Blu-Ray Video, Thomas, Ambroise (composer)
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New. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2
Carmen - Hamlet - Fortunio - La nonne sanglante -Lakmé
Opéra Comique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon
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Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet
Stéphane Degout (Hamlet), Sabine Devieilhe (Ophélie), Laurent Alvaro (Claudius), Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo (Gertrude), Nicolas Legoux (Polonius), Julien Behr (Laërte), Jérôme Varnier (Ghost of Old Hamlet), Yoann Dubruque (Horatio), Kevin Amiel (Marcellus)
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Choeur Les...
[Degout] gives one of his greatest performances here, marvellously sung and acted...it’s an extraordinary achievement. Devieilhe makes an outstanding Ophélie, touching and vulnerable, her coloratura... —
Awards:
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Vidéo
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Winner - Complete Opera Recording
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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These are well-balanced stereo recordings, surprisingly not originally recorded multi-channel. Video is excellent usually focusing on Bernstein. —
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Leonard Bernstein, Vol. 2
Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Bernstein
