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The Phantom of the Opera cover
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The Phantom of the Opera
[ Universal Pictures / DVD - released 20/Apr/2005 ]
Based on the hit musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the tale tells the story of a disfigured musical genius that haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely...
Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande cover
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Julien Behr, Vannina Santoni, Alexandre Duhamel, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, etc / Les Siècles, Chœur de l'Opéra de Lille François-Xavier Roth
[ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ]
'I enjoyed the orchestral contributions of Les Siècles and the lucidity that period instruments bring to Debussy's score...there's an almost clinical clarity to their playing.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Opera
Ombra mai fu: Francesco Cavalli Opera Arias cover
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FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Ombra mai fu: Francesco Cavalli Opera Arias
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Artaserse, with Emöke Baráth (soprano)
[ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ]
GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 WINNER - Recital
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) cover
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Arnold: The Dancing Master, Op. 34 cover
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: The Dancing Master, Op. 34
Eleanor Dennis (sop) Catherine Carby (mezzo) Fiona Kimm (contr) Ed Lyon (ten) Mark Wilde (ten), Graeme Broadbent (bass-bar), BBC Concert Orchestra
[ Resonus / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ]
"Arnold's inventive, eclectic score is vividly brought to life...this is no dismissible pastiche, but a seriously worthwhile addition to the repertoire." BBC Music Award WINNER 2021 - Opera
Miroir(s): Opera Arias cover
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Donizetti - La Fille du Régiment [Daughter of the Regiment] & Don Pasqual (recorded 2005/2006) cover
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti - La Fille du Régiment [Daughter of the Regiment] & Don Pasqual (recorded 2005/2006)
Juan Diego Florez, Patricia Ciofi, Isabel Rey, Ruggero Raimondi, etc
[ Decca Music Group DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 12/Dec/2019 ]
Juan Diego Flórez proves he's the new King Of The High C's in one of his greatest stage roles. He gives a sensational performance of Tonio's aria 'Ah! mes amis...' - with 9 top Cs sung not once, but twice!
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers) [complete opera] cover
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers) [complete opera]
Julie Fuchs, Cyrille Dubois, Florian Sempey, Luc Bertin-Hugaul / Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
[ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ]
Les Pêcheurs de Perles is best known for its glorious duet, but Georges Bizet's opera has much more to offer. This live recording more than ever brings out the brilliance of this oriental story about love, duty and friendship. In the last 150 years,...
Michael Spyres - BariTenor cover
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MOZART / MEHUL / OFFENBACH / LEONCAVALLO / LEHAR / WAGNER / RAVEL / etc
Michael Spyres - BariTenor
Michael Spyres (baritone/tenor) / Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja, Choeur d'hommes de l'Opéra national du Rhine
[ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ]
"The range of roles is astonishing, but then so are these performances...Spyres really is a tenor - and a baritone, it seems - who has the operatic world at his feet." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Vocal & Ensemble
Mozart: Il Sogno di Scipione (complete opera) cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Il Sogno di Scipione (complete opera)
The Choir and Orchestra of Classical Opera, Ian Page
[ Signum / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2017 ]
Classical Opera continue their continuing complete Mozart opera recording series with the one-act dramatic serenade 'Il sogno di Scipione', K126. Composed in 1771 as a celebratory homage to Prince Archbishop Sigismund Schrattenbach of Salzburg,...
Death in Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Death in Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013)
English National Opera / John Graham-Hall, Andrew Shore, Tim Mead / Edward Gardner (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 3/Mar/2014 ]
"Graham-Hall is a real stage-animal, convincing us utterly of his descent into obsession...every colour, timbre and texture of this richly imaginative score comes blazing through under Gardner's baton". (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera)
Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable (complete opera) cover
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable (complete opera)
John Osborn, Nicolas Courjal, Amina Edris, Erin Morley, Nico Darmanin / Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Marc Minkowsk
[ Bru Zane CDs + Book / 3 CD/Book - released 23/Sep/2022 ]
"It all adds up to a formidable re-evaluation of a seminal if neglected work, as well as being a remarkable achievement in its own right." Gramophone Recording of the Month Awards Issue 2022
Benjamin: Written on Skin (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY cover
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Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera) cover
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera)
Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, Michele Pertusi / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
[ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ]
"A Turandot for the ages? This recording holds its own against venerable competition and, in the original Alfano completion, is unique." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Opera
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride (complete operas recorded in 2011) cover
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Peter Grimes (complete opera filmed on Aldeburgh beach in 2013) cover
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Der fliegende Holländer cover
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SCHUMANN
Der fliegende Holländer
Christian Gerhaher, Christiane Iven, Alaistair Mills, Werner Gura / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Nikolaus Harnoncourt
[ RCO Live SACD / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2014 ]
"Anja Kampe provides one of the best Sentas on disc … there's a welcome fullness and firmness to her tone, together with a sense of identification with the character's obsessiveness." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera)
Gounod: Faust (complete original opera production from 1859) cover
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete original opera production from 1859)
Véronique Gens, Andrew Foster-Williams; Benjamin Bernheim; Jean-Sébastien Bou /Flemish Radio Choir, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
[ Bru Zane / 3 CD/Book - released 23/Aug/2019 ]
"It also happens to be a terrific recording on its own terms...Rousset underpins it all with conducting that is fleet and dramatically engaged." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short list - Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera) cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera)
Dimitris Tiliakos, Vito Priante, Myrtò Papatanasiu, Kenneth Tarver, Karina Gauvin / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
[ Sony Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ]
"Do not expect a familiar 'warm bath' experience here; it offers an invigorating shower of fresh new insights" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2017 - Opera Winner
Death in Venice (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Death in Venice (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY
English National Opera / John Graham-Hall, Andrew Shore, Tim Mead / Edward Gardner (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2014 ]
"Graham-Hall is a real stage-animal, convincing us utterly of his descent into obsession...every colour, timbre and texture of this richly imaginative score comes blazing through under Gardner's baton". (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera)
Stravaganza d'Amore!: The Birth of Opera at the Medici Court cover
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FANTINI:/ MALVEZZI / CACCINI / MARENZIO / BRUNELLI / STRIGGIO
Stravaganza d'Amore!: The Birth of Opera at the Medici Court
Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
[ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2017 ]
"The performances are highly polished, chorus and ensemble, producing a glossy and liberally embellished sound while the dozen soloists give fine and well-balanced contributions." BBC Music Opera Choice Oct 2017
Puccini: Le Willis (complete original production) cover
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Le Willis (complete original production)
Ermonela Jaho, Arsen Soghomonyan, Brian Mulligan / Opera Rara Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
[ Opera Rara / CD - released 25/Sep/2019 ]
"The chorus and orchestra are both impressive, while conductor Mark Elder delivers a lively and loving account of the score" BBC Music Award Finalist 2020
Elektra (complete opera recorded in 2013) cover
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra (complete opera recorded in 2013)
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Mikhail Petrenko / Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond)
[ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2014 ]
"There's nothing utilitarian about the cast, though, least of all its Elektra. Precise in pitch, unfailingly intense and charismatic, the German soprano Evelyn Herlitzius conquers every challenge." (Gramophone Award WINNER 2015 - Opera)
Elektra (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY cover
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Mikhail Petrenko / Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond)
[ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2014 ]
"There's nothing utilitarian about the cast, though, least of all its Elektra. Precise in pitch, unfailingly intense and charismatic, the German soprano Evelyn Herlitzius conquers every challenge." (Gramophone Award WINNER 2015 - Opera)
Moses und Aron cover
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SCHOENBERG
Moses und Aron
Franz Grundheber, Andreas Conrad / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg & EuropaChorAkademie, Sylvain Cambreling
[ Hanssler Classic / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2014 ]
"This imposing, intriguing opera is one of the most powerful contributions to 20th-century musical modernism and this recording does it justice." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera)
Wozzeck (complete opera recorded at the Bolshoi in 2010) cover
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Dean: Hamlet (Complete opera recorded in 2018) cover
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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY cover
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
Dutch National Opera / John Osborn, Mariangela Sicilia, Maurizio Muraro, Michèle Losier / Sir Mark Elder (cond)
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/May/2018 ]
"Osborn has all the vocal verve and dash to make the devil-may-care sculptor the constant centre of attention. Mariangela Sicilia uses her fearless, technically brilliant vocalism to sustain his beloved Teresa's vibrant personality…a musical treat"
Siegfried (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival) cover
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WAGNER
Siegfried (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival)
Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth
[ Testament / 4 CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ]
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2006: Historic - "I keep relistening to Keilberth's forging scene closing Act I. Keilberth naturally unfolds the lyrical strength of full rich Bayreuth strings, basses and timps deepen and gather force, Mime animates...
Moses und Aaron cover
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SCHOENBERG
Moses und Aaron
Franz Grundheber, Andreas Conrad, Johanna Winkel, Katharina Persicke / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg & EuropaChorAkademie, Sylvain Ca
[ Hanssler SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jan/2015 ]
"This imposing, intriguing opera is one of the most powerful contributions to 20th-century musical modernism and this recording does it justice." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera)
Steffani: Niobe Regina di Tebe (complete opera) cover
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AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Steffani: Niobe Regina di Tebe (complete opera)
Karina Gauvin, Philippe Jaroussky, Amanda Forsythe, Aaron Sheehan / Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs
[ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2015 ]
"The performance is never forced but always emotive...An exemplary testament of superb musicianship from all participants...this is a landmark event in Steffani's much-deserved rehabilitation." (Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2015 Baroque Vocal
Handel: Partenope, HWV 27 (complete opera) cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Partenope, HWV 27 (complete opera)
Karina Gauvin, Philippe Jaroussky, John Mark Ainsley, Teresa Iervolino / Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi
[ Erato / Virgin Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2015 ]
Handel's sparkling opera Partenope reunites Erato' star countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and the captivating Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin, who both made such an impact in the Erato recording of Steffani's rediscovered opera Niobe, released in early...
Wagner: Lohengrin [complete opera] cover
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Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in 2012) cover
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ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in 2012)
La Monnaie, Brussels / Barbara Hannigan (Lulu), Natascha Petrinsky, Tom Randle, Dietrich Henschel / Paul Daniel (cond)
[ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2014 ]
"It's a comparatively rare occurrence to encounter a performance on the opera stage that has such a magnetic visual and physical impact as Barbara Hannigan's portrayal of Berg's tragic heroine." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera)
Salieri: Armida cover
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Handel: Ottone (complete opera) cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ottone (complete opera)
Max Emanuel Cencic, Lauren Snouffer, Pavel Kudinov, Ann Hallenberg / Il Pomo d'Oro, George Petrou
[ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2017 ]
"this new recording is emphatically the version to have of an opera whose dramatic flaws are redeemed by magnificent individual scenes and any number of good tunes." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, September 2017
Vinci: Artaserse (complete opera) cover
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Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY cover
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Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (Complete opera) cover
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Berlioz: Les Troyens (complete opera recorded in 2012) cover
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