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Donizetti: Enrico di Borgogna
Anna Bonitatibus, Sonia Ganassi
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi
[De Marchi] He actually conducts the whole performance with vigor and with elegance, bringing out the sparkling humor where needed. Perhaps the high point of this first work by Donizetti is the... — More…
Verdi: Don Carlo
Recommended
Five-act version, sung in Italian
Rolando Villazon (Don Carlo), Marina Poplavskaya (Elisabetta di Valois), Simon Keenlyside (Rodrigo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Philip II), Sonia Ganassi (Eboli), Eric Halfvarson (Grand Inquisitor)
Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Nicholas Hytner
the love-torn relationship of the titular prince and the fiancée stolen from him by his father the king is sensitively staged and played: Rolando Villazon (in less uncertain voice than reportedly... — More…
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Bellini: Norma
Recommended
Sonya Yoncheva (Norma), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Brindley Sherratt (Oroveso), David Junghoon Kim (Flavio), Vlada Borovko (Clotilde)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Àlex Ollé (director)
The virtues of this staging lie in individual performances and in the music-making, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra and chorus giving taut and committed interpretations under Antonio Pappano.... — More…
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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Sonia Ganassi (Elisabetta), Fiorenza Cedolins (Maria Stuarda), Jose Bros (Leicester), Mirco Palazzi (Talbot), Pervin Chakar (Anna), Marco Caria (Cecil)
Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice, Fabrizo Maria Carminati
Maestro Carminati looks an amiable, gentle soul as he enters the pit but he unleashes a firestorm of tension and passion in the big duets and his judicious tempi bind Donizetti's not-so-easy... — More…
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Donizetti: Heroines (The Collector's Box-Set)
Dimitra Theodossiou (Anna), Gian Luca Pasolini (Percy), Riccardo Zanellato (Enrico), Sofia Soloviy (Giovanna), Mauro Corna (Rochefort), José Maria Lo Monaco (Smeton), Luigi Albani (Hervey), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Dario Schmunck (tenor), Andreas Schroeder (baritone) & Laura Polverelli (mezzo),...
Rossini: Ermione
Sonia Ganassi (Ermione), Marianna Pizzolato (Andromaca), Gregory Kunde (Pirro), Antonino Siragusa (Oreste), Ferdinand Von Bothmer (Pilade), Nicola Ulivieri (Fenicio)
Bologna Theatre Orchestra & Prague Chamber Chorus, Roberto Abbado, Daniele Abbado
Offer, Riccardo Muti Live from Teatro La Fenice
Recorded live at the Teatro La Fenice, 2003
Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Sara Allegretta (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano), Sara Mingardo (mezzo-soprano), Roberto Sacca (tenor), Mirko Guadagnini (tenor), Michele Pertusi (bass), Nicolas Rivenq (bass)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice, Riccardo Muti
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Carmela Remigio (Maria), Sonia Ganassi (Elisabetta), Joseph Calleja (Leicester), Riccardo Zanellato (Talbot), Marzio Giossi (Cecil), Cinzia Rizzone (Anna)
Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Fabrizio Maria Carminati
Offer, Bellini: Norma
Fiorenza Cedolins (Norma), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Vincenzo La Scola (Pollione), Begoña Alberdi (Clotilde), Jon Plazaola (Flavio), Andrea Papi (Oroveso)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Giuliano Carella (conductor) & Francisco Negrin (director)
Verdi: Requiem
Dimitra Theodossiou (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Francesco Meli (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Yuri Temirkanov
The soloists are all very satisfactory but the performance, whilst precise, is not urgent and indeed seems a bit slow. — More…
