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Donizetti: Il Borgomastro di Saardam
Giorgio Caoduro (Tsar), Juan Francisco Gatell (Pietro Flimann), Andrea Concetti (Wambett), Irina Dubrovskaya (Marietta), Aya Wakizono (Carlotta), Pietro Di Bianco (Leforte), Pasquale Scircoli (Alì Mahmed), Alessandro Ravasio (An Officer)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera & Coro Donizetti Opera,...
This production doesn’t feature any stars, but it is a thoroughly enjoyable and well-acted romp. — More…
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Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou
Giulia De Blasis (Margherita d’Anjou), Lorenzo Izzo (Bellapunta), Dielli Hoxha (Orner), Gaia Petrone (Isaura), Anton Rositskiy (The Duke of Lavarenne), Elena Tereshchenko (Gertrude), Arcangelo Carbotti (Edoardo), Bastian Thomas Kohl (Riccardo)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi
It’s valuable now to have the opportunity actually to see how this melodrama semiserio can work onstage, especially when the semiserio is courageously given full rein…Luisi keeps a relaxed hand... — More…
Pre-order, Offer, Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728
Sonia Prina (Orlando), Michela Antenucci (Angelica), Lucia Cirillo (Alcina), Loriana Castellano (Bradamante), Konstantin Derri (Medoro), Luigi Schifano (Ruggiero), Riccardo Novaro (Astolfo)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, Fabio Ceresa
Verdi: Don Carlo
Michele Pertusi (Philip II), José Bros (Don Carlo), Vladimir Stoyanov (Rodrigo), Ievgen Orlov (The Great Inquisitor), Simon Lim (A monk), Serena Farnocchia (Elisabetta), Marianne Cornetti (Eboli), Lavinia Bini (Tebaldo)
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Teatro Regio di Parma, Daniel Oren
Lievi’s production charts a sensible course between period costumes and minimalist sets…The cast is led by a bright, tireless Don Carlo from José Bros, though one wishes he would vary his volume... — More…
Rossini: L'inganno felice
Artavazd Sargsyan (Bertrando, the Duke), Silvia Dalla Benetta (Isabella, his wife), Baurzhan Anderzhanov (Ormondo, a close friend of the Duke), Tiziano Bracci (Batone, Ormondo's confidant), Lorenzo Regazzo (Tarabotto, Leader of the Miners), Michele D’Elia (Clavichord)
Virtuosi Brunenses, Antonino...
Verdi: La Traviata
Cinzia Forte, Saimir Pirgu, Giovanni Meoni, Federica Carnevale, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Patrick Delcour, Chris De Moor, Cristiano Cremonini & Lorenzo Muzzi
Orchestra & Chorus Opera Royal de Wallonie, Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor) & Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera (director)
Cavalli: La Didone
Claron McFadden, Magnus Staveland, Jordi Domènech, Manuela Custer, Marina De Liso, Donatella Lombardi, Isabel Álvarez, Antonio Lozano, Gian Luca Zoccatelli, Filippo Morace, Maria Grazia Schiavo & Roberto Abbondan
Orchestra Europa Galante, Conducted by Fabio Biondi & Directed by Carlo...
Franck, C: Stradella
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Isabelle Kabatu (Leonor), Marc Laho (Stradella), Werner Van Mechelen (Spadoni), Philippe Rouillon (Le Duc), Xavier Rouillon (Pietro), Giovanni Iovino (Michael), Patrick Mignon (Beppo), Roger Joakim (Un Officier)
Orchester & Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Paolo Arrivabeni
Jaco Van Dormael's watery staging (with the same forces as the CD recording) plays on the Venetian setting of the drama. In a bold step, he also alters the plot substantially (from a happy to... — More…
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New, Offer, Donizetti: La Favorite
Veronica Simeoni (Leonor), Celso Albelo (Fernand) & Mattia Olivieri (Alphonse)
Britten: Death in Venice
Marlin Miller (Gustav von Aschenbach), Razek François Bitar (Voice of Apollo), Scott Hendricks (Traveller and other roles), Alessandro Riga (Tadzio), Danilo Palmieri (Jaschiu)
Teatro La Fenice, Bruno Bartoletti
No other production of this opera has so successfully transported the audience through a series of fully conceived sets...Marlin Miller sings with a refined lyrical sensibility...the beauty and... — More…
