Opera Collection
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Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella, D732
Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Eberhard Büchner & Theo Adam
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
William Matteuzzi (Orfeo), Sylva Pozzer (La Musica/Euridice), Sara Mingardo (La Messaggiera/Proserpina), Angela Bucci (La Speranza), Paolo Dal Dosso (Caronte), Loris Bertolo (Plutone), Gian Paolo Fagotto (Apollo)
Ensemble Instrumental, Sergio Vartolo
Ably delivered by Itailan singers and players, but mannered effects - self-conscious musical direction, slow tempos - too often devalue idiomatic virtues. — More…
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Frid, Grigory: Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank
Eva Ben-Zvi (soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Andrey Chistiakov
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Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Vienna Radio-Symphony Orchestra & Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bertrand De Billy
Bertrand de Billy is a strong advocate for the work in this live recording from a concert performance in the Vienna Konzerthaus. The sound is vivid enough and chorus and orchestra are splendid. — More…
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Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair
Hermann Kuklin (Cherevik), Svetlana Zalizniak (Khivrya), Nadezhda Ryzhkova (Parasya), Sergei Vialkov (Godfather), Vitaly Petrov (Grits'ko), Sergei Maistruk (Afanasy Ivanovich), Andrei Vylegzhanin (Gypsy/Chernobog)
Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera, Evgeny Brazhnik
this folk comedy is a charmer that comes up fresh as paint in this idiomatic recording. — More…
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Ingeborg Springer (mezzo soprano), Renate Hoff (soprano), Theo Adam (bass), Gisela Schröter (contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Renate Krahmer (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Otmar Suitner
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Berg: Wozzeck
Theo Adam (Wozzeck), Gisela Schröter (Marie), Reiner Goldberg (Tambourmajor), Helmut Klotz (Andres), Horst Hiestermann (Hauptmann), Konrad Rupf (Doktor), Horst Hiestermann (Narr), Gisela Pohl (Margret)
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Herbert Kegel
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Gottlob Frick (Daland), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (The Dutchman), Marianne Schech (Senta), Rudolf Schock (Erik), Sieglinde Wagner (Mary), Fritz Wunderlich (Daland’s Steersman)
Staatskapelle Berlin & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Franz Konwitschny
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Rimsky Korsakov: May Night
Vitaly Taraschenko (Levko), Vyacheslav Pochapsky (Village-Head), Alexander Arkhipov (Distiller), Elena Okolycheva (Sister-in-law), Pyotr Gluboky (Village Clerk), Marina Lapina (Pannochka-Rusalka), Natalia Erasova (Hanna)
Orchestra Of The Bolshoi Theatre & Sveshnikov Academic Choir, Andrey...
a vigorous but heavy-handed account of Rimsky's Gogol folktale — More…
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Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Renata Arends (Thérèse/Tiresias), Bernard Loonen (Le Mari), Mattijs van de Woerd (Le Policier), Hans Pieter Herman (Le Directeur)
Opera Trionfo & Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard
Arends is a wonderful Therese and Bart Visman's reduced orchestration is remarkably successful in Ed Spanjaard's hands. — More…
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