Opus Arte
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte David Portillo (Tamino), Sofia Fomina (Pamina), Björn Bürger (Papageno), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Caroline Wettergreen (Queen of the Night)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Glyndebourne Chorus, Ryan Wigglesworth
In the first half, André Barbe’s exquisitely drawn and then enlarged interiors magic the eye, and the cut-out guests that people the hotel are a delight. But when we reach the trials in the... — More…
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte David Portillo (Tamino), Sofia Fomina (Pamina), Björn Bürger (Papageno), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Caroline Wettergreen (Queen of the Night)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Glyndebourne Chorus, Ryan Wigglesworth; Barbe & Doucet
In the first half, André Barbe’s exquisitely drawn and then enlarged interiors magic the eye, and the cut-out guests that people the hotel are a delight. But when we reach the trials in the... — More…
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Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Speiser, Elizabeth Gale, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Peter Hall, Raymond Leppard
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Miah Persson (Fiordiligi), Anke Vondung (Dorabella), Ainhoa Garmendia (Despina), Topi Lehtipuu (Ferrando), Luca Pisaroni (Guglielmo), Nicolas Rivenq (Don Alfonso)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Ivan Fischer (conductor) & Nicholas Hytner (stage director)
When I saw this production at Glyndebourne last May, I thought that it was one of the three perfect operatic performances that I have ever been to. That view is only strengthened by seeing this... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - DVD
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, DVD Choice
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Bellini: Norma
RecommendedSonya Yoncheva (Norma), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Brindley Sherratt (Oroveso), David Junghoon Kim (Flavio), Vlada Borovko (Clotilde)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Àlex Ollé (director)
The virtues of this staging lie in individual performances and in the music-making, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra and chorus giving taut and committed interpretations under Antonio Pappano.... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Günther Groissböck (Sarastro), Saimir Pirgu (Tamino), Albina Shagimuratova (Queen of the Night), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Alex Esposito (Papageno) & Peter Bronder (Monostatos)
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala & Choir of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, Roland...
This is a wonderful performance...I was more moved and enchanted by this than by any other Magic Flute I have seen on DVD...[Esposito's Papageno] sung with glorious abandon, while his acting... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, DVD of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, DVD Choice
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Bellini: Norma
RecommendedSonya Yoncheva (Norma), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Brindley Sherratt (Oroveso), David Junghoon Kim (Flavio), Vlada Borovko (Clotilde)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Àlex Ollé (director)
The virtues of this staging lie in individual performances and in the music-making, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra and chorus giving taut and committed interpretations under Antonio Pappano.... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Brownlee doesn't have anything like the deceptive ease of Pavarotti, and he could use something more of Alfredo Kraus's poise and grace; but his considerable technical elegance and attractive... — More…
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An Evening With The Royal Opera
Renee Fleming (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor), Miah Persson (soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Erwin Schrott (bass-baritone), Hibla Gerzmava (soprano), Teodor Illincai (Rodolfo), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Jose Cura (tenor), Diana Damrau (soprano), Angelika Kirschlager...
all musically exceptional — More…
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Roberto Tagliavini (Leporello), Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Donna Elvira), Daniel Behle (Don Ottavio), Louise Alder (Zerlina), Petros Magoulas (Il Commendatore), Leon Košavic (Masetto)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Hartmut Haenchen, Kasper...
The production mixes and matches the Prague and Vienna versions of the opera in an uncritical way, with Holten’s Giovanni not dragged off to hell and the moral edge of the final ensemble blunted... — More…
