Stephen Gould
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Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Stephen Gould (Der Kaiser), Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, der Farber), Nina Stemme (Die Farberin), Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme), Sebastian Holecek (Geisterbote)
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Stemme is focussed and expressive, and if Koch sometimes seems underpowered, that is only through comparison to her. Herlitzius is similarly impressive, and she and Stemme are sufficiently distinct... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
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A too-easy consensus remains that the gold is suffused with corn, but while one is listening to these operas and songs, one is carried away by the gorgeous, dramatic music. Upon opening this... — More…
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedTomasz Konieczny (Der Wanderer/Wotan), Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Violeta Urmana (Brünnhilde), Anna Larsson (Erda), Matti Salminen (Fafner), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Christian Elsner (Mime), Sophie Klußmann (Stimme eines Waldvogels)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
This is a lively and enjoyable performance of what Wagner called his 'heroic comedy'...listen to the short but dense Prelude and you'll hear many things that you won't have heard on any other... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Richard Wagner: Winterstürme
Staatskapelle Dresden, Anja Kampe, Stephen Gould, René Pape, Christian Thielemann
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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There is a beautiful control of line and length of phrase in the Swede’s singing [of the final scene of Siegfried], together with a beyond fearless placing of the tessitura – a special performance,... — More…
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Great Scenes
Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, in 2008
Das Rheingold
Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Arnold Bezuyen (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Hans-Peter König (Fafner), Christa Mayer (Erda), Edith Haller (Freia), Ralf Lukas (Donner), Clemens Bieber (Froh),...
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Frizzante: Celebrating Vocal Music
Piotr Beczala (tenor), Julianna Emanski (soprano), Natalie Campbell (soprano), Alexandra Steiner (soprano), Katrin Wundsam (mezzo-soprano), Nina Stemme (soprano), Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Wolfram Brandl (violin), Sir Simon Rattle (piano), Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano),...
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Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten
RecommendedStephen Gould (The Emperor), Anne Schwanewilms (The Empress), Michaela Schuster (The Nurse), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, the Dyer) & Evelyn Herlitzius (Barak’s Wife)
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburg Festival Children's Choir & Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann...
Evelyn Herlitzius and Wolfgang Koch inject drama as a couple experiencing marital difficulties...[the Empress] is central throughout, compellingly acted and luminously sung by the marvellous... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2012
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Stephen Gould (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Kwangchul Youn (König Marke), Johan Reuter (Kurwenal), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne), Simon Pauly (Melot), Clemens Bieber (Ein Hirte/A shepherd), Arttu Kataja (Ein Steuermann/A steersman) & Timothy Fallon (Ein junger Seemann/A young sailor)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester...
Janowski demands heroic efforts in speed and intensity. He favours a swift performance, and in this live Tristan that means more excitement than emotion. Soprano Nina Stemme is the ranking Isolde... — More…
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Hans-Peter König (Hagen), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Edith Haller (Gutrune), Christa Mayer (Waltraute), Simone Schröder (1st Norn), Martina Dike (2nd Norn), Edith Haller (3rd Norn), Fionnuala McCarthy (Woglinde), Ulrike Helzel...
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