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Beyond Perfection: The Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
A film by Syrthos J. Dreher and Dag Freyer
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
Musical highlights of the film include Debussy’s Reflets dans l’eau, Chopin’s Berceuse and (an especial favourite of ABM) Mazurka Op 33/4, given in performances of unmatched poise and beauty. —
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Special offer. Mozart: Idomeneo
Bernard Richter (Idomeneo), Rachel Frenkel (Idamante), Valentina Nafornița (Ilia), Irina Lungu (Elettra), Pavel Kolgatin (Arbace)
Wiener Staatsoper, Tomáš Netopil, Kasper Holten
Best of all is Irina Lungu’s Elettra who tears into her final aria ‘D’Oreste, d’Aiace’ as if there were no tomorrow, which of course there isn’t for her!..As you would expect, the chorus of... —
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Special offer. Gounod: Roméo and Juliette
Aida Garifullina (Juliette), Saimir Pirgu (Romeo), David Alegret (Tybalt), Tara Erraught (Stephano), Gabriel Bermudez (Mercutio), Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Stephen Lawless, Josep Pons
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Verdi: Falstaff
Salzburg Festival 1982
Giuseppe Taddei (Falstaff), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly), Raina Kabaivanska (Alice Ford), Janet Perry (Nannetta)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Pavarotti in Hyde Park
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Andrea Griminelli, The Philharmonia Chorus, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Leone Magiera
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Special offer. Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Liudmyla Monastyrska (Manon Lescaut), David Bizic (Lescaut), Gregory Kunde (Des Grieux), Carlos Chausson (Geronte), Mikeldi Atxalandabaso (Edmondo), Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Davide Livermore, Emmanuel Villaume
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Mozart: The Lovers' Garden
Teatro alla Scala, April 2016
Roberto Bolle, Nicoletta Manni, Marta Romagna, Claudio Coviello, Mick Zeni, Christian Fagetti
Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala, La Scala String Quartet and Soloists of the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
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Verdi: Requiem
Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Vittorio Grigolo (tenor), Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (bass)
Los Angeles Master Chorale & Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
The performance is at its best in the contributions of the four soloists. US soprano Julianna Di Giacomo brings vibrant tone and plenty of personal commitment to the top line...DeYoung supplies... —
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Irina Lungu (Mimì), Giorgio Berrugi (Rodolfo), Kelebogile Besong (Musetta), Massimo Cavalletti (Marcello), Benjamin Cho (Schaunard), Gabriele Sagona (Colline), Matteo Peirone (Benoît/Alcindoro), Cullen Gandy (Parpignol)
Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) & Àlex Ollé
The voices could be more beautiful but it’s hard to think of a modern-dress production of La bohème that more perfectly captures the rhythm of the city in Puccini’s youthful Parisian romance…On... —
