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Rossini: Two Classic Operas (Glyndebourne)

Rossini: Two Classic Operas (Glyndebourne)

Danielle de Niese (Rosina (Barbiere)); Alessandro Corbelli (Dr Bartolo (Barbiere)); Taylor Stayton (Count Almaviva (Barbiere)); Björn Bürger (Figaro (Barbiere)); Christophoros Stamboglis (Basilio (Barbiere)); Janis Kelly (Berta (Barbiere)); Raquela Sheeran (Clorinda (Cenerentola)); Lucia Cirillo (Tisbe (Cenerentola)); Ruxandra Donose (Angelina (Cenerentola)); Nathan Berg (Alidoro (Cenerentola)); Luciano di Pasquale (Don Magnifico (Cenerentola)); Maxim Mironov (Don Ramiro (Cenerentola));

"... the combination of ensemble precision and focused individual performances, so crucial to Rossinian comedy, is beautifully judged ... Corbelli’s Bartolo is an object lesson in comic understatement. Bürger rightly dominates with singing of great bravado and warmth ... this is a performance of considerable distinction. Enrique Mazzola’s conducting is spot on in its combination of energy and exactitude and the London Philharmonic plays with admirable spirit and finesse." (The Guardian (Barbiere))

Rossini: William Tell (The Royal Opera)

Rossini: William Tell (The Royal Opera)

Gerald Finley (Guillaume Tell); John Osborn (Arnold Melchtal); Malin Byström (Mathilde); Alexander Vinogradov (Walter Furst); Sofia Fomina (Jemmy); Nicolas Courjal (Gesler); Eric Halfvarson (Melchtal); Michael Colvin (Rodolphe);

"Gerald Finley articulates Tell’s agonies with immense authority" (The Evening Standard)

Russian Opera Classics (De Nederlandse Opera; Fundacio Gran Teatre del Liceu)

Russian Opera Classics (De Nederlandse Opera; Fundacio Gran Teatre del Liceu)

Eva-Maria Westbroek (Lady Macbeth (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)); Misha Didyk (Hermann (Pique Dame)); Orlin Anastassov (Boris Godunov (Boris Gudunov)); Alessandra Marianelli (Xenia (Boris Gudunov)); Bo Skovhus (Eugene Onegin (Eugene Onegin)); Andrej Dunaev (Lensky (Eugene Onegin)); Vladimir Vaneev (Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich (Kitezh)); Maxim Aksenov (Prince Vsevolod Yuryevich (Kitezh)); Svetlana Ignatovich (Fevroniya (Kitezh)); Ian Storey (Grigory (Boris Gudunov));

"Orchestrally and vocally outstanding." (The Opera Critic - Boris Godunov)

Scarlatti: Dove è amore è gelosia (National Theatre of Prague)

Scarlatti: Dove è amore è gelosia (National Theatre of Prague)

Lenka Máčiková (Marquise Clarice); Aleš Briscein (Count Orazio); Kateřina Kněžíková (Vespetta); Jaroslav Březina (Patrizio); Bohumil Klepl (Servant); Taťána Kupcová (Marquise);

"Cesky Krumlov is a time-capsule of baroque theatrical techniques and something more, too: a clue to the entire style and era." (The Daily Telegraph)

Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder (Dutch National Opera)

Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder (Dutch National Opera)

Burkhard Fritz (Waldemar); Emily Magee (Tove); Anna Larsson (Waldtaube); Markus Marquard (Bauer); Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Klaus Narr); Sunnyi Melles (Narrator );

"Financial Times" (An evening of both substance and beauty)

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (De Nederlandse Opera)

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (De Nederlandse Opera)

Eva-Maria Westbroek (Katerina Lvovna Ismailova); Christopher Ventris (Sergey); Carole Wilson (Aksinya); Vladimir Vaneev (Boris Timofeyevich Ismailov); Lani Poulson (Sonyetka); Ludovít Ludha (Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov);

"...a first-rate protagonist in Eva-Maria Westbroek, a Katerina of Jean Harlow-like allure, who had all the vocal power and stamina that the role demands…" (The Financial Times)