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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Parsifal), Katarina Dalayman (Kundry), Peter Mattei (Amfortas), René Pape (Gurnemanz), Evgeny Nikitin (Klingsor), Rúni Brattaberg (Titurel), Maria Zifchak (Stimme)
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Daniele Gatti, Francois Girard (dir.)
Kaufmann is the Parsifal we've all been waiting for...Matching his agonies are those of Peter Mattei's Amfortas and Katarina Dalayman's lustrous, secure Kundry, while the relaxed, minimal gestures... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Opera
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Opéra
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
RecommendedGerald Finley (Hans Sachs), Anna Gabler (Eva), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Beckmesser), Marco Jentzsch (Walther), Topi Lehtipuu (David), Michaela Selinger (Magdalene), Alastair Miles (Pogner)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski, David McVicar
McVicar's staging stokes the glow of Meistersinger's humane heart...and above all he reminds us that this is an opera about youth and self-discovery. Gerald Finley's pivotal Sachs relish[es]... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
RecommendedRobert Gambill (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Katarina Karnéus (Brangäne), Bo Skovhus (Kurwenal), René Pape (König Marke), Stephen Gadd (Melot), Timothy Robinson (Hirt/Junger Seemann)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek, Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Stemme's fiery Irish princess is even finer than on the Domingo CD… Gambill's burly Tristan projects a darker, more resigned intensity… Pape's black-voiced Marke rightly dominates the stage…... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, First Choice (Blu-ray)
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Das Rheingold Derek Welton (bass-baritone), Thomas Blondelle, Markus Brück, Andrew Harris, Tobias Kehrer, Annika Schlicht, Jacquelyn Stucker, Flurina Stucki, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Stefan Herheim, Sir Donald Runnicles
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Wagner: Die Walküre Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), Elisabeth Teige (Sieglinde), Brandon Jovanovich (Siegmund), Iain Paterson (Wotan), Annika Schlicht (Fricka), Tobias Kehrer (Hunding)
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles, Stefan Herheim
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Wagner: Das Rheingold Michael Volle (Wotan), Rolando Villazón (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Freia), Mika Kares (Fasolt), Peter Rose (Fafner)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Stephen Gould (Tannhäuser), Lise Davidsen (Elisabeth), Elena Zhidkova (Venus), Markus Eiche (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Stephen Milling (Hermann), Bayreuth Festival, Valéry Gergiev (conductor), Tobias Kratzer (director)
Kratzer has found an interesting frame story through which to parallel and illustrate the dramatic conflicts of Wagner’s early Romantic opera...The cast here play as a really tight company...[Davidsen]... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Emily Magee (Sieglinde), Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), John Lundgren (Wotan), Sarah Connolly (Fricka), Ain Anger (Hunding), Lise Davidsen (Ortlinde)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Keith Warner
Pappano has always had a special relationship with the Ring’s second part…and the Royal Opera House Orchestra rewards him with some of its most sumptuous playing. The cast in this 2018 staging... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Opera Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - DVD/Blu-ray
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer Markus Marquardt (Der Holländer), Kurt Rydl (Daland), Radostina Nikolaeva (Senta), Kostadin Andreev (Erik), Daniel Ostretsov (Steurmann), Alexandrina Stoyanova (Mary), Orchestra and Chorus of the Sofia Opera and Ballet, Rossen Gergov, Plamen Kartaloff (director)
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Offer, Wagner: Siegfried Clay Hilley (Siegfried), Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), Iain Paterson (Wanderer) Ya-Chung Huang (Mime), Jordan Shanahan (Alberich)
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles, Stefan Herheim