Deborah Polaski
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Deborah Polaski (Elektra), Felicity Palmer (Klytämnestra), Anne Schwanewilms (Chrysothemis), Graham Clark (Aegisth), Franz Grundheber (Orest)
West German Radio Chorus, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
…Bychkov trumps the competition spectacularly. He conducts the score uncut and summons up all its exultant power; but in addition to the growling savagery of Solti and others he finds rare... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, Opera Choice
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Vienna State Opera Gala 2005
Ferruccio Furlanetto (Leporello), Edita Gruberova (Donna Anna), Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni), Ildikó Raimondi (Zerlina), Michael Schade (Don Ottavio), Soile Isokoski (Donna Elvira) Ferruccio Furlanetto (Leporello), Boaz Daniel (Masetto), Soile Isokoski (Marschallin), Angelika Kirchschlager (Octavian)
Genia...
Last November the Vienna State Opera celebrated the 50th anniversary of the house's re-opening after the damage of the war had been repaired. The gala concert included extracts from all the... — More…
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Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Vienna Radio-Symphony Orchestra & Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bertrand De Billy
Bertrand de Billy is a strong advocate for the work in this live recording from a concert performance in the Vienna Konzerthaus. The sound is vivid enough and chorus and orchestra are splendid. — More…
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Plácido Domingo Sings Wagner
Plácido Domingo (tenor), David Cangelosi (tenor), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Violeta Urmana (mezzo-soprano), Deborah Voigt (soprano), Deborah Polaski (soprano), John Tomlinson (bass), Nina Stemme (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), Jared Holt (baritone)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden,...
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Sally Matthews (Blanche), Yann Beuron (Le Chevalier de la Force), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Le Marquis de la Force), Deborah Polaski (Madame de Croissy), Heidi Brunner (Madame Lidoine), Michelle Breedt (Mère Marie), Hendrickje van Kerckhove (Soeur Constance), Magdalena Anna Hofmann (Mere Jeanne), Christa...
The most successful singers are mezzo-soprano Michelle Breedt who brings the right tone of sympathy to the role of Mere Marie, and soprano Hendricke van Kerckhove whose Soeur Contsnace is delightfully... — More…
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Glanville-Hicks: Sappho
Deborah Polaski (Sappho), Martin Homrich (Phaon), Scott MacAllister (Pittakos), Roman Trekel (Diomedes), Wolfgang Koch (Minos) & John Tomlinson (Kreon)
Orquestra Gulbenkian and Coro Gulbenkian, Jennifer Condon
[Sappho] may not be a lost masterpiece. But it is certainly a massively professional piece of composition whose dramatic timg...keeps a fine balance between local detail and mainline plotting...What... — More…
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Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Deborah Polaski & Jane Henschel
Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy
The sumptuousness of the score doesn't quite come across in Bertrand de Billy's performance with the Vienna Radio Symphony. The voices lack allure, too - Deborah Polaski as Ariane seems under... — More…
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Waltraud Meier, Deborah Polaski, Alessandra Marc, Falk Struckmann
Berlin State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
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Tristan und Isolde: The Duet Scenes
Deborah Polaski (soprano) & Johan Botha (tenor)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Singverein, Bertrand De Billy
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