Donizetti
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Baritenor
RecommendedMichael Spyres (baritenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja
Spyres has a remarkable range and is a consummate vocal chameleon too...in a truly remarkable finale to his ‘Largo al factotum’, Rossini’s Figaro is indeed all things to all men vocally. What... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th September 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Opera, December 2021, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Voice & Ensemble
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French Bel Canto Arias
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris
Her voice is both pure and full-bodied, with an extensive range in terms of both tessitura and characterisation, allowing her to do justice to the many different moods showcased on this recording,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Recording
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this is not any tenor, but an artist who aspires to recreate the style of the fabled French ténor de grâce with top notes sung from the head and not the chest...Crisp diction and a graceful... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Joyce DiDonato: Stella di Napoli
RecommendedBel Canto Arias
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi
everyone who cares about singing should promote it immediately to the top of their letters to Santa. Creamy, sumptuous, almost flawless - every adjective may be a cliché, but how else to describe... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2014
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Vocal Award Winner
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Récital lyrique
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Boulevard des Italiens
RecommendedBenjamin Bernheim (tenor), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
There’s something of the young Roberto Alagna about Bernheim’s tenor, a bright, open sound, unforced and with a sunny smile in his voice. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
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Opera, August 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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The first thing to say is that Bernheim has an immaculate natural voice – rich, flexible, mellifluous and nuanced. He is at his very best in French items from the later 19th century…Moreover,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Opera, April 2020, Disc of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Listening to the music composed for [Duprez] by a generation of French composers, you can understand the excitement he caused…this CD is more than musical archaeology. Spyres is a magnificent... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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Opera, October 2017, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Recital
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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
RecommendedNatalie Dessay (Marie), Juan Diego Flórez (Tonio), Felicity Palmer (La Marquise de Birkenfeld), Alessandro Corbelli (Sulpice), Donald Maxwell (Hortensius), Dawn French (La Duchesse de Crackentorp)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bruno Campanella
Laurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's opéra comique was one of the highlights of the Royal Opera's 2006-7 season, and viewing this well-produced DVD of the show it's perfectly obvious why.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - DVD
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, DVD Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, DVD of the Year
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The voice is elegant, flexible and carefully controlled, with sympathetic support provided by Gli Originali under the baton of Riccardo Frizza. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th November 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, Recording of the Month
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Donizetti: L'esule di Roma
Nicola Alaimo (Murena), Albina Shagimuratova (Argelia), Sergey Romanovsky (Settimio), Lluís Calvet i Pey (Publio), André Henriques (Lucio/Flavio), Kezia Bienek (Leontina)
Britten Sinfonia, Carlo Rizzi
2 CDs
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