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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Sigismondo (complete opera) Margarita Gritskova, Maria Aleida, Paula Sánchez-Valverde, César Arrieta / Camerata Bach Choir PoznaĆ, Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "To modern ears, Sigismondo sounds fresh - as if it's a brand new offering by one of opera's all-time greats. An emphasis on madness and guilt and coloratura expressions of inner feeling results in a fascinating meeting of convention with experiment" |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Turco in Italia (complete opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas / Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Conductor) / Tullio Serafin (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] Callas's Fiorilla is the tenth complete opera recording she made, the only one for EMI [Columbia/Angel] that she undertook of a then unknown work, and which she would later sing at La Scala, Milan. |
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L'Italiana in Algeri [The Italian Girl in Algiers] (complete opera) Mariana Pizzolato / Lorenzo Regazzo / Lawrence Brownlee / Bruno de Simone / Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir / Virtuosi Brunensis / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Using the critical edition by Azio Corghi, this recording of L'Italiana in Algeri was made at a jubilee performance of the XXth Rossini in Wildbad Festival in 2008. For his tenth opera, the already celebrated 21-year-old Rossini wanted 'a humorous... |
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ROSSINI
La Donna Del Lago (complete opera recorded in 2006) Mariana Pizzolato / Sonia Ganassi / Maxim Mironov / Prague Chamber Choir / SWR Radio Orchestra / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "Maxim Mironov is memorable as the King and there are equally compelling performances by Sonia Ganassi, Marianna Pizzolato and Ferdinand von Bothmer." (Gramophone) |
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ROSSINI
Otello (complete opera) Michael Spyres / Jessica Pratt / Ugo Gagliardo / Cluj Transilvania Philharmonic Choir / Virtuosi Brunensis / Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 11/May/2010 ] "Powerful American tenor Michael Spyres is in lower tessitura and sings Otello characterfully and flawlessly. English soprano Jessica Pratt, is strong and heartfelt in the role of Desdemona. All supporting roles are equally fine." (TheWholeNote.com) |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Matilde di Shabran (Original version of the opera) Sara Blanch, Michele Angelini, Gianluca Ascheri, Lamia Beuque, Emmanuel Franco / Górecki Chamber Choir, Passionart Orchestra, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2020 ] This 2019 Rossini in Wildbad production is unique in being the world premiere recording of the score's original 1821 Rome version. |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (complete opera recorded in 2007) Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento / Marco Vinco / Alessandra Marianelli / Andrea Concetti / Antonello Allemandi (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] G - Filmed at the Teatro Rossini, Pesaro, Italy, 18 August 2007. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante (Complete opera) Petia Petrova, Marco di Felice, Marco Vinco / Czech Chamber Chours / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 29/Jul/2002 ] "The cast is accomplished...with incisive diction and alert musicality. The one standout is the recording's Ernestina, the young Bulgarian mezzo Petia Petrova. She's a lively, vivid vocal presence, with the technique " - Opera News |
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Podles/Hungarian State Opera
Rossini:arias [ Naxos / CD ] |
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PUCCINI / DELIBES / ROSSINI / WAGNER ./ VERDI / CANTANI / BIZET
The Movies Go To The Opera Renata Scotto, Jose Carreras, Mady Mesple, Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Carlo del Monte, Victoria de los Angeles, etc [ EMI / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Favourite classical tracks from classic movies! |
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Rossini: Mosè in Egitto (complete opera recorded in August 2011) Riccardo Zanellato, Alex Esposito, Dmitry Korchak, Sonia Ganassi / Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Roberto Abbado & Graham Vick [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] This thought-provoking, modern-day interpretation of Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto" sets the scene for superior music-making at the prestigious Rossini Festival in Pesaro. For conductor Roberto Abbado, the transposition of the action to the present day... |
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ROSSINI
Rossini: Mosè in Egitto (Recorded live at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro, August 2011) Riccardo Zanellato, Alex Esposito, Dmitry Korchak, Sonia Ganassi/ Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Roberto Abbado & Graham Vick [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] This thought-provoking, modern-day interpretation of Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto" sets the scene for superior music-making at the prestigious Rossini Festival in Pesaro. |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia [The barber of Seville] (complete opera) Roberto Servile, Sonia Ganassi, Ramon Vargas / Hungarian Radio Chorus / Failoni Chamber orchestra / Will Humburg [ Naxos Opera Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Radio 3: Building a Library Budget Choice - December 2001 |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: L'Occasione fa il ladro (complete opera recorded in 2017) Rossini in Wildbad / Patrick Kabongo, Vera Talerko, Kenneth Tarver, Lorenzo Regazzo / Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Foglian [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Recorded at the Köngliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad, Germany, 13 and 22 July 2017 |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: L'Occasione fa il ladro (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Rossini in Wildbad / Patrick Kabongo, Vera Talerko, Kenneth Tarver, Lorenzo Regazzo / Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Foglian [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Recorded at the Köngliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad, Germany, 13 and 22 July 2017 |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (complete opera recorded live August 2012) Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro / Ewa Podles, Jessica Pratt, Michael Spyres, Mirco Palazzi / Will Crutchfield (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Podles makes for a feisty Ciro, her black treacle contralto imperious, even if her coloratura is now a little effortful...Pratt's Amira is excellent...The audience's matinee idol here, though, is Michael Spyres...a bari-tenor if ever there was one!" |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (complete opera recorded live August 2012) BLU-RAY Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro / Ewa Podles, Jessica Pratt, Michael Spyres, Mirco Palazzi / Will Crutchfield (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "There are few better exponents of this genre of Rossini trouser roles, and this one in particular, than Ewa Podles. Formidable in her vocal range, she makes more than a cardboard character out of the part with outstanding acting and singing"MusicWeb |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Guillaume Tell [William Tell] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Gerald Finley, Malin Byström, John Osborn, Sofia Fomina, Nicolas Courjal / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Aug/2017 ] Rossini's final opera helped to lay the foundations of the genre of French grand opéra that dominated European stages throughout the mid-19th century. The opera's theme is liberty, as exemplified in the struggle against Austrian occupation led by the... |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra (complete opera recorded in 2021) Serena Farnocchia, Patrick Kabongo, Mert Süngü, Veronica Marini / Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Rossini's rarely performed Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra was his first opera for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. With the composer showcasing and indeed recycling some of his best music, it was an enormous success and allowed him to become... |