Opus Arte
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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... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, DVD Choice
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Beethoven: Fidelio
Lise Davidsen (Leonore), David Butt Philip (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro, Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Siliņš (Don Fernando)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Tobias Kratzer
The production itself is a controversial one…Few complaints about the musical performance, which is distinguished from the point of view of Covent Garden’s chorus and orchestra as well as conductor... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
RecommendedLauren Cuthbertson (Clara), Federico Bonelli (Prince), Francesca Hayward (Sugar-Plum Fairy), Alexander Campbell (Nutcracker), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer)
The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
RecommendedNatalia Osipova (Odette/Odile), Matthew Golding (Prince Siegfried), Elizabeth McGorian (The Princess), Gary Avis (An Evil Spirit), Alastair Marriott (The Tutor) & Valeri Hristov (Benno)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & The Royal Ballet, Boris Gruzin
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten
RecommendedStephen Gould (The Emperor), Anne Schwanewilms (The Empress), Michaela Schuster (The Nurse), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, the Dyer) & Evelyn Herlitzius (Barak’s Wife)
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburg Festival Children's Choir & Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann...
Evelyn Herlitzius and Wolfgang Koch inject drama as a couple experiencing marital difficulties...[the Empress] is central throughout, compellingly acted and luminously sung by the marvellous... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2012
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Adams, J: Doctor Atomic
Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer), Eric Owens (General Leslie Groves), Richard Paul Fink (Edward Teller), James Maddalena (Jack Hubbard), Thomas Glenn (Robert Wilson), Jay Hunter Morris (Captain James Nolan), Ellen Rabiner (Pasqualita)
Chorus of De Nederlandse...
Doctor Atomic centres on the hours before the first detonation of the atomic bomb… Peter Sellars's film of the opera is expressionistic, claustrophobic, sometimes deliberately out of focus.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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Dove: The Adventures of Pinocchio
Victoria Simmonds (Pinocchio), Jonathan Summers (Geppetto), Mary Plazas (Blue Fairy), Rebecca Bottone (Cricket/Parrot), Graeme Broadbent (Puppeteer/Ape-Judge/Ringmaster), Allan Clayton (Lampwick), Mark Wilde (Cat), James Laing (Fox/Coachman), Carole Wilson (Pigeon/Snail)
The Orchestra and Chorus...
…curiosity is aroused for adult and child alike from the first notes of Jonathan Dove's lavish and fantastical new opera genuinely for all age-groups. The scary moments are balanced by the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, DVD of the Month
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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Sarah Connolly (Lucretia), Christopher Maltman (Tarquinius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca), Mary Nelson (Lucia), Leigh Melrose (Junius), Clive Bayley (Collatinus), Orla Boylan (Female Chorus) & John Mark Ainsley (Male Chorus)
English National Opera, Paul Daniel (conductor) & David McVicar...
The main cast delivers a superlative response from start to finish, headed by baritone Christopher Maltman's bull-like Tarquinius and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly's harrowingly intense Lucretia...Top-flight... — More…
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Opera, April 2014, Recording of the Month
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
RecommendedNatalia Osipova (Odette/Odile), Matthew Golding (Prince Siegfried), Elizabeth McGorian (The Princess), Gary Avis (An Evil Spirit), Alastair Marriott (The Tutor) & Valeri Hristov (Benno)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & The Royal Ballet, Boris Gruzin
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Torsten Kerl (Tannhäuser), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Michelle Breedt (Venus), Markus Eiche (Wolfram), Kwangchul Youn (Landgraf Hermann)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Sebastian Baumgarten
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