Arthaus Musik
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Fiorenza Cedolins (Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly), Francesca Franci (Suzuki), Mina Blum (Kate Pinkerton), Marcello Giordani (Pinkerton), Juan Pons (Sharpless)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Franco Zeffirelli (stage director)
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Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat
Nacho Duato (Soldier), Aryeh Weiner (Devil), Gerald Tibbs (Alter Ego), Teresina Mosco (Mother), Fiona Lummis (Fiancée), Lionel Hoche (Friend of the Soldier) & Karin Heyninck (Princess)
Nederlands Dans Theater, David Porcelijn
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Richard Decker, Marek Wojciechowski, Iordanka Derilova, Ulf Paulsen, Kostadin Arguirov, Alexandra Petersamer, Jörg Brückner & Nico Wouterse
Dessau Philharmonic, Golo Berg (conductor) & Johannes Felsenstein (director)
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The straightforward documentary footage, including interviews and rehearsal and concert sequences, is spiced with staged, scripted vignettes of life in the choir, impressively authentic-looking... —
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Shchedrin: The Seagull – Die Möwe
Maya Plisetskaya & Alexander Bogatyrev
Ballet and Orchestra of The Bolshoi Theatre, Alexander Lazarev
…I found myself surprisingly moved and involved. Plisetskaya has found a credible choreographic idiom closer to expressive mime than full-blown classical ballet, and though her astonishingly... —
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José Carreras - Salzburg Recital 1989
José Carreras with a Special Spanish and Italian Repertoire including Scarlatti, Stradella, De Falla, Obradors & Gustavio
José Carreras & Martin Katz (piano)
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), Elena Mosuc (Gilda), Piotr Beczala (Il Duca di Mantova), László Polgár (Sparafucile), Katharina Peetz (Maddalena), Kismara Pessatti (Giovanna), Rolf Haunstein (Monterone); Zurich Opera House, Nello Santi
First we must salute the 64-year old Leo Nucci's Rigoletto. Visually, the pathetic figure with the haunted, apprehensive expression will prove memorable, as well those notes and phrases which... —
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Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg (The Dwarf)
Live Recording from The Los Angeles Opera, 2008
James Johnson (Adam), Bonaventura Bottone (Licht) & Steven Humes (Walter), Rodrick Dixon (The Dwarf), Mary Dunleavy (Donna Clara) & Susan B. Anthony (Ghita)
Los Angeles Opera, James Conlon (conductor) & Darko Tresnjak (director)
