Unitel Editions
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New. Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Andreas Schager (tenor), Stephan Rügamer, Michael Volle, Anja Kampe, Anna Kissjudit, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Staatskapelle Berlin, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Christian Thielemann
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New. Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Andreas Schager (Siegfried), Mika Kares (Hagen), Lauri Vasar (Gunther), Mandy Fredrich (Gutrune), Violeta Urmana (Waltraute), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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Here, in performances of rare empathy and recreative skill, both [early] works emerge as harbingers of miracles yet to come. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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Handel: Ariodante
Cecilia Bartoli (Ariodante), Kathryn Lewek (Ginevra), Nathan Berg (King of Scotland), Christophe Dumaux (Polinesso), Sandrine Piau (Dalinda), Rolando Villazón (Lurcanio), Kristofer Lundin (Odoardo)
Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco, Gianluca Capuano, Christof Loy
This is no routine Ariodante…Bartoli is Bartoli. Those who find her trilling mannered and freighted with excessive vibrato will wrinkle their noses. But who can doubt her remarkable presence... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Opera
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Here, in performances of rare empathy and recreative skill, both [early] works emerge as harbingers of miracles yet to come. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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Strauss: Elektra
Aušrinė Stundytė (Elektra), Asmik Grigorian (Chrysothemis), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Klytemnaestra), Michael Laurenz (Aegisth), Derek Welton (Orest)
Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst, Krzysztof Warlikowski
The playing, as one might expect, is matchless. Despite its eccentricities, I found the whole thing utterly compelling. Highly recommended. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Michael Volle (Wotan), Rolando Villazón (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Freia), Mika Kares (Fasolt), Peter Rose (Fafner)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà
Svetlana Aksenova (Zazà), Enkelejda Shkosa (Aniade), Dorothea Herbert (Floriana/Madame Dufresne), Juliette Mars (Natalia), Nikolai Schukoff (Milio Dufresne), Vittoria Antonuzzo (Toto Dufresne), Christopher Maltman (Cascart), Tobias Greenhalgh (Bussy), Paul Schweinester (Courtois), Johannes Bamberger...
Loy manages to focus in his surgical, sparing way on the essentials...I just wish Leoncavallo’s 1900 opera was deserving of such a polished staging, as well as the diligent conducting by Stefan... — More…
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
Kathryn Lewek (Eurydice), Joel Prieto (Orphée), Anne Sofie von Otter (L'Opinion Publique), Martin Winkler (Jupiter), Max Hopp (John Styx)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Enrique Mazzola, Barrie Kosky
[Kosky's] exuberance is clearly evident…Indeed, sometimes that exuberance spills forth at such a giddy pace that it’s difficult to keep up on initial viewing…Lewek is the star of the show, throwing... — More…
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Coppel-I.a
Lou Beyne, Matej Urban, Anna Blackwell, Simone Tribuna, Mimoza Koike, Lennart Radtke, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Jean-Christophe Maillot
