Anna Bonitatibus
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Special offer. Handel: Alcina
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (Alcina), Anna Bonitatibus (Ruggiero), Erin Morley (Morgana), Elizabeth DeShong (Bradamante), Alois Mühlbacher (Oberto), Alex Rosen (Melisso), Valerio Contaldo (Oronte)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
The orchestra plays with fastidious attention to Handel’s ever-changing palette, and its support for the singers – particularly with the obbligatos – is unfailingly sensitive. And the singers... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th February 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Cavalli's sparing use of strings is densified into fivepart textures that spread like wildfire - Daucé plasters fulsome orchestral accompaniments on to many arias and recitatives devised originally... —
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Bonitatibus’s interpretations go to the heart of these extraordinary pieces. Collaborative pianist Adele D’Aronzo, meanwhile, presents some demanding accompaniments to impressive effect , while... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th December 2023
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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RecommendedArias & Scenes from Porpora to Rossini
Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano)
Accademia degli Astrusi, Federico Ferri
There is much coloratura and here, as elsewhere, Anna Bonitatibus is spot-on...This set, sumptuously illustrated, is an absolute must-have. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
RecommendedPhilippe Jaroussky (Nerone), Danielle de Niese (Poppea), Anna Bonitatibus (Ottavia), Max Emanuel Cencic (Ottone)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Danielle de Niese brings this production to life…camerawork and sound are very good indeed - the former is not too ‘busy’ and the latter is especially effective when heard on a decent audio... —
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Building a Library, January 2014, DVD Choice
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Special offer. Cavalli: Ercole Amante
Nahuel di Pierro, Anna Bonitatibus, Giuseppina Bridelli, Francesca Aspromonte, Krystian Adam, Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Even if Pichon’s ideas occasionally gild the fleur-de-lys, Pygmalion’s animated music-making serves to resuscitate this extraordinary opera admirably. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Cavalli: La Didone
Anna Bonitatibus (Didone), Kresimir Spicer (Enea), Xavier Sabata (larba), Maria Streijffert (Ecuba) & Katherine Watson (Cassandra)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor) & Clément Hervieu-Léger (director)
It's a fascinating piece. Cavalli treats Giovanni Busenello's libretto with dignity in a responsive setting...So, too, does Hervieu-Leger, capturing its complex narrative and emotional interactions... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Tolomeo, Re di Egitto HWV25
Ann Hallenberg (Tolomeo), Karina Gauvin (Seleuce), Anna Bonitatibus (Elisa), Romina Basso (Alessandro), Pietro Spagnoli (Araspe)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
Tolomeo is sung here by Ann Hallenberg, whose range of technical skills includes neat runs and a very presentable trill. As his wife Seleuce, Karina Gauvin is charming, and decorates her music... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2008, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Puccini: Die Welt zum Weinen bringen - eine Hörbiografie
Mirella Freni (soprano), Liuwe Tamminga (organ), Thomas Albus (narrator), Udo Wachtveitl (narrator), Katja Schild (narrator), Stefan Hunstein (narrator), Robert Dölle (narrator), Max Simonischek (narrator), Jerzy May (narrator), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Tomislav Mužek, George Petean, Shenja Lacher...
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Cimarosa: Gli Orazi e I Curiazi
Florian Mock, Andreas Karasiak, Kirsten Blaise, Anna Bonitatibus & Tobias Schnabel
Choir & Orchestra of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Michael Hofstetter
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