Browse: Charles Castronovo (tenor)
This page lists all recordings performed by Charles Castronovo.
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Puccini: I Canti - Orchestral Songs & Works RecommendedCharles Castronovo (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repušić
The most worthwhile element of this collection is the vocalism of American Charles Castronovo, whose tonal qualities are as Italianate as his name and who is in easy command of his appealing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th January 2024
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Puccini: Messa Di Gloria & Orchestral Works
Charles Castronovo (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
Oscillating between benign and highspirited in character, Puccini’s 1880 mass comes with moments that would not sound out of place in a Verdi opera. Don’t expect to plunge the emotional depths;... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Verdi: La Traviata
Marina Rebeka, Charles Castronovo, George Petean, Latvian Festival Orchestra, State Choir Latvija & Michael Balke
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Rebeka)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Castronovo)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Petean)
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico), Taylor Stayton (Arturo), Kwangchul Youn (Raimondo), Rachael Lloyd (Alisa), Peter Hoare (Normanno)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren, Katie Mitchell (dir.)
The staging is over-stuffed but it is not stupid or careless…Minute alterations in the textures of Donizetti’s orchestration are brilliantly clear. Were you not already persuaded that the opera... — More…
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Mascagni: L'amico Fritz
Salome Jicia (Suzel), Charles Castronovo (Fritz), Teresa Iervolino (Beppe), Massimo Cavalletti (Davide)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Frizza, Rosetta Cucchi
Charles Castronovo is an admirable Fritz. His last-act aria has great style, and for a moment you can believe this is a man who has fallen in love but is terrified of marriage. Salome Jicia's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo), Charles Castronovo (tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Dresden Staatskapelle, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Christian Thielemann
We find Thielemann balancing the operatic and the ecclesiastical superbly, pacing Verdi’s score unerringly…while the conductor is superb in the more reflective passages of the work, he is no... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
2 CDs
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Mascagni: L’amico Fritz
Salome Jicia (Suzel), Charles Castronovo (Fritz), Teresa Iervolino (Beppe), Massimo Cavalletti (Davide)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Frizza, Rosetta Cucchi
Charles Castronovo is an admirable Fritz. His last-act aria has great style, and for a moment you can believe this is a man who has fallen in love but is terrified of marriage. Salome Jicia's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Offer, Puccini: E Lucevan Le Stelle (Tosca) Charles Castronovo and Munich Radio Orchestra featuring Ivan Repušić, Charles Castronovo (soloist)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Ivan Repušić
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Becoming Traviata
RecommendedA film by Philippe Béziat from Verdi's Opera
Natalie Dessay (Violetta), Charles Castronovo (Alfredo), Ludovic Tézier (Germont), Jean-François Sivadier (director)
London Symphony Orchestra, Louis Langrée
the film is as much about how our relationship to this most famous opera changes with each encounter as it is about the process by which [Dessay] assumes the central role...Some will accuse Béziat... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, DVD Award Winner
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Opera Choice
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Verdi: La Traviata
Ermonela Jaho (Violetta), Charles Castronovo (Alfredo), Placido Domingo (Germont)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, Antonella Manacorda, Richard Eyre (director)
[Jaho's] tone is never what one could call ‘lustrous’, but she gets inside the character so thoroughly that one cannot help but suffer with her...and she battles so hard in Act 3 that one harbours... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Jaho)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Castronovo)
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