Patrizia Ciofi
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
RecommendedSimon Keenlyside (Count), Véronique Gens (Countess), Patrizia Ciofi (Susanna), Lorenzo Regazzo (Figaro), Angelika Kirchschlager (Cherubino), Marie McLaughlin (Marcellina)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs
René Jacobs always brings new ideas to the operas he conducts, and even to a work as familiar as Figaro he adds something of his own. First of all he offers an orchestral balance quite unlike... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 47th Awards (2004), Best Opera Recording
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Monteverdi: Combattimento
Rolando Villazón, Patrizia Ciofi & Topi Lehtipuu
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
The atmosphere is electric. Villazón is pouring out Monteverdi’s beautiful lines of remorseful agony with spell-binding force. It’s his first foray into early music, but he tosses off the tricky... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710
Rolando Villazón (Ercole), Patrizia Ciofi (Orizia), Diana Damrau (Martesia), Joyce DiDonato (Ippolita), Vivica Genaux (Antiope), Topi Lehtipuu (Telemone), Philippe Jaroussky (Alceste), Romina Basso (Teseo)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Réédition
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Special offer. Sì, Sì, Sì, Sì!
RecommendedRossini Opera Arias & Duets
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano)
Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Enrique Mazzola
Lemieux is paired with the dreamy, soft soprano of Patrizia Ciofi and their voices intertwine very nicely in the Norma-like consecutive thirds of Tancredi’s ‘Lasciami: non t’ascolto’. The celebrated... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Recital
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Gregory Kunde (Benvenuto Cellini), Patrizia Ciofi (Teresa), Joyce DiDonato (Ascanio), Jean-Francois Lapointe (Fieramosca), Laurent Naouri (Balducci), Renaud Delaigue (Le Pape), Eeic Salha (Francesco)
Orchestre National De France/Choeur De Radio France, John Nelson
Thanks to to Hugh Macdonald's brilliant work for the New Berlioz Edition the 1838 Paris Opéra version of Benvenuto Cellini is once again performable; this adds almost half an hour's music to... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Finalist - Opera
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Bajazet
Ildebrando d’Arcangelo (Bajazet), Patrizia Ciofi (Idaspe), David Daniels (Tamerlano), Elina Garanca (Andronico), Vivica Genaux (Irène), Marijana Mijanovic (Asteria)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Fabio Biondi and his ensemble Europa Galante… seem to have found their métier and the result is vibrant and compelling. David Daniels is on impressive form as the cruel warrior Tamerlano.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Ian Bostridge, Natalie Dessay, Patrizia Ciofi, Alice Coote, Sonia Prina, Mario Luperi, Véronique Gens, Lorenzo Regazzo, Christopher Maltman, Paul Agnew, Pascal Bertin, Richard Burkhard, Carolyn Sampson
Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Haïm's terrific dramatic pace enables normally rather static moments to sparkle with purpose and intensity. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Amor e gelosia
Handel Operatic Duets
Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
The duets in his operas are the special treats, coming at climactic points – most often, two lovers' supposedly final parting, or their ultimate reunion. Try 'Io t'abbraccio', from Rodelinda,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2004, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Piccinni: L’Americano
Simon Edwards, Patrizia Ciofi, Domenico Colaianni & Giovanna Donadini
Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Eric Hull
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