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Special offer. Donizetti: Il Borgomastro di Saardam
Giorgio Caoduro (Tsar), Juan Francisco Gatell (Pietro Flimann), Andrea Concetti (Wambett), Irina Dubrovskaya (Marietta), Aya Wakizono (Carlotta), Pietro Di Bianco (Leforte), Pasquale Scircoli (Alì Mahmed), Alessandro Ravasio (An Officer)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera & Coro Donizetti Opera,...
This production doesn’t feature any stars, but it is a thoroughly enjoyable and well-acted romp. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Korngold: Violanta
Annemarie Kremer (Violanta), Michael Kupfer-Radecky (Simone Trovai), Norman Reinhardt (Alfonso), Peter Sonn (Giovanni Bracca), Soula Parassidis (Bice), Anna Maria Chiuri (Barbara); Orchestra e Coro Teatro Regio Torino, Pinchas Steinberg, Pier Luigi Pizzi
Korngold’s score has one foot in the world of Puccini’s Trittico and another already edging towards Hollywood, particularly in the love-duet for the eponymous heroine and the man she’d originally... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Donizetti Grand Seigneur, Baritone arias
Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Giacomo Sagripanti
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Special offer. Verdi: Macbeth (French Version: Paris 1865)
Ernesto Petti (Macbeth), Lidia Fridman (Lady Macbeth), Michele Pertusi (Banquo), Luciano Ganci (Macduff)
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra Giovanile Della Via Emilia, Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma, Roberto Abbado, Pierre Audi
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Special offer. Verdi: Macbeth (French Version, Paris 1865)
Ernesto Petti (Macbeth), Lidia Fridman (Lady Macbeth), Michele Pertusi (Banquo), Luciano Ganci (Macduff)
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra Giovanile Della Via Emilia, Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma, Roberto Abbado, Pierre Audi
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
Krassimira Stoyanova (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Sophie Koch (Komponist), Jessica Pratt (Zerbinetta), AJ Glueckert (Bacchus), Markus Werba (Ein Musiklehrer), Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti
Gatti conducts the score with evident affection, his account unrushed and expansive, moving in the Opera’s overture and achieving a noble sense of grandeur in the final minutes. —
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Vive Verdi!
French Rarities and Discoveries
Francesco Maria Parazzoli (cello), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Jacobo Ochoa (bass), Pietro Bolognini (baritone), Pilar Mezzadri Corona (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Roberto Abbado
It is exciting to hear Ludovic Tézier singing Macbeth in French...Here’s a baritone with an instinct for the declamatory and expressive style that Verdi demanded for the role, who nevertheless... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Opera Choice
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Antônio Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo
Svetla Vassileva (Llàra), Massimiliano Pisapia (Americo), Andrea Borghini (Iberè), Elisa Balbo (La contessa di Boissy), Daniele Terenzi (Gianfèra), Dongho Kim (Il conte Rodrigo/Goitacà)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, John Neschling
Opera lovers will be thrilled with this recording of Lo Schiavo and I for one hope that it will prompt many to discover other worthy pieces that Gomes composed. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Special offer. Puccini: Suor Angelica
María José Siri (Suor Angelica), Anna Maria Chiuri (La zia Principessa), Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Valerio Galli, Denis Krief
Krief’s austere, angular, copper-coloured set with barred windows provides an appropriately oppressive ambience. The lack of visual distraction ensures our attention is firmly focused where... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, Opera Choice
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