DVD Video, Weber (composer)
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The Freischütz Project
Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Max), Johanni Van Oostrum (Agathe), Chiara Skerath (Ännchen), Vladimir Baykov (Kaspar), Christian Immler (Eremit), Thorsten Grümbel (Kuno), Daniel Schmutzhard (Ottokar), Anas Séguin (Kilian), Insula orchestra, Accentus Choir, Laurence Equilbey
Played on original instruments by the Insula Orchestra, two centuries of varnish seem to have been dissolved away from Weber’s Romantic masterpiece, with the instrumentation coming up as bright... — More…
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Alfredo Kraus - Live in Las Palma
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Jose Collado
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Werner Gröschel (Kuno), Inga Nielsen (Agathe), Malin Hartelius (Ännchen), Matti Salminen (Kaspar) & Peter Seiffert (Max)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor & Ruth Berghaus (stage director)
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Andreas Schager (Max), Camilla Nylund (Agathe), Daniela Fally (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar)
Wiener Staatsoper, Tomáš Netopil, Christian Räth
The pick of the cast, vocally, is soprano Camilla Nylund, who brings ample, shining tone and a finely sustained line to Agathe’s two solos. — More…
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Sara Jakubiak (Agathe), Christina Landshamer (Aennchen), Georg Zeppenfeld (Kaspar), Michael König (Max), Adrian Eröd (Ottakar), Albert Dohmen (Kuno), Andreas Bauer (Hermit), Sebastian Wartig (Kilian)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Christian Thielemann
This is supple, carefully sifted music-making, beautifully paced...The vocal casting is as precise and well calculated as the overall approach but the production seems to nervous of the work... — More…
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Weber: Euryanthe
Jacqueline Wagner (soprano), Theresa Kronthaler (mezzo-soprano), Norman Reinhardt (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone), Stefan Cerny (bass)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Constantin Trinks
It’s a classic example of the modern minimalist staging that Christof Loy has been perfecting over the years….this is the most approachable and effective Euryanthe yet in the current catalogues. — More…
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An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa (1986)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
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Weber: Euryanthe
Elena Prokina (soprano), Jolana Fogasova (soprano), Yikun Chung (tenor), Andreas Scheibner (bass-baritone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Gérard Korsten (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (director, set and costume designer)
