Blu-Ray Video, Anna Maria Chiuri (mezzo-soprano)
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Puccini: Suor Angelica
María José Siri (Suor Angelica), Anna Maria Chiuri (La zia Principessa), Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Valerio Galli, Denis Krief
Krief’s austere, angular, copper-coloured set with barred windows provides an appropriately oppressive ambience. The lack of visual distraction ensures our attention is firmly focused where... — More…
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, Opera Choice
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Korngold: Violanta
Annemarie Kremer (Violanta), Michael Kupfer-Radecky (Simone Trovai), Norman Reinhardt (Alfonso), Peter Sonn (Giovanni Bracca), Soula Parassidis (Bice), Anna Maria Chiuri (Barbara); Orchestra e Coro Teatro Regio Torino, Pinchas Steinberg, Pier Luigi Pizzi
Pizzi’s staging aims for high drama but unfortunately registers as high camp….Some of the principal performances nevertheless strike home, especially Annemarie Kremer’s dignified, impassioned... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Bruno de Simone (Gianni Schicchi), Francesca Longari (Lauretta), Anna Maria Chiuri (Zita), Dave Monaco (Rinuccio), Costanza Fontana (Nella), Antonio Garés (Gherardo), Giada Frasconi (La Ciesca), Francesco Venuti (Betto di Signa)
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Valerio Galli, Denis...
Bruno de Simone is an amiable, bespectacled Schicchi who could win anyone around with his mellow voice and floral shirt. He sparks off nicely against Anna Maria Chiuri, an unusually young ‘vecchia’... — More…
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Puccini: Il Tabarro
Franco Vassallo (Michele), Angelo Villari (Luigi), María José Siri (Giorgetta), Anna Maria Chiuri (La Frugola), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Valerio Galli, Denis Krief (director)
This functional staging is doubtless similar to countless other Tabarros but its lack of glitz and gimmicks forces our attention onto some excellent musical and dramatic performances. Maria... — More…
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Salzburg Festival - 100 Years Anniversary Edition
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), John Daszak (tenor), Gábor Bretz, Anna Maria Chiuri (mezzo-soprano), Julian Prégardien (tenor), Angela Denoke (soprano), Raymond Very (tenor), Peter Hoare (tenor), Jurgita Adamonyte (mezzo-soprano), Johan Reuter (baritone), Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano),...