Gabriel Bacquier
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Antonia/Stella/Giulietta/Olympia), Plácido Domingo (Hoffmann), Gabriel Bacquier (Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle), Huguette Tourangeau (Nicklausse), Hugues Cuénod (Franz)
Suisse Romande Choir & Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
This is a wonderfully refreshing set. The story emerges crystal-clear, even the black ending to the Giulietta scene in Venice, which in Bonynge's text restores the original idea of the heroine... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
RecommendedBacquier, Viala, Gautier, Dubosc & Bastin
Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lyon, Kent Nagano
The only problem with Nagano's effervescent Three Oranges is that it's available with almost the same ensemble cast on an even more enjoyable DVD version. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Opera
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Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
RecommendedGabriel Bacquier (Le Roi de Trèfle), Jean-Luc Viala (Le Prince), Georges Gautier (Truffaldino), Catherine Dubosc (Ninette), Jules Bastin (Cusinière), Michèle Lagrange (Fata Morgana), Hélène Perraguin (La Princesse Clarice), Vincent Le Texier (Léandre), Didier Henry (Pantalon/Farfarello/Le Maitre...
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Opera
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Ravel: L'enfant et les Sortileges & L'heure Espagnole
RecommendedBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la RTF, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
The singing is delightful: neoclassical crispness of articulation goes with refined textures that convey the ripe humour of the one piece, the tender poetry of the other.The inclusion of [the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Remastered CD
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, September 2018, Also Recommended
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Chabrier: L'Étoile
RecommendedColette Alliot-Lugaz, Georges Gautier, Gabriel Bacquier, Ghyslaine Raphanel, Magali Damonte, François le Roux & Antoine David
Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner
A vintage champagne of an opera served up with all the passion of a master sommelier. Gardner the Francophile conducts with real zest. A splendid memento of his work in Lyon and the wonderful... — More…
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Donizetti: La Favorita Fiorenza Cossotto (Leonora), Luciano Pavarotti (Fernando), Gabriel Bacquier (Alfonso), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Baldassare), Piero De Palma (Don Gasparo), Ileana Cotrubas (Ines)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge
For me, this recording represents the absolute epitome of bel canto singing, with Pavarotti spinning endless golden tone as Fernand and Fiorenza Cossotto showcasing that indomitable chest-voice... — More…
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Enescu: Oedipe
Barbara Hendricks (Antigone), Brigitte Fassbaender (Jocasta), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), José Van Dam (Oedipus), Gabriel Bacquier (Tiresias), Laurence Albert (Phorbas), Marcel Vanaud (Creon), Gino Quilico (Theseus), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Watchman), Marjana Lipovsek (The Sphinx), Jocelynne Taillon...
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Verdi: La forza del destino
Leontyne Price, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Gabriel Bacquier, Michel Sénéchal, Kurt Moll, Malcolm King, William Elvin
London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
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My Favourite Opera: Barbara Hendricks
Barbara Hendricks (Norina), Gabriel Bacquier (Don Pasquale), Gino Quilico (Malatesta), Luca Canonici (Ernesto), René Schirrer (Un notaio)
Sinfonietta de Varsovie & Les chœurs du festival, Gabriele Ferro
Visually attractive but leisurely documentary — More…
