
Handel’s Agrippina is a veritable fiesta of sly manipulation and corruption. Almost every character lies to every other and the result is a wicked comedy
This is the fifth in Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s and Rolando Villazon’s undertakings of seven Mozart operas to be laid down for DG. The Don G was
In the notes accompanying this spectacular CD, mezzo Joyce DiDonato asks, “In the midst of chaos, how do you find peace?” She goes for answers–and
This is the fourth Ariodante I’ve reviewed for Classicstoday.com, and
This aptly-named CD presents arias by Handel that find their
This work, in its entirety by Rossini (an earlier version,
There have been several fine audio-only performances of this, Bellini’s Romeo and Juliet story, with casts that include Elina Garanca and Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova
This bel canto fiesta is filled with mostly unknown pieces. The only familiar works are Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, Bellini’s I Capuleti (and one of the
This 55-CD set chronicles the remarkable Archiv label, begun in
In Cendrillon by Jules Massenet (1895) Joyce DiDonato again serves notice that she is one of the most treasurable opera singers in the world. She