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Special offer. Massenet: Roma
Iano Tamar (Fausta), Warren Mok (Lentulus), Svetlana Arginbaeva (Posthuma), Nicolas Rivenq (Fabius Maximus), Francesco Ellero D’Artegna (Lucius Cornélius), Giacomo Rocchetti (Elderly Man), Francesca Franzil (Junia), Angela Masi (La Grande Vestale), Jean Vendassi (Vestapor), Carmelita Mirchell (Galla)
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Special offer. Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella, D732
Eva Mei (Estrella), Rainer Trost (Alfonso), Markus Werba (Frolia), Alfred Muff (Adolfo), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Mauregato)
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Gérard Korsten
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Special offer. Lalo: Le roi d'Ys
Giusepina Piunti (Margared), Guylaine Girard (Rozenn), Eric Martin-Bonnet (Le Roi d’Ys), Sébastien Guèze (Mylio), Werner Van Mechelen (Karnac), Léonard Graus (Saint Corentin) & Marc Tissons (Jahel)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Patrick Davin
The chorus could be bigger and better, but there's punchy conducting from Patrick Davin. It's not as good as the classic versions by André Cluytens and Pierre Dervaux, but there's no mistaking... —
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Special offer. Soler, V M: L’arbore di Diana
Laura Aikin (Diana), Michael Maniaci (Amore), Ainhoa Garmendia (Britomarte), Marisa Martins (Clizia), Jossie Perez (Cloe), Charles Workman (Silvio), Steve Davislim (Endimione) & Marco Vinco (Doristo)
Orchestra & Chorus: Gran Teatre del Liceu, Harry Bicket
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He does not let the virtuosity or free-flowing passages become an excuse for idiosyncratic personal touches, but retains a level of poise and control throughout...Bacchetti achieves the best... —
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Special offer. Jommelli: L’Uccellatrice (The bird catcher)
Emanuela Galli (soprano), Luciano Grassi (tenor)
Orchestra da Camera Milano Classica, Vanni Moretto
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Special offer. Bottesini: Ero e Leandro
Véronique Mercier (Ero), Gian Luca Pasolini (Leandro) & Roberto Scandiuzzi (Ariofarne)
Orchestra Filarmonica del Piemonte, Aldo Salvagno (conductor) & Laura Borello, Gregorio Zurla (directors)
Bottesini floods the piece with attractive melody. Anyone interested in Italian opera of the period (1879) will find it an enjoyable discovery. This live performance from 2009 has some untidy... —
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Special offer. Mayr: Medea in Corinto
Roberto Lorenzi (Creonte), Mihaela Marcu (Creusa), Paolo Cauteruccio (Evandro), Michael Spyres (Giasone), Marco Stefani (Tideo), Davinia Rodriguez (Medea), Nozomi Kato (Ismene), Enea Scala (Egeo)
Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Corul Filarmonicii de Stat Transilvania, Fabio Luisi
On this evidence the heterogeneously- assembled choral and orchestral forces were moulded into a responsive ensemble under Fabio Luisi’s expert baton. —
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Special offer. Vinci, Leonardo: La Partenope
Sonia Prina (Partenope), Maria Grazia Schiavo (Rosmira), Maria Ercolano (Arsace), Eufemia Tufano (Emilio), Stefano Ferrari (Armindo) & Charles do Santos (Ormonte)
I Turchini, Antonio Florio
Albeit truncated and uneven, this confirms Vinci as a meritorious opera composer. —
