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This performance is of a 2006 revival of Giorgio Strehler’s 1980 production of Le nozze di Figaro, with Ezio Frigerio’s sets and Franca Squarciapino’s costumes.
You want to like this beautifully recorded Meistersinger, and there’s nothing really wrong with it: Marek Janowski knows the piece and clearly loves it, and
This strange bird is worth hearing. While the last 35-or-so years have been involved with discovering–through research and guesswork–how early music actually sounded, this is
Director Martin Kusej has been responsible for one of the worst Don Giovannis I’ve ever seen (Salzburg, 2006–Decca DVD) and the best Lady Macbeth of
This overlooked 2004 recording has a lot going for it, but it would not be a first choice for a Zauberflöte. The good news is
I was very taken with the Walküre from this same source, praising in particular the conducting of Simone Young. Again here, in the Cycle’s final
This sloppily led, poorly played performance of Rossini’s Barber represents the Old Met at its worst. Slapstick reigns supreme–vocal slapstick–with the bass Salvatore Baccaloni as
This lively Falstaff has a genuinely playful disposition. If you compare Geraint Evans’ and Ilva Ligabue’s performances as Falstaff and Alice Ford to the recording
This is a strange performance, oddly unsatisfying. Natalie Dessay is a known quantity as Lucia: sensitive, fragile, using her small but colorful voice and sharp
These 1978 performances of Cav and Pag are arguably the best on the market. Sonically and visually better ones have appeared, but these have been
