Charles Castronovo
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Puccini: I Canti - Orchestral Songs & Works
RecommendedCharles Castronovo (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repušić
The most worthwhile element of this collection is the vocalism of American Charles Castronovo, whose tonal qualities are as Italianate as his name and who is in easy command of his appealing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th January 2024
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
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Special offer. Puccini: Messa Di Gloria & Orchestral Works
Charles Castronovo (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
Oscillating between benign and highspirited in character, Puccini’s 1880 mass comes with moments that would not sound out of place in a Verdi opera. Don’t expect to plunge the emotional depths;... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Verdi: La Traviata
Marina Rebeka, Charles Castronovo, George Petean, Latvian Festival Orchestra, State Choir Latvija & Michael Balke
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Rebeka)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Castronovo)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Petean)
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New. Noble Renegades. Verdi: Scenes & Arias
Charles Castronovo (tenor), Tomas Pavilionis, Kristin Sampson, Tadas Girininkas, Kaunas State Choir
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
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Mascagni: L’amico Fritz
Salome Jicia (Suzel), Charles Castronovo (Fritz), Teresa Iervolino (Beppe), Massimo Cavalletti (Davide)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Frizza, Rosetta Cucchi
Charles Castronovo is an admirable Fritz. His last-act aria has great style, and for a moment you can believe this is a man who has fallen in love but is terrified of marriage. Salome Jicia's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo), Charles Castronovo (tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Dresden Staatskapelle, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Christian Thielemann
We find Thielemann balancing the operatic and the ecclesiastical superbly, pacing Verdi’s score unerringly…while the conductor is superb in the more reflective passages of the work, he is no... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico), Taylor Stayton (Arturo), Kwangchul Youn (Raimondo), Rachael Lloyd (Alisa), Peter Hoare (Normanno)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren, Katie Mitchell (dir.)
The staging is over-stuffed but it is not stupid or careless…Minute alterations in the textures of Donizetti’s orchestration are brilliantly clear. Were you not already persuaded that the opera... — More…
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Coming soon. Best of Puccini
Charles Castronovo and Munich Radio Orchestra featuring Ivan Repušić, Charles Castronovo (soloist, tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Kurt Peter Eichhorn, Anna Bonitatibus, Corrado Rovaris and Munich Radio Orchestra featuring Murni Suwetja, Charlotte Deppe, Carolina große Darrelmann and Gabriela Mährle,...
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Verdi: La Traviata
Ermonela Jaho (Violetta), Charles Castronovo (Alfredo), Placido Domingo (Germont)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, Antonella Manacorda, Richard Eyre (director)
[Jaho's] tone is never what one could call ‘lustrous’, but she gets inside the character so thoroughly that one cannot help but suffer with her...and she battles so hard in Act 3 that one harbours... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Jaho)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Castronovo)
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Verdi: La Traviata
Ermonela Jaho (Violetta), Charles Castronovo (Alfredo), Placido Domingo (Germont)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, Antonella Manacorda, Richard Eyre (director)
[Jaho's] tone is never what one could call ‘lustrous’, but she gets inside the character so thoroughly that one cannot help but suffer with her...and she battles so hard in Act 3 that one harbours... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Jaho)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Castronovo)
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