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Rossini: Le Comte Ory
RecommendedJuan Diego Flórez (Comte Ory), Diana Damrau (Comtesse Adèle), Joyce DiDonato (Isolier), Susanne Resmark (Ragonde), Michele Pertusi (Tutor), Stéphane Degout (Raimbaud)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Maurizio Benini
Sher's production is wise, witty and completely faithful to the spirit of the piece...Damrau is peerless, giving a bravura comic performance made from winks and nudges, heavy theatrical sighing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th April 2012
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Isabella), Edgardo Rocha (Lindoro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafà), Alessandro Corbelli (Taddeo), Rebeca Olvera (Elvira), Rosa Bove (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
If this was, indeed, Bartoli’s first Isabella, it was worth the wait…Nowadays she’s a consummate comedienne whose work looks especially well on film. As for her singing, one would be hard-pressed... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
RecommendedJuan Diego Florez (Count Almaviva), Joyce DiDonato (Rosina), Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), Alessandro Corbelli (Doctor Bartolo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Don Basilio), Jennifer Rhys-Davies (Berta), Changhan Lim (Fiorello)
The Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano
Juan Diego Florez is the Almaviva of one's dreams, vocally and musically impeccable...and an actor of enormous charm and intelligence, whilst in the title role Pietro Spagnoli offers warmth and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th April 2010
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, DVD Choice
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Rossini: La Cenerentola
RecommendedRuxandra Donose (Cenerentola), Maxim Mironov (Don Ramiro), Simone Alberghini (Dandini), Luciano di Pasquale (Don Magnifico), Raquela Sheeran (Clorinda), Lucia Cirillo (Tisbe), Nathan Berg (Alidoro)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski, stage direction by...
Some found Peter Hall's staging… too dark and serious, but for me it was an invigorating evening. …Vladimir Jurowski… draws highly polished and brilliant playing from the LPO of one of Rossini's... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice (DVD)
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, DVD of the Month
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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Eva Marton, Kiri Te Kanawa, James McCracken, Ruggero Raimondi, Joan Sutherland, Catherine Malfitano, Alfredo Kraus, Nicolai Gedda, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubas, Linda Gelinas, Ricardo Costa, Renato Bruson, Grace Bumbry, Katia...
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Rossini: La donna del lago
Joyce DiDonato (Elena), Juan Diego Florez (Giacomo V), John Osborn (Roderigo), Daniela Barcellona (Malcolm), Oren Gradus (Douglas)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Michele Mariotti, Paul Curran (dir.)
Florez is his usual exuberant self, throwing off top notes casually and deserving his Niagaras of applause...DiDonato as the much sought-after heroine is, as always, in tremendous form, not only... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Opera Choice
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Opera, March 2016, Recording of the Month
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Rossini - The Early Operas Staged by Michael Hampe
Monica Bacelli, Cecilia Bartoli, Natale de Carolis, John Del Carlo, Alessandro Corbelli, Amelia Felle, Robert Gambill, Janice Hall, David Kuebler, Susan Patterson, Alberto Rinaldi, Luciana Serra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Gabriele Ferro
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Marilyn Horne (Isabella), Paolo Montarsolo (Mustafa), Douglas Ahlstedt (Lindoro), Allan Monk (Taddeo), Myra Merritt (Elvira), Diane Kesling (Zulma), Spiro Malas (Haly)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine
Sparkily conducted by James Levine, Ponnelle's 1986 Met production goes for broad comedy rather than subtlety, but Marilyn Horne knows exactly how to sing Isabella, and receives strong buffo... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, DVD of the Month
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Rossini: L’occasione fa il ladro
Patrick Kabongo (Don Eusebio), Vera Talerko (Berenice), Kenneth Tarver (Conte Alberto), Lorenzo Regazzo (Don Parmeniane), Giada Frasconi (Ernestina), Roberto Maietta (Martina), Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani
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Opern Gala: Highlights of the Opera
Opernhaus Bonn, 2016
Simone Kermes, Julia Novikova, Roberto De Biasio, Marina Prudenskaya, Ingeborg Gillebo, Davide Luciano, Chiara Skerath, Robin Johannsen
Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Opernchor des Theater Bonn, Stefan Blunier
