DVD Video, Staatskapelle Berlin (orchestra)
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Prokofiev: The Gambler, Op. 24
Misha Didyk (Alexei), Kristine Opolais (Polina), Vladimir Ognovenko (General), Stefania Toczyska (Babulenka), Stephan Rügamer (The Marquis), Sylvia de la Muela (Blanche), Viktor Rud (Mr Astley)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director)
Barenboim's crystal-clear pacing of the score is hard-hitting rather than quicksilvery, but the payoff in the last Act is terrific, and the blue-lit look of it all - Tcherniakov designed it,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, DVD of the Month
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Opera, July 2010, Recording of the Month
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New,
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Michael Volle (Wotan), Robert Watson (Siegmund), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Sieglinde), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Mika Kares (Hunding)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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New,
Wagner: Das Rheingold Michael Volle (Wotan), Rolando Villazón (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Freia), Mika Kares (Fasolt), Peter Rose (Fafner)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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Verdi: Falstaff
Michael Volle (Falstaff), Alfredo Daza (Ford), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Nadine Sierra (Nannetta), Daniela Barcellona (Mistress Quickly), Francesco Demuro (Fenton)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Mario Martone
Purists should look away now, but I found this production by Mario Martone tremendous fun...Volle inhabits the title role with absolute conviction: he is laugh-out-loud funny, his vocal delivery... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Offer,
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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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAnna Netrebko (Manon), Rolando Villazón (Des Grieux), Alfredo Daza (Lescaut), Christof Fischesser (Le Comte des Grieux), Rémy Corazza (Guillot de Morfontaine), Arttu Kataja (De Brétigny), Hanan Alattar (Poussette)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Vincent Paterson
[Netrebko] is a real stage animal, constantly reacting to what is happening around her — More…
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also recommended
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Offer,
Wagner: Parsifal Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Anja Kampe (Kundry), Wolfgang Koch (Amfortas), René Pape (Gurnemanz), Tomas Tómasson (Klingsor), Matthias Hölle (Titurel)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Konzertchor der Staatsoper, Daniel Barenboim & Dmitri Tcherniakov (director)
Anja Kampe, most intense of Wagnerian singing actresses, goes all the pitiful way; I wept for her in Act III, and began to see a big love story between her and tortured adolescent Parsifal.... — More…
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
René Pape (Figaro), Dorothea Röschmann (Susanna), Emily Magee (Countess Almaviva), Roman Trekel (Count Almaviva) & Peter Schreier (Basilio)
Staatskapelle Berlin & Staatsopernchor, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Thomas Langhoff (stage director)
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Sherrill Milnes: All-Star Gala
Sherrill Milnes, Julia Migenes and Sherrill Milnes, Peter Schreier, Jon Spong (piano), Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo
London Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Anton Guadagno, Günter Joseck, Siegfried Kurz
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R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Camilla Nylund (Marschallin), Michele Losier (Octavian), Nadine Sierra (Sophie), Gunther Groissbock (Baron Ochs), Roman Trekel (Faninal), Anna Samuil (Marianne), Staatskapelle Berlin, Zubin Mehta, André Heller
