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This, Rimsky’s last opera, is a caustic satire of military and royal stupidity and incompetence. The Russo-Japanese War had ended badly for the Russians in
Jennifer Larmore starred in Teldec’s 1997 complete recording (in Italian) of this opera, and along with Marilyn Horne’s (Erato) theirs have been the benchmark recordings
This newest Opera in English release from Chandos features 79 minutes of Bizet’s Pearl Fishers, which means that less than a half-hour of the opera
Richard Hickox already has recorded Carmina Burana with the LSO forces (last available on Regis). That was a version of no special distinction, and neither
Thanks to Chandos’ amazing ability to record the English language (the label really ought to patent it), 80 percent of Amanda Holden’s fine translation of
This is a mostly wonderful performance of Verdi’s great comic opera, with singing and playing of a very high order. Paul Daniel coaxes charming, light
Eight of the 13 selections presented here are newly recorded; the rest are taken from previously released Chandos Opera in English CDs. Barry Banks is
Serious that is, as opposed to “comic”. Hardly as rare as this may have been a generation ago (when Rossini still equalled Barber, Italiana, and,
Though not absolutely top-drawer Rossini, Bianca e Falliero, which was composed between La donna del lago and Maometto II, nonetheless has enough fine music to
Yvonne Kenny is a wonderful singer, with a pliable, shimmering tone, a technique that allows her to sing at many dynamic levels from ppp to
