Bel Air Classiques
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Nina Kaptsova (Marie), Artem Ovcharenko (Prince), Denis Savin (Drosselmeyer), Alexey Loparevich (Stahlbaum), Olga Suvorova (Mrs. Stahlbaum), Pavel Dmitrichenko (Mouse King), Victoria Litvinova (She-Devil) & Morikhiro Ivata (He-Devil)
The Bolshoi Ballet, Pavel Klinichev
Integrity in dancing, and fine playing from the Bolshoi’s orchestra under Pavel Klinichev. — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 David Hallberg (Prince Désiré), Svetlana Zakharova (Princess Aurora), Maria Allash (Lilac Fairy), Artem Ovcharenko (Bluebird) & Nina Kaptsova (Princess Florine)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky
Grand-scale performance of the Petipa masterpiece, with Zakharova miraculous in the lead — More…
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Kenneth MacMillan: L’Histoire de Manon Aurélie Dupont (Manon Lescaut), Roberto Bolle (Le Chevalier Des Grieux), Stéphane Bullion (Lescaut), Alice Renavand (La maîtresse de Lescaut), Benjamin Pech (Monsieur Guillot de Morfontaine), Karl Paquette (Le Geôlier) & Viviane Descoutures (Madame)
L’Opera national de Paris, Martin Yates
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Weill, K: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Sung in English
Jane Henschel (Leocadia Begbick), Donald Kaasch (Fatty the Bookkeeper), Willard White (Trinity Moses), Measha Brueggergosman (Jenny Smith), Michael König (Jim Maclntyre)
Orquesta y Coro del Teatro Real, Pablo Heras-Casado
Brueggergosman's Jenny is stunning to behold...[Henschel] has precisely the right dramatic-mezzo instrument for this role, and she can sing sensuously when required...[Easterlin] offers tone... — More…
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris), Yulia Sokolik (Fyodor), Eri Nakamura (Xenia), Heike Grötzinger (Nurse), Gerhard Siegel (Schuisky), Markus Eiche (Andrey), Anatoli Kotscherga (Pimen), Sergey Skorokhodov (Grigory), Vladimir Matorin (Varlaam) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kent Nagano, Calixto Bieito
the updating seems neither modish nor forced, and is carried out with economy and intelligence...There's no dip in commitment anywhere in the cast. Tsymbalyuk's Boris, sung in a pleasingly smooth,... — More…
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Yuri Temirkanov Vol.3 Recording: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris - 2/12/2007
Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet)
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
Despite phenomenal playing, the Rococo Variations for flugelhorn is something of an acquired taste. The Pathétique finds conductor and orchestra on top form, performing with tremendous conviction. — More…
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Ibsen's Ghosts The Norwegian National Ballet & The Norwegian National Ballet School, choreography by Cina Espejord
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Ariane Mnouchkine's Molière (The 400th Anniversary Edition) Ariane Mnouchkine, Philippe Caubère, Joséphine Derenne, Brigitte Catillon, Claude Merlin, Jean-Claude Bourbault, Françoise Jamet, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Louba Guertchikoff, Serge Coursan, Daïna Lavarenne, Lucia Bensasson, Nicole Félix, Rémy Charpentier, Norbert Journo, Clémence Massart, Jonathan...
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale, Viva La Mamma Heidi Grant Murphy (Adina), Ambrogio Maestri (Dulcamara), Laurent Naouri (Belcore, Paul Groves (Nemorino) & Aleksandra Zamojska (Giannetta), Patrizia Ciofi (Norina), Simone Alaimo (Don Pasquale), Marzio Giossi (Dr. Malatesta), Norman Shankle (Ernesto) & Romaric Braun (Notary), Jessica Pratt...
Musically there is little to fault in Evelino Pido’s nicely paced and shaped interpretation…I was somewhat bowled over by Simone Alaimo’s singing and acting. — More…
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