Blu-Ray Video, Puccini (composer)
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Special offer. Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedAsmik Grigorian (Lauretta/Giorgetta/Suor Angelica), Misha Kiria (Schicchi), Karita Mattila (La Zia Principessa), Roman Burdenko (Michele), Joshua Guerrero (Luigi), Alexey Neklyudov (Rinuccio)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst, Christof Loy
[in Suor Angelica] Grigorian holds the stage almost throughout; a performance of heartrending vocal beauty and equally potent vocal characterisation...You might feel Loy pushes it too far but... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th July 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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Special offer. Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedIl Tabarro
Lucio Gallo (Michele), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Luigi), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Giorgetta), Alan Oke (Tinca), Jeremy White (Talpa), Irina Mishura (La Frugola), Ji-Min Park (Venditore), Robert Anthony Gardiner (Due Amanti)
Suor Angelica
Ermonela...
a triumph...three wonderfully directed and expertly acted productions. Add in Pappano's impeccable conducting and his valuable introductions to the pieces, and you have a nigh-on ideal Trittico. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, DVD & Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Opera
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Coming soon. Sommernachtskonzert 2026: Schönbrunn
Summer Night Concert 2026
Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti
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Special offer. Puccini: Suor Angelica
María José Siri (Suor Angelica), Anna Maria Chiuri (La zia Principessa), Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Valerio Galli, Denis Krief
Krief’s austere, angular, copper-coloured set with barred windows provides an appropriately oppressive ambience. The lack of visual distraction ensures our attention is firmly focused where... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Asmik Grigorian (Cio-Cio San), Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton), Lauri Vasar (Sharpless), Hongni Wu (Suzuki), Ya-Chung Huang (Goro), Jeremy White (The Bonze)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Kevin John Edusei, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
If there are vocal imperfections – some pitch trouble on her entrance, though Grigorian is in good company there – they are soon forgotten by the intensity of the soprano’s delivery, and countless... —
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Special offer. Puccini: Turandot
Anna Netrebko (Turandot), Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf), Maria Teresa Leva (Liù), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Timur)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona, Marco Armiliato, Franco Zeffirelli
This Verona account is from the 2022 festival and the big draw is Anna Netrebko in the title-role (a role she sings at Covent Garden next season). She’s very good. In an ice-blue gown, sporting... —
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Puccini: Edgar
José Cura (Edgar), Amarilli Nizza (Fidelia), Julia Gertseva (Tigrana), Marco Vratogna (Frank), Carlo Cigni (Gualtiero)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Teatro Regio di Torino, Yoram David (conductor) & Lorenzo Mariani (stage director)
In Lorenzo Mariani's Turin production, the action is transposed from the 14th century to the time of the Risorgimento. Act 1 finds everyone dressed in white for a summer picnic. When Edgar and... —
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Arena Di Verona, Vol. 2
Turandot, Tosca, Puccini Love Duets
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Yusiv Eyvazov (tenor), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Vittorio Grigolo (tenor), Roman Burdenko (baritone), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Chorus of the Arena Di Verona, Orchestra of the Arena Di Verona, Marco Armiliato, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Plácido Domingo
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Best Wishes from Luciano Pavarotti
80th birthday edition 2015
Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Gino Quilico (Marcello), Stephen Dickson (Schaunard), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Sandra Pacetti (Musetta), Italo Tajo (Benoit/Alcindoro), Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze...
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Teodor Ilincai (Rodolfo), Hibla Gerzmava (Mimì), Gabriele Viviani (Marcello), Inna Dukach (Musetta), Kostas Smoriginas (Colline), Jacques Imbrailo (Schaunard), Jeremy White (Benoit), Donald Maxwell (Alcindoro)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Andris Nelsons (conductor)...
In every sense this Boheme glows...Teodor Ilincai is a splendid Rodolfo...radiating Italian lyricism and boyish good nature. Hibla Gerzmava is a gorgeous Mimi...Inna Dukach is a splendid Musetta...On... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, DVD Choice
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