Summer Opera - up to 40% off selected titles
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 12th August. Please note, downloads are not included in this offer.
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Special offer. Janacek: Katya Kabanova
Cheryl Barker (Katya), Jane Henschel (Kabanicha), Robert Brubaker (Boris Grigoryevich), Peter Hoare (Tichon Kabanov), Peter Wedd (Kudryash), Victoria Simmonds (Varvara), Kathleen Wilkinson (Glasha), Gwynne Howell (Dikoi); Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi
…Rizzi illuminates… with almost Puccinian warmth, while keenly evoking the tightening tensions beneath. …Barker's… intense soprano, large for the role, makes Katya sound stronger than usual... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Opera Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Sung in Englishj
Thomas Hampson (Onegin), Kiri Te Kanawa (Tatyana), Neil Rosenshein (Lensky), Patricia Bardon (Olga), John Connell (Gremin), Nicolai Gedda (Triquet)
Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
Mackerras conducts a loving, well-contoured reading with what were then his Welsh National forces. Above all, Sir Charles is aware of the sheer beauty of the composer's orchestral writing… The... —
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Special offer. Janacek: Jenufa, Her Step-Daughter
Janice Watson (Jenufa), Josephine Barstow (Kostelnicka), Nigel Robson (Laca Klemen), Peter Wedd (Števa Buryja), Elizabeth Vaughan (Grandmother Buryjovka), Neal Davies (Foreman)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2004, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Janáček: Osud (Fate)
Helen Field (Míla Valkova), Philip Langridge (Zivny), Kathryn Harries (Míla's mother)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
Mackerras delivers a magnificent ensemble performance, and the mass of minor roles is flawlessly presented. —
