Blu-Ray Video, Bel Air Classiques (label)
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Strauss, R: Elektra
RecommendedEvelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Mikhail Petrenko (Orest), Tom Randle (Aegisth), Franz Mazura (Der Pfleger des Orest)
Coro Gulbenkian & Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Herlitzius as the vengeful daughter is vocally tireless...Chereau exacts similarity intense, realistic performance from Adrianne Pieczonka as Chrysothemis...Other crucial elements in a total... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Opera
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Opéra
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Britten: Billy Budd
Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald), Francisco Vas (Squeak), Sam Furness (Novice); Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner
The strength of the production is its universality…The acting works so well in close-up that it is possible to follow this performance almost like a film…[Imbrailo’s] warm, unforced singing... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Opéra
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - DVD/Blu-ray
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser), Marina Prudenskaya (Venus), Ann Petersen (Elisabeth), Peter Mattei (Wolfram von Eschenbach), René Pape (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Musically, here is work from the conductor and orchestra on the level of their 2013 London Proms Ring...A well-chosen cast make much of the sympathetic acoustic of the Staatsoper's temporary... — More…
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Mozart: Lucio Silla, K135
Kurt Streit (Silla), Patricia Petibon (Giunia), Silvia Tro Santafé (Cecilio), Inga Kalna (Cinna), María José Moreno (Celia), Kenneth Tarver (Aufidio)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real de Madrid, Ivor Bolton, Claus Guth
Streit is good at acting tyrant, a blend of arbitrary power and remorse…but under pressure his tone things out. Silvia Tro Santafé is a dependable Cecilio. But the vocal laurels, and the principal... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Opera Choice
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Rimsky Korsakov: The Snow Maiden
Aida Garifullina (Snowmaiden), Yuriy Mynenko (Lel), Martina Serafin (Kupava), Maxim Paster (Tsar Berendy), Thomas Johannes Mayer (Mizguir)
Opéra national de Paris, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Dmitri Tcherniakov
Tatarnikov is sensitive to the score’s brilliant colours and vividly imagined textures, drawing on the fine playing of the Paris Opera Orchestra and the enthusiastic engagement – both vocal... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Andreas Schager (Tristan), Anja Kampe (Isolde), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Stephen Milling (King Marke), Stephan Rügamer (Melot)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Dmitri Tcherniakov
[Barenboim's] contribution is masterly, especially in terms of the impeccable balance and refinement of the orchestral playing and the steady momentum of his finely shaped interpretation, which... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Rameau: Platée
Mathias Vidal (Thespis), Nahuel Di Pierro (Un Satyre/Citheron), Marc Mauillon (Momus), Julie Fuchs (Thalie/La Folie), Tamara Bounazou (L'Amour/Clarine), Lawrence Brownlee (Platée), Jean Teitgen (Jupiter), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Mercure), Adrianna Bignani Lesca (Junon), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Choeurs...
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Verdi: Falstaff
Roberto De Candia (Falstaff), Simone Piazzola (Ford), Rebecca Evans (Alice), Daniela Barcellona (Mistress Quickly), Ruth Iniesta (Nannetta), Joel Prieto (Fenton), Maite Beaumont (Meg Page)
Teatro Real, Daniele Rustioni, Laurent Pelly
None of Pelly’s characters is especially appealing...Fortunately, the musical performances are stronger than the production. Daniele Rustioni has proved his worth in Verdi, particularly with... — More…
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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Orpheus - Yann Bridard (ballet), Maria Riccarda Wesseling (opera), Eurydice - Marie-Agnès Gillot (ballet), Julia Kleiter (opera), Amor - Miteki Kudo (ballet ) & Sunhae Im (opera)
Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris & Balthasar-Neumann Chor & Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock
Even though I’m a bit allergic to Bausch’s brand of Teutonic gloom, I can’t deny that this has a rare emotional intensity which grows out of the music. — More…
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