DVD Video, Bizet (composer)
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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
RecommendedDiana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), Nicolas Teste (Nourabad
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Gianandrea Noseda, Penny Woolcock (dir.)
Woolcock finds a double drama in Bizet's opera..., Noseda drawing sumptuous playing from the Met Orchestra...The Met fields a magnificent cast. Matthew Polenzani is a puppyish Nadir...whil Mariusz... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Opera Recording
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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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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Deepa Johnny (Carmen), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don José), Nicolas Courjal (Escamillo), Iulia Maria Dan (Micaëla)
Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie, Chœur Accentus, Chœur d’enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen, Ben Glassberg, Romain Gilbert
If nothing else, this video reminds us that opera in the 19th century was a visual spectacle, and that spectacle wasn’t some sort of vulgar concession to the demands of idle entertainment. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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New. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2
Carmen - Hamlet - Fortunio - La nonne sanglante - Lakmé
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon
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Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Anja Harteros (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo)
Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato
The playing of the Badische Staatskapelle is decent – with excellent contributions from a busy principal cellist – and Marco Armiliato keeps everything ticking along well…there’s enough quality... —
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Carmen
A ballet based on music by Bizet & Shchedrin
Ana Laguna, Marc Hwang, Yvan Auzely, Pompea Santoro, George Elkin, Boaz Cohem
The Cullberg Ballet, Choreography: Mats Ek
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Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedAnna Caterina Antonacci (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don Jose), Norah Amsellem (Micaela), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Escamillo), Jacques Imbrailo (Morales), Matthew Rose (Zuniga), Elena Xanthoudakis (Frasquita), Viktoria Vizin (Mercedes), Caroline Lena Olsson (Lillas Pastia), Jean Sebastien Bou (Le Dancaire),...
Pappano in the pit takes the whole thing at a tremendous lick while coaxing some lovely playing from the Royal Opera House Orchestra. For all that, this is opera as spectacle with good tunes... —
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Building a Library, March 2015, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen), Daniel Johansson (Don José), Scott Hendricks (Escamillo), Elena Tsallagova (Micaëla)
Wiener Symphoniker, Paolo Carignani
Holten says he’s keen to steer clear of the Spanish clichés on the one hand, and to examine Carmen as a real person on the other…It’s no earth-shattering insight but it does form the basis for... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Anne Sofie von Otter (Carmen), Marcus Haddock (Don José), Laurent Naouri (Escamillo), Lisa Milne (Micaëla), Mary Hegarty (Frasquita), Christine Rice (Mercédès), Colin Judson (Remendado), Quentin Hayes (Dancaïre), Hans Voschezang (Moralès), Jonathan Best (Zuniga)
The Glyndebourne Chorus &...
Under the shrewd direction of McVicar, Anne Sofie von Otter gave us a gypsy of mercurial temperament… —
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Ekaterina Semenchuk (Carmen), Irina Lungu (Micaëla), Carlo Ventre (Don José), Carlos Álvarez (Escamillo), Francesca Micarelli (Frasquita), Cristina Melis (Mercédès), Federico Longhi (Le Dancaïre), Paolo Antognetti (Le Remendado), Seung Pil Choi (Zuniga)
Verona Arena, Henrik Nánási
This is picture-postcard opera … It’s traditional, it’s colourful. —
