Jessica Pratt
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
Krassimira Stoyanova (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Sophie Koch (Komponist), Jessica Pratt (Zerbinetta), AJ Glueckert (Bacchus), Markus Werba (Ein Musiklehrer), Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti
Gatti conducts the score with evident affection, his account unrushed and expansive, moving in the Opera’s overture and achieving a noble sense of grandeur in the final minutes. —
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Special offer. Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Jessica Pratt (Linda), Teresa Iervolino (Pierotto), Francesco Demuro (Carlo), Vittorio Prato (Antonio), Marina De Liso (Maddalena), Fabio Capitanucci (Il Marchese di Boisfleury), Michele Pertusi (Il Prefetto)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Michele Gamba
Deploying her voluminously secure soprano with artistry, [Pratt] gives us a sweetly innocent ‘O luce di quest’anima’ and skilfully navigates the once-famous Mad Scene. Her romantic partner is... —
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Special offer. Rossini: Otello
Michael Spyres (tenor), Jessica Pratt (soprano), Ugo Guagliardo (bass), Giorgio Trucco (tenor), Geraldine Chauvet (mezzo-soprano) & Leonardo Cortellazzi (tenor)
Virtuosi Brunensis & Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir, Cluj, Antonino Fogliani
Pratt is every bit as fine as von Stade, the voice free, flexible and finely-schooled, her engagement with the role fairly complete, both in the high drama of Act 2 where the opera finally embraces... —
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Special offer. Donizetti: Rosmonda d'lnghilterra
Jessica Pratt (Rosmonda), Eva Mei (Leonora), Dario Schmunck (Enrico), Nicola Ulivieri (Clifford), Raffaella Lupinacci (Arturo)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Sebastiano Rolli
…this a very well-sung performance with lots of wonderful music and except for a rather mediocre Enrico it should appeal to all Donizetti lovers. —
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Pratt's soprano has a very lively, glittering surface...pinpoint flickers of brilliance in Eva Dell'Acqua's 'Villanelle', a confident high E flat in Rossini's 'La fioraia fiorentina'. —
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Special offer. Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Jessica Pratt (Giovanna), Jean-François Borras (Carlo VII), Julian Kim (Giacomo), Roberto Cervellera (Delil) & Emanuele Cordaro (Talbot)
Chorus of the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Riccardo Frizza
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A Guided Tour of the Romantic Era, Vol. 3
Roberto Servile (baritone), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Angelo Romero (bass), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone), Jessica Pratt (soprano), Sumi Jo (soprano), Massimiliano Gagliardo (baritone), Damiana Pinti (mezzo-soprano), Elsa Giannoulidou (mezzo-soprano),...
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Bel Canto Bully: The Musical Legacy of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja
Ugo Mahieux, Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno and Christopher Franklin, Filippo Adami, Jessica Pratt (soprano), Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Karen Bandelow, Giorgio Trucco, Akie Amou, Marianna Pizzolato, Ferdinand von Bothmer, Wojtek Gierlach, Olga Peretyatko, Stefan Cifolelli, Prague Chamber Choir, Tubingen...
The excerpts on this disc are a bit variable when it comes to the execution but generally the selections give a fairly good picture of the composers Barbaja promoted...This is quite an interesting... —
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Special offer. Vaccai: La sposa di Messina
Jessica Pratt (Donna Isabella), Filippo Adami (Don Emanuele), Armando Ariostini (Don Cesare), Wakako Ono (Beatrice), Maurizio Lo Piccolo (Diego)
Classica Chamber Choir & Brno Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani
The music is attractive and workmanlike, without being especially memorable...Maurizio Lo Piccolo in the small part of Diego is the best of the men but both ladies are excellent: Jessica Pratt... —
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Donizetti: Il Castello di Kenilworth
Jessica Pratt (Elisabetta), Carmela Remigio (Amelia), Stefan Pop (Warney), Xabier Anduaga (Leicester), Dario Russo (Lambourne) & Federica Vitali (Fanny)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera & Coro Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza
Jessica Pratt’s Elizabeth takes a while to hit form, while as her rival Amelia Carmela Remigio is both physically and vocally expressive, offering liquid tone. As the two-timing Earl of Leicester,... —
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