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Special offer. Puccini: Turandot
Rebeka Lokar (Turandot), Jorge de León (Calaf), Erika Grimaldi (Liù), In-Sung Sim (Timur)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda, Stefano Poda
The show forges its own hallucinatory logic and looks stylish…[but] it sometimes feels as if the singers themselves are inconvenient bit-parts…Noseda will be missed at Turin, as this punchy... —
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This live video…shows what an exceptional performer of Mozart’s music he remains. The lyricism and strength of his voice are undiminished, while his legato and sensitivity to line continue to... —
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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
Andreas Schager (Max), Camilla Nylund (Agathe), Daniela Fally (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar)
Wiener Staatsoper, Tomáš Netopil, Christian Räth
The pick of the cast, vocally, is soprano Camilla Nylund, who brings ample, shining tone and a finely sustained line to Agathe’s two solos. —
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The Original Three Tenors
Including the new documentary 'From Caracalla to the World'
José Carreras (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
Zubin Mehta
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Plácido Domingo at the Arena di Verona
Famous Arias by Verdi and Giordano
Soioa Hernandez (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Arena di Verona
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz, Teresa Reichlen, Daniel Ulbricht
New York City Ballet Orchestra & New York City Ballet
A enduringly and deservedly popular production that's captured well in this new release. —
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András Schiff at Mozartwoche
Recording Date: Mozartwoche Salzburg, 2015
András Schiff (piano & conductor)
Orchestra Cappella Andrea Barca
This is not Beethoven the nascent revolutionary, angrily tearing up the keyboard, but Beethoven the classicist…the slow movement of K482 is a highlight, with some particularly rapt playing from... —
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Anna Karenina – A Ballet By John Neumeier
Anna Laudere, Edvin Revazov, Ivan Urban, Aleix Martinez, Emilie Mazon, Hamburg Ballet, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Nathan Brock
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Thomas Gazheli (The Dutchman), Marjorie Owens (Senta), Mikhail Petrenko (Daland), Bernhard Berchtold (Erik), Annette Jahns (Mary), Timothy Oliver (Steerman), Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Fabio Luisi, Paul Curran
The production’s first great asset is Fabio Luisi. I suppose any conductor worth his salt is able to whip up a storm in the sea scenes, but Luisi proves equally adept at sustaining the rapt... —
