Naxos
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Special offer. Verdi: Stiffelio
Luciano Ganci (Stiffelio), Maria Katzarava (Lina), Francesco Landolfi (Stankar), Giovanni Sebastiano Sala (Raffaele), Emanuele Cordaro (Jorg), Sofia Koberidze (Dorotea), Blagoj Nacoski (Federico)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Graham Vick...
Graham Vick’s production of Stiffelio is a triumph. The lines between the viewer and the viewed are blurred, challenging the comfortable assumption that music drama is something that happens... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Special offer. Lully: Atys
Bernard Richter (Atys), Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Cybele), Emmanuele De Negri (Sangaride), Nicolas Rivenq (Célénus), Marc Mauillon (Idas), Sophie Daneman (Doris), Jaël Azzaretti (Mélisse), Paul Agnew (Dieu du Sommeil), Cyril Auvity (Morphée), Bernard Deletre (Le Temps/Le Fleuve Sangar), Les Arts Florissants,...
These excellent singer-actors tread a fine line between sincerity and send-up...Les Arts Florissants excel themselves. The sumptuous realm of le roi soleil is here brilliantly evoked. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Berg: Wozzeck
RecommendedChristopher Maltman (Wozzeck), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Marie), Frank van Aken (Drum Major), Sir Willard White (Doctor)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, New Amsterdam Children's Choir, Marc Albrecht, Krzysztof Warlikowski (director)
A very fine performance of Berg's great music drama —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Emilio De' Cavalieri: Rappresentatione Di Anima Et Di Corpo
Anett Fritsch, Carlo Vistoli, Cyril Auvity, Daniel Schmutzhard, Georg Nigl, Florian Boesch, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, Robert Carsen
This Rappresentatione is as entertaining a sermon as you’re ever likely to see. Does it belong in the opera house? Carsen certainly makes a persuasive case. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg
RecommendedElena Tsallagova (Donna Clara), Emily Magee (Ghita), David Butt Philip (Der Zwerg), Mick Morris Mehnert (Der Zwerg - actor), Philipp Jekal (Don Estoban)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles, Tobias Kratzer (director)
This is a work that deliberately challenges audiences, but which is here played with a breathtaking combination of imagination and responsibility. Zemlinsky’s lush masterpiece is vividly presented... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Berg: Wozzeck
RecommendedChristopher Maltman (Wozzeck), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Marie), Frank van Aken (Drum Major), Sir Willard White (Doctor)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, New Amsterdam Children's Choir,
Marc Albrecht (conductor) & Krzysztof Warlikowski (director)
A very fine performance of Berg's great music drama —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Respighi: La bella dormente nel bosco
Veta Pilipenko (La Regina/La Vecchietta/La Rana), Angela Nisi (La Principessa), Antonio Gandia (Il Principe Aprile), Vincenzo Taormina (Il Re/L'Ambasciatore), Shoushik Barsoumian (La Fata Azzurra), Lara Rotili (Il Gatto/La Duchessa/ Il Cucolo), Claudia Urru (Il Fuso/L'Usignolo), Enrico Zara (Mister...
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Special offer. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
Dmitry Ulyanov (Tsar Dodon), Nina Minasyan (The Queen of Shemakha), Andrey Popov (The Astrologer), Margarita Neksarova (Amelfa), Mischa Scelomiansky (General Polkan)
Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Daniele Rustioni, Barrie Kosky
the music is superbly sung and acted by an all-Russian cast...Meanwhile the brilliance and colour of Rimsky-Korsakov’s unusual harmonies and orchestration register impressively, with Rustioni... —
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Opera, October 2022, Disc of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Special offer. Emilio De' Cavalieri: Rappresentatione Di Anima Et Di Corpo
Anett Fritsch, Carlo Vistoli, Cyril Auvity, Daniel Schmutzhard, Georg Nigl, Florian Boesch, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, Robert Carsen
This Rappresentatione is as entertaining a sermon as you’re ever likely to see. Does it belong in the opera house? Carsen certainly makes a persuasive case. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Jean-Joseph de Mondonville: Titon Et l'Aurore
Reinoud van Mechelen (Titan), Gwendoline Blondeel (L'Aurore), Emmanuelle De Negri (Pales), Marc Mauillon (Eole), Julie Roset (Amour), Renato Dolcini (Promethee), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
One can only imagine how hard it must have been for the performers to play without an audience: they succeed brilliantly...Another triumph for William Christie. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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