Opus Arte
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Steffani: Niobe Regina di Tebe
Veronique Gens (Niobe), Jacek Laszczkowski (Anfione), Delphine Galou (Nerea), Iestyn Davies (Creonte), Tim Mead (Clearte), Lothar Odinius (Tiberino), Amanda Forsythe (Manto), Bruno Taddia (Tiresia) & Alastair Miles (Poliferno)
Bathasar Neumann Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock
a central performance of extraordinary spirit and plangency from Veronique Gens...Hengelbrock's ensemble boasts a rich and characterful continuo section...The dance music is muscular, the violins... —
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Kenneth MacMillan's Anastasia
RecommendedMusic by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Bohuslav Martinů
Natalia Osipova (Anastasia/Anna Anderson), Marianela Nuñez (Mathilde Kschessinska), Federico Bonelli (Kschessinska’s Partner), Edward Watson (The husband), Thiago Soares (Rasputin), Christina Arestis (Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna), Christopher Saunders (Tsar Nicholas Ii)
Orchestra of the Royal...
This new recording preserves for posterity a performance by the Russian ballerina Natalia Osipova. She gives a searing account of the role… it will be an essential purchase for the Osipova’s... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Puccini: La Bohème
Teodor Ilincai (Rodolfo), Hibla Gerzmava (Mimì), Gabriele Viviani (Marcello), Inna Dukach (Musetta), Kostas Smoriginas (Colline), Jacques Imbrailo (Schaunard), Jeremy White (Benoit), Donald Maxwell (Alcindoro)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Andris Nelsons (conductor)...
In every sense this Boheme glows...Teodor Ilincai is a splendid Rodolfo...radiating Italian lyricism and boyish good nature. Hibla Gerzmava is a gorgeous Mimi...Inna Dukach is a splendid Musetta...On... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, DVD Choice
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Verdi: Aida
Elena Stikhina (Aida), Francesco Meli (Radamès), Agnieszka Rehlis (Amneris), Ludovic Tézier (Amonasro), Soloman Howard (Ramfis), Insung Sim (King), Francesca Chiejina (High Priestess), Andrés Presno (Messenger)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano,...
It all adds up to a brave attempt to rethink a work which, for all its popularity, can be notoriously elusive in performance, though ultimately its theatrical and vocal drawbacks don’t make... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Puccini: La Bohème
Michael Fabiano (Rodolfo), Nicole Car (Mimì), Mariusz Kwiecien (Marcello), Simona Mihai (Musetta), Florian Sempey (Schaunard), Luca Tittoto (Colline), Jeremy White (Benoît), Wyn Pencarreg (Alcindoro); Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
The Royal Opera glows with warmth. Antonio Pappano is in his element relishing every detail in Puccini's score slipping into the Act 1 duet for Rodolfo and Mimi as if we'd never heard it before. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Opera Choice
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Rimsky Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia
Svetlana Ignatovich (Fevroniya), John Daszak (Grishka Kuterma), Vladimir Vaneev (Prince Yuriy Vsevolodovich), Maxim Aksenov (Prince Vsevolod Yuryevich), Ante Jerkunica (Bedyay), Vladimir Ognovenko (Burunday), Alexey Markov (Fyodor Poyarok) & Mayram Sokolova (Page)
Netherlands Philharmonic...
If the visual result negates the opera’s poetry, the musical performance provides compensation. Albrecht draws consistently brilliant orchestral playing and the chorus is excellent. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - DVD Performance
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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
James Bowman (Oberon), Ileana Cotrubas (Tytania), Felicity Lott (Helena), Cynthia Buchan (Hermia), Ryland Davies (Lysander), Dale Duesing (Demetrius), Curt Applegren (Bottom)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Bernard Haitink, Peter Hall
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Shakespeare: King & Country Box Set
David Tennant (Richard), Nigel Lindsay (Bolingbroke), Oliver Ford Davies (Duke of York), Michael Pennington (John of Gaunt), Emma Hamilton (The Queen), Jane Lapotaire (Duchess of Gloucester), Elliot Barnes-Worrell (Groom), Antony Byrne (Mowbray), Sean Chapman (Northumberland), Marty Cruickshank (Duchess...
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her strong, supple voice [is] packed with beauty, character and potential...Scratch away the loss and grief - a difficult job - and what you hear is a performance of fierce intelligence and... —
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Gluck: Alceste
Maurits Sillem (harpsichord), Philip Gelling (bass), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Matthew Best (bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Jonathan Summers (baritone)
Royal Opera House Orchestra at Covent Garden, Royal Opera Chorus, Charles Mackerras
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