Forbes Robinson
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love
Heddle Nash (Shallow), Parry Jones (Sir Hugh Evans), Gerald Davies (Slender), Andrew Gold (Peter Simple), Denis Dowling (Page), Roderick Jones (Sir John Falstaff), John Kentish (Bardolph), Denis Catlin (Nym), Forbes Robinson (Pistol), April Cantelo (Anne Page), Laelia Finneberg (Mrs Page), Marion...
Conducted with nonchalant skill by Stanford Robinson, the playing and singing are nearly flawless, with one singer after another happily showing how to rise to an opportunity while not hogging... —
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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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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
RecommendedSena Jurinac (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Hans Hotter (Pizarro), Elsie Morison (Marzelline), John Dobson (Jaquino), Forbes Robinson (Fernando), Joseph Ward (First Prisoner), Victor Godfrey (Second Prisoner)
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer
Here is the first night of Otto Klemperer's legendary 1961 Fidelio, from the Royal Opera House, to challenge his noted studio set from a year later.This confirms the Achilles' heel of Walter... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Verdi: La Traviata
Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valery), William McAlpine (Alfredo Germont), Jess Walters (Giorgio Germont), Marie Collier (Flora Bervoix), Leah Roberts (Annina), Michael Langdon (Grenvil), Forbes Robinson (Il barone Douphol), John Dobson (Gastone)
Royal Opera House, Nello Santi
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Special offer. Verdi: La Traviata
Maria Callas (Violetta), Cesare Valletti (Alfredo Germont), Mario Zanasi (Giorgio Germont), Marie Collier (Flora), Leah Roberts (Annina), Dermot Troy (Gastone), David Kelly (Dottore Grenvil), Forbes Robinson (Barone Douphol)
Royla Opera House Covent Garden, Nicola Rescigno
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Britten: A Ceremony Of Carols, Rejoice In The Lamb & Missa Brevis
Brian Runnett (organ), Marisa Robles (harp), Roger Parker (treble), Michael Pearce (counter-tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Forbes Robinson (bass), Michael Turner (treble)
Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest
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The Glories of Handel Opera
Berganza, Kirkby, Pavarotti, Horne & Tebaldi, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Janet Creaser Hutchins - Piano / Les Talens Lyriques / Sara Mingardo - Contralto / Timothy Hutchins - flute, Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne, Alicia Nafé, Dame Joan Sutherland, Forbes Robinson, Teresa Berganza, Bernadette...
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Szymanowski, Bruckner & Schumann: A Choral Anthology
Elizabeth Robinson (soprano), Alfred Orda (baritone), Pamela Bowden (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Young (tenor), Forbes Robinson (bass), Kathleen Kay (contralto), Janet Fraser (soprano)
Royal Philharmonic Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, members, BBC...
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Puccini: Tosca
Zinka Milanov, Franco Corelli, Giangiacomo Guelfi, Michael London, Forbes Robinson
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Alexander Gibson
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Special offer. Verdi: La Traviata
Maria Callas (Violetta), Cesare Valletti (Alfredo), Mario Zanasi (Giorgio Germont), Marie Collier (Flora), Forbes Robinson (Barone Douphol), Ronald Lewis (Marchese d'Obigny), Leah Roberts (Annina), Dermot Troy (Gastone), David Kelly (Dottore Grenvil)
Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus,...
though it has been issued on various labels, this ICA Classics recording is the best I have heard...after Act 1, in which [Callas] still does many wonderful things, her performance is on a level... —