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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Burkhard Fritz (Waldemar), Emily Magee (Tove), Anna Larsson (Waldtaube), Markus Marquard (Bauer), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Klaus-Narr), Sunnyi Melles (Narrator)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Dutch National Opera, Marc Albrecht (conductor) & Pierre Audi (director)
The whole production presents a formidable challenge to any opera house contemplating an alternative staging. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, DVD of the Month
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Emily Magee (Sieglinde), Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), John Lundgren (Wotan), Sarah Connolly (Fricka), Ain Anger (Hunding), Lise Davidsen (Ortlinde)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Keith Warner
Pappano has always had a special relationship with the Ring’s second part…and the Royal Opera House Orchestra rewards him with some of its most sumptuous playing. The cast in this 2018 staging... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Opera Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - DVD
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Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg
RecommendedElena Tsallagova (Donna Clara), Emily Magee (Ghita), David Butt Philip (Der Zwerg), Mick Morris Mehnert (Der Zwerg - actor), Philipp Jekal (Don Estoban)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles, Tobias Kratzer (director)
This is a work that deliberately challenges audiences, but which is here played with a breathtaking combination of imagination and responsibility. Zemlinsky’s lush masterpiece is vividly presented... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Misha Didyk (Hermann), Emily Magee (Lisa), Lado Ataneli (Count Tomsky), Ludovic Tézier (Prince Yeletsky), Elena Zaremba (Polina), Ewa Podles (Countess), Mikhaïl Vekua (Chaplitsky), Francisco Vas (Chekalinsky) & Claudia Schneider (Masha)
Symphony Orchestra and chorus of the Gran Teatre del...
[Didyk] cuts a fine figure on stage: tall, blond, physically agile, he sings the role of the poor lunatic gambler well. His voice is laser-like in focus and has the familiar Slavic edge...Ataneli's... — More…
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Robert Holl (Hans Sachs), Peter Seiffert (Walther von Stolzing), Emily Magee (Eva), Andreas Schmidt (Beckmesser), Birgitta Svendén (Magdalena), Endrik Wottrich (David), Matthias Hölle (Pogner), Kwangchul Youn (Nachtwächter)
Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniel Barenboim
The staging is the undoubtedly loving work of a cultured man who knows the piece inside out and wishes to represent it faithfully but whose other duties have prevented his developing any especially... — More…
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Emily Magee (Minnie), Roberto Aronica (Dick Johnson), Claudio Sgura (Jack Rance)
Teatro di San Carlo, Juraj Valčuha
Aronica is a handsome Dick Johnson in every sense of the word; and the American Emily Magee is a Wagnerian-voiced Minnie who somehow bypasses the god-fearing naivety suggested in the libretto.... — More…
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
Emily Magee (Primadonna/Ariadne), Michelle Breedt (Der Komponist), Roberto Saccà (Der Tenor/Bacchus), Elena Mosuc (Zerbinetta), Michael Volle (Ein Musiklehrer); Zurich Opera House, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) & Claus Guth (stage director)
Casting is first rate, with the Zerbinetta of Elena Mosuc stealing the limelight with an account of her big aria which prompts an ovation. Emily Magee's Ariadne is hardly less fine, ranging impressively... — More…
