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This new (summer of 2009) Cosi from the Zurich Opera house has a great deal of charm, it looks and sounds good, and it pulls
It’s a pity that this had to be released on the heels of Decca’s brand-new version of the opera from Barcelona’s Liceu; that one is
This performance, recorded in July, 2009 at Covent Garden, has become known as the Barbiere in which Joyce DiDonato sang from a wheelchair, having broken
As most opera lovers know, Beethoven toiled greatly over his sole opera which was premiered in 1805 and revised in 1806–and then finally again in
Well, this is a respectable enough C minor Mass, an agreeable and worthy reading of this great and unfinished masterpiece. Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society
Insightful, energetic leadership, just-about-perfect playing from the orchestra and singing from the chorus, lively delivery of the dialogue, well-characterized performances of every musical number, entertaining
Valery Gergiev’s visits to Wagner, at least on evidence of the Mariinsky’s world tour of the Ring a few years ago, have been scrappy and
Rossini’s La Cenerentola has not wanted for fine recordings; performances with Berganza, Bartoli, Baltsa, Larmore (and even Simionato), and others have appeared on CD, and
This is a very juicy performance of Verdi’s La Forza del destino, with a pretty fine cast, recorded live in Turin in 1971. Carlo Bergonzi’s
This performance, recorded live in Hamburg in October, 2008, is a wonderful surprise. Conductor Simone Young brings out the score’s mood changes with great drama;
