C Major
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The performance is suffused with Goerne’s and Hinterhäuser’s peculiar rhetorical intensity and freedom —
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Special offer. Opern Gala: Highlights of the Opera
Opernhaus Bonn, 2016
Simone Kermes, Julia Novikova, Roberto De Biasio, Marina Prudenskaya, Ingeborg Gillebo, Davide Luciano, Chiara Skerath, Robin Johannsen
Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Opernchor des Theater Bonn, Stefan Blunier
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Special offer. Mozart: Idomeneo
Bernard Richter (Idomeneo), Rachel Frenkel (Idamante), Valentina Nafornița (Ilia), Irina Lungu (Elettra), Pavel Kolgatin (Arbace)
Wiener Staatsoper, Tomáš Netopil, Kasper Holten
Best of all is Irina Lungu’s Elettra who tears into her final aria ‘D’Oreste, d’Aiace’ as if there were no tomorrow, which of course there isn’t for her!..As you would expect, the chorus of... —
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Plácido Domingo at the Arena di Verona
Famous Arias by Verdi and Giordano
Saioa Hernandez (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Arena di Verona
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Verdi: Requiem
Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Vittorio Grigolo (tenor), Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (bass)
Los Angeles Master Chorale & Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
The performance is at its best in the contributions of the four soloists. US soprano Julianna Di Giacomo brings vibrant tone and plenty of personal commitment to the top line...DeYoung supplies... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Mari Eriksmoen (Susanna, Andrè Schuen (Figaro), Christine Schäfer (Countess), Bo Skovhus (Count), Elisabeth Kulman (Cherubino)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
this is a Mozart with a difference: rather than interpreting, singers and orchestra confront text and music with a liveliness and intensity that should also compel viewers to see things differently. —
