Alex Esposito
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Special offer. Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
RecommendedJuan Diego Flórez (Hoffmann), Ermonela Jaho (Antonia), Alex Esposito (Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto), Julie Boulianne (Nicklausse), Olga Pudova (Olympia), Marina Costa-Jackson (Giulietta), Christine Rice (Muse)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonello Manacorda, Damiano Michieletto
All four iterations of the opera’s ultra-villain are performed here by the same singer, as appears to have been Offenbach’s intention… the singing here is generally excellent. Olga Pudova is... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th December 2025
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedMarina Rebeka (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Francesco Meli (tenor), Alex Esposito (bass)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano
Pappano opts for a strong-limbed, purposeful approach that has the music sounding neither trite nor portentous, pleasingly bringing together its charm and expansiveness...The four high-quality... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd April 2013
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Donizetti: L'aio nell'imbarazzo
Alessandro Corbelli (Il marchese Giulio Antiquati), Alex Esposito (Gregorio Cordebono), Francesco Lucii (Enrico), Marilena Ruta, Lorenzo Martelli (Pippetto), Caterina Dellaere (Leonarda), Lorenzo Liberali (Simone)
Orchestra e Coro Donizetti Opera, Vincenzo Milletarì, Francesco Micheli
The authoritarian Don Giulio is sung by Alessandro Corbelli, ageing now, but the technique is intact. However, it’s Alex Esposito’s Don Gregorio who really steals the show as the soft-hearted... —
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Special offer. Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
RecommendedJuan Diego Flórez (Hoffmann), Ermonela Jaho (Antonia), Alex Esposito (Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto), Julie Boulianne (Nicklausse), Olga Pudova (Olympia), Marina Costa-Jackson (Giulietta), Christine Rice (Muse)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonello Manacorda, Damiano Michieletto
Always an elegant, slightly cool presence on stage, Flórez's Hoffmann is more burnt-out playboy than manic tortured poet: this is a man who has spent his life chasing his next thrill rather... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th December 2025
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Giordano, U: Fedora
Angela Gheorghiu (Fedora), Nino Machaidze (Olga Sukarev), Plácido Domingo (Loris Ipanov), Fabio Maria Capitanucci (De Siriex)
Orchestre symphonique et choers de la Monnaie, Alberto Veronesi
Domingo is simply phenomenal, given that he turned 67 the month the recording was made, sounding ardent if sometimes, not surprisingly, vocally pressed. There are fine performances in secondary... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Opera
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Leoncavallo: I Medici
Plácido Domingo (Giuliano de' Medici), Carlos Álvarez (Lorenzo), Daniela Dessì (Simonetta), Eric Owens (Montesecco), Vitalij Kowaljow (Poliziano)
Florence Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Alberto Veronesi
Domingo [is] outstanding as Giuliano, Carlos Alvarez bold and bracing as his brother Lorenzo, and Daniela Dessì's rich tones and delicacy of delivery creat[e] a fine impression as Simonetta. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Günther Groissböck (Sarastro), Saimir Pirgu (Tamino), Albina Shagimuratova (Queen of the Night), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Alex Esposito (Papageno) & Peter Bronder (Monostatos)
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala & Choir of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, Roland...
This is a wonderful performance...I was more moved and enchanted by this than by any other Magic Flute I have seen on DVD...[Esposito's Papageno] sung with glorious abandon, while his acting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, DVD & Blu-ray Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Günther Groissböck (Sarastro), Saimir Pirgu (Tamino), Albina Shagimuratova (Queen of the Night), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Alex Esposito (Papageno) & Peter Bronder (Monostatos)
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala & Choir of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, Roland...
This is a wonderful performance...I was more moved and enchanted by this than by any other Magic Flute I have seen on DVD...[Esposito's Papageno] sung with glorious abandon, while his acting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, DVD of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, DVD Choice
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Special offer. Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Marianna Pizzolato (Isabella), Marco Vinco (Mustafà), Maxim Mironov (Lindoro), Bruno De Simone (Taddeo), Barbara Bargnesi (Elvira), Maria José Lo Monaco (Zulma), Alex Esposito (Haly)
Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Prague Chamber Choir, Donato Renzetti
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Special offer. Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Angela Meade (Giselda), Francesco Meli (Oronte), Alex Esposito (Pagano), Giuseppe Gipali (Arvino), Livinia Bini (Viclinda), Alexandra Zabala (Sofia), Antonio Di Matteo (Pirro), Giuseppe Capoferri (Acciano), Joshua Sanders (Prior of Milan)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio Torino, Michele Mariotti...
Meade may not offer such vivid Italian as her colleagues, but she knows what she’s singing about, possesses abundant technical skill and is grand in expression…Of the three principals the finest... —
