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The Glass Menagerie - A Ballet By John Neumeier
Alina Cojocaru (dancer), Alessandro Frola, Patricia Friza, Edvin Revazov, Christopher Evans, Hamburg Ballet (ballet company), John Neumeier (choreographer), Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Di Martino
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Special offer. Offenbach: La Belle Helène
Jennifer Larmore (Hélène), Jun-Sang Han (Pâris), Peter Galliard (Ménélas), Viktor Rud (Agamemnon), Rebecca Jo Loeb (Oreste), Dovlet Nurgeldiyev (Achille), Sergiu Saplacan (Ajax premier), Benjamin Popson (Ajax deuxième), Christian Miedl (Calchas), Anat Edri (Bacchis), Renate Spingler (Léoena), Gabriele...
La belle Hélène takes a trip back to the 1960s. You can almost smell the patchouli oil and feel the crushed velvet…Jennifer Larmore is a handsome Hélène…her singing is careful and characterful…[Jun-Sang... —
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Special offer. Bellini: Norma
Sondra Radvanovsky (Norma), Gregory Kunde (Pollione), Ekaterina Gubanova (Adalgisa), Raymond Aceto (Oroveso), Ana Puche (Clotilde) & Francisco Vas (Flavio)
Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Renato Palumbo (conductor) & Kevin Newbury (stage director)
[Radvanovsky’s] ‘Casta diva’ is dispatched with juicy flair, but it’s in the preceding lines tht the soprano really shows her mettle. Here Radvanovsky astutely establishes Norma’s divided loyalties... —
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Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace
Pauline Rathmann, Yumeji Matasufuji, Leah-Marian Jones, Valentino Worlitzsch
World Orchestra for Peace, World Choir for Peace, Karl Jenkins
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Special offer. Verdi: Macbeth
Leo Nucci (Macbeth), Enrico Iori (Banco), Sylvie Valayre (Lady Macbeth), Roberto Iuliano (Macduff), Tiziana Tramonti (Dama di Lady Macbeth), Nicola Pascoli (Malcolm), Enrico Turco (Il Medico), Davide Ronzoni (L'Araldo), Riccardo di Stefano (Un Domestico) & Noris Borgogelli (Il Sicario)
Orchestra...
What makes this production so rewarding are the utterly compelling performances of the Macbeths, Shakepearian in intensity...[Nucci's] Macbeth is a deeply thoughtful portrayal...Valayre is up... —
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Brahms: Double Concerto
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
The real highlight of this well-produced DVD is the Tchaikovsky, which is a winner from start to finish. —
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Special offer. Gluck: Alceste
Dorothea Röschmann (Alceste), Charles Castronovo (Admète), Michael Nagy (High Priest of Apollo), Bayerische Staatsoper, Antonello Manacorda
The chorus and orchestra under Antonello Manacorda are fine, as is Tiziano Mancini’s video direction —
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Special offer. Puccini: Turandot
Iréne Theorin (Turandot), Jorge de Leon (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liu), Alexander Vinogradov (Timur), Chris Merritt (Altoum), Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Josep Pons
Jaho is a remarkable actress and her singing is exquisite here, refining her high notes down to a whisper...The rest of the cast are under-directed but their vocal performances are strong. Iréne... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre (DVD Version)
Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sieglinde), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Anna Larsson (Fricka)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta
…this is the most exciting staging I've seen - slightly recalling Cirque du Soleil, perhaps, except that here the spectacle is wholly and intelligently at Wagner's service. Scenery combines... —
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Special offer. Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Ruggero Raimondi (Mosè), Isabelle Kabatu (Sinaide), Bogdan Mihai (Elisero), Filippo Polinelli (Faraone), Luciano Ganci (Amenofi), Giovanni Sebastiano Sala (Aufide), Christian Stainieri (Osiride)
Orchestra and Choir Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, Francesco Quattrocchi
At the time of the performances [Raimondi] was 73...The voice, as recorded, remains as mellow as a well-cellared oloroso, with little loss of body or structure. Tenor Luciano Ganci, a singer... —
