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Opera in English

Opera, performed in English.

Chandos Opera in English is produced in association with the Peter Moores Foundation and aims to make opera available to a wider audience by presenting the performances in English.

The series, which was launched in 1995 with The Barber of Seville, is to include many of the most popular operas in the repertoire. The Barber, which was very well received, has Bruce Ford as the Count, Della Jones as Rosina and Alan Opie as Figaro. Tosca was released in 1996 and stars Jane Eaglen as Tosca, Dennis O'Neill as Cavaradossi and Gregory Yurisich as Scarpia. All future recordings of Opera in English will appear on this label with a CHAN3000 numbering sequence.

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  • Wagner: The Mastersingers

    Wagner: The Mastersingers

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    Margaret Curphey (Eva), Alberto Remedios (Walther), Norman Bailey (Hans Sachs), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Beckmesser), Ann Robson (Magdalene), Gregory Dempsey (David), Noel Mangin (Pogner), Stafford Dean (Nightwatchman)

    Sadlers Wells Chorus & Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall

    It's eminently listenable, capturing the musical and spiritual glow of Goodall's orchestra and voices, masterfully embodying the comedy's entwining pain and laughter. …this is not only something... — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 30th Jun 2008
    • Catalogue No: CHAN3148(4)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English

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    4 CDs

    $30.75

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  • Great Operatic Arias 22 - Gerald Finley

    Offer,Great Operatic Arias 22 - Gerald Finley

    Gerald Finley (baritone)

    London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Edward Gardner

    All essentials for a recital are present here: the featured artist in good voice, imagination capable of bringing 13 different characters to life..., apt recording decisions and on-the-pace accompaniment...Both... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2010 More…
    • Release Date: 1st Feb 2010
    • Catalogue No: CHAN3167
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English, Great Operatic Arias
    • Length: 68 minutes

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    CD

    $11.50

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  • Smetana: The Bartered Bride

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    Susan Gritton (Ma¡renka), Yvette Bonner (Esmeralda), Yvonne Howard (Ludmila), Diana Montague (Háta), Paul Charles Clarke (Jeník), Robin Leggate (Ringmaster), Timothy Robinson (Va¡sek), Neal Davies (Kru¡sina), Geoffrey Moses (Mícha), Peter Rose (Kecal) & Kit Hesketh-Harvey (Indian)

    Philharmonia...

    By almost any reckoning, this is the most popular of Czech operas, in the repertory of almost every opera house, so it is astonishing how few recordings have appeared in recent years; Košler's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…
    • Release Date: 10th Oct 2005
    • Catalogue No: CHAN3128(2)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English
    • Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

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    2 CDs

    $21.00

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  • Janacek: Katya Kabanova

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    Cheryl Barker (Katya), Jane Henschel (Kabanicha), Robert Brubaker (Boris Grigoryevich), Peter Hoare (Tichon Kabanov), Peter Wedd (Kudryash), Victoria Simmonds (Varvara), Kathleen Wilkinson (Glasha), Gwynne Howell (Dikoi); Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi

    …Rizzi illuminates… with almost Puccinian warmth, while keenly evoking the tightening tensions beneath. …Barker's… intense soprano, large for the role, makes Katya sound stronger than usual... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 1st Oct 2007
    • Catalogue No: CHAN3145(2)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English
    • Length: 90 minutes

    Awards:

    2 CDs

    $21.00

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  • Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel

    Offer,Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel

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    Rebecca Evans (Gretel), Jennifer Larmore (Hansel), Jane Henschel (The Witch), Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude), Robert Hayward (Peter), Sarah Tynan (Dew Fairy), Diana Montague (Sandman), Sarah Coppen (Cuckoo)

    Philharmonia Orchestra & New London Children’s Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras

    What distinguishes this version is primarily the vigorous and large-scale conducting of Sir Charles Mackerras. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 29th May 2007
    • Catalogue No: CHAN3143(2)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English
    • Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

    Awards:

    2 CDs

    $21.00

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  • Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos

    Offer,Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos

    Sung in English: translation by Christopher Cowell

    Christine Brewer (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Robert Dean Smith (Bacchus/The Tenor), Alice Coote (Composer), Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta), Stephen Fry (Major-Domo), Alan Opie (Music Master), John Graham-Hall (Dancing Master/Scaramuccio), Roderick Williams (Harlequin), Matthew Rose (Truffaldino), Wynne Evans...

    Brewer's luscious Ariadne had to be captured on disc...There's another essential performance from Alice Coote...with unflinchingly full top notes that few other genuine mezzos possess...I've... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 31st Aug 2010
    • Catalogue No: CHAN3168(2)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English
    • Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

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  • Janacek: Jenufa, Her Step-Daughter

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    Janice Watson (Jenufa), Josephine Barstow (Kostelnicka), Nigel Robson (Laca Klemen), Peter Wedd (Števa Buryja), Elizabeth Vaughan (Grandmother Buryjovka), Neal Davies (Foreman)

    Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

    • Release Date: 10th May 2004
    • Catalogue No: CHAN3106(2)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English
    • Length: 2 hours 0 minutes

    Awards:

    2 CDs

    $21.00

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  • Donizetti: The Elixir of Love

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    Barry Banks (Nemorino), Mary Plazas (Adina), Ashley Holland (Belcore), Andrew Shore (Dulcamara)

    Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry

    • Catalogue No: CHAN3027(2)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English
    • Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

    Awards:

    2 CDs

    $21.00

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  • Janáček: The Makropulos Case

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    Cheryl Barker (Emilia Marty - 'E.M.'), Robert Brubaker (Albert Gregor), John Graham-Hall (Vítek), Elena Xanthoudakis (Kristina), John Wegner (Baron Jaroslav Prus), Thomas Walker (Janek Prus), Neal Davies (Dr Kolenaty), Graeme Danby (Stage Hand), Graham Clark (Count Hauk-Šendorf)

    English National...

    Mackerras's reading, recorded in live performance, is slightly more expansive than his benchmark Vienna version… but the passionately lyrical urgency and sense of mystery drive it along just... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 29th Jan 2007
    • Catalogue No: CHAN3138(2)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English
    • Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

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    2 CDs

    $21.00

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  • Mozart: The Magic Flute

    Offer,Mozart: The Magic Flute

    Barry Banks (Tamino), Rebecca Evans (Pamina), Elizabeth Vidal (Queen of the Night), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), John Tomlinson (Sarastro), Lesley Garrett (Papagena), John Graham-Hall (Monostatos)

    Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

    Of all repertoire operas, none gains more than The Magic Flute from performance in the language of the audience. Musically, the performance is hard to fault. Articulation is light and buoyant,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 7th Mar 2005
    • Catalogue No: CHAN3121(2)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Opera in English
    • Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

    Awards:

    2 CDs

    $21.00

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