DVD Video, Michael Spyres (tenor)
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Special offer. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedMichael Spyres (Faust), Joyce DiDonato (Marguerite), Nicolas Courjal (Méphistophélès), Alexandre Duhamel (Brander)
Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson
Nelson has a great feel for the weird structure of the piece, with its sudden lurches of pace and location...Nelson’s pacing is uncannily ‘right’; he’s not one to force Berlioz, period-style,... —
Awards:
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd November 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (DiDonato)
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Special offer. Handel: Messiah
RecommendedLucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The English Concert & Choir, John Nelson
The theatrical instincts that have served Nelson so well in Berlioz ensure some detailed characterisation such as the semiquaver flurry of beating wings as the angels prepare to impart their... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd December 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral Recording of the Year
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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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Special offer. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Michael Spyres, Sophia Burgos, Maurizio Muraro, Tareq Nazmi, Adèle Charvet
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
The orchestra plays superbly throughout, once again underscoring the advantage of employing period instruments to reveal Berlioz’s glittering, brilliant orchestration in all its full glory…[Spyres... —
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New. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2
Carmen - Hamlet - Fortunio - La nonne sanglante - Lakmé
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87
Michael Spyres (Mitridate), Patricia Petibon (Aspasia), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Sifare), Christophe Dumaux (Farnace), Sabine Devieilhe (Ismène), Cyrille Dubois (Marzio) & Jaël Azzaretti (Arbate)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
This is a really good cast. Patricia Petibon’s daunting but brilliant first aria as Aspasia, ‘Al destin’, is sung with panache and nonchalant control. Michael Spyres negotiates the great vocal... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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Special offer. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 1
Le Postillon de Lonjumeau - Ciboulette -La Périchole
Michael Spyres (tenor), Florie Valiquette (soprano), Franck Leguérinel, Laurent Kubla, Julie Fuchs, Jean-François Lapointe, Julien Behr (tenor), Eva Ganizate, Ronan Debois, Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano), Philippe Talbot, Tassis Christoyannis (bass), Éric Huchet, Lionel Peintre, Choeur de L’opéra...
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Special offer. Gounod: La Nonne sanglante
Michael Spyres (Rodolphe), Vannina Santoni (Agnès), Marion Lebègue (La Nonne), André Heyboer (Luddorf), Jodie Devos (Arthur/Urbain), Jean Teitgen (Pierre l’Ermite), Luc Bertin-Hugault (Le baron de Moldaw), Enguerrand De Hys (Fritz, Veilleur de nuit), Olivia Doray (Anna)
Insula Orchestra, accentus,...
Every singer except Michael Spyres is French, and his pronunciation is quite good as well. Better yet, every single voice, down to the smallest comprimario roles, is a pleasure to hear: clear,... —
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Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Michael Spyres (Chapelou/Saint-Phar), Florie Valiquette (Madeleine/Madame de Latour), Franck Leguerinel (Le Marquis de Corcy), Laurent Kubla (Biju/Alcindor), Michel Fau (Rose), Yannis Ezziadi (Louis XV), Julien Clement (Bourdon), Accentus, Orchestre de l'Opera de Rouen Normandie, Sebastien Rouland
If Adolphe Adam’s once-popular Le Postillon de Lonjumeau needs one thing, it’s a tenor who can manage the title role; and in Michael Spyres we have that tenor…Sébastien Rouland conducts his... —
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Special offer. Rossini: La donna del lago
Salome Jicia (Elena), Juan Diego Flórez (Giacomo V), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Malcolm), Michael Spyres (Rodrigo), Marko Mimica (Douglas)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michele Mariotti, Damiano Michieletto
