Naxos
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Rossini: Adina
César Arrieta, Shi Zong, Emmanuel Franco, Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Gianluca Ascheri, Sara Blanch (soprano), Kraków Philharmonic Chorus, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Acocella
César Arrieta (Selimo) boasts the light, bright tone and easy agility that is needed for a Rossini hero and he is perfectly paired here with the Spanish soprano Sara Blanch, an Adina of great... —
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Carrara: Voci da Hebron
Maria Bagalà, Jean-Luc Ballestra, Shaked Bàr, David Tricou, Ensemble della Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Modena, Arthur Fagen
It’s a simple, unpretentious tale whose heart is clearly in the right place… a slight contribution to our understanding of a complex situation… The functional score, too, is simple and at times... —
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Special offer. Rued Langgaard: Antikrist
Thomas Lehman (Lucifer), Jonas Grundner-Culemann (The Voice of God), Irene Roberts (The Air of Mystery), Valeriia Savinskaia (The Echo of The Air of Mystery), Clemens Bieber (The Mouth Speaking Great Words), Maire Therese Carmack (Despondency), Flurina Stucki (The Great Whore), AJ Glueckert (The...
Visually, the result is outstanding, an almost non-stop use of choreography practically turning the piece into an opera-ballet. Stephan Zilias conducts a memorable performance. —
Awards:
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Opera & Stage Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Rued Langgaard: Antikrist
Thomas Lehman (Lucifer), Jonas Grundner-Culemann (The Voice of God), Irene Roberts (The Air of Mystery), Valeriia Savinskaia (The Echo of The Air of Mystery), Clemens Bieber (The Mouth Speaking Great Words), Maire Therese Carmack (Despondency), Flurina Stucki (The Great Whore), AJ Glueckert (The...
Visually, the result is outstanding, an almost non-stop use of choreography practically turning the piece into an opera-ballet. Stephan Zilias conducts a memorable performance. —
Awards:
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Opera & Stage Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Weinberger: Frühlingsstürme
Stefan Kurt (General Wladimir Katschalow), Alma Sade (Tatjana), Vera-Lotte Boecker (Lydia Pawlowska), Dominik Koninger (Roderich Zirbitz), Tansel Akzeybek (Ito), Tino Lindenburg (Colonel Baltischew), Luca Schaub (Grand Duke Michailowitsch), Komische Opera Berlin, Jordan de Souza, Barrie Kosky
This latest rediscovery in Kosky’s ongoing revival of Berlin’s operetta tradition comes with weighty historical baggage. It’s also a funny, gloriously theatrical entertainment, complete with... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Opera
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Special offer. Weinberger: Frühlingsstürme
Stefan Kurt (General Wladimir Katschalow), Alma Sade (Tatjana), Vera-Lotte Boecker (Lydia Pawlowska), Dominik Koninger (Roderich Zirbitz), Tansel Akzeybek (Ito), Tino Lindenburg (Colonel Baltischew), Luca Schaub (Grand Duke Michailowitsch), Komische Opera Berlin, Jordan de Souza, Barrie Kosky
This latest rediscovery in Kosky’s ongoing revival of Berlin’s operetta tradition comes with weighty historical baggage. It’s also a funny, gloriously theatrical entertainment, complete with... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Opera
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