DVD Video, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87
Michael Spyres (Mitridate), Patricia Petibon (Aspasia), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Sifare), Christophe Dumaux (Farnace), Sabine Devieilhe (Ismène), Cyrille Dubois (Marzio) & Jaël Azzaretti (Arbate)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
This is a really good cast. Patricia Petibon’s daunting but brilliant first aria as Aspasia, ‘Al destin’, is sung with panache and nonchalant control. Michael Spyres negotiates the great vocal... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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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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Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Topi Lehtipuu (Hippolyte), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Aricie), Stéphane Degout (Thésée), Sarah Connolly (Phèdre), Jaël Azzaretti (L'Amour), Salomé Haller (Oenone), Marc Mauillon (Tisiphone / La Grande Prêtresse de Diane)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm, Ivan Alexandre
As a whole, Ivan Alexandre's production is appropriately stately and Antoine Fontaine's set seems superbly authentic...The drama in the first act coalesces around Sarah Connolly's powerful Phèdre,... — More…
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Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K196
Carlo Allemano (Don Anchise, Podestà), Erin Morley (Sandrina/Violante), Enea Scala (Comte Belfiore), Marie-Adeline Henry (Arminda), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Ramiro), Maria V. Savastano (Serpetta) & Nikolay Borchev (Roberto (Nardo))
Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm, David Lescot
Lescot mercifully refrains from 'clever' gags…The characters, all clad in contemporary white costumes, and their chaotic relationships are clearly drawn...All the cast seem natural stage animals... — More…
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2015, Opera Choice
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33 CDs + 19 DVD Videos
$210.25