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Rimsky Korsakov: The Snow Maiden Aida Garifullina (Snowmaiden), Yuriy Mynenko (Lel), Martina Serafin (Kupava), Maxim Paster (Tsar Berendy), Thomas Johannes Mayer (Mizguir)
Opéra national de Paris, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Dmitri Tcherniakov
Tatarnikov is sensitive to the score’s brilliant colours and vividly imagined textures, drawing on the fine playing of the Paris Opera Orchestra and the enthusiastic engagement – both vocal... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Andreas Schager (Tristan), Anja Kampe (Isolde), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Stephen Milling (King Marke), Stephan Rügamer (Melot)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Dmitri Tcherniakov
[Barenboim's] contribution is masterly, especially in terms of the impeccable balance and refinement of the orchestral playing and the steady momentum of his finely shaped interpretation, which... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Verdi: Falstaff Roberto De Candia (Falstaff), Simone Piazzola (Ford), Rebecca Evans (Alice), Daniela Barcellona (Mistress Quickly), Ruth Iniesta (Nannetta), Joel Prieto (Fenton), Maite Beaumont (Meg Page)
Teatro Real, Daniele Rustioni, Laurent Pelly
None of Pelly’s characters is especially appealing...Fortunately, the musical performances are stronger than the production. Daniele Rustioni has proved his worth in Verdi, particularly with... — More…
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Rimsky Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or Pavlo Hunka, Alexey Dolgov, Konstantin Shushakov, Alexander Vassiliev, Agnes Zwierko, Alexander Kravets, Venera Gimadieva, Sheva Tehoval, Sarah Demarthe
Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Alain Altinoglu, Laurent Pelly
It’s musically superb…And it’s still extremely funny, thanks not least to British-Ukrainian bass Pavlo Hunka…Appropriately stunning, though, is the Queen Venera Gimadieva…who has exactly the... — More…
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Opera, June 2018, Recording of the Month
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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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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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Tribute to Jerome Robbins Paris Opera Ballet & Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Koen Kessels
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Verdi: Nabucco George Gagnidze (Nabucco), Rubens Pelizzari (Ismaele), Rafał Siwek (Zaccaria), Susanna Branchini (Abigaille), María José Moreno (Fenena), Nicolò Ceriani (High Priest of Belo), Paolo Antognetti (Abdallo) & Elena Borin (Anna)
Daniel Oren, Arnaud Bernard
This performance boasts a very decent cast. George Gagnidze is in bullish form as Nabucco, his baritone rock solid if not especially beautiful…Branchini has her wild moments as Abigaille, but... — More…
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Iuliia Moskalenko, Mykyta Sukhorukov
Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine & Orchestra and Chorus of the National Opera of Ukraine, Oleksiy Baklan
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Wagner: Lohengrin Goran Juric (Heinrich), Michael Konig (Lohengrin), Simone Schneider (Elsa), Martin Gantner (Friedrich), Okka Von Der Damerau (Ortrud), Shigeo Ishino (Der Heerufer), Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Cornelius Meister
However spartan the visuals, in many ways its sheer starkness enables it to hint at the central mysteries of the piece. Where the production triumphs is on the musical side, with each of the... — More…
