), Eric Jurenas (Guardian Angel), Justin Vivian Bond (Orlando’s Child), Leigh Melrose (Greene/Shelmerdine), Constance Hauman (Queen/Purity/Friend of Orlando’s Child), Agneta Eichenholz (Sasha/Chastity)
Wiener Staatsoper, Matthias Pintscher, Polly...
Its sonorities and textures are extraordinary. Orchestral, electronic and sampled sounds run into each other to create astonishing fusions...There are many roles, all of them inhabited with... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd April 2022
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