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This handsome production comes from Covent Garden; it was recorded in 2008. Stage director Nicholas Hytner and conductor Antonio Pappano use the five-act version of
I feel somewhat guilty about not liking this performance, and I cannot figure out why Covent Garden would have bothered to immortalize it on video.
For most of us, there has been only one Marie and one Tonio–Sutherland and Pavarotti. They took their show on the road in the ’70s
This terrifically-cast and conducted Carmen goes to the top of the list, which is saying a great deal given the quality of the competition: Julia
Set (by Christian Fenouillat) and costumed (by Agostino Cavalca) in the recent past (the 1970s or ’80s), Covent Garden’s new production of this opera contains
Given that Testament has re-released its extraordinary, excellent-sounding 1955 Bayreuth Ring cycle as an attractively priced boxed set, it seems strange for the label to
Recorded in December, 1981, this performance marked one of three farewells the great Janet Baker made from the stage: the other two were in the
This recording, taken from Lord Harewood’s personal collection and apparently not previously known to exist (or certainly not issued), was taped at Covent Garden on
London’s Royal Opera House’s new record label mines the gold in its archives, among which there can be few treasures that for musical excellence and
This is one of those delightful discs that will fill a useful gap in many collections. It’s actually rather amazing that a composer of such
