John Graham Hall
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Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos
RecommendedSung in English: translation by Christopher Cowell
Christine Brewer (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Robert Dean Smith (Bacchus/The Tenor), Alice Coote (Composer), Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta), Stephen Fry (Major-Domo), Alan Opie (Music Master), John Graham-Hall (Dancing Master/Scaramuccio), Roderick Williams (Harlequin), Matthew Rose (Truffaldino), Wynne Evans...
Brewer's luscious Ariadne had to be captured on disc...There's another essential performance from Alice Coote...with unflinchingly full top notes that few other genuine mezzos possess...I've... —
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Opera Choice
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Building A Library, September 2025, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Salome
RecommendedSusan Bullock (Salome), John Wegner (Jokanaan), Sally Burgess (Herodias), John Graham Hall (Herod Antipas), Andrew Rees (Narraboth), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Page)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
…Bullock underlines the increasing insistence of Salome's demand for John's head… and keeps the meaning clear even when riding the orchestra in her love-death. If it were only for the orchestra... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2008
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Rossini: The Thieving Magpie
Majella Cullagh (Ninetta), Barry Banks (Giannetto), Prunella Scales (The Magpie), Jeremy White (Fabrizio), Susan Bickley (Lucia), Nerys Jones (Pippo), Russell Smythe (Fernando), Christopher Purves (Il Podestà))
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry
The cast is consistently superb —
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The Artist's Album - Pierre Boulez
Teresa Stratas (Soprano), Kenneth Riegel (Tenor), John Graham Hall (Baritone), Christine Schäfer (Soprano)
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chorus...
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Boulez A-Z: Schoenberg - Strauss
Alexander Meraviglia-Crivelli (videoscripteditor), Othmar Eichinger (videoscripteditor), Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Christine Schäfer (soprano, speaker), Anne Decoville (videoscripteditor), David Pittman-Jennings (baritone, speaker), Chris Merritt (tenor), Gabriele Fontana (soprano), John Graham Hall...
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Dusapin: Perelà - Uoma di fumo (Man of Smoke)
John Graham-Hall
Choeurs de l’opéra national de Montpellier, Orchestre National de Montpelier, Alain Altinoglu
At first fêted, then pilloried and condemned, Perelà undergoes a quasi-passion, with only shapes seen in the clouds as a hint of resurrection. The title role's high tenor is superbly sung by... —
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Special offer. Berg: Lulu
Lisa Saffer (Lulu), Robert Hayward (Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper), Susan Parry (Countess Geschwitz), John Graham-Hall (Alwa), Gwynne Howell (Schigolch), Anna Burford (Dresser/Schoolboy/Waiter); English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel
The 2002 production of Berg's Lulu by Richard Jones is generally agreed to be one of the best things to come from troubled English National Opera in recent years. Chandos has done everyone a... —
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Special offer. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Sung in English (translation by Jeremy Sams)
Christopher Purves (Figaro), Rebecca Evans (Susanna), Yvonne Kenny (Countess), William Dazeley (Count), Diana Montague (Cherubino)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
a useful, straightforward reading —
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Special offer. Britten: Let’s make an opera
Felicity Palmer, Kate Flowers, Stephen Richardson, John Graham Hall, Lisa Milne, Liam Shena, Julia Campbell, Kevin Bloomer, Nigel Wall, Francesca Massey, Edward Yeo, Nettle & Markham (pianoduo) & Huw Ceredig (percussion)
The Coull Quartet, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Symphony...
