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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedWillard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Gregg Baker (Crown), Harolyn Blackwell (Clara), Cynthia Clarey (Serena), Marietta Simpson (Maria), Damon Evans (Sportin' Life)
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle, production direction by Trevor Nunn
In an ideal world, operatic recordings would always evolve in this way...We've a real sense here of Gershwin's community, a feeling of oneness with the piece from singers who've not only lived... — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Andrea Chénier), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Maddalena de Coigny), Željko Lučić (Carlo Gérard), Denyce Graves (Bersi), Elena Zilio (Madelon), Rosalind Plowright (Contessa de Coigny), Roland Wood (Roucher), Peter Coleman-Wright (Pietro Fléville), Eddie Wade (Fouquier-Tinville), Adrian Clarke...
The Countess de Coigny in sumptuous purple satin is sung to great effect by Rosalind Plowright, as is Elena Zilio’s Madelon…never less than compelling on screen, Jonas Kaufmann is a perfect foil... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Opera, December 2016, Recording of the Month
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Marina Poplavskaya (Amelia Grimaldi/Maria Boccanegra), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Jacope Fiesco), Jonathan Summers (Paolo Albiani), Lukas Jakobski (Piero)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano
The result is far more than a vanity project...overall [Domingo] makes a remarkably moving and complex creation out of it...Summers is worn but malevolent in his sharply etched portrayal of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, DVD of the Month
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
RecommendedAnthony Dowell & Lesley Collier
Royal Ballet & Royal Opera House, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Benjamin Luxon, Hildegard Heichele (guest appearances by Hinge & Bracket, Charles Aznavour, Merle Park & Wayne Eagling)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Placido Domingo
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Raina Kabaivanska, Eleonora Jankovic, Nazzareno Antinori, Lorenzo Saccomani, Maurizio Arena
an unforgettably moving performance from Raina Kabaivanska...From the moment she comes demurely on stage she identifies completely with the role...Antinori sings ardently as a convincingly unthinking... — More…
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