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CD REVIEW: Henry & Daniel Purcell – THE PURCELLS: VOCAL WORKS WITH BASSO...
HENRY PURCELL (1659 – 1695) and DANIEL PURCELL (1664 – 1717): The Purcells– Vocal Works with Basso continuo—Delia Agúndez, soprano; Manuel Minguillón, archlute and Baroque guitar; Laura Puerto,...
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CD REVIEW: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – DON GIOVANNI (W. Dooley, D. Gramm, B....
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): Don Giovanni, K. 527—William Dooley (Don Giovanni), Donald Gramm (Leporello), Beverly Sills (Donna Anna), Michel Sénéchal (Don Ottavio), Brenda Lewis (Donna...
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CD REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini – TURANDOT (J. Wilson, A. Bocelli, J. Nuccio, A....
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): Turandot [Completion by Franco Alfano]—Jennifer Wilson (Turandot), Andrea Bocelli (Calàf), Jessica Nuccio (Liù), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Timur), Germán Olvera (Ping),...
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CD REVIEW: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (D....
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384—Diana Damrau (Konstanze), Rolando Villazón (Belmonte), Anna Prohaska (Blonde), Paul Schweinester (Pedrillo), Franz-Josef...
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CD REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi - SIMON BOCCANEGRA (D. Hvorostovsky, B. Frittoli,...
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): Simon Boccanegra—Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Simon Boccanegra), Barbara Frittoli (Amelia Grimaldi/Maria Boccanegra), Ildar Abdrazakov (Jacopo Fiesco/Andrea Grimaldi), Stefano...
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CD REVIEW: Musical Czech Mates – Antonín Dvořák’s ALFRED on Arco Diva (UP...
[1] ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841 – 1904): Alfred, B. 16—Felix Rumpf (Alfred), Petra Froese (Alvina), Ferdinand von Bothmer (Harald), Jörg Sabrowski (Gothron), Peter Mikuláś (Sieward), Tilmann Unger (Bote,...
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CD REVIEW: Richard Strauss – DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (T. Wilson, B. Fritz, T....
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864 – 1949): Die Frau ohne Schatten, Opus 65—Tamara Wilson (Die Kaiserin), Burkhard Fritz (Der Kaiser), Terje Stensvold (Barak, der Färber), Sabine Hogrefe (Die Färberin), Tanja...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gioachino Rossini – LA CENERENTOLA (S. Piques Eddy, A....
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868): La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo—Sandra Piques Eddy (Angelina), Andrew Owens (Don Ramiro), Sidney Outlaw (Dandini), Donald Hartmann (Don Magnifico), Timothy...
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH / August 2015 - ARIAS FOR LUIGI MARCHESI (Ann...
FRANCESCO BIANCHI (1752 – 1810), LUIGI CHERUBINI (1760 – 1842), DOMENICO CIMAROSA (1749 – 1801), JOHANN SIMON MAYR (1763 – 1845), JOSEF MYSLIVEČEK (1737 – 1781), GAETANO PUGNANI (1731 – 1798), GIUSEPPE...
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ARTS IN ACTION: Opera Carolina’s 2015 – 2016 Season promises excitement,...
It is not solely owing to its association with the consort of King George III that Charlotte is known as the Queen City. In past seasons, ladies wielding vocal crowns—ladies like Lisa Daltirus and...
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH / September 2015: JOYCE & TONY LIVE AT WIGMORE HALL –...
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 – 1809), GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868), FRANCESCO SANTOLIQUIDO (1883 – 1971), ERNESTO DE CURTIS (1875 – 1937), et. al.: Joyce & Tony Live at Wigmore Hall—Joyce DiDonato,...
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CD REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini – TOSCA (T. Milashkina, V. Atlantov, Y. Mazurok,...
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): Tosca—Tamara Milashkina (Floria Tosca), Vladimir Atlantov (Mario Cavaradossi), Yuri Mazurok (Barone Scarpia), Valeri Yaroslavtsev (Cesare Angelotti), Vitali Nartov (Il...
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CD REVIEW: Spanning millennia – Naxos recordings of music by ROMAN BERGER...
[1] ROMAN BERGER (born 1930): Pathetique (2006), Sonata No. 3 ‘da camera’ (1971), Allegro frenetico con reminiscenza (2006), Impromptu (2013), and Epilogue (Omaggio a L. v. B.) (2010)—The Berger Trio...
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CD REVIEW: Voices Victorious - JONAS KAUFMANN sings Puccini (88875092492),...
[1] GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): Nessun dorma – The Puccini Album—Arias from Manon Lescaut, Le villi, Edgar, La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La fanciulla del West, La rondine, Il tabarro, Gianni...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi – DON CARLO (G. Rivero, A. Raspagliosi, S....
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): Don Carlo [1882 – 1883 La Scala version in four acts]—Gaston Rivero (Don Carlo), Annalisa Raspagliosi (Elisabetta di Valois), Sarah Heltzel (Principessa Eboli), Michael...
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH / October 2015: Alban Berg, Egon Wellesz, & Eric Zeisl...
ALBAN BERG (1885 – 1935): Lyrische Suite [with alternate version of Largo desolato movement with soprano]; EGON WELLESZ (1885 – 1974): Sonette der Elisabeth Barrett Browning, Opus 52; and ERIC ZEISL...
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ARTS IN ACTION: North Carolina Opera’s 2015 – 2016 Season brings lovers from...
If history portrays him truthfully, the life of Sir Walter Raleigh was worthy of the operatic stage. A favorite at the court of Elizabeth I, he was imprisoned along with his bride for having married...
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CD REVIEW: Eviscerating the Eastern Bloc – DGG explores music by Witold...
[1] WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913 – 1994): Concerto for Piano and Orchestra / Koncert na fortepian i orkiestrę (1987 – 88) and Symphony No. 2 / II Symfonia (1965 – 67)—Krystian Zimerman, piano; Berliner...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi – RIGOLETTO (R. Overman, A. Maples, R....
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): Rigoletto—Robert Overman (Rigoletto), Amy Maples (Gilda), René Barbera (il Duca di Mantova), Brian Banion (Sparafucile), Kristin Schwecke (Maddalena, la contessa di...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Ludwig van Beethoven – FIDELIO (M. Katzarava, A....
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827): Fidelio, Opus 72—Maria Katzarava (Leonore), Andrew Richards (Florestan), Raquel Suarez Groen (Marzelline), Brian Arreola (Jaquino), Kyle Pfortmiller (Don Pizarro),...
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