John Osborn
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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... — More…
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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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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. — More…
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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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Bellini: Norma
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Norma), Sumi Jo (Adalgisa), John Osborn (Pollione) & Michele Pertusi (Oroveso), Liliana Nikiteanu (Clotilde), Reinaldo Macias (Flavio)
Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Vocalists, Giovanni Antonini
The result [of a mezzo Norma] is creditable and often expressive, but artistically compromised...while from a purely vocal point of view it sometimes sounds a struggle. Sumi Jo has greater success... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2013
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Building a Library, November 2015, Stereo Recommendation
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Opera, August 2013, Recording of the Month
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Donizetti: La Fille Du Régiment
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Chorus of Accademia Teatro Alla Scala, Adriana Bignagni Lesca, Paolo Bordogna, John Osborn, Sara Blanch, Cristina Bugatty, Haris Andrianos, Adolfo Corrado, Andrea Civetta, Alessandro Zillioli, Ernesto López Maturell, Michele Spotti
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... — More…
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Rossini: La donna del lago
Joyce DiDonato (Elena), Juan Diego Florez (Giacomo V), John Osborn (Roderigo), Daniela Barcellona (Malcolm), Oren Gradus (Douglas)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Michele Mariotti, Paul Curran (dir.)
Florez is his usual exuberant self, throwing off top notes casually and deserving his Niagaras of applause...DiDonato as the much sought-after heroine is, as always, in tremendous form, not... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Opera Choice
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Opera, March 2016, Recording of the Month
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Naxos July 2013 New Release Sampler
Alexandrina Pendatchanska (soprano), Robert Cook (horn), Peter Franks (trumpet), Javier Arnal Gonzalez (oboe), Mary Oleskiewicz (baroque flute), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Adrian Butterfield (baroque violin), Philip Dukes (viola), Piers Lane (piano), Thomas...
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A Tribute to Gilbert Duprez
John Osborn (tenor)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Chorus, Constantine Orbelian
The orchestra is excellent and Constantine Orbelian’s conducting sympathetic both to the singer and to the styles of the composers involved. Clean and vital sound. — More…
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Irving Fine: Notturno, Partita, String Quartet; The Hour Glass
Gerard Schwarz, Irving Fine, Susan Jolles (harp), Jean Dane (viola), Ronald Roseman (oboe), Samuel Baron (flute), William Purvis (french horn), Charles Neidich (clarinet), Donald MacCourt (bassoon), Mary Ruth Ray (viola), Rhonda Rider (cello), Lydian String Quartet (strings), Daniel Stepner (violin),...
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Meyerbeer: Le Prophete
John Osborn (Jean), Marianne Cornetti (Fides), Lynette Tapia (Berthe), Albrecht Kludszuweit (Jonas), Pierre Doyen (Mathisen), Tijl Faveyts (Zacharie), Karel Martin Ludvik (Graf von Oberthal)
Essener Philharmoniker, Giuliano Carella
The best of Le Prophète is imaginative and powerful…Two roles dominate the piece, that of the delusional prophet Jean of Leyden, who comes to believe he is a new Messiah, and that of his intensely... — More…
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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]... — More…
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