Oper Frankfurt
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New. Fromental Halévy: La Juive
Ambur Braid (Rachel), John Osborn (Éléazar), Gerard Schneider (Léopold), Monika Buczkowska (Eudoxie), Simon Lim (Cardinal Brogni)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Henrik Nánási, Tatjana Gürbaca
[Osborn's] strong tenor employs lyricism and power to get around the role's challenges...Braid's weighty soprano with a good lower register is exactly what is needed for Rachel...Nánási shows... —
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Domenico Cimarosa: l'Italiana in Londra
Theo Lebow, Gordon Bintner, Bianca Tognocchi, Iurii Samoilov, Angela Vallone, Oper Frankfurt, Leo Hussain
Singing of character and liquidity comes from the sopranos Angela Vallone as Livia and Bianca Tognocchi as Madama Brillante… Hussain maintains a pacy momentum: the whole thing goes with a swing —
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Special offer. Flotow: Martha
Maria Bengtsson, Katharina Magiera, Barnaby Rea, AJ Glueckert, Franz Mayer
Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester & Chor und Extra-Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle
The cast seems a just mixture of novelty and experience, with Bengtsson’s note-spinning both pure and dramatically apt, and Rea managing the non-part of Tristan…with aplomb. Glueckert’s tenor... —
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Opera, August 2018, Recording of the Month
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Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve
Julia Muzychenko (Oksana), Enkelejda Shkoza (Solokha), Andrei Popov (Devil), Georgy Vasiliev (Vakula), Alexey Tikhomirov (Chub), Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurter Opern-Und Museumsorchester, Sebastian Weigle
Some will doubtless be glad to enjoy Rimsky’s ravishing score without Loy’s visuals... It’s also hugely enjoyable in its own right, throwing a particular spotlight on Sebastian Weigle’s affectionate,... —
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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Special offer. Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg
Daniel Behle (René, Count of Luxemburg), Camilla Nylund (Angèle Didier), Louise Alder (Juliette Vermont), Simon Bode (Armand Brissard), Sebastian Geyer (Prince Basil Basilowitsch), Margit Neubauer (Countess Stasa Kokozow), Ludwig Mittelhammer (Sergej Mentschikoff), Ingyu Hwang (Pawel von Pawlowitsch),...
Behle’s soaring tenor fulfils requirements though lacks theatrical personality in the Richard Tauber mould…but Louise Alder makes an entrancing Juliette, while Sebastian Geyer understands the... —
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Special offer. Fromental Halévy: La Juive
Ambur Braid (Rachel), John Osborn (Éléazar), Gerard Schneider (Léopold), Monika Buczkowska (Eudoxie), Simon Lim (Cardinal Brogni)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Tatjana Gürbaca, Henrik Nánási
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Special offer. Glanert: Caligula
Ashley Holland (Caligula), Michaela Schuster (Caesonia), Martin Wölfel (Helicon), Gregory Frank (Cherea), Jurgita Adamonyte (Scipio), Hans-Jürgen Lazar (Mucius), Dietrich Volle (Mereia, Lepidus), Barbara Zechmeister (Livia), Constantin Neiconi, Michael Schulte, Jin Soo Lee, Matthias Holzmann (Vier...
Ashley Holland in the title-role shapes his own arioso reflections on loneliness with suavity under pressure and the supporting cast seems admirably secure for a first performance; doubtless... —
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Opera, November 2010, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Wagner: Rienzi
Peter Bronder (Rienzi), Christiane Libor (Irene), Falk Struckmann (Steffano Colonna), Claudia Mahnke (Adriano), Daniel Schmutzhard (Paolo Orsini), Alfred Reiter (Kardinal Orvieto)
Frankfurter Opern-und Museums-orchester & Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle
If Bronder lacks the last ounce of heroic razzmatazz...there is not a note or tone in this impressive reading which is not convincingly struck. His colleagues are in like form...Recording quality... —
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Special offer. Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe
Marlis Petersen (Hanna Glawari), Iurii Samoilov (Danilo), Kateryna Kasper (Valencienne), Martin Mitterrutzner (Camille de Rosillon)
Chor der Oper Frankfurt & Frankfurt Opern- und Museumsorchester, Joana Mallwitz
Although devoid of international stars, the cast is certainly bigger than the sum of its parts and delivers a lively, well-sung and -acted performance which brings the characters to life. The... —
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Opera, September 2019
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New. Fromental Halévy: La Juive
Ambur Braid (Rachel), John Osborn (Éléazar), Gerard Schneider (Léopold), Monika Buczkowska (Eudoxie), Simon Lim (Cardinal Brogni)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Tatjana Gürbaca, Henrik Nánási
