DVD Video, Massenet (composer)
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Massenet: Werther
Juan Diego Flórez (Werther), Anna Stéphany (Charlotte), Mélissa Petit (Sophie), Audun Iversen (Albert), Cheyne Davidson (Le Bailli), Martin Zysset (Schmidt)
Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Kinderchor der Oper Zürich, Cornelius Meister, Tatjana Gurbaca (dir).
Director Tatjana Gürbaca and designer Klaus Grünberg have transformed Massenet’s masterpiece into a compelling drama that glues you to the edge of your seat from start to finish…Flórez gives... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Opera Choice
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Massenet: Don Quichotte
Gábor Bretz, David Stout, Anna Goryachova,
Wiener Symphoniker, Daniel Cohen, Mariame Clément
Cohen spins a deft line through a score that can be utterly bewitching...Gábor Bretz and Anna Goryachova, Quixote and Dulcinée, both make the most of their big numbers, his Act I serenade and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAnna Netrebko (Manon), Rolando Villazón (Des Grieux), Alfredo Daza (Lescaut), Christof Fischesser (Le Comte des Grieux), Rémy Corazza (Guillot de Morfontaine), Arttu Kataja (De Brétigny), Hanan Alattar (Poussette)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Vincent Paterson
[Netrebko] is a real stage animal, constantly reacting to what is happening around her — More…
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also recommended
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Massenet: Cendrillon
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Cendrillon), Alice Coote (Prince Charming), Eglise Gutiérrez (Fairy Godmother), Ewa Podles (Madame de la Haltère), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Pandolfe), Madeleine Pierard (Noémie), Kai Rüütel (Dorothée), Jeremy White (Le Roi)
The Royal Opera House, Bertrand de Billy, Laurent Pelly
Pelly's production has a style all of its own...DiDonato is winning in Cinderella's smiles and tears, though vocally a little edgy. But she's well ballasted by...Alice Coote, who is intense... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th April 2012
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Massenet: Cendrillon
RecommendedDanielle de Niese (Cendrillon), Kate Lindsey (Le Prince Charmant), Agnes Zwierko (Madame de la Haltière), Nina Minasyan (La Fée), Lionel Lhote (Pandolfe)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, John Wilson
Wilson’s conducting holds the score’s Gallic wit, dream-fantasy and sensuous romance in balance, conjuring delicious sounds from the London Philharmonic…Minasyan’s delicate, pinpoint accuracy... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th June 2020
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33 CDs + 19 DVD Videos
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Massenet: Manon
Annick Massis (Manon Lescaut), Alessandro Liberatore (Le chevalier Des Grieux), Roger Joakim (Le comte Des Grieux), Papuna Tchuradze (Guillot de Morfontaine), Patrick Delcour (De Brétigny), Pierre Doyen (Lescaut), Sandra Pastrana (Poussette), Sabine Conzen (Javotte) & Alexise Yerna (Rosette)
Orchestra...
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Alfredo Kraus - Live in Las Palma
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Jose Collado
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Another very welcome release of outstanding quality from the Royal Ballet. — More…
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Great Stars of Opera Vol. 2
Birgit Nilsson (1963), George London (1962), Franco Corelli & Lisa Della Casa (1962), Renata Tebaldi (1961), Giuseppe Di Stefano & Teresa Stratas (1963), Regina Resnik & Robert Merrill (1965), Nicolai Gedda & Giorgio Tozzi (1959), Phyllis Curtin, Nicolai Gedda & Theodor Uppman,...
