Blu-Ray Video, C Major (label)
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New. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Lisette Oropesa (Lucia), Juan Diego Flórez (Edgardo), Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo), Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent), Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Yannis Kokkos
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov, Svetlana Aksenova, Larissa Diadkova
Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
4It’s certainly wacky. But it’s followed through with rigorous brilliance…musically all is superb; this is the equal of Mariss Jansons’s first-rate Bavarian CD recording, with some of the same... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Opera Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2018, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Gambler, Op. 24
Misha Didyk (Alexei), Kristine Opolais (Polina), Vladimir Ognovenko (General), Stefania Toczyska (Babulenka), Stephan Rügamer (The Marquis), Sylvia de la Muela (Blanche), Viktor Rud (Mr Astley)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director)
Barenboim's crystal-clear pacing of the score is hard-hitting rather than quicksilvery, but the payoff in the last Act is terrific, and the blue-lit look of it all - Tcherniakov designed it,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, DVD of the Month
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Opera, July 2010, Recording of the Month
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New. Mozart: Così fan tutte
Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi), Emily D’Angelo (Dorabella), Filipe Manu (Ferrando), Peter Kellner (Guglielmo), Kate Lindsey (Despina), Christopher Maltman (Don Alfonso), Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
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Special offer. Verdi: Falstaff
Michael Volle (Falstaff), Alfredo Daza (Ford), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Nadine Sierra (Nannetta), Daniela Barcellona (Mistress Quickly), Francesco Demuro (Fenton), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Mario Martone
Purists should look away now, but I found this production by Mario Martone tremendous fun...Volle inhabits the title role with absolute conviction: he is laugh-out-loud funny, his vocal delivery... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Kyle Ketelsen (Don Giovanni), Philippe Sly (Leporello),Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Donna Anna), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don Ottavio), Kate Lindsey (Donna Elvira), Patricia Nolz (Zerlina), Peter Kellner (Masetto), Ain Anger (Commendatore)
Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
Don Giovanni is a remarkably charismatic figure, of course, but here Kosky digs into just why he has this strange hold over all the other characters. Kyle Ketelsen's Dionysian Don is an unstoppable... —
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New. Andris Nelsons Conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Violeta Urmana (mezzo), Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
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Coming soon. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Georg Zeppenfeld (Sachs), Michael Spyres (Walther), Christina Nilsson (Eva), Michael Nagy (Beckmesser), Jongmin Park (Pogner), Matthias Stier (David), Christa Mayer (Magdalene), Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniele Gatti, Matthias Davids
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New. Vienna Philharmonic: the Exclusive Subscription Concert Series - Andris Nelsons
Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
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Special offer. Rossini: Le Siège de Corinthe
Luca Pisaroni (Mahomet II), John Irvin (Cléomène), Nino Machaidze (Pamira), Sergey Romanovsky (Néoclès), Xabier Anduaga (Adraste), Cecilia Molinari (Ismène)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della Rai, Coro Del Teatro Ventidio Basso, Carlus Padrissa, Roberto Abbado
Padrissa...balances three directorial strands to good effect… The cast oozes charisma as well as vocal élan. Luca Pisaroni is an exciting Mahomet, dominating the state… Romanovsky’s blend of... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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