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Szymanowski: Król Roger
Mariusz Kwiecien (King Roger II of Sicily), Georgia Jarman (Roxana), Saimir Pirgu (Shepherd), Kim Begley (Edrisi), Alan Ewing (Archbishop), Agnes Zwierko (Deaconess)
Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)
all the imagination of Kasper Holten's production coheres compellingly, and Antonio Pappano shapes an extremely lucid performance that somehow manages to be taut and lush at the same time. Mariusz... — More…
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Günther Groissböck (Sarastro), Saimir Pirgu (Tamino), Albina Shagimuratova (Queen of the Night), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Alex Esposito (Papageno) & Peter Bronder (Monostatos)
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala & Choir of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, Roland...
This is a wonderful performance...I was more moved and enchanted by this than by any other Magic Flute I have seen on DVD...[Esposito's Papageno] sung with glorious abandon, while his acting... — More…
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Offer, Verdi: Requiem
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor) & Orlin Anastassov (bass)
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
the soloists form a worthwhile and generally high quality quartet. Krassimira Stoyanova's soprano is even and expressive, and she brings real urgency to proceedings...[Prudenskaya] produces steady,... — More…
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Verdi: La Traviata
Cinzia Forte, Saimir Pirgu, Giovanni Meoni, Federica Carnevale, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Patrick Delcour, Chris De Moor, Cristiano Cremonini & Lorenzo Muzzi
Orchestra & Chorus Opera Royal de Wallonie, Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor) & Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera (director)
Verdi: Rigoletto
Saimir Pirgu (Il Duca di Mantova), George Petean (Rigoletto), Aleksandra Kurzak (Gilda), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile), Judith Schmid (Maddalena) & Julia Riley (Giovanna)
Philharmonia Zürich & Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Tatjana Gürbaca (stage director)
Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio
Paolo Bordogna (Mill), Désirée Rancatore (Fanny), Saimir Pirgu (Edoardo), Fabio Maria Capitanucci (Slook), Enrico Maria Marabelli (Norton), Maria Gortsevskaya (Clarina)
Orchestra Haydn Di Bolzano E Trento, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli
Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Joyce DiDonato (Romeo), Nicole Cabell (Giulietta), Saimir Pirgu (Tebaldo), Eric Owens (Capellio) & Ao Li (Lorenzo)
San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Riccardo Frizza (conductor) & Vincent Boussard (stage director)
when you listen and forget about the fashion runway, this is a fine performance of Bellini's score. Joyce DiDonato is everything you would want in a Romeo, ardent and angry and in superb voice...And... — More…
Pathos, Passion & Patriotism
LIMITED EDITION – Available while stocks last
Nino Surguladze (Carmen), Irina Lungu (Micaëla), Alexandra Zabala (Frasquita), Paola Gardina (Mercédès), Philippe Do (Don José), Simone Alberghini (Escamillo), Francis Dudziak (Le Dancaïre), E. D’Aguanno (Le Remendado), Nicolas Courjal (Zuniga), Gezim Mischketa (Moralès) & First soloist ballerina:...
Bel Canto Operas
Joyce DiDonato (Romeo), Nicole Cabell (Giulietta), Saimir Pirgu (Tebaldo), Eric Owens (Capellio) & Ao Li (Lorenzo), Renée Fleming (Lucrezia), Michael Fabiano (Gennaro), Elizabeth DeShong (Orsini), Vitalij Kowaljow (Don Alfonso)
San Francisco Opera, Riccardo Frizza
when you listen and forget about the fashion runway, this is a fine performance of Bellini's score. Joyce DiDonato is everything you would want in a Romeo, ardent and angry and in superb voice...And... — More…
Verdi Collection Vol. 2
Roberto Frontali, Amarilli Nizza, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Walter Fraccaro, Silvio Zanon, Paolo Battaglia, Donatella Gugliuzza, Darina Takova, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Alexander Vinogradov, Damiano Salerno, Ursula Ferri, Arutjun Kotchinian, Cinzia Forte (Violetta), Saimir Pirgu (Alfredo), Giovanni Meoni (Germont),...
