DVD Video, Diana Damrau (soprano)
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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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Special offer. Rossini: Le Comte Ory
RecommendedJuan Diego Flórez (Comte Ory), Diana Damrau (Comtesse Adèle), Joyce DiDonato (Isolier), Susanne Resmark (Ragonde), Michele Pertusi (Tutor), Stéphane Degout (Raimbaud)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Maurizio Benini
Sher's production is wise, witty and completely faithful to the spirit of the piece...Damrau is peerless, giving a bravura comic performance made from winks and nudges, heavy theatrical sighing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th April 2012
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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
RecommendedDiana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), Nicolas Teste (Nourabad
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Gianandrea Noseda, Penny Woolcock (dir.)
Woolcock finds a double drama in Bizet's opera..., Noseda drawing sumptuous playing from the Met Orchestra...The Met fields a magnificent cast. Matthew Polenzani is a puppyish Nadir...whil Mariusz... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Opera Recording
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Special offer. An Evening With The Royal Opera
Renee Fleming (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor), Miah Persson (soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Erwin Schrott (bass-baritone), Hibla Gerzmava (soprano), Teodor Illincai (Rodolfo), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Jose Cura (tenor), Diana Damrau (soprano), Angelika Kirschlager...
all musically exceptional — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedŽeljko Lučić (Rigoletto), Diana Damrau (Gilda), Juan Diego Florez (Il Duca di Mantova), Georg Zeppenfeld (Sparafucile), Christa Mayer (Maddalena)
Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi
The singers are a distinguished bunch, with Željko Lučić the most sympathetic and pathetic Rigoletto I have seen or heard...[Damrau] sings gorgeously, and her acting is first-rate. Juan Diego... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Mozart Operas Box Set
Will Hartmann (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Diana Damrau (Königin der Nacht), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Adrian Thompson (Monostatos), Thomas Allen (Sprecher), Gillian Webster, Christine Rice, Yvonne Howard (Drei Damen), Alan Oke,...
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Special offer. Bellini: I Puritani
Diana Damrau (Elvira), Javier Camarena (Arturo), Ludovic Tézier (Riccardo), Nicolas Testé (Sir Giorgio), Annalisa Stroppa (Enrichetta) & Fernando Radó (Gualtiero)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real - Madrid, Evelino Pidò (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (stage director)
Emilio Sagi’s production is monochrome and beautifully lit, blends traditional costumes with an abstract setting, frames his soloists with elegance, and draws detailed performances from them,... — More…
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Diana Damrau (Susanna), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Figaro), Pietro Spagnoli (Il Conte di Almaviva), Marcella Orsatti Talamanca (La Contessa di Almaviva) & Monica Bacelli (Cherubino)
Teatro Alla Scala, Gérard Korsten (conductor) & Giorgio Strehler (stage director)
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384
Diana Damrau (Konstanze), Olga Peretyatko (Blonde), Christoph Strehl (Belmonte), Norbert Ernst (Pedrillo), Franz-Josef Selig/Christoph Quest (Bassa Selim)
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, Ivor Bolton
in this Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail everything is germane to the text that Mozart set, and Loy makes work of depth and strong emotion from what can seem like an overlong comedy...every singer... — More…
