DVD Video, Giordano, U (composer)
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Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Andrea Chénier), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Maddalena de Coigny), Željko Lučić (Carlo Gérard), Denyce Graves (Bersi), Elena Zilio (Madelon), Rosalind Plowright (Contessa de Coigny), Roland Wood (Roucher), Peter Coleman-Wright (Pietro Fléville), Eddie Wade (Fouquier-Tinville), Adrian Clarke...
The Countess de Coigny in sumptuous purple satin is sung to great effect by Rosalind Plowright, as is Elena Zilio’s Madelon…never less than compelling on screen, Jonas Kaufmann is a perfect... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Opera, December 2016, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Yusif Eyvazov (Andrea Chénier), Anna Netrebko (Maddalena de Coigny), Luca Salsi (Carlo Gérard), Annalisa Stroppa (Bersi), Mariana Pentcheva (La comtesse de Coigny)
Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Mario Martone
Netrebko’s Maddalena offers a blend of conviction and artifice. She’s distinguished in terms of her endless supply of lovely tone and her shaping of individual phrases, and on that level, rather... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Umberto Giordano: Siberia
Ambur Braid, Clarry Bartha, Alexander Mikhailov, Scott Hendricks, Fredrika Brillembourg, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker, Valentin Uryupin
Playing and choral singing are superb. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Jonas Kaufmann (Andrea Chénier), George Petean (Carlo Gerard), Anja Harteros (Maddalena di Coigny), Rachael Wilson (Bersi), Helena Zubanovich (La Contessa di Coigny), Larissa Diadkova (Madelon), Andrea Borghini (Roucher), Johannes Kammler (Pierre Fleville), Christian Rieger (Fouquier-Tinville), Tim...
A first-rate presentation of what is really a second-rate opera, this should be at the top of your list for a faithful yet imaginative, detailed yet full-blooded Chénier. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Dinara Alieva in Moscow
Dinara Alieva (soprano)
Masters of Choral Singing & Russian National Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
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Franco Corelli: The 1971 Tokyo Concert
Franco Corelli (tenor)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Alberto Ventura
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Special offer. Plácido Domingo at the Arena di Verona
Famous Arias by Verdi and Giordano
Soioa Hernandez (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Arena di Verona
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Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
Mario del Monaco (Andrea Chénier), Renata Tebaldi (Maddalena di Coigny), Aldo Protti (Carlo Gerard), Anna di Stasio (Bersi), Amalia Pini (Madelon/The Countess of Coigny), Silvano Pagliuca (Majordomo/Roucher/Dumas), Giorgio Onesti (Fuoquier-Tinville/Schmidt), Arturo La Porta (Fléville/Mathieu)
NHK...
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Giordano, U: Fedora
Daniela Dessì (Fedora), Fabio Armiliato (Loris), Alfonso Antoniozzi (De Siriex), Daria Kovalenko (Olga)
Carlo Felice Theatre, Valerio Galli
[Dessì’s] performance displays powerful, authentically tangy tone, rock-solid technique and a touching stage presence. There’s some squalliness at the top of the voice, admittedly, but this... —
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Plácido Domingo. The Versailles Gala
Placido Domingo (baritone), Jennifer Rowley (soprano), Orchestre de l’Opera Royal, Laurent Campellone
A baritone now, the voice is not what it was; yet what the voice has lost in range is amply made up for by an artistry that has been honed for six decades. Even in his recital white tie and... —
