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Special offer. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Franz Hawlata (Sachs), Michael Volle (Beckmesser), Michaela Kaune (Eva), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther), Norbert Ernst (David), Carola Guber (Magdalene), Artur Korn (Pogner), Markus Eiche (Kothner)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle
It is indeed a treat to savour the excellent sound of the Bayreuth strings, as well as the just as excellent woodwind and brass. Sebastian Weigle, who made his Bayreuth debut with Meistersinger... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Endrik Wottrich (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Michelle Breedt (Fricka)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Christian Thielemann, Tankred Dorst
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Wagner: Parsifal
Louis Hendrikx (bass), Dennis Wicks (bass), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Nan Christie (soprano), Edgar Evans (tenor), Amy Shuard (soprano), Norman Bailey (bass-baritone), David Lennox (tenor), John Dobson (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Michael Langdon (bass), Donald McIntyre (bass-baritone), Kiri...
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Robert Dean Smith (Tristan), Irene Theorin (Isolde), Robert Holl (König Marke), Jukka Rasilainen (Kurwenal), Ralf Lukas (Melot), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne), Clemens Bieber (Seemann), Arnold Bezuyen (Hirt), Martin Snell (Steuermann); Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Peter Schneider
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Special offer. Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Mara Zampieri (Minnie), Juan Pons (Jack Rance)
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Lorin Maazel
The Fanciulla del West offers a large contingent of good Italian comprimarii, a marvellous leading lady… competent support from Plácido Domingo and Juan Pons… decent, rather laid-back Jonathan... —
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Das Rheingold
Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Arnold Bezuyen (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Hans-Peter König (Fafner), Christa Mayer (Erda), Edith Haller (Freia), Ralf Lukas (Donner), Clemens Bieber (Froh),...
This is a big performance, often expansively paced. Great set-pieces like the Walküre love duet and the Rhine Journey have a fine soaring grandeur, even if some - the desperate Siegfried Act... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Dvořák: Rusalka
Sally Matthews (Rusalka), Alexander Roslavets (Vodnik), Evan Leroy Johnson (Prince), Patricia Bardon (Ježibaba)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Ticciati, Melly Still
A deeply satisfying production...Spectacular to look at, too, with death-defying stage flying...the closing pages of the score blaze rather than smoulder with Robin Ticciati and the LPO playing... —
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Elena Prokina (Tatyana), Wojciech Drabowicz (Onegin), Martin Thompson (Lensky), Louise Winter (Olga), Frode Olsen (Gremin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Graham Vick, Andrew Davis
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Special offer. Bellini: I Puritani
Daniel Borowski (Lord Gualtiero Valton), Mariola Cantarero (Elvira), Riccardo Zanellato (Sir Giorgio), John Osborn (Lord Arturo Talbot), Scott Hendricks (Sir Riccardo Forth), Gregorio Gonzalez (Sir Bruno Roberton), Fredrika Brillembourg (Enrichetta di Francia)
Chorus of the Netherlands Opera...
Negrin gets some excellent performances from his cast, who are able to express emotion without being either hammy or cheesy. Scott Hendricks as the rejected lover sings nobly after a gusty start...Osborn... —
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Special offer. Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Anna Goryachova (Isabella), Alex Esposito (Mustafà), Yijie Shi (Lindoro) & Mario Cassi (Taddeo)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, José Ramón Encinar (stage director) & Davide Livermore (director)
One would have looked in vain 30 years ago for a coloratura bass as vocally adept and gifted as Alex Esposito. Anna Goryachova is a superlative Isabella, Mario Cassi a suitably downtrodden Taddeo...1970s-themed,... —
