Opera, Operettas
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Special offer. Baritenor
RecommendedMichael Spyres (baritenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja
Spyres has a remarkable range and is a consummate vocal chameleon too...in a truly remarkable finale to his ‘Largo al factotum’, Rossini’s Figaro is indeed all things to all men vocally. What... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th September 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Opera, December 2021, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Voice & Ensemble
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Offenbach Colorature
RecommendedJodie Devos (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Laurent Campellone
This is a marriage made in musical heaven with the young Dutch soprano Jodie Devos reminding us just how gifted Jacques Offenbach was as a composer…She’s a gravity-defying coloratura soprano... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Recital
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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She scales back her voice in all the right places...And when she doesn't scale back? The full-voiced climax to 'Zueignung' gives a ringing emphasis to the song's profound gratitude. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2026, Editor's Choice
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Kaleidoscope
RecommendedFatma Said (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Sascha Goetzel
Said vaults effortlessly across stylistic boundaries, often via dazzling arrangements by her collaborator Tim Allhoff. And that Whitney Houston track? Even diehard sceptics will be moved by... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd September 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Wien
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (tenor), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Ádám Fischer
He embraces the style, the timbre, the allure, even the specific accent of this repertoire with complete conviction and self-evident delight. The great thing about these performances is that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Klassik ohne Grenzen
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New. Arthur Sullivan: Songs For Tenor
David Webb, Jennifer France, Charles Rice, Academy of Ancient Music, John Andrews
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Special offer. Offenbach: La Périchole
RecommendedAude Extrémo (La Périchole), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Piquillo), Alexandre Duhamel (Don Andrès de Ribeira), Eric Huchet (Le comte de Panatellas), Marc Mauillon (Don Pedro de Hinoyosa)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Chœur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
In the pit are Les Musiciens du Louvre – part of a growing and welcome trend towards giving operetta the benefits of historically informed practice. You can hear the results from the very first... —
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Record Review, 22nd June 2019, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th June 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus
RecommendedDiana Damrau (Rosalinde), Georg Nigl (Eisenstein), Katharina Konradi (Adele), Andrew Watts (Orlofsky), Sean Panikkar (Alfred), Markus Brück (Dr Falke)
Bayerische Staatsoper, Vladimir Jurowski, Barrie Kosky
Right from the off, it just feels right. Kosky is in his element. Whatever your views on his approach to mainstream repertoire, few living directors have thought more carefully about Central... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2024
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Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Waldemar Kmentt (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erika Köth (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Eberhard Wächter (Franke), Erich Kunz (Frosch)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
Camp charm, beguiling lyricism, all the dialogue and star turns flown in for the traditional gala party, from Leontyne Price singing 'Summertime' to Birgit Nilsson trading a hit from My Fair... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Archive Choice
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Special offer. Operette
RecommendedWien - Berlin - Paris
Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ernst Theis
Ever the intelligent artist Darmrau knows how to lighten the voice to create that distinctive soprano sound demanded by operetta – a light sparkling tone, spiralling coloratura and the story... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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