Richard van Allan
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Sullivan, A: The Mikado
RecommendedDonald Adams (The Mikado), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Nanki-Poo), Richard Suart (Ko-Ko), Felicity Palmer (Katisha), Marie McLaughlin (Yum-Yum), Richard Van Allan (Pooh-Bah), Nicholas Folwell (Pish-Tush)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Building a Library, May 2017, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
RecommendedNicolai Gedda, Jules Bastin, Josephine Veasey, Richard Van Allan, Gillian Knight
Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Choral Performance
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Verdi: La Traviata
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Frank Lopardo (Alfredo), Leo Nucci (Giorgio Germont), Leah-Marian Jones (Flora), Gillian Knight (Annina), Robin Leggate (Gastone), Mark Beesley (Dottore Grenvil), Richard Van Allan (Baron Douphol), Roderick Earle (Marchese d'Obigny)
Chorus & Orchestra of Royal...
For Angela Gheorghiu, Violetta was the right role at the right time. The whole drama is there in her voice, every expression in the eyes and beat of the heart reflected in the way she shapes... —
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Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover
Rebecca Evans, Bonaventura Bottone, Sarah Walker, Richard Van Allan, Alan Opie, Neil Jenkins
Corydon Singers & Orchestra, The New London Children's Choir, Matthew Best
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Britten: Gloriana
RecommendedJosephine Barstow, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Philip Langridge, John Mark Ainsley, Jonatham Summers, Alan Opie and Bryn Terfel
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Best of Category - Opera
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedJon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene), Richard Van Allan (Hobson)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
the cast is fine and the tension cumulative —
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Opera Recording
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Britten: Gloriana
RecommendedJosephine Barstow (Elizabeth), Philip Langridge (Essex), Della Jones (Lady Essex), Jonathan Summers (Charles Blount), Alan Opie (Cecil), Yvonne Kenny (Lady Rich), Bryn Terfel (Henry Cuffe), Richard van Allan (Walter Ralegh)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
The Cinderella among Britten's operas finally received its due with this recording. The superb cast and Mackerras's sure touch reveal Gloriana as a touching insight into the travails of leadership. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Opera
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedThomas Allen (Don Giovanni), Carol Vaness (Donna Anna), Maria Ewing (Donna Elvira), Elizabeth Gale (Zerlina), Keith Lewis (Don Ottavio), Richard van Allan (Leporello), John Rawnsley (Masetto), Dimitri Kavrakos (Il Commendatore)
Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard...
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Opera
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
RecommendedStuart Burrows (Ferrando), Thomas Allen (Guglielmo), Richard Van Allan (Don Alfonso), Kiri Te Kanawa (Fiordiligi), Agnes Baltsa (Dorabella), Daniela Mazzucato (Despina)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Colin Davis
it offers abundant pleasures. Te Kanawa recorded an earlier Fiordiligi...and a later...: neither manifests the personality and velvety warmth of tone of show here, and her virtuosity in 'Come... —
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Building A Library, October 2025, Top Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
RecommendedMontserrat Caballé (Fiordiligi), Dame Janet Baker (Dorabella), Nicolai Gedda (Ferrando), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Guglielmo), Ileana Cotrubas (Despina), Richard van Allan (Don Alfonso)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Sir Colin Davis
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Opera Recording
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