Opus Arte
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Aquiles Machado, Milagros Poblador, María Bayo, Valentina Kutzarova, Konstantin Gorny & Katharine Goeldner
Chorus of Ópera de Bilbao & Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Alain Guingal (conductor) & Giancarlo Del Monaco (director)
The greatest success of the season… superb Aquiles Machado… Bravísima Milagros Poblador… —
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Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Orlin Anastassov (Boris), Alessandra Marianelli (Xenia), Pavel Zubov (Fyodor), Ian Storey (Grigory), Vladimir Vaneev (Pimen), Peter Bronder (Prince Shuisky), Vasily Ladjuk (Andrey Shchelkalov), Vladimir Matorin (Varlaam)
Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrei Konchalovsky
Konchalovsky sticks to the 1869 original...Orlin Anastassov makes a rich-voiced but wildly over-the-top Godunov...It's good to have the superlative treble Pavel Zubov as Boris's son Fyodor...Best... —
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Minkus: La Bayadère
Carlos Acosta (Solar), Marianela Nuñez (Gamzatti), Tamara Rojo (Nikiya), Gary Avis (The High Brahmin), Christopher Saunders (Rajah), Kenta Kura (Magdaveya) & Valeri Hristov (Solor’s Friend)
The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Franz Hawlata (Hans Sachs), Michael Volle (Sixtus Beckmesser), Michaela Kaune (Eva), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther Von Stolzing), Norbert Ernst (David), Carola Guber (Magdalene), Artur Korn (Veit Pogner)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Sebastian Weigle, Katharina Wagner
Katharina Wagner at first presents Walther von Stolzing as a paint-spraying performance artist and Beckmesser as a retentive, Reclam-photocopying pedant...This nicely observed updating would... —
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Special offer. Rameau: Zoroastre
Anders J Dahlin (Zoroastre), Evgueniy Alexiev (Abramane), Sine Bundgaard (Amélite), Anna Maria Panzarella (Erinice), Lars Arvidson (Zopire/La Vengeance), Marcus Schwartz (Narbanor), Gerard Théruel (Oromasès/Ariman), Ditte Andersen (Céphie)
The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra and Chorus &...
Christophe Rousset and his forces deliver an excellently paced reading and much of the singing is perfectly judged. Pierre Audi's production, while it moves the cast around efficiently enough,... —
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Adam: Giselle
Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nuñez & Martin Harvey
The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin (conductor) & Marius Petipa (choreographer)
The Royal Ballet's recent triumphs continue with this exquisite Giselle. Beguiling actress-dancer Alina Cojocaru embraces both Act I's sweet rural girl and the tragic ghost of Act II. —
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Special offer. Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Vladimir Ognovenko, Vladimir Galouzine, Robert Brubaker, Nikolai Putilin, Vladimir Vaneev & Elena Zaremba, Stage Director: Stein Winge
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Michael Boder
A modern production which for all its weaknesses snaps the opera to life. —
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Special offer. Berg: Lulu
Agneta Eichenholz (Lulu), Michael Volle (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Klaus Florian Vogt (Alwa), Jennifer Larmore (Countess Geschwitz), Philip Langridge (Prince/Manservant/Marquis), Heather Shipp (Dresser/Schoolboy/Groom), Will Hartmann (Painter/Policeman/Negro), Jeremy White (Banker/Professor)
Orchestra...
Pappano has a firm grip of every nuance of the music, from the gossamer-like delicacy after the dialogue at the end of Act II to the various moments of wrenching, disturbing power. —
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Special offer. Édouard Lock - Amelia
Alexandre Castonguay (cello), Simon Claude (violin), Njo Kong Kie (piano & musical direction) & Nadine Medawar (vocalist)
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