DVD Video, James Morris (bass-baritone)
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
James Morris (Hans Sachs), Ben Heppner (Walther von Stolzing), Karita Mattila (Eva), Thomas Allen (Beckmesser), Jill Grove (Magdalena), Matthew Polenzani (David), René Pape (Pogner), John Relyea (Nachtwächter)
Metropolitan Opera & Chorus, James Levine
Thank goodness for no quirky ideas...The singers are all outstanding, led by James Morris's warmly genial Sachs...and by Ben Heppner, who is an equally convincing Walther...Mattila not only... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, DVD of the Month
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Otello), Renée Fleming (Desdemona), James Morris (Iago), Richard Croft (Cassio), Charles Anthony (Rodrigo), Alexander Anisimov (Lodovico), Jane Bunnell (Emilia), Christopher Schaldenbrand (Un Araldo), Ted Lambrinos (Monatano)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James...
It is good to have so telling a reminder on DVD of Placido Domingo's masterly assumption of the role of Otello...[Fleming was] then at her freshest and purest, yet also with power, looking and... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
RecommendedJames Morris (Wotan/Der Wanderer), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge/Siegfried), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka/Waltraute), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Kurt Moll (Hunding), Matti Salminen (Fafner/Hagen)
Metropolitan Opera...
None of the four video-recorded versions can be called ideal; but this Met cycle has plenty of strong points. It's the only one Wagner would have recognised – no small consideration. It's frequently... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Luisa Miller
Renata Scotto (Luisa), Plácido Domingo (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Miller), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Walter), James Morris (Wurm), Jean Kraft (Federica), Ariel Bybee (Laura), Dale Caldwell (Contadino)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine
Levine's version of Luisa Miller consistently demonstrates his Verdian mastery, and not just in the best-known masterpieces...Not only in Levine's conducting but also in the sets and costumes... — More…
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Margaret Marshall (Fiordiligi), Ann Murray (Dorabella), Francisco Araiza (Ferrando), James Morris (Guglielmo), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) & Kathleen Battle (Despina)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Michael Hampe (director)
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Verdi: Macbeth
Renato Bruson (Macbeth), Mara Zampieri (Lady Macbeth), James Morris (Banco), Dennis O’Neill (Macduff), David Griffith (Malcolm), Sharon Sweet (Dama), Josef Becker (Medico)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (director)
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Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Joan Sutherland (Anne Boleyn), James Morris (Henry VIII), Judith Forst (Jane Seymour), Michael Myers (Lord Percy) & Ben Heppner (Hervey)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Canadian Opera Company, Richard Bonynge
