DVD Video, Gounod (composer)
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Joan Rodgers - Songs and Arias
Masterclass with singers from British Youth Opera
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
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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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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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Special offer. Gounod: Mireille
Inva Mula (Mireille), Charles Castronovo (Vincent), Opéra national de Paris, Marc Minkowski, Nicolas Joel
Mula attacks the testing title-role with spirit and agility, just lacking a lick of tenderness…The handsome, unhappy Castronovo is in wonderful voice as Vincent. —
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Gounod: Faust
Piotr Beczala (Faust), Luca Pisaroni (Méphistophélès), Marina Rebeka (Marguerite), Stéphane Degout (Valentin), Isaac Galán (Wagner), Serena Malfi (Siebel), Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo (Marthe)
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real Madrid, Dan Ettinger, Àlex Ollé
The most stylish and idiomatic singing comes from Stéphane Degout's Valentin, brimming with conviction whatever this show throws at him. —
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Great Opera Arias
A Gala Concert From The Royal Opera House
Plácido Domingo, Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Asher Fisch
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Christmas with Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price (soprano)
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
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Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias
Andrea Bocelli
Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Myung-Whun Chung
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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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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Roberto Alagna (Roméo), Leontina Vaduva (Juliette), Sarah Walker (Gertrude), Robert Lloyd (Frère Laurence), Peter Sidhom (Capulet), Paul Charles Clarke (Tybalt), David Wilson-Johnson (Le Prince), Jeremy White (Gregorio), François Le Roux (Mercutio), Anne Maria Panzarella (Stéphano), Richard Halton...
Leontina Vaduva is a touching Juliette… There's real passion in her Tomb aria… Roméo is the role that catapulted tenor Roberto Alagna into a celebrity. Best of all is Charles Mackerras conducting... —
