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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea RecommendedPhilippe Jaroussky (Nerone), Danielle de Niese (Poppea), Anna Bonitatibus (Ottavia), Max Emanuel Cencic (Ottone)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Danielle de Niese brings this production to life…camerawork and sound are very good indeed - the former is not too ‘busy’ and the latter is especially effective when heard on a decent audio system. — More…
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Building a Library, January 2014, DVD Choice
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Jake Arditti (Nerone), Ambroisine Bré (Ottavia), Iestyn Davies (Ottone), Alex Rosen (Seneca), Stuart Jackson (Arnalta), Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea are experts at this repertoire and play with skill, commitment, energy and some innovative continuo devices to reflect, emphasise and punctuate the singers...I... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
RecommendedFurio Zanasi (Orfeo), Arianna Savall (Euridice), Montserrat Figueras (La Musica), Sara Mingardo (Messaggiera)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
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Building a Library, May 2017, DVD Choice
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
Hana Blažíková (Minerva/Fortuna), Furio Zanasi (Ulisse), Lucile Richardot (Penelope), Michał Czerniawski (Pisandro), Gareth Treseder (Anfinomo), Gianluca Buratto (Tempo/Nettuno/Antinoo), English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner and Rooke’s conception for Ulisse is simple, direct and subtle. Richardot captures Penelope’s loneliness and constrained emotions...Furio Zanasi is a world-weary yet dignified Ulisse. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Ulisse), Graciela Araya (Penelope), Toby Spence (Telemaco), Jaco Huijpen (Antinoo), Christopher Gillett (Pisandro), Diana Montague (Minerva), Brian Asawa (Anfinomo)
Baroque Ensemble Orchestra, Glen Wilson, stage direction by Pierre Audi
a masterpiece of controlled timing and patience — More…
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Rolando Villazón (Ulysse), Magdalena Kožená (Pénélope), Katherine Watson (Junon), Kresimir Spicer (Eumée), Anne-Catherine Gillet (L’Amour/Minerve), Maarten Engeltjes (La Fragilité humaine/ Pisandre), Callum Thorpe (Le Temps/Antinoüs)
Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Clément’s ‘pop vision’ of the opera muddles historical periods and genres in an attempt to convey the work’s timeless universality…Among the chaos, Magdalena Kožená retains her dignity, pouring... — More…
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Sonya Yoncheva (Poppée), Max Emanuel Cencic (Néron), Ann Hallenberg (Octavie), Tim Mead (Othon), Paul Whelan (Sénèque) & Amel Brahim-Djelloul (Drusilla)
Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) & Jean-François Sivadier (stage director)
[Haim leads with] a fine sensitivity towards the urgent, tensile springiness of the melodic lines; and a superb handling of the instrumental forces...The title role here is taken by the suitably... — More…
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Patricia Schuman (Poppea), Richard Croft (Nerone), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Ottavia), Harry Peeters (Seneca), Darla Brooks (Drusilla), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Curtis Rayam (Arnalta), Jeffrey Gall (Ottone); Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, Michael Hampe (dir.)
Power is the focus of Hampe's glamorous staging...Kuhlmann's Ottavia is thrilling but sexual chemistry is absent. — More…
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the many instrumentalists are superb, the scoring options imaginative, and there’s some technically wonderful singing from eight magnificent soloists plus compelling eruptions from a volcanic... — More…
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The Monteverdi Trilogy
Furio Zanasi (baritone), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Krystian Adam, Hana Blazikova, Gianluca Burrato, Michał Czerniawski, Gareth Treseder, Kangmin Justin Kim, Carlo Vistoli, Anna Dennis, Marianna Pizzolato, Francesca Boncompagni, English Baroque Soloists (early music ensemble)
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