Bel Air Classiques
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Mariusz Kwiecień (Eugene Onegin), Tatiana Monogarova (Tatiana), Makvala Kasrashvili (Madame Larina), Margarita Mamsirova (Olga), Emma Sarkisyan (La nourrice), Andrey Dunaev (Lenski), Anatolij Kotscherga (Prince Gremin) & Valery Gilmanov (Zaretski)
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi...
Concepts apart, what Dmitri Tcherniakov brings to this Bolshoi production is an almost Chekhovian attention to detail… Tcherniakov’s singers reward him with some remarkable performances. Tatiana... — More…
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Rimsky Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride Anatoli Kotscherga (Vasily Sobakin), Olga Peretyatko (Marfa), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Grigory Gryaznoy), Tobias Schabel (Grigory Malyuta-Skuratov), Pavel Cernoch (Ivan Lykov), Anita Rachvelishvili (Lyubasha)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
A revolving set and video wizardry, including dappled sunlight outside Marfa's home, keep the action flowing smoothly, in pin-sharp picture quality…Olga Peretyatko is an adorable Marfa, her... — More…
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Handel: Hercules Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira), William Shimell (Hercules), Ingela Bohlin (Iole), Toby Spence (Hyllus), Malena Ernman (Lichas) & Simon Kirkbride (Priest of Jupiter)
Les Arts Florissants Chorus & Orchestra, William Christie (conductor) & Luc Bondy (stage director)
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Janáček: From The House of The Dead Peter Rose (Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov), Evgeniya Sotnikova (Aljeja), Aleš Briscein (Luka Kuzmič/Filka Morozov), Charles Workman (Skuratov), Bo Skovhus (Šiškov), Christian Rieger (Prison governor), Manuel Günther (Nikita, Big Prisoner), Tim Kuypers (Small Prisoner), Ulrich Reß (Old Prisoner),...
This production’s somewhat extreme view of humanity leaves rather little redemption on show…The humanity is in the music, of course, and especially here in Simone Young’s interpretation, softer-edged... — More…
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Delibes: Coppelia Margarita Shrayer (Swanilda), Artem Ovcharenko (Frantz), Alexey Loparevic (Coppélius), Nadezhda Blagova (automaton Coppélia), Alexander Fadeyechev (Lord of Manor), Yuri Ostrovsky (Burgomaster), Nikolay Mayorov (Chronos)
Bolshoi Ballet, Pavel Sorokin, Marius Petipa / Enrico Cecchetti (original...
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The four excellent leads provide much-needed focus until a final dream-ballet divertissement, hailed by lurid Bolshoi trumpeters, culminates in a riot of PVC Red Army costumes and scooters.... — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 Svetlana Zakharova (Odette / Odile), Denis Rodkin (Prince Siegfried), Artemy Belyakov (The Evil Genius), Yekaterina Barykina (The Princess Mother), Alexei Loparevich (The Tutor) & Igor Tsvirko (The Fool)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra & Corps de ballet of the State Academic Bolshoi, Pavel...
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Puccini: Turandot Iréne Theorin (Turandot), Gregory Kunde (Calaf), Yolanda Auyanet (Liù), Andrea Mastroni (Timur), Teatro Real, Nicola Luisotti, Robert Wilson
Theorin, noted for her Wagnerian roles, provides the requisite vocal heft as Turandot, and Gregory Kunde is an equally powerful Calaf…The orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Real under conductor... — More…
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Opéra de Paris: A (very) Special Season (a Film By Priscilla Pizzato) Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Hugo Marchand, Amandine Albisson, Matthias Heymann, Mathieu Ganio, Léonore Baulac, Germain Louvet, Dorothée Gilbert, Paul Marque, Sae-Eun Park, Aurélie Dupont
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Yuri Temirkanov Vol.1 Denis Matsuev (piano)
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
Lots of bravura but little subtlety from Matsuev. Symphony No. 4 gets more compelling as it progresses but the opaque long-distance shots of the orchestra are distracting. — More…
