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Strauss, R: Elektra RecommendedEvelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Mikhail Petrenko (Orest), Tom Randle (Aegisth), Franz Mazura (Der Pfleger des Orest)
Coro Gulbenkian & Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Herlitzius as the vengeful daughter is vocally tireless...Chereau exacts similarity intense, realistic performance from Adrianne Pieczonka as Chrysothemis...Other crucial elements in a total... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Opera
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Opéra
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Britten: Billy Budd Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald), Francisco Vas (Squeak), Sam Furness (Novice); Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner
The strength of the production is its universality…The acting works so well in close-up that it is possible to follow this performance almost like a film…[Imbrailo’s] warm, unforced singing... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Opéra
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - DVD/Blu-ray
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Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes RecommendedEkaterina Kondaurova (Firebird), Ilya Kuznetsov (Ivan Tsarevich), Marianna Pavlova (The Princess) & Vladimir Ponomarev (Kachtcheï the Immortal), Alexandra Iosifidi (The Chosen One), Elena Bazhenova (300-Year-Old Woman) & Vladimir Ponomarev (Shaman)
Mariinsky Orchestra & Ballet,...
For those who only know the black-and-white pictures of the original production of The Rite of Spring, the colours of Roerich's designs are a revelation, while the vision of Nijinksy's revolutionary... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th July 2009
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Kurt Weill: Street Scene Patricia Racette (Anna Maurrant), Paulo Szot (Frank Maurrant), Mary Bevan (Rose Maurrant), Jeni Bern (Greta Fiorentino), Lucy Schaufer (Emma Jones), Joel Prieto (Sam Kaplan), Michael J. Scott (Lippo Fiorentino), Tyler Clarke (Daniel Buchanan), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (Jennie Hildebrand), Eric Greene...
The two gossiping nursemaids who open the final scene come close to stealing the show. They are ably portrayed by Sarah-Marie Maxwell and Laurel Dougall... The conductor Tim Murray...allows... — More…
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Tribute to Jerome Robbins Paris Opera Ballet & Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Koen Kessels
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Berg: Lulu Marlis Petersen (Lulu), Daniela Sindram (Gräfin Geschwitz), Rainer Trost (Der Maler/Ein Neger), Bo Skovhus (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Matthias Klink (Alwa), Pavlo Hunka (Schigolch), Christoph Stephinger (Der Theaterdirektor)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko, Dmitri Tcherniakov
[Petersen’s Lulu] is neither determined rebel nor passive victim, but self-endangered by her desperation to be loved…For all Lulu’s teasing come-ons, the production lacks erotic charge…Yet all... — More…
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Jacques Imbrailo (Pelléas), Corinne Winters (Mélisande), Kyle Ketelsen (Golaud), Brindley Sherratt (Arkel), Yvonne Naef (Geneviève), Damien Göritz (Yniold)
Philharmonia Zürich, Alain Altinglu, Dmitri Tcherniakov
The score is beautifully played by the Zurich orchestra. Offering delicacy and intensity at the same time, Alain Altinoglu’s sensitive conducting is notable for its constant search for detail...Every... — More…
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites Alain Vernhes (Marquis de la Force), Susan Gritton (Blanche de la Force), Bernard Richter (Chevalier de la Force), Sylvie Brunet (Madame de Croissy), Soile Isokoski (Madame Lidoine), Susanne Resmark (Mère Marie)
Bayerisches Staatsorchesterr, Kent Nagano
[the production is] set in a soulless authoritarian state but filmed in a way that underlines individual dilemmas and common humanity. It is worth watching for Sylvie Brunet’s doughty Madame... — More…
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Puccini: Turandot Maria Guleghina (Turandot), Carlo Bosi (L’ Imperatore Altoum), Luiz-Octavio Faria (Timur), Salvatore Licitra (Calaf), Tamar Iveri (Liù), Leonardo Lopez Linares (Ping), Gianluca Bocchino (Pong), Saverio Fiore (Pang), Giuliano Pelizon (Mandarino) & Angel Harkatz Kaufman (Il Principe di Persia)
Orchestra,...
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Marc Mauillon (Pelléas), Jenny Daviet (Mélisande), Laurent Alvaro (Golaud), Stephen Bronk (Arkel), Emma Lyren (Genevieve), Julie Mathevet (Yniold), Stefano Olcese (Médecin, Berger)
Malmö Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Maxime Pascal
It’s a potentially liberating alternative to the heavy Romantic look often given to the piece in performance…The Malmö orchestra play most alertly for conductor Pascal. In keeping with the new... — More…
