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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov, Svetlana Aksenova, Larissa Diadkova
Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
4It’s certainly wacky. But it’s followed through with rigorous brilliance…musically all is superb; this is the equal of Mariss Jansons’s first-rate Bavarian CD recording, with some of the same... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Opera Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2018, Winner - Jahrespreis
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The Blu-ray Experience - Opera & Ballet Highlights Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura, Simon Keenlyside & Agnes Letestu, Cecilia Bartoli & Bryn Terfel
Royal Opera House, Paris Opera Ballet, Teatro Real, Glyndebourne, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Drottningholm Theatre, De Nederlandse Opera
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Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
John Meehan (Count Danilo), Karen Kain (Widow Hanna Glawari), Raymond Smith (Camille), Yoko Ichino (Valencienne)
The National Ballet of Canada, The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, Ermanno Florio
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Viscera, Carmen, Afternoon of a Faun & Tchaikovsky pas de deux
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, October 2015
Marianela Nuñez, Carlos Acosta, Federico Bonelli & Matthew Golding, Sarah Lamb & Vadim Muntagirov, Laura Morera, Marianela Nuñez & Ryoichi Hirano, Iana Salenko & Steven McRae
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Martin Yates, Emmanuel Plasson
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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta - The Nutcracker Sonya Yoncheva, Arnold Rutkowski, Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Dmitri Tcherniakov (director)
There are far more pluses than minuses here: you can say the opera is a great success, the ballet a bit controversial but quite intriguing and definitely a bold approach to a classic. — More…
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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice Orpheus - Yann Bridard (ballet), Maria Riccarda Wesseling (opera), Eurydice - Marie-Agnès Gillot (ballet), Julia Kleiter (opera), Amor - Miteki Kudo (ballet ) & Sunhae Im (opera)
Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris & Balthasar-Neumann Chor & Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock
Even though I’m a bit allergic to Bausch’s brand of Teutonic gloom, I can’t deny that this has a rare emotional intensity which grows out of the music. — More…
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Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat
Nacho Duato (Soldier), Aryeh Weiner (Devil), Gerald Tibbs (Alter Ego), Teresina Mosco (Mother), Fiona Lummis (Fiancée), Lionel Hoche (Friend of the Soldier) & Karin Heyninck (Princess)
Nederlands Dans Theater, David Porcelijn
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Tchaikovsky: Cherevichki (The Slippers)
Larissa Diadkova (Solokha), Maxim Mikhailov (The Devil), Vladimir Matorin (Chub), John Upperton (Panas), Olga Guryakova (Oxana), Vsevolod Grivnov (Vakula), Alexander Vassiliev (Pan Golova), Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (The Schoolmaster), Olga Sabadoch (Odark), Changhan Lim (Wood Goblin), Andrew Macnair...
[Mokrov's designs] positively glow with snowy Russian colour and charm, especially on Blu-ray...Polianichko makes an affectionate case for the score — More…
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Gala Mariinsky II
Live recording from Mariinsky II in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013
Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Olga Borodina, Plácido Domingo, Alexei Markov, Yevgeny Nikitin, Ildar Abdrazakov, René Pape, Mikhail Petrenko, Sergei Semishkur (Opera), Olga Esina, Kim Kimin, Anastasia Kolegova, Yekaterina Kondaurova, Ulyana Lopatkina, Alexander Sergeyev, Vladimir Shklyarov,...
The ballet excerpts highlight stunning technical control over bravura…the basses generally win the day, Mikhail Petrenko offering a sonorous ‘Ey Ukhnem!’ and Evgeny Nikitin an imposing Boris... — More…
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