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Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals
and works by Ravel, Britten and Prokofiev
Britten-Pears Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor/narrator)
[The Britten is] the best thing here – vivid, highly commendable playing from the youngsters in a performance that captures all the colour and exuberance of this deservedly popular score. Marin... —
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The duet of the two 'blind' lovers in Act 3 is seriously and movingly done, as is the eventual trying on the slipper in Act 4…The seriousness of this German production sets up more mystery about... —
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The duet of the two 'blind' lovers in Act 3 is seriously and movingly done, as is the eventual trying on the slipper in Act 4…The seriousness of this German production sets up more mystery about... —
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Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Michael Spyres (Chapelou/Saint-Phar), Florie Valiquette (Madeleine/Madame de Latour), Franck Leguerinel (Le Marquis de Corcy), Laurent Kubla (Biju/Alcindor), Michel Fau (Rose), Yannis Ezziadi (Louis XV), Julien Clement (Bourdon), Accentus, Orchestre de l'Opera de Rouen Normandie, Sebastien Rouland
If Adolphe Adam’s once-popular Le Postillon de Lonjumeau needs one thing, it’s a tenor who can manage the title role; and in Michael Spyres we have that tenor…Sébastien Rouland conducts his... —
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Chaya Czernowin: Heart Chamber
Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Noa Frenkel, Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Terry Wey (countertenor), Ensemble Nikel, SWR Experimentalstudio, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Johannes Kalitzke, Claus Guth
There is only the hint of a story; the opera unfolds through a chain of connected situations, whether imagined, dreamlike or real. Bringing this to life is music of fabulous subtlety, its textures... —
