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Cherubini: Medea
Anna Caterina Antonacci (Medea), Giuseppe Filianoti (Giasone), Andrea Caré Cinzia Forte (Glauce), Giovanni Battista Parodi (Creonte), Erika Grimaldi (Prima Ancella), Luisa Francesconi (Seconda Ancella)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Torino, Evelino Pidò
Cherubini: Medea
Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni, Carlo Cigni, Cesare Ruta, Elisabetta Scano, Chiara Chialli
Orchestra dell'Ente Concerti "Marialisa De Carolis", Eric Hull, directed by Giuseppe Sollazzo
Even with a reduced orchestra, Celibidache creates a full sound here. But there's also some energetic and precise phrasing, lightness in the fast movements, and obvious enjoyment from a beaming... — More…
Cherubini: Medea
Nadja Michael (Medea), Kurt Streit (Jason), Christianne Stotijn (Néris), Vincent Le Texier (Creon), Hendricke Van Kerckhova (Dirce)
Les Talens Lyriques & Les Choeurs de la Monnai, Christophe Rousset
[the dialogue] was created by director Krzysztof Warlikowski and dramaturg Christian Longchamp, and designed for an in-your-face contemporary staging. That the result is at times shocking is... — More…
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Cherubini: Medea
Michèle Command (Medee), Jacques Noël (Jason) & Jean-Philippe Courtis (Créon)
Theatre Imperial de Compiegne, Pierre Jordan
Cherubini: Koukourgi
Stefan Cerny (Fohi), Çigdem Soyarslan (Zulma), Leonardo Galeazzi (Zamti), Daniel Prohaska (Koukourgi), Peter Edelmann (Phaor), Johannes Chum (Amazan) & Daniel Belcher (Sécuro)
Kärntner Sinfonieorchester, Peter Marschik (conductor) & Josef E. Köpplinger (stage director)
[Soyarslan] gives a creditable performance vocally and visually, supplying firm tone for her entrance aria...Belcher's focused voice, free at the top, is a positive ingredient...One cannot make... — More…