Glyndebourne
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Verdi: Falstaff
Geraint Evans (Sir John Falstaff), Ilva Ligabue (Alice), Anna Maria Rota (Meg), Oralia Dominguez (Mistress Quickly), Sesto Bruscantini (Ford), Mariella Adani (Nannetta), Juan Oncina (Fenton) & Hugues Cuénod (Dr Caius)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vittorio Gui
this is as fine a performance of Verdi's last opera as I have ever heard, thanks primarily to the conducting of the veteran Vittorio Gui...He brings a Rossinian lightness and elan to Falstaff,... —
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2 CDs
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Alice Coote (Hänsel), Lydia Teuscher (Gretel), Irmgard Vilsmaier (Mother), William Dazeley (Father), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Witch), Tara Erraught (Sandman) & Ida Falk Winland (Dew Fairy)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Ticciati
The list of major conductors who have recorded Hansel und Gretel is impressive, but I think this is the finest musical account of all. Ticciati conducts on a grand scale, but with extraordinary... —
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2 CDs
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Bizet: Carmen
Anne Sofie von Otter (Carmen), Marcus Haddock (Don José), Laurent Naouri (Escamillo), Lisa Milne (Micaëla), Jonathan Best (Zuniga)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Philippe Jordan
Jordan drives the opening Prelude to this Carmen like a Ferrari roaring out of pole position....The London Phiharmonic Orchestra play Bizet's score as if the ink were scarcely dry on the autograph... —
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3 CDs
$32.00
