Michael Mofidian
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Puccini: Turandot
RecommendedSondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
It is the attention Pappano pays to crafting the contrasts between passages of intense sensuality and of mechanistic brutality, casting new light on a familiar score in the process, which really... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th March 2023
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Opera, April 2023, Disc of the Month
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Record Review, 18th March 2023, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year (Jaho/Radvanovsky)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Kaufmann/Spyres)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
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Maurice Greene: Jephtha
Andrew Staples (tenor), Mary Bevan (soprano), Michael Mofidian (bass-baritone), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Jessica Cale (soprano), Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
Bevan is incandescent as the luckless daughter, adjusting her expression and vocal quality to her character’s fluctuating extremes...Staples infuses his Jephtha with muscle and soul, bringing... —
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Poetry that seems indecipherable in print becomes astonishingly communicative when so well sung with no cognitive distance between their fine voices and the dialects at hand. —
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Special offer. Jackson, N: The Rose and the Ring
William Morgan (Prince Giglio), Edward Grint (Prince Bulbo), Robyn Parton (Princess Rosalba), Katherine Crompton (Princess Angelica), Robyn Parton (Fairy Blackstick), Katie Coventry (Countess Gruffanuf), Peter Aisher (Captain Hedzoff), Edward Grint (Count Hogginarmo), Michael Mofidian (King Valaroso...
