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New, Offer, Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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Michael Volle (Hans Sachs), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther von Stolzing), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Beckmesser), Anne Schwanewilms (Eva), Daniel Behle (David), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Magdalene), Günther Groissböck (Pogner)
Bayreuth Festival, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
Kosky invites us to warm to Wagner the craftsman at the same time as confronting his flaws as a human being...The cast is a mixture of Bayreuth veterans and debutants, and both camps cover themselves... — More…
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Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes
Lianna Haroutounian (Helene), Bryan Hymel (Henri), Erwin Schrott (Procida), Michael Volle (Guy de Montfort), Michelle Daly (Ninetta), Neal Cooper (Thibault), Nico Darmanin (Daniéli), Jung Soo Yun (Mainfroid), Jihoon Kim (Robert), Jean Teitgen (Le Sire de Béthune) & Jeremy White (Le Comte de Vaudemont)
Royal...
Pappano draws some exquisitely supple playing from the strings and woodwind, holding plenty of energy in reserve for the grand confrontations and choruses where the brass blaze with Berlioz-like... — More…
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Isabel Rey (Mélisande), Rodney Gilfry (Pelléas), Michael Volle (Golaud), László Polgár (Arkel), Cornelia Kallisch (Geneviève), Eva Liebau (Le petit Yniold)
Zusatzchor Opernhaus Zürich & Orchester der Oper Zürich, Franz Welser-Möst
When he sings he opens a formidable treasure chest of intelligent artistry. The voice is resonant, flexible and smooth, wide in range, and he applies it with deep, searching thoughtfulness to... — More…
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Rodney Gilfry (Pelléas), Isabel Rey (Mélisande), Michael Volle (Golaud), László Polgár (Arkel) & Cornelia Kallisch (Geneviève)
Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) & Sven-Eric Bechtolf (stage director)
3 Modern Operas
Alfred Muff (Wesener), Laura Aikin (Marie), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Charlotte), Tomasz Konieczny (Stolzius), Renée Morloc (Stolzius’s mother), Gabriela Benacková (Countess de la Roche), Matthias Klink (The Young Count), Daniel Brenna (Desportes), Boaz Daniel (Eisenhardt) & Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke...
Beethoven: Symphonies 7/8/9
Live from Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 2012
Christiane Karg (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Michael Volle (baritone)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Concert in Honour of Pope Benedict XVI
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Lioba Braun (mezzosoprano), Michael Schade (tenor) & Michael Volle (bass)
Symphonieorchester und Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Offer, Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Deborah Voigt (Tove), Mihoko Fujimura (Wood-Dove), Stig Andersen (Waldemar), Herwig Pecoraro (Jester) & Michael Volle (Peasant/Speaker)
NDR Chor, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Chor-und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
The core of this superbly well-balanced reading is as passionately dramatic an account of the 'Song of the Wood Dove' as you could hope to hear, with mezzo Mihoko Fujimura marvellously incisive... — More…
Berg: Lulu
Agneta Eichenholz (Lulu), Michael Volle (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Klaus Florian Vogt (Alwa), Jennifer Larmore (Countess Geschwitz), Philip Langridge (Prince/Manservant/Marquis), Heather Shipp (Dresser/Schoolboy/Groom), Will Hartmann (Painter/Policeman/Negro), Jeremy White (Banker/Professor)
Orchestra...
Pappano has a firm grip of every nuance of the music, from the gossamer-like delicacy after the dialogue at the end of Act II to the various moments of wrenching, disturbing power. — More…
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Franz Hawlata (Hans Sachs), Michael Volle (Beckmesser), Michaela Kaune (Eva), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther Von Stolzing), Norbert Ernst (David), Carola Guber (Magdalene), Artur Korn (Pogner)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Sebastian Weigle, Katharina Wagner
Katharina Wagner at first presents Walther von Stolzing as a paint-spraying performance artist and Beckmesser as a retentive, Reclam-photocopying pedant...This nicely observed updating would... — More…