Opus Arte
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Verdi: La Traviata
Ermonela Jaho (Violetta), Charles Castronovo (Alfredo), Placido Domingo (Germont)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, Antonella Manacorda, Richard Eyre (director)
[Jaho's] tone is never what one could call ‘lustrous’, but she gets inside the character so thoroughly that one cannot help but suffer with her...and she battles so hard in Act 3 that one harbours... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Jaho)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Castronovo)
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Bryn Terfel (Don Pasquale), Markus Werba (Malatesta), Olga Peretyatko (Norina), Ioan Hotea (Ernesto), Bryan Secombe (Carlino)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Evelino Pidò
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Whether Gay needed an overhaul is one question. Another is whether the new script’s breathless speed gels with the Baroque musical manners of William Christie and Les Arts Florissants. The answer... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
RecommendedRobert Gambill (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Katarina Karnéus (Brangäne), Bo Skovhus (Kurwenal), René Pape (König Marke), Stephen Gadd (Melot), Timothy Robinson (Hirt/Junger Seemann)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek, Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Stemme's fiery Irish princess is even finer than on the Domingo CD… Gambill's burly Tristan projects a darker, more resigned intensity… Pape's black-voiced Marke rightly dominates the stage…... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, First Choice (DVD)
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Prokofiev: Cinderella
Marianela Nunez, Vadim Muntagirov, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
Kessels conducts this score with an uncanny sense for insightful phrasing: in particular, his tempo choices and accenting are always right on target, and he manages to draw splendid playing... — More…
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Prokofiev: Cinderella
Marianela Nunez, Vadim Muntagirov, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
Kessels conducts this score with an uncanny sense for insightful phrasing: in particular, his tempo choices and accenting are always right on target, and he manages to draw splendid playing... — More…
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Renée Fleming and Christian Thielemann in Concert
Renée Fleming (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Ulisse), Graciela Araya (Penelope), Toby Spence (Telemaco), Jaco Huijpen (Antinoo), Christopher Gillett (Pisandro), Diana Montague (Minerva), Brian Asawa (Anfinomo)
Baroque Ensemble Orchestra, Glen Wilson, stage direction by Pierre Audi
a masterpiece of controlled timing and patience — More…
