Bel Air Classiques
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Special offer. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko
Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov (Sadko), Aida Garifullina (Volkhova), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Lubava Buslaevna), Yuri Minenko (Nazhata), Stanislav Trofimov (Ocean-Sea, The Sea Tsar), Bolshoi Theatre, Timur Zangiev, Dmitri Tcherniakov (director)
Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov is a sturdy Sadko, scarcely ever off the stage…Rightly, the solo for the Varangian Merchant (Dmitry Ulianov) who will accompany Sadko on his voyages stops the show. But... —
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Opéra de Paris: A (very) Special Season (a Film By Priscilla Pizzato)
Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Hugo Marchand, Amandine Albisson, Matthias Heymann, Mathieu Ganio, Léonore Baulac, Germain Louvet, Dorothée Gilbert, Paul Marque, Sae-Eun Park, Aurélie Dupont
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Rosemary Joshua (Susanna), Luca Pisaroni (Figaro), Pietro Spagnoli (Count), Annette Dasch (Countess), Angelika Kirchschlager (Cherubino), Concerto Köln & Choeur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, René Jacobs
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & Harold en Italie
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Eric Cutler (Hoffmann), Anne Sofie Von Otter (La Muse/Nicklausse), Vito Priante (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dr Miracle/Dapertutto), Ana Durlovski (Olympia), Measha Brueggergosman (Antonia/Giulietta)
Teatro Real de Madrid, Sylvain Cambreling, Christoph Marthaler
Musically it’s mostly excellent...Cutler is all vocal ease, elegance and passion. Von Otter’s communicative and dramatic powers remain wonderfully persuasive … Cambreling’s hard-edged intensity... —
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Auber: Marco Spada
David Hallberg (Marco Spada), Evguenia Obraztsova (Angela), Olga Smirnova (Marquesa Sampietri), Semion Chudin (Prince Frederici), Igor Tsvirko (Count Pepinelli), Alexeï Loparevitch (Brother Borromée), Andreï Sitnikov (Prince Osario), Anastasia Stashkevich (The Fiancée) & Vyacheslav Lopatin (The...
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
Christian Zacharias (direction, piano)
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
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Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Sarah-Jane Brandon, Elizabeth Watts (sopranos), James Gilchrist (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone)
Mark Morris Dance Group & Choeur & Orchestre du Teatro Real Madrid, Jane Glover
I was extremely impressed by the energy and stamina of the dancers, who must shed pounds during every performance … as a Gesamtkunstwerk it works very well. —
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The Art of David Hallberg At The Bolshoi
Svetlana Zakharova, David Hallberg, Maria Allash, Alexey Bogorad
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Special offer. Handel: Hercules
Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira), William Shimell (Hercules), Ingela Bohlin (Iole), Toby Spence (Hyllus), Malena Ernman (Lichas) & Simon Kirkbride (Priest of Jupiter)
Les Arts Florissants Chorus & Orchestra, William Christie (conductor) & Luc Bondy (stage director)
