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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Markus Marquardt (Der Holländer), Kurt Rydl (Daland), Radostina Nikolaeva (Senta), Kostadin Andreev (Erik), Daniel Ostretsov (Steurmann), Alexandrina Stoyanova (Mary), Orchestra and Chorus of the Sofia Opera and Ballet, Rossen Gergov, Plamen Kartaloff (director)
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Carnicer: Elena e Costantino
Ruth Rosique (Elena/Riccardo), Robert McPherson (Costantino), Saimir Pirgu (Edmondo), Lorenzo Regazzo (Carlo), Mariola Cantarero (Anna)
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of Madrid, Jésus Lopez Cobos
The music is all lyrically dramatic and the principals make a consistently good vocal team. They are dominated by Ruth Rosique, whose coloratura is impressively secure. The chorus and orchestra... — More…
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo), Giorgio Berrugi (tenor), Roberto Tagliavini (bass)
Filarmonia Arturo Toscanini, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Roberto Abbado
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Verdi: Falstaff
Ruggero Raimondi (Falstaff), Luca Salsi (Ford), Virginia Tola (Mrs. Alice Ford), Sabina Puértolas (Nannetta), Tiberio Simu (Fenton), Cinzia De Mola (Mistress Quickly), Liliana Mattei (Meg Page)
L’Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Paolo Arrivabeni, Stefano Poda
this is one of the musically enchanting Falstaffs I've ever encountered. Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni leads a mellow performance...Ensemble is precise and inner voices always clear: he leads it... — More…
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Verdi: Macbeth
Giuseppe Altomare (Macbeth), Dimitra Theodossiou (Lady Macbeth), Giorgio Giuseppini (Banquo), Dario Di Vietri (Macduff), Ernesto Petti (Malcolm), Valeria Sepe (Lady-in-waiting)
Orchestra Filarmonica del Piemonte & Schola Cantorum San Gregorio Magno, Giuseppe Sabbatini (conductor) &...
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Verdi: Falstaff
Nicola Alaimo (Falstaff), Simone Piazzola (Ford), Matthew Swensen (Fenton), Ailyn Pérez (Alice Ford), Francesca Boncompagni (Nannetta), Sara Mingardo (Mrs. Quickly), Caterina Piva (Meg Page), Christian Collia (Dr Cajus), Antonio Garés (Bardolfo), Gianluca Buratto (Pistola)
Orchestra E Coro...
This is a straightdown-the-line account of Falstaff from director Sven-Eric Bechtolf, where the interest resides in lively characterisation and attractive singing rather than conceptual bells... — More…
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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Valeria Sepe (Nedda), Angelo Villari (Canio), Davide Cecconi (Tonio), Matteo Mezzaro (Beppe), Leon Kim (Silvio); Orchestra a Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Valerio Galli
This is an enjoyable, effective performance of Leoncavallo’s work. Angelo Villari is a powerful singer, with impressive ringing tone, even if he doesn’t quite command the feral strength one... — More…
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2 CDs
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Verdi: Otello
Stuart Neill (Otello), Jessica Nuccio (Desdemona), Roberto Frontali (Jago), Tamta Tarieli (Emilia), Manuel Pierattelli (Roderigo), Seung Pil Choi (Lodovico), Giacomo Medici (Montano), Franco Di Girolamo (A Herald)
Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche, Riccardo Frizza
Neill is tireless as Otello, the voice and diction clear throughout and the stamina impressive. Much of his acting is thoroughly rudimentary but he rises to a moving 'Niun me tema'...[Nuccio]... — More…
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Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Javier Camarena (Il Duca di Mantova), Enkeleda Kamani (Gilda), Alessio Cacciamani (Sparafucile), Caterina Piva (Maddalena), Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Frizza
2 CDs
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