DVD Video, Offenbach (composer)
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Olga Peretyatko (Antonia/Giulietta/Olympia/Stella), Luca Pisaroni (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dr Miracle/Dapertutto), Angela Brower (Muse/Nicklausse)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Kent Nagano, Daniele Finzi Pasca
Nagano sweeps it all along with sensuality and verve; the Hamburg orchestra is on colourful form and for a staging that is (essentially) a piece of glorious escapism, it leaves you with a surprising... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Vittorio Grigolo (Hoffmann), Kate Lindsey (Nicklausse/Muse), Christine Rice (Giulietta), Sonya Yoncheva (Antonia), Sofia Fomina (Olympia), Thomas Hampson Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Evelino Pidò (conductor) & John Schlesinger...
Sofia Fomina trills like a canary as the mechanical doll, Christine Rice is darkly beguiling as Giulietta and Sonya Yoncheva’s Antonia would melt a heart of stone. Kate Lindsey’s Nicklausse... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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Special offer. Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne
Jodie Devos (Gabrielle), Rodolphe Briand (Gardefeu), Marc Mauillon (Bobinet), Franck Leguérinel (Le Baron), Sandrine Buendia (La Baronne)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Romain Dumas, Christian Lacroix
It’s the ladies who really make things ping...Jodie Devos brings a delightfully bright, fruity soprano to the glovemaker Gabrielle (every inch the soubrette, in her pink ankle-boots) and Aude... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Jacques Offenbach: Barbe-bleue
Yann Beuron (Barbe-Bleue), Heloise Mas (Boulotte), Christophe Gay (Popolani), Christophe Mortagne (King Bobeche), Jennifer Courcier (Fleurette), Thibault De Damas (Count Oscar), Carl Ghazarossian (Prince Saphir), Aline Martin (Queen Clementine), Chorus De Opera De Lyon, Orchestra of Opera De Lyon,...
Pelly’s 11th Offenbach staging, captured at Opéra de Lyon in 2019, is as theatrically sharp, detailed and clear as we’d expect from him…Héloïse Mas holds the centre strongly, wielding her firm,... — More…
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Vidéo
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Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
RecommendedDame Felicity Lott (La Grande Duchesse), Sandrine Piau (Wanda), Yann Beuron (Fritz), Franck Leguérinel (Le Baron Puck), Eric Huchet (Le Prince Paul), François Le Roux (Le Général Boum), Boris Grappe (Le Baron Grog), Alain Gabriel (Népomuc), Maryline Fallot (Iza), Blandine Staskiewicz (Olga), Jennifer...
Offenbach's 1867 opéra bouffe is here brought back to life in an all-singing, all-dancing staging that bursts with energy from start to finish. Laurent Pelly's production, recorded here at... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Recorded live at Bregenz Festival
Daniel Johansson (Hoffmann), Kerstin Avemo (Olympia, Giulietta), Mandy Fredrich (Antonia), Rachel Frenkel (Muse, Niklausse, Die Stimme der Mutter), Michael Volle (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, Dapertutto)
Wiener Symphoniker, Johannes Debus, Stefan Herheim
Johansson’s big-voice Hoffmann lacks a genuine pianissimo but phrases elegantly…Fredrich and Frenkel are nicely stylish…playing and choral singing are both excellent — More…
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
John Osborn (Hoffmann), Irene Roberts (Muse/Nicklausse), Nina Minasyan (Olympia), Christine Rice (Giulietta), Ermonela Jaho (Antonia), Erwin Schrott (Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
It’s one of those ideas that might actually work better on video than in the theatre, and the video director Misjel Vermeiren handles it confidently ...It won’t be for everyone; but if you’re... — More…
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Special offer. Offenbach: La Belle Helène
Jennifer Larmore (Hélène), Jun-Sang Han (Pâris), Peter Galliard (Ménélas), Viktor Rud (Agamemnon), Rebecca Jo Loeb (Oreste), Dovlet Nurgeldiyev (Achille), Sergiu Saplacan (Ajax premier), Benjamin Popson (Ajax deuxième), Christian Miedl (Calchas), Anat Edri (Bacchis), Renate Spingler (Léoena), Gabriele...
La belle Hélène takes a trip back to the 1960s. You can almost smell the patchouli oil and feel the crushed velvet…Jennifer Larmore is a handsome Hélène…her singing is careful and characterful…[Jun-Sang... — More…
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Special offer. Dinara Alieva in Moscow
Dinara Alieva (soprano)
Masters of Choral Singing & Russian National Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
