Arthaus Musik
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Verdi: Aida
Hui He (Aida), Marco Berti (Radamès), Luciana D’Intino (Amneris), Ambrogio Maestri (Amonasro), Roberto Tagliavini (Il Re), Giacomo Prestia (Ramfis)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta (conductor) & Ferzan Ozpetek (stage director)
Vocally, there are strengths and weaknesses. Lucaina D'Intino's Amneris operates on the grandest scale, fired by energy and passion. Marco Berti's Radamès is solid but stiff...Ambrogio Maestri's... —
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Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Studio Production from The Kerner Studios, San Francisco, 2011
Alonzo King Lines Ballet
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Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade
Raul Gimenez (Clistene), Lyubov Petrova (Aristea), Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (Argene), Jennifer Rivera (Licida), Sofia Soloviy (Megacle)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi (conductor) & Italo Nunziata (director)
an astonishingly vital, stirring experience...thanks to the inspired advocacy of Alessandro de Marchi and his superb Accademia Montis Regalis, one quickly appreciates the composer's widened... —
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The Dvorák Cycle - Volume VI
Live Recording from The Alte Oper Frankfurt 1993
Lucia Popp (soprano), Eva Randová (mezzo-soprano), Josef Protschka (tenor) & Peter Mikuláš (bass)
The Prague Syphony Orchestra & Prague Symphonic Choir, Petr Altrichter
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Astrid Weber, Heiko Trinsinger, Zurab Zurabishvili & Kouta Räsänen
Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Golo Berg (conductor) & Ansgar Weigner (director)
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Silk Road (Premium Package CD+DVD)
A Film by Curt Faudon
The Vienna Boys’ Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben)
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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The Dvorák Cycle - Volume V
Eva Urbanová (soprano), Katerina Kachlíková (mezzo-soprano), Štefan Margita (tenor) & Peter Mikuláš (bass)
The Prague Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Libor Pešek
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Homage to Robert Schumann
Live Recording from The Frauenkirche Dresden, 2010
Markus Butter (baritone)
Soloists of the Dresden Kreuzchor, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Daniel Harding
...much of the visual pleasure comes from the beauty of the building, whose interior features are lovingly used at key points in the music...It's the choral pieces that come off best, especially... —
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Robert Gambill (Tannhäuser), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Roman Trekel (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Stephen Milling (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen); Philharmonia Chor Wien & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Philippe Jordan, Nikolaus Lehnhoff (director)
Thirty years separate these performances of Tannhäuser. The original video of the 1978 revival of Götz Friedrich's 1972 production was, we're told, 'the first complete film from Bayreuth', and... —
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Daniela Dessì (Minnie), Fabio Armiliato (Dick Johnson) & Lucio Gallo (Jack Rance)
Orchestra and Chorus Città Lirica, Alberto Veronesi (conductor) & Ivan Stefanutti (director)
...conducted with spirit by Veronesi, Lucio Gallo's dark-souled Rance is an asset, as are Daniela Dessì's feisty Minnie and Fabio Armiliato's bold bandit. —
