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Gounod: Faust
Jonas Kaufmann (Faust), René Pape (Méphistophélès), Marina Poplavskaya (Marguerite), Russell Braun (Valentin), Jonathan Beyer (Wagner), Michèle Losier (Siébel), Wendy White (Marthe)
Orchestra & Chorus of The Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Here the Met plays a fistful of trumps. Jonas Kaufmann is an ardent Faust and, in smart evening clothes, is as stylish sartorially as he is vocally...Pape is a wickedly cynical Mephistopheles...But... — More…
Gounod: Mireille
Inva Mula (Mireille), Charles Castronovo (Vincent), Franck Ferrari (Ourrias), Alain Vernhes (Ramon), Anne Catherine Gillet (Vincenette), Sylvie Brunet (Taven), Sébastien Droy (Andreloun), Nicolas Cavallier (Ambroise)
L’Opera National de Paris, Marc Minkowski
this is beautifully done, with the cast looking as if they were straight out of films like Manon des sources, and singing superbly. Inva Mula's pretty heroine moves appealingly from sparkle to... — More…
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Joan Rodgers - Songs and Arias
Masterclass with singers from British Youth Opera
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
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
Hvorostovsky in Moscow
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) & Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano)
Philharmonia of Russia, Constantine Orbelian
Diana Damrau: Recital at Baden Baden & Documentary 'Diva Divina'
From the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Diana Damrau (soprano) & Xavier de Maistre (harp)
Grafenegg Sommernachtsgala 2016
Live from the Grafenegg Festival, June 2016
Olga Peretyatko (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)
Tonkunstler-Orchester, Yutaka Sado
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... — More…
Gounod: Faust
Angela Gheorghiu (Marguerite), Roberto Alagna (Faust), Bryn Terfel (Méphistophélès), Simon Keenlyside (Valentin) & Sophie Koch (Siébel)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & David McVicar (director)
Alagna depicts Faust's transition from Gounod-like ancient to cartwheeling young boulevardier and drug-addled Baudelairean decadent with energy and elegant phrasing...[Terfel] suggests the constant... — More…
Offer, The Royal Opera: A Collection
Cheryl Studer (Aida), Dennis O’Neill (Radames), Luciana d’Intino (Amneris), Alexandru Agache (Amonasro), Robert Lloyd (Ramfis), Mark Beesley (King), Yvonne Barclay (High Priestess), John Marsden (Messager), Plácido Domingo (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Robin Leggate...