C Major
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New. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Lisette Oropesa (Lucia), Juan Diego Flórez (Edgardo), Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo), Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent), Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Yannis Kokkos
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Gambler, Op. 24
Misha Didyk (Alexei), Kristine Opolais (Polina), Vladimir Ognovenko (General), Stefania Toczyska (Babulenka), Stephan Rügamer (The Marquis), Sylvia de la Muela (Blanche), Viktor Rud (Mr Astley)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director)
Barenboim's crystal-clear pacing of the score is hard-hitting rather than quicksilvery, but the payoff in the last Act is terrific, and the blue-lit look of it all - Tcherniakov designed it,... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, DVD of the Month
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Opera, July 2010, Recording of the Month
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New. Mozart: Così fan tutte
Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi), Emily D’Angelo (Dorabella), Filipe Manu (Ferrando), Peter Kellner (Guglielmo), Kate Lindsey (Despina), Christopher Maltman (Don Alfonso), Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
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New. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Lisette Oropesa (Lucia), Juan Diego Flórez (Edgardo), Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo), Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent), Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Yannis Kokkos
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Klaus Florian Vogt (Tristan), Camilla Nylund (Isolde), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Brangaene), Martin Gantner (Kurwenal), Georg Zeppenfeld (King Mark)
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatsopernchor Dresden, Christian Thielemann, Marco Arturo Marelli
All acts in this Dresden Tristan are equally successful... Theatrically effective... this cast – in terms of voice and use of language – is among the best among current Wagnerians... The intimate... —
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Special offer. Verdi: Falstaff
Michael Volle (Falstaff), Alfredo Daza (Ford), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Nadine Sierra (Nannetta), Daniela Barcellona (Mistress Quickly), Francesco Demuro (Fenton), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Mario Martone
Purists should look away now, but I found this production by Mario Martone tremendous fun...Volle inhabits the title role with absolute conviction: he is laugh-out-loud funny, his vocal delivery... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Kyle Ketelsen (Don Giovanni), Philippe Sly (Leporello),Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Donna Anna), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don Ottavio), Kate Lindsey (Donna Elvira), Patricia Nolz (Zerlina), Peter Kellner (Masetto), Ain Anger (Commendatore)
Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
Don Giovanni is a remarkably charismatic figure, of course, but here Kosky digs into just why he has this strange hold over all the other characters. Kyle Ketelsen's Dionysian Don is an unstoppable... —
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Coming soon. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Georg Zeppenfeld (Sachs), Michael Spyres (Walther), Christina Nilsson (Eva), Michael Nagy (Beckmesser), Jongmin Park (Pogner), Matthias Stier (David), Christa Mayer (Magdalene), Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniele Gatti, Matthias Davids
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New. Andris Nelsons Conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Violeta Urmana (mezzo), Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
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New. Andris Nelsons Conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Violeta Urmana (mezzo), Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
