Michele Pertusi
-
Puccini: Turandot
RecommendedSondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
It is the attention Pappano pays to crafting the contrasts between passages of intense sensuality and of mechanistic brutality, casting new light on a familiar score in the process, which really... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Recording of the Month
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 10th March 2023
-
Opera, April 2023, Disc of the Month
-
Record Review, 18th March 2023, Record of the Week
-
BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, Recording of the Month
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year (Jaho/Radvanovsky)
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Kaufmann/Spyres)
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
-
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Opera
-
International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Opera
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
-
Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
-
-
New. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Lisette Oropesa (Lucia), Juan Diego Flórez (Edgardo), Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo), Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent), Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Yannis Kokkos
-
New. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Lisette Oropesa (Lucia), Juan Diego Flórez (Edgardo), Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo), Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent), Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Yannis Kokkos
-
Special offer. Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Ludovic Tézier (Simon Boccanegra), Marina Rebeka (Amelia), Francesco Meli (Gabriele Adorno), Michele Pertusi (Fiesco), Mattia Olivieri (Paolo), Andrea Pellegrini (Pietro)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, Michele Spotti
As one might expect, [Tézier] sings it most wonderfully, with a handsome, bronzed tone, and sense, sound and dynamics all immaculately fused...Fiesco is played by Michele Pertusi, in another... —
-
Verdi: Falstaff
RecommendedMichele Pertusi (Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Bülent Bezdüz (Fenton), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Maria Josè Moreno (Nannetta), Jane Henschel (Mistress Quickly), Marina Domashenko (Meg Page)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
By all accounts the performances at the Barbican were among the most enjoyable of their kind in London for a long time, and certainly the enjoyment comes across on disc. The 'how' of it isn't... —
Awards:
-
Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Editor's Choice
-
Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Opera Recording
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Bellini: Norma
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Norma), Sumi Jo (Adalgisa), John Osborn (Pollione) & Michele Pertusi (Oroveso), Liliana Nikiteanu (Clotilde), Reinaldo Macias (Flavio)
Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Vocalists, Giovanni Antonini
The result [of a mezzo Norma] is creditable and often expressive, but artistically compromised...while from a purely vocal point of view it sometimes sounds a struggle. Sumi Jo has greater success... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2013
-
Building a Library, November 2015, Stereo Recommendation
-
Opera, August 2013, Recording of the Month
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Special offer. Verdi: Macbeth (French Version: Paris 1865)
Ernesto Petti (Macbeth), Lidia Fridman (Lady Macbeth), Michele Pertusi (Banquo), Luciano Ganci (Macduff)
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra Giovanile Della Via Emilia, Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma, Roberto Abbado, Pierre Audi
-
Special offer. Verdi: Macbeth (French Version, Paris 1865)
Ernesto Petti (Macbeth), Lidia Fridman (Lady Macbeth), Michele Pertusi (Banquo), Luciano Ganci (Macduff)
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra Giovanile Della Via Emilia, Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma, Roberto Abbado, Pierre Audi
-
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Fiorilla), Ramon Vargas (Narciso), Michele Pertusi (Selim), Laura Polverelli (Zaida), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Geronio), Roberto De Candia (Prosdocimo), Francesco Piccoli (Albazar)
La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Chailly has recorded the work before, but in the years since he's matured as a Rossini conductor, and the Scala orchestra has this music under its fingers; there's an energy and vitality to... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Opera
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedDaniela Dessi (soprano), Gloria Scalchi (mezzo), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), Michele Pertusi (bass-baritone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
A proper representative of the orchestrated version of the Petite messe has been long overdue.
Chailly's performance is a glorious heartwarming affair. Not that you're likely to be convinced... —Awards:
-
Building a Library, May 2001, Recommended Orchestral Version
-
Building a Library, November 2018, Also Recommended
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
