Elena Tsallagova
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Jan van Gilse: Sulamith - Der Kreis des Lebens
Sumi Hwang, Thomas Oliemans, Denzil Delaere, Elena Tsallagova (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislav Kochanovsky, James Gaffigan
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Special offer. Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg
RecommendedElena Tsallagova (Donna Clara), Emily Magee (Ghita), David Butt Philip (Der Zwerg), Mick Morris Mehnert (Der Zwerg - actor), Philipp Jekal (Don Estoban)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles, Tobias Kratzer (director)
This is a work that deliberately challenges audiences, but which is here played with a breathtaking combination of imagination and responsibility. Zemlinsky’s lush masterpiece is vividly presented... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg
RecommendedElena Tsallagova (Donna Clara), Emily Magee (Ghita), David Butt Philip (Der Zwerg), Mick Morris Mehnert (Der Zwerg - actor), Philipp Jekal (Don Estoban)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles, Tobias Kratzer (director)
This is a work that deliberately challenges audiences, but which is here played with a breathtaking combination of imagination and responsibility. Zemlinsky’s lush masterpiece is vividly presented... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Arabella
Sara Jakubiak (Arabella), Russell Braun (Mandryka), Elena Tsallagova (Zdenka), Doris Soffel (Adelaide), Robert Watson (Matteo), Albert Pesendorfer (Count Waldner), Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Tobias Kratzer, Sir Donald Runnicles
Sara Jakubiak is more a dramatic than lyric soprano, but phrases gloriously; she’s well matched with Russell Braun’s ardent baritone as a Mr Right from a far Austrian province who learns through... —
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Arabella
Sara Jakubiak (Arabella), Russell Braun (Mandryka), Elena Tsallagova (Zdenka), Doris Soffel (Adelaide), Robert Watson (Matteo), Albert Pesendorfer (Count Waldner), Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Tobias Kratzer, Sir Donald Runnicles
Sara Jakubiak is more a dramatic than lyric soprano, but phrases gloriously; she’s well matched with Russell Braun’s ardent baritone as a Mr Right from a far Austrian province who learns through... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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Special offer. Bohuslav Martinů: Larmes de Couteau 'Knife Tears' & Comedy On the Bridge
Elena Tsallagova, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Adam Palka, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Esther Dierkes, Björn Bürger, Andrew Bogard, Steven Ebel, Andrew Lieflander, Cornelius Meister
The band throws itself into the proceedings with gusto and Cornelius Meister’s direction, aided by a vivid, well-balanced recording, is always convincing. —
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Handel/ Mozart: Der Messias
Elena Tsallagova (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor), José Coca Loza (bass), Alexis Fousekis, Philharmonia Chor Wien, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Mark Minkowski, Robert Wilson
On the plus side, Wilson shows a definite response to the music.Yet there’s always a tendency for whatever work he stages to become an accompaniment to a fussy and (in terms of significance)... —
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Handel/Mozart: Der Messias
Elena Tsallagova (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor), José Coca Loza (bass), Alexis Fousekis, Philharmonia Chor Wien, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Mark Minkowski, Robert Wilson
On the plus side, Wilson shows a definite response to the music.Yet there’s always a tendency for whatever work he stages to become an accompaniment to a fussy and (in terms of significance)... —
