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The Stuttgart Ballet in John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet
Stuttgart Ballet & State Theatre Suttgart Orchestra, James Tuggle
With idiomatic playing from the State Theatre Stuttgart Orchestra under James Tuggle and discrete yet expert video direction by Michael Beyer, this release will be of the greatest interest to... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
Julian Hubbard (Parsifal), Tomas Tomasson (Amfortas), Catherine Hunold (Kundry), Alexei Tanovitski (Klingsor), John Relyea (Gurnemanz), Thomas Gazheli (Titurel)
Coro & Orchestra Del Teatro Massimo, Omer Meir Wellber, Graham Vick
Well filmed and with good sound, the production offers plenty to think about. —
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Puccini: Tosca
Anna Netrebko (Tosca), Francesco Meli (Cavaradossi), Luca Salsi (Scarpia), Alfonso Antoniozzi (Sagrestano), Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Davide Livermore
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Mozart: The Lovers' Garden
Teatro alla Scala, April 2016
Roberto Bolle, Nicoletta Manni, Marta Romagna, Claudio Coviello, Mick Zeni, Christian Fagetti
Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala, La Scala String Quartet and Soloists of the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
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Special offer. Puccini: Tosca
Sonya Yoncheva (Tosca), Vittorio Grigolo (Cavaradossi), Roman Burdenko (Scarpia), Carlo Bosi (Spoletta), Giorgi Manoshvili (Angelotti), Giulio Mastrototaro (Sacristan)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Arena Di Verona, Hugo de Ana, Francesco Ivan Ciampa
In all respects, she is a sensation in this role: truly one of the great Toscas of our time, and the DVD surely deserves a place in the Puccini fan’s collection on that count alone...The production... —
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Verdi: Falstaff
Salzburg Festival 1982
Giuseppe Taddei (Falstaff), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly), Raina Kabaivanska (Alice Ford), Janet Perry (Nannetta)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' & B A Zimmermann: Nobody knows de trouble I see
Ekaterina Gubanova (contralto), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons
[Zimmerman] The idiom is bluesy and jazzy, with an electric organ warbling in the background alongside a piano and reduced jazz-band forces. The star trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger is no square... —
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A John Williams Celebration
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles 2014
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Andreas Schager (Tristan), Rachel Nicholls (Isolde), John Relyea (King Mark), Brett Polegato (Kurwenal), Andrew Rees (Melot), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne), Orchestra and Choir of Teatro Opera of Rome, Daniele Gatti
Immediately there’s well-prepared singing and good coordination with the pit...The two main soloists are good here – they’re both wonderfully respectful of text and project their words clearly... —
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