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Bellini: Norma
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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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Pre-order, Offer, Bellini: Norma
Live at the Metropolitan Opera, 2018
Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato, Joseph Calleja, Matthew Rose
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Carlo Rizzi
Bellini: Norma
Sondra Radvanovsky (Norma), Gregory Kunde (Pollione), Ekaterina Gubanova (Adalgisa), Raymond Aceto (Oroveso), Ana Puche (Clotilde) & Francisco Vas (Flavio)
Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Renato Palumbo (conductor) & Kevin Newbury (stage director)
[Radvanovsky’s] ‘Casta diva’ is dispatched with juicy flair, but it’s in the preceding lines tht the soprano really shows her mettle. Here Radvanovsky astutely establishes Norma’s divided loyalties... — More…
Bellini: Norma
Hasmik Papian, Hugh Smith, Irini Tsirakidis, Giorgio Giuseppini, Anna Steiger & Carlo Bosi
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Julian Reynolds
Any production of Norma stands or falls on the performance of the title-role. In this attractive but ultimately bizarre and cold staging, Hasmik Papian proves herself equal to the part's demands.... — More…
Offer, 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…
Bellini: La Sonnambula
Ana Durlovski (Amina), Luciano Botelho (Elvino), Catriona Smith (Lisa), Enzo Capuano (Rodolfo), Helene Schneiderman (Teresa), Motti Kastón (Alessio)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart & Staatsoper Stuttgart, Gabriele Ferro
The result is fascinating even if at times over-earnest...Durlovski's soprano may be on the gaunt side, but she has all the notes for the title role...A fine actor, tenor Luciano Botelho makes... — More…
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Cecilia Bartoli - Maria
The Barcelona Concert + Malibran Rediscovered
Cecilia Bartoli
Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Soloists, Ádám Fischer
[Bartoli] has aimed not only to present Malibran's repertoire but also to capture her sound. Bartoli's rich voice, with its pyrotechnical capabilities and dramatic powers, couldn’t have been... — More…
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Bellini: La Sonnambula
Giovanni Battista Parodi (Rodolfo), Julie Mellor (Teresa), Jessica Pratt (Amina), Shalva Mukeria (Elvino)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice, Gabriele Ferro
Bepi Morassi's production...takes the piece with a pinch of irony, but arguably no more than intended by its creators...Pratt's blonde bombshell of an Amina shows good range of technical skills... — More…
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Bellini: Norma
Edita Gruberova (Norma), Zoran Todorovich (Pollione), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Oroveso), Markus Herzog (Flavio), Directed by Brian Large
Das Bayerische Staatsorchester, Friedrich Haider
Edita Gruberová waited until 2006 to sing Norma on stage for the first time. In this production from Munich she is revealed as the greatest Norma of today. Her singing and acting bring out the... — More…
Bellini: I Puritani
Anna Netrebko (Elvira), Eric Cutler (Arturo), Franco Vassallo (Riccardo), John Relyea (Giorgio), Eduardo Valdes (Bruno), Valerian Ruminski (Gualtiero), Maria Zifchak (Enrichetta)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Patrick Summers
Although I Puritani was performed during the Metropolitan Opera's first season in 1883, it had not been seen there for decades until this production by Sandro Sequi was unveiled in 1976. It was... — More…