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. Meyerbeer: Le Prophète
RecommendedJohn Osborn (Jean de Leyde), Elizabeth DeShong (Fidès), Mané Galoyan (Berthe), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Count Oberthal)
London Symphony Orchestra, Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, Maîtrise des Bouches-du-Rhône, Lyon Opera Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
Elder and the LSO bring unerring musical conviction to a performance recorded at the Aix Festival in 2023...Elizabeth De Shong's Fidès, the Prophet's abandoned mother, is something else...This... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th June 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable
RecommendedJohn Osborn (Robert), Nicolas Courjal (Bertram), Amina Edris (Alice), Erin Morley (Isabelle), Nico Darmanin (Raimbaut)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
It all adds up to a formidable re-evaluation of a seminal if neglected work, as well as being a remarkable achievement in its own right. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2022
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Limelight Magazine, January 2023, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Opera
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Special offer. Fromental Halévy: La Juive
Ambur Braid (Rachel), John Osborn (Éléazar), Gerard Schneider (Léopold), Monika Buczkowska (Eudoxie), Simon Lim (Cardinal Brogni)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Tatjana Gürbaca, Henrik Nánási
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New. Fromental Halévy: La Juive
Ambur Braid (Rachel), John Osborn (Éléazar), Gerard Schneider (Léopold), Monika Buczkowska (Eudoxie), Simon Lim (Cardinal Brogni)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Tatjana Gürbaca, Henrik Nánási
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Special offer. Rossini: Semiramide
Alex Penda (Semiramide), Marianna Pizzolato (Arsace), Lorenzo Regazzo (Assur), Andrea Mastroni (Oroe), John Osborn (Idreno), Marija Jokovic (Azema), Vassilis Kavayas (Mitrane), Raffaele Facciola (Ghost of Nino),
Poznan Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani
Osborn's Idreno sits well alongside the other principals in this powerfully cast set. In terms of technique and dramatic presence, Marianna Pizzolato yields nothing to Marilyn Horne...[Penda]... —
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Special offer. Donizetti: Roberto Devereux
Jessica Pratt (Elisabetta), John Osborn (Roberto Devereux), Simone Piazzola (Duca di Nottingham), Raffaella Lupinacci (Sara, Duchessa di Nottingham), David Astorga (Lord Cecil), Ignas Melnikas (Sir Gualtiero Raleigh)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza
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Special offer. Donizetti: La Fille Du Régiment
Haris Andrianos (baritone), Adriana Bignagni Lesca (mezzo-soprano), Andrea Civetta (tenor), Paolo Bordogna (baritone), Ernesto López Maturell (percussion), Sara Blanch (soprano), John Osborn (tenor), Adolfo Corrado (bass), Cristina Bugatty (actress), Alessandro Zilioli (piano), Donizetti Opera Orchestra,...
More associated with opera seria than comedy, the American tenor [Osborn] is a charming Tonio...Spanish light lyric soprano Sara Blanch is a super Marie, throwing herself into the tomboy role... —
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Special offer. Bellini: I Puritani
Daniel Borowski (Lord Gualtiero Valton), Mariola Cantarero (Elvira), Riccardo Zanellato (Sir Giorgio), John Osborn (Lord Arturo Talbot), Scott Hendricks (Sir Riccardo Forth), Gregorio Gonzalez (Sir Bruno Roberton), Fredrika Brillembourg (Enrichetta di Francia)
Chorus of the Netherlands Opera...
Negrin gets some excellent performances from his cast, who are able to express emotion without being either hammy or cheesy. Scott Hendricks as the rejected lover sings nobly after a gusty start...Osborn... —
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Special offer. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
John Osborn (Benvenuto Cellini), Mariangela Sicilia (Teresa), Maurizio Muraro (Balducci), Michèle Losier (Ascanio), Laurent Naouri (Fieramosca), Orlin Anastassov (Le Pape Clément VII)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder, Terry Gilliam
Elder conducts a thrillingly vibrant and entirely idiomatic account…Gilliam’s extraordinary eye for visual fantasy, cartoonish comedy and endless japes, meanwhile, matches the music surprisingly... —
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Special offer. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
John Osborn (Benvenuto Cellini), Mariangela Sicilia (Teresa), Maurizio Muraro (Balducci), Michèle Losier (Ascanio), Laurent Naouri (Fieramosca), Orlin Anastassov (Le Pape Clément VII)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder, Terry Gilliam
Elder conducts a thrillingly vibrant and entirely idiomatic account…Gilliam’s extraordinary eye for visual fantasy, cartoonish comedy and endless japes, meanwhile, matches the music surprisingly... —
