Jonathan Summers
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedCarol Neblett (Minnie), Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Zubin Mehta
This opera depicts the triangular relationship between Minnie, the saloon owner and 'mother' to the entire town of gold miners, Jack Rance, the sheriff and Dick Johnson (alias Ramerrez), a bandit... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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Adès: The Tempest
RecommendedSimon Keenlyside (Prospero), Kate Royal (Miranda), Toby Spence (Ferdinand), Ian Bostridge (Caliban), Cyndia Sieden (Ariel), Philip Langridge (Alonso), Donald Kaasch (Antonio), Jonathan Summers (Sebastian), David Condier (Trinculo), Stephen Richardson (Stefano), Graeme Danby (Gonzalo)
The Chorus...
…everyone reaches out to the purple passages when Adès touches something rich and strange. Those include the evolution of the young lovers' music from homages to midsummer Britten and Tippett... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 56th Awards (2013), Best Opera Recording
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Verdi: La Traviata Joan Sutherland (Violetta), Luciano Pavarotti (Alfredo), Matteo Manuguerra (Giorgio Germont), Della Jones (Flora), Marjon Lambriks (Annina), Jonathan Summers (Barone Douphol), John Tomlinson (Marchese d'Obigny)
The London Opera Chorus & The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Sutherland's second studio Traviata shows her on mature if still considerable form alongside the ebullient Pavarotti and the considered Matteo Manuguerra. — More…
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Verdi: La Traviata Joan Sutherland (Violetta), Luciano Pavarotti (Alfredo), Matteo Manuguerra (Giorgio Germont)
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Sutherland's second recording of the role of Violetta has a breadth and exuberance beyond her achievement in the earlier version of 1963...Bonynge's conducting is finely sprung, the style direct,... — More…
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Britten: Gloriana RecommendedJosephine Barstow, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Philip Langridge, John Mark Ainsley, Jonatham Summers, Alan Opie and Bryn Terfel
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Best of Category - Opera
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Britten: Peter Grimes RecommendedJon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene), Richard Van Allan (Hobson)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
the cast is fine and the tension cumulative — More…
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Opera Recording
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedPlacido Domingo, Sherill Milnes, Malcolm King, Robert Lloyd
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Winner - Opera
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Britten: Gloriana RecommendedJosephine Barstow (Elizabeth), Philip Langridge (Essex), Della Jones (Lady Essex), Jonathan Summers (Charles Blount), Alan Opie (Cecil), Yvonne Kenny (Lady Rich), Bryn Terfel (Henry Cuffe), Richard van Allan (Walter Ralegh)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
The Cinderella among Britten's operas finally received its due with this recording. The superb cast and Mackerras's sure touch reveal Gloriana as a touching insight into the travails of leadership. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Opera
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Fairytale Operas
Hänsel und Gretel, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Angelika Kirchschlager, Diana Damrau, Thomas Allen, Lucy Crowe, Emma Bell, Sergei Leiferkus, Victoria Simmonds, Jonathan Summers, Sir Colin Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Opera North
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera José Carreras (Riccardo), Montserrat Caballé (Amelia), Ingvar Wixell (Renato), Patricia Payne (Ulrica), Sona Ghazarian (Oscar), Jonathan Summers (Silvano), Robert Lloyd (Samuele), Gwynne Howell (Tom), Robin Leggate (Un Giudice)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin...
Colin Davis's Verdi is always a slow burn, but when it catches fire it blazes. The Act III finale here has rarely been bettered. Carreras and Caballe are at the top of their game. — More…
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