Massenet - Cendrillon
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Massenet: Cendrillon
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Cendrillon), Alice Coote (Prince Charming), Eglise Gutiérrez (Fairy Godmother), Ewa Podles (Madame de la Haltère), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Pandolfe), Madeleine Pierard (Noémie), Kai Rüütel (Dorothée), Jeremy White (Le Roi)
The Royal Opera House, Bertrand de Billy, Laurent Pelly
Pelly's production has a style all of its own...DiDonato is winning in Cinderella's smiles and tears, though vocally a little edgy. But she's well ballasted by...Alice Coote, who is intense... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th April 2012
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Massenet: Cendrillon
Frederica von Stade (Cendrillon), Nicolai Gedda (Le Prince Charmant), Jane Berbié (Mme. de la Haltière), Jules Bastin (Pandolfe), Ruth Welting (La Fée), Teresa Cahill (Noémie), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Dorothée)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel
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RecommendedDanielle de Niese (Cendrillon), Kate Lindsey (Le Prince Charmant), Agnes Zwierko (Madame de la Haltière), Nina Minasyan (La Fée), Lionel Lhote (Pandolfe)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, John Wilson
Wilson’s conducting holds the score’s Gallic wit, dream-fantasy and sensuous romance in balance, conjuring delicious sounds from the London Philharmonic…Minasyan’s delicate, pinpoint accuracy... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th June 2020
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Massenet: Cendrillon
RecommendedDanielle de Niese (Cendrillon), Kate Lindsey (Le Prince Charmant), Agnes Zwierko (Madame de la Haltière), Nina Minasyan (La Fée), Lionel Lhote (Pandolfe)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, John Wilson
Wilson’s conducting holds the score’s Gallic wit, dream-fantasy and sensuous romance in balance, conjuring delicious sounds from the London Philharmonic...Minasyan’s delicate, pinpoint accuracy... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th June 2020
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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... —
