DVD Video, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal (orchestra)
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New. Bizet: Carmen
Adèle Charvet (Carmen), Julien Behr (Don José), Florie Valiquette (Micaëla), Alexandre Duhamel (Escamillo), Gwendoline Blondeel (Frasquita), Ambroisine Bré (Mercédès), Matthieu Walendzik (Le Dancaïre), Attila Varga-Toth (Le Remendado), Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra Royal, Hervé Niquet
it's good to hear this score played on 'original instruments'. And if Hervé Niquet's tempi are sometimes a little wayward after an overture that never really stops for breath, there's some... —
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Robert Gleadow (Don Giovanni), Riccardo Novaro (Leporello), Florie Valiquette (Donna Anna), Arianna Vendittelli (Donna Elvira), Enguerrand de Hys (Don Ottavio), Éléonore Pancrazi (Zerlina), Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin (Masetto), Nicolas Certenais (Commendatore)
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Gaétan...
In general the cast is made up of fine voices, though with no stars. Robert Gleadow’s fast-thinking Giovanni summons up boundless vocal and physical energy...Musically, the period instrumentalists... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2024, DVD of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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John Corigliano: the Ghosts of Versailles
RecommendedChœur et danseurs du Festival de Glimmerglass, Peter Morgan, Glimmerglass Festival Choir, Jonathan Bryan, Teresa Perrotta, Ben Schaefer, Kayla Siembieda, Brian Wallin, Christian Sanders (soloist), Emily Misch, Joanna Latini, Spencer Britten, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Joseph Colaneri
You cannot but admire the commitment that Joseph Colaneri and the musicians of the Orchestra de l’Opéra Royal bring to a score that looks as much backwards as forwards. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Zingarelli: Giulietta e Romeo
L'opéra de Napoléon
Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano), Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Stefan Plewniak
As befits a composer who had undergone Neapolitan conservatoire training in the 1760s, Zingarelli’s style owes much to the transitional operatic reforms of the likes of Sacchini (one of his... —
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Premiere Recording
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Mozart: L'Enlèvement du Sérail (French Version)
Mathias Vidal (Belmont), Florie Valiquette (Constance), Gwendoline Blondeel (Blonde), Nicolas Brooymans (Osmin), Enguerrand de Hys (Pédrille), Michel Fau (Sélim)
Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra Royal, Gaétan Jarry
Florie Valiquette is a silvery toned Constance with all the vocal dexterity needed for the coloratura flights of fancy in her Act 2 aria...Enguerrand de Hys is a spirited Pédrille, and you readily... —
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Les 3 Contre-Tenors: Le Concours de Virtuosite Des Castrats
Samuel Mariño, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Filippo Mineccia, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Stefan Plewniak
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crisply articulated, upbeat and graceful readings that clearly honour both the music’s dance roots, its frothy fun (I love the birdsong whistle) and the programmatic element. —
