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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
RecommendedDiana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), Nicolas Teste (Nourabad)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Gianandrea Noseda, Penny Woolcock (dir.)
Woolcock finds a double drama in Bizet's opera..., Noseda drawing sumptuous playing from the Met Orchestra...The Met fields a magnificent cast. Matthew Polenzani is a puppyish Nadir...whil Mariusz... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Opera Recording
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Verdi: La Traviata
Diana Damrau (Violetta), Francesco Demuro (Alfredo), Ludovic Tézier (Germont), Anna Pennisi (Flora), Cornelia Oncioiu (Annina), Kevin Amiel (Gastone), Fabio Previati (Il Barone Douphol), Nicolas Testé (Dottore Grenvil)
L’Opéra National de Paris, Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Vocally, Damrau can run rings around the notes, but in this role that's not enough. Francesco Demuro makes a likeable if uninteresting Alfredo…best of the principals is Ludovic Tézier's Giorgio... — More…
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Operas - Teatro Alla Scala
Teatro alla Scala, Zubin Mehta, Michele Mariotti, Ádám Fischer, Franz Welser-Möst
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Will Hartmann (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Diana Damrau (Königin der Nacht), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Adrian Thompson (Monostatos), Thomas Allen (Sprecher)
Royal Opera House, Sir Colin Davis, David McVicar
‘Diana Damrau’s supremely sung Queen of the Night oozes class, while Simon Keenlyside’s profoundly human, touchingly sympathetic view of Papageno deserves an Olivier Award. — More…
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384
Diana Damrau (Konstanze), Olga Peretyatko (Blonde), Christoph Strehl (Belmonte), Norbert Ernst (Pedrillo), Franz-Josef Selig/Christoph Quest (Bassa Selim)
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, Ivor Bolton
in this Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail everything is germane to the text that Mozart set, and Loy makes work of depth and strong emotion from what can seem like an overlong comedy...every singer... — More…
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Bellini: I Puritani
Diana Damrau (Elvira), Javier Camarena (Arturo), Ludovic Tézier (Riccardo), Nicolas Testé (Sir Giorgio), Annalisa Stroppa (Enrichetta) & Fernando Radó (Gualtiero
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real - Madrid, Evelino Pidò (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (stage director)
Emilio Sagi’s production is monochrome and beautifully lit, blends traditional costumes with an abstract setting, frames his soloists with elegance, and draws detailed performances from them,... — More…
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Carlos Álvarez, Diana Damrau, Golda Schultz, Markus Werba, Marianne Crébassa, Anna Maria Chiuri
Teatro alla Scala, Franz Welser-Möst
At first the orchestra sounds a little stiff, but as the night goes on Welser-Möst unbends and the combination of his Austrian grace and the Italian orchestra’s warmth is appealing…Crebassa’s... — More…
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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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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Diana Damrau (Susanna), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Figaro), Pietro Spagnoli (Il Conte di Almaviva), Marcella Orsatti Talamanca (La Contessa di Almaviva) & Monica Bacelli (Cherubino)
Teatro Alla Scala, Gérard Korsten (conductor) & Giorgio Strehler (stage director)
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Mozart Operas Box Set
Will Hartmann (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Diana Damrau (Königin der Nacht), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Adrian Thompson (Monostatos), Thomas Allen (Sprecher), Gillian Webster, Christine Rice, Yvonne Howard (Drei Damen), Alan Oke, Graeme...
