Otto Schenk
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
RecommendedAnna Tomowa-Sintow (Ariadne), Agnes Baltsa (Der Komponist), Kathleen Battle (Zerbinetta), Gary Lakes (Bacchus), Hermann Prey (Musiklehrer), Urban Malmberg (Harlekin), Barbara Bonney (Najade), Helga Müller-Molinari (Dryade), Dawn Upshaw (Echo), Kurt Rydl (Truffaldin), Otto Schenk (Haushofmeister)
Wiener...
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Opera Recording
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
RecommendedJames Morris (Wotan/Der Wanderer), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge/Siegfried), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka/Waltraute), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Kurt Moll (Hunding), Matti Salminen (Fafner/Hagen)
Metropolitan Opera...
None of the four video-recorded versions can be called ideal; but this Met cycle has plenty of strong points. It's the only one Wagner would have recognised – no small consideration. It's frequently... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus (highlights)
Anneliese Rothenberger, Renate Holm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Nicolai Gedda, Adolf Dallapozza, Walter Berry & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Wiener Symphoniker & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper, Willi Boskovsky
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Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, K486
Noëmi Nadelmann (soprano-Madama Lang), Ofelia Sala (soprano-Madama Herz), Lothar Odinius (tenor-Inspizient) & Carsten Sabrowski (bass-Buff)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) & Otto Schenk (director)
The performances with Marriner are thoroughly musical and enjoyably full of the detail which comes with familiarity. — More…
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus Kiri te Kanawa (Rosalinde), Edita Gruberova (Adele), Brigitte Fassbaender (Orlofsky), Richard Leech (Alfred), Anton Wendler (Blind), Olaf Bär (Falke), Tom Krause (Frank), Otto Schenk (Frosch), Karin Göttling (Ida)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, André Previn
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus (highlights)
Rudolf Schock (Eisenstein), Wilma Lipp (Rosalinde), Cesare Curzi (Alfred), Ferry Gruber (Blind), Claudio Nicolai (Falke), Renate Holm (Adele), Elisabeth Steiner (Orlofsky), Walter Berry (Frank), Otto Schenk (Frosch), Ina Dressel (Ida)
Wiener Staatsoper (chorus), Wiener Symphoniker, Robert Stolz
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Plácido Domingo (Riccardo), Piero Cappuccilli (Renato), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Ulrica), Reri Grist (Oscar), William Elvin (Silvano), Gwynne Howell (Samuele), Paul Hudson (Tom), Francis Egerton (Un Giudice), John Carr (Un servo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,...
Abbado motivates this traditional Otto Schenk staging using the Swedish setting. Domingo is a marvellously vivid Gustavo, Cappuccilli an implacable Anckarström, while Grist steals the soprano... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, DVD of the Month
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Verdi: Otello
Wolfgang Windgassen (Otello), Sena Jurinac (Desdemona), Norman Mittelmann (Iago), Margarita Lilowa (Emilia), William Blankenship (Cassio), Adolf Dallapozza (Rodrigo); Sinfonieorchester Des Süddeutschen Rundfunks, Argeo Quadri, Otto Schenk (dir.)
This 1965 black and white, German-language television film rises above historic interest with expressive work from the principals — More…
