DVD Video, Marco Armiliato (conductor)
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Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Anja Harteros (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo)
Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato
The playing of the Badische Staatskapelle is decent – with excellent contributions from a busy principal cellist – and Marco Armiliato keeps everything ticking along well…there’s enough quality... —
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Puccini: La Rondine
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Magda), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero), Lisette Oropesa (Lisette), Samuel Ramey (Ramblado), Marius Brenciu (Prunier)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Marco Armiliato
Armiliato's conducting...captures the right warmth, and the former Dream Team still look superb...The lyrical young Ruggero still suits Alagna...Ramey's now leathery tone embodies Ramblado's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th September 2010
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Special offer. Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Jonas Kaufmann (Andrea Chénier), George Petean (Carlo Gerard), Anja Harteros (Maddalena di Coigny), Rachael Wilson (Bersi), Helena Zubanovich (La Contessa di Coigny), Larissa Diadkova (Madelon), Andrea Borghini (Roucher), Johannes Kammler (Pierre Fleville), Christian Rieger (Fouquier-Tinville), Tim...
A first-rate presentation of what is really a second-rate opera, this should be at the top of your list for a faithful yet imaginative, detailed yet full-blooded Chénier. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Puccini: Tosca
Karine Babajanyan (Tosca), Piotr Beczala (Cavaradossi), Carlos Álvarez (Scarpia), Wiener Staatsoper, Marco Armiliato, Margarethe Wallmann
Álvarez is an old hand at curdling the blood, and Cavaradossi’s torture is repellent…[Babajanyan's] plaintive lyric voice is appealing but she rarely unleashes her stage tigress even when she... —
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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... —
