Aušrinė Stundytė
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Mieczysław Weinberg: The Idiot
RecommendedBogdan Volkov (Myshkin), Aušrinė Stundytė (Nastasya), Vladislav Sulimsky (Rogózhin), Iurii Samoilov (Lukyan), Xenia Puskarz Thomas (Aglaya)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Krzysztof Warlikowski
The opera's main protagonists...deliver virtuoso performances. But the real stars are the Wiener Philharmoniker and Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla, who extract a formidable array of colours and textures... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, DVD/Bluray of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, DVD/Bluray of the Month
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Special offer. Zemlinsky: Eine Florentinische Tragodie
Aušrinė Stundytė (soprano), John Lundgren (bass-baritone), Nikolai Schukoff (tenor), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
John Lundgren is the vengeful merchant, by turns vicious and oleaginous as he wheedles his rival. If the voice is expressive rather than lyric that’s all to the good and in contrast to Nikolai... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Mieczysław Weinberg: The Idiot
RecommendedBogdan Volkov (Myshkin), Aušrinė Stundytė (Nastasya), Vladislav Sulimsky (Rogózhin), Iurii Samoilov (Lukyan), Xenia Puskarz Thomas (Aglaya)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Krzysztof Warlikowski
The opera's main protagonists...deliver virtuoso performances. But the real stars are the Wiener Philharmoniker and Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla, who extract a formidable array of colours and textures... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, DVD/Blu-ray
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, DVD/Bluray of the Month
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Special offer. Strauss: Elektra
Aušrinė Stundytė (Elektra), Asmik Grigorian (Chrysothemis), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Klytemnaestra), Michael Laurenz (Aegisth), Derek Welton (Orest)
Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst, Krzysztof Warlikowski
The playing, as one might expect, is matchless. Despite its eccentricities, I found the whole thing utterly compelling. Highly recommended. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Strauss: Elektra
Aušrinė Stundytė (Elektra), Asmik Grigorian (Chrysothemis), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Klytemnaestra), Michael Laurenz (Aegisth), Derek Welton (Orest)
Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst, Krzysztof Warlikowski
The playing, as one might expect, is matchless. Despite its eccentricities, I found the whole thing utterly compelling. Highly recommended. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Paul Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler', Nusch-Nuschi-Tanze & Sancta Susanna
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Hindemith’s reputation as a soulless, functional operator is belied by the three works here, which are, in turns, witty (Das Nusch-Nuschi), eerily unsettling (Sancta Susanna) and dramatic (Symphony... —
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel
Ausrine Stundyte (Renata), Bo Skovhus (Ruprecht), Natascha Petrinsky (Hostess/Abbess), Elena Zaremba (Fortune-Teller), Nikolai Schukoff (Agrippa von Nettesheim/Mephistopheles)
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Constantin Trinks, Andrea Breth
With both the setting and aspects of the story radically altered, the opera becomes even darker and more powerful...Aušrinė Stundytė has in recent years made the role of Renate her own; and... —
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel
Ausrine Stundyte (Renata), Bo Skovhus (Ruprecht), Natascha Petrinsky (Hostess/Abbess), Elena Zaremba (Fortune-Teller), Nikolai Schukoff (Agrippa von Nettesheim/Mephistopheles)
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Constantin Trinks, Andrea Breth
With both the setting and aspects of the story radically altered, the opera becomes even darker and more powerful...Aušrinė Stundytė has in recent years made the role of Renate her own; and... —
