DVD Video, Bizet (composer)
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New. Bizet: Carmen
Adèle Charvet (Carmen), Julien Behr (Don José), Florie Valiquette (Micaëla), Alexandre Duhamel (Escamillo), Gwendoline Blondeel (Frasquita), Ambroisine Bré (Mercédès), Matthieu Walendzik (Le Dancaïre), Attila Varga-Toth (Le Remendado), Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra Royal, Hervé Niquet
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Bizet: Carmen
Deepa Johnny (Carmen), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don José), Nicolas Courjal (Escamillo), Iulia Maria Dan (Micaëla)
Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie, Chœur Accentus, Chœur d’enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen, Ben Glassberg, Romain Gilbert
If nothing else, this video reminds us that opera in the 19th century was a visual spectacle, and that spectacle wasn’t some sort of vulgar concession to the demands of idle entertainment. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
RecommendedDiana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), Nicolas Teste (Nourabad
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Gianandrea Noseda, Penny Woolcock (dir.)
Woolcock finds a double drama in Bizet's opera..., Noseda drawing sumptuous playing from the Met Orchestra...The Met fields a magnificent cast. Matthew Polenzani is a puppyish Nadir...whil Mariusz... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Opera Recording
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Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Anja Harteros (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo)
Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato
The playing of the Badische Staatskapelle is decent – with excellent contributions from a busy principal cellist – and Marco Armiliato keeps everything ticking along well…there’s enough quality... —
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Carmen
A ballet based on music by Bizet & Shchedrin
Ana Laguna, Marc Hwang, Yvan Auzely, Pompea Santoro, George Elkin, Boaz Cohem
The Cullberg Ballet, Choreography: Mats Ek
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Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedAnna Caterina Antonacci (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don Jose), Norah Amsellem (Micaela), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Escamillo), Jacques Imbrailo (Morales), Matthew Rose (Zuniga), Elena Xanthoudakis (Frasquita), Viktoria Vizin (Mercedes), Caroline Lena Olsson (Lillas Pastia), Jean Sebastien Bou (Le Dancaire),...
Pappano in the pit takes the whole thing at a tremendous lick while coaxing some lovely playing from the Royal Opera House Orchestra. For all that, this is opera as spectacle with good tunes... —
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Building a Library, March 2015, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen), Daniel Johansson (Don José), Scott Hendricks (Escamillo), Elena Tsallagova (Micaëla)
Wiener Symphoniker, Paolo Carignani
Holten says he’s keen to steer clear of the Spanish clichés on the one hand, and to examine Carmen as a real person on the other…It’s no earth-shattering insight but it does form the basis for... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Coming soon. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2
Carmen - Hamlet - Fortunio - La nonne sanglante - Lakmé
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon
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Special offer. Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Patrizia Ciofi (Leila), Dmitry Korchak (Nadir), Dario Solari (Zurga), Roberto Tagliavini (Nourabad)
Orchestra, Coro e Corpo di Ballo del Teatro di San Carlo, Gabriele Ferro
[Ciofi's] clear, incisive soprano catches Bizet's floating line and liquid coloratura with fluent ease, and she seems a touch mature only in close-up - alongside the youthful Dmitry Korchak,... —
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Bizet: Carmen
Benazir Hussain, Daryl Brandwood, Errol Pickford & Melissa Aurisch
West Australian Ballet & West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Nicolette Fraillon
