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Wagner: Lohengrin
Jonas Kaufmann (Lohengrin), Anja Harteros (Elsa), Wolfgang Koch (Telramund), Michaela Schuster (Ortrud), Christof Fischesser (König Heinrich), Evgeny Nikitin (Herald)
Bavarian State Opera, Kent Nagano
Without question, the musical performance is very good, and in the case of the title role, sung by Jonas Kaufmann, I would say it is perfect, and easily the best account of this tricky role I... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Verdi: La forza del destino
RecommendedAnja Harteros (Leonora), Jonas Kaufmann (Alvaro), Ludovic Tézier (Carlo), Nadia Krasteva (Preziosilla), Vitalij Kowaljow (Padre Guardiano), Renato Girolami (Fra Melitone)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester & Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Asher Fisch (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director)
A large part of the characterisation comes from the sheer quality of Harteros’s singing, poised and perfectly shaped, with an impeccable sense of style, the voice itself slightly hazy in colour... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, DVD of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Opera
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Building A Library, February 2019, Also Recommended
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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedPiotr Beczała (Lohengrin), Anja Harteros (Elsa), Waltraud Meier (Ortrud), Tomasz Konieczny (Friedrich), Georg Zeppenfeld (Heinrich)
Bayreuth Festspiele, Christian Thielemann, Yuval Sharon
Harteros as Elsa responds with singing of considerable lyric beauty, her tonal response generous and well matched to the music…Beczała’s Lohengrin provides glorious singing from start to finish... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Verdi: Requiem
Anja Harteros (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), René Pape (bass)
Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim
Barenboim's interpretative view is grand in conception, with the La Scala performers offering him sufficient depth and richness of tone...the four soloists form a quartet finely balanced in vocal... — More…
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Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Anja Harteros (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo)
Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato
The playing of the Badische Staatskapelle is decent – with excellent contributions from a busy principal cellist – and Marco Armiliato keeps everything ticking along well…there’s enough quality... — More…
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Five-act version, sung in Italian
Jonas Kaufmann (Don Carlo), Anja Harteros (Elisabetta), Matti Salminen (Filippo II), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigo), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Eboli), Eric Halfvarson (Il Grande Inquisitore), Robert Lloyd (Un frate)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Antonio Pappano, Peter Stein
With Antonio Pappano in the pit, Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros brought to their interpretations of the leading roles rapturous arcs of phrasing and refulgence of tone that we have not heard... — More…
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Piotr Beczala (Riccardo), George Petean (Renato), Anja Harteros (Amelia), Okka von der Damerau (Ulrica), Sofia Fomina (Oscar)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Zubin Mehta
The foregrounding of Oscar’s character is fascinating. It’s a striking performance amid a clutch of stellar turns…The ensembles are expertly balanced by Zubin Mehta, and the orchestra plays with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, DVD of the Month
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Puccini: Tosca
Anja Harteros, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ludovic Tézier
Salzburger Bachchor & Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
This production does a fine job of underlining just what a resonant opera Tosca is for our times…Harteros is a chic, grown-up, no-nonsense Tosca…She is on top form vocally, particularly rich... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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150 Years Wiener Staatsoper
Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, José van Dam, Piero
Cappuccilli, Elena Obraztsova, Carlos Álvarez, Adrianne Pieczonka, Angelika Kirchschlager, Eva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova, Cheryl Studer, Brigitte Fassbaender, Soile Isokoski, Johan Botha,...
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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs & An Alpine Symphony
Anja Harteros (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
[The performance of Eine Alpensinfonie] underlines primarily the work's philosophical underpinnings and its symphonic logic; others might offer more thrills (and spills), but few offer such coherence…[the... — More…
