DVD Video, Dynamic (label)
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Verdi: Falstaff
Ruggero Raimondi (Falstaff), Luca Salsi (Ford), Virginia Tola (Mrs. Alice Ford), Sabina Puértolas (Nannetta), Tiberio Simu (Fenton), Cinzia De Mola (Mistress Quickly), Liliana Mattei (Meg Page)
L’Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Paolo Arrivabeni, Stefano Poda
this is one of the musically enchanting Falstaffs I've ever encountered. Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni leads a mellow performance...Ensemble is precise and inner voices always clear: he leads it... — More…
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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Valeria Sepe (Nedda), Angelo Villari (Canio), Davide Cecconi (Tonio), Matteo Mezzaro (Beppe), Leon Kim (Silvio); Orchestra a Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Valerio Galli
This is an enjoyable, effective performance of Leoncavallo’s work. Angelo Villari is a powerful singer, with impressive ringing tone, even if he doesn’t quite command the feral strength one... — More…
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Franck, C: Stradella
RecommendedIsabelle Kabatu (Leonor), Marc Laho (Stradella), Werner Van Mechelen (Spadoni), Philippe Rouillon (Le Duc), Xavier Rouillon (Pietro), Giovanni Iovino (Michael), Patrick Mignon (Beppo), Roger Joakim (Un Officier)
Orchester & Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Paolo Arrivabeni
Jaco Van Dormael's watery staging (with the same forces as the CD recording) plays on the Venetian setting of the drama. In a bold step, he also alters the plot substantially (from a happy to... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Antônio Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo
Svetla Vassileva (Llàra), Massimiliano Pisapia (Americo), Andrea Borghini (Iberè), Elisa Balbo (La contessa di Boissy), Daniele Terenzi (Gianfèra), Dongho Kim (Il conte Rodrigo/Goitacà)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, John Neschling
Gomes provides plenty of lyrical material for his singers. One can certainly detect the influence of Verdi...Andrea Borghini is the standout in a mixed cast. His sturdy baritone has a clean... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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New,
Busoni: Doktor Faust Dietrich Henschel (Doktor Faust), Daniel Brenna (Mephistopheles), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Wagner/Master of Ceremonies), Joseph Dahdahv (Duke of Parma), Olga Bezsmertna (Duchess of Parma)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Cornelius Meister, Davide Livermore
Meister [acquits himself well], conducting by turns with sensitivity and vigour, and capturing effectively the haunting, mysterious sound world of the piece. The orchestral playing could be... — More…
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Markus Marquardt (Der Holländer), Kurt Rydl (Daland), Radostina Nikolaeva (Senta), Kostadin Andreev (Erik), Daniel Ostretsov (Steurmann), Alexandrina Stoyanova (Mary), Orchestra and Chorus of the Sofia Opera and Ballet, Rossen Gergov, Plamen Kartaloff (director)
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Mercadante: Francesca da Rimini
Leonor Bonilla (Francesca), Aya Wakizono (Paolo), Merto Süngü (Lanciotto), Antonio Di Matteo (Guido), Larisa Martinez (Isaura) & Ivan Ayon Rivas (Guelfo)
Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Chorus of the Transylvania State & Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi gets excellent playing from his orchestra – warm, tender strings in the Act 1 finale, fine obbligatos – and the chorus sings lustily. And the solo singing is stupendous. Merto Sungu... — More…
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Rossini: Armida
Carmen Romeu (Armida), Enea Scala (Rinaldo), Robert McPherson (Gernando / Ubaldo), Dario Schmunck (Goffredo / Carlo), Leonard Bernad (Idraote / Astarotte) & Adam Smith (Eustazio)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerpen/Ghent, Alberto Zedda (conductor) & Mariame Clément...
The recording has many marvellous moments. Those who know the opera may wonder about the famous trio of tenors in Act III, where Rinaldo’s mates persuade him to return to the war. It is glorious.... — More…
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Massenet: Manon
Annick Massis (Manon Lescaut), Alessandro Liberatore (Le chevalier Des Grieux), Roger Joakim (Le comte Des Grieux), Papuna Tchuradze (Guillot de Morfontaine), Patrick Delcour (De Brétigny), Pierre Doyen (Lescaut), Sandra Pastrana (Poussette), Sabine Conzen (Javotte) & Alexise Yerna (Rosette)
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Alfredo Kraus - Live in Las Palma
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Jose Collado
