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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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. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Klaus Florian Vogt (Tristan), Camilla Nylund (Isolde), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Brangaene), Martin Gantner (Kurwenal), Georg Zeppenfeld (King Mark)
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatsopernchor Dresden, Christian Thielemann, Marco Arturo Marelli
All acts in this Dresden Tristan are equally successful... Theatrically effective... this cast – in terms of voice and use of language – is among the best among current Wagnerians... The intimate... —
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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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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. 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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Special offer. Rossini: Adina
Lisette Oropesa (Adina), Vito Priante Califo), Levy Sekgapane (Selimo), Matteo Macchioni (Ali), Davide Giangregorio (Mustafà)
Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini, Coro Del Teatro Della Fortuna M. Agostini, Diego Matheuz, Rosetta Cucchi
Oropesa is a predictably superb Adina, the South African coloratura tenor Levy Sekgapane is a thrilling Selimo and Vito Priante is a commanding and vocally literate Caliph. —
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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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