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RECORDING OF THE MONTH / December 2015: Ludwig van Beethoven — FIDELIO (É....
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827): Fidelio, Opus 72—Éva Marton (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Aage Haugland (Rocco), Lillian Watson (Marzelline), Thomas Moser (Jaquino), Theo Adam (Pizarro), Tom...
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PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES — Better late [but great!] than never: BEST ARTISTS OF...
History suggests that it was Aristotle who mused that ‘the aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inner significance.’ One of the principal dismays of those who love...
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CD REVIEW: Pietro Generali — ADELINA (D. Bijelić, G. Nani, G. Quaresma Ramos,...
PIETRO GENERALI (1773 – 1832): Adelina—Dušica Bijelić (Adelina), Gabriele Nani (Varner), Gustavo Quaresma Ramos (Erneville), Silvia Beltrami (Carlotta), Elier Muñoz (Simone), Ugo Rabec (Firmino);...
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH / January 2016: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — IL RE...
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): Il re pastore, K. 208—John Mark Ainsley (Alessandro), Sarah Fox (Aminta), Ailish Tynan (Elisa), Anna Devin (Tamiri), Benjamin Hulett (Agenore); The Orchestra of...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Charles Gounod — ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (J. Boyd, S. J....
CHARLES-FRANÇOIS GOUNOD (1818 – 1893): Roméo et Juliette, CG 9—Jonathan Boyd (Roméo), Sarah Joy Miller (Juliette), Kimberly Sogioka (Stéphano), Kevin Langan (Frère Laurent), Efraín Solís (Mercutio),...
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PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES: Revisiting Dame Joan Sutherland’s Norma in its...
VINCENZO BELLINI (1801 – 1835): Norma—Dame Joan Sutherland (Norma), Marilyn Horne (Adalgisa), John Alexander (Pollione), Richard Cross (Oroveso), Betty Phillips (Clotilde), Karl Norman (Flavio); Chorus...
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH / February 2016: G. F. Händel, C. W. Gluck, & W. A....
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759), CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714 – 1787), and WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): Kings, Princes & Heroes– Opera Arias—Zvi Emanuel-Marial, countertenor;...
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ARTS IN ACTION: Washington Concert Opera resurrects Donizetti's...
Le roi, l’amant, et la favorite: Scene from Gaetano Donizetti’s La favorite, to be performed in concert in Lisner Auditorium by Washington Concert Opera on 4 March 2016, by artist Lee Woodward Zeigler...
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CD REVIEW: A. Hollins, H. Howells, E. MacMillan, R. Manari, F. Morel, C....
ALFRED HOLLINS (1865 – 1942), HERBERT HOWELLS (1892 – 1983), SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN (1893 – 1973), RAFFAELE MANARI (1887 – 1933), FRANÇOIS MOREL (born 1926), CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835 – 1921), LOUIS...
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CD REVIEW: Maurice Ravel — L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE and DON QUICHOTTE À DULCINÉE (I....
MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937): L’heure espagnole, M. 52 and Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84—Isabelle Druet (Concepción), Luca Lombardo (Torquemada), Frédéric Antoun (Gonzalve), Marc Barrard (Ramiro),...
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CD REVIEW: Georg Friedrich Händel — ACIS AND GALATEA and SAREI TROPPO FELICE...
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759): Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a [original chamber version of 1718] and Sarei troppo felice, HWV 157—Aaron Sheehan (Acis), Teresa Wakim (Galatea), Douglas Williams...
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CD REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — LE DUC D’ALBE (L. Naouri, A. Meade, M. Spyres,...
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): Le duc d’Albe—Laurent Naouri (Le duc d’Albe), Angela Meade (Hélène d’Egmont), Michael Spyres (Henri de Bruges), Gianluca Buratto (Daniel Brauer), David Stout...
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CD REVIEW: Franz Schubert — WINTERREISE (Dimitris Tiliakos, baritone;...
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828): Winterreise, D911—Dimitris Tiliakos, baritone; Vassilis Varvaresos, piano [Recorded in Stichting Westvest 90, Schiedam, Netherlands, 21 – 25 July 2015; Navis Classics...
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SINGER SPOTLIGHT: Cosmopolitan Queen of Bel canto — soprano JESSICA PRATT
The radiant face of Twenty-First-Century bel canto: Soprano Jessica Pratt [Photo © 2015 by Benjamin Ealovega]There are voices that are wholly forgettable and voices that one actively endeavors to...
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CD REVIEW: Arthur Honegger & Jacques Ibert — L’AIGLON (A.-C. Gillet, M....
ARTHUR HONEGGER (1892 – 1955) and JACQUES IBERT (1890 – 1962): L’Aiglon—Anne-Catherine Gillet (L’Aiglon, duc de Reichstadt), Marc Barrard (Séraphin Flambeau), Étienne Dupuis (Prince de Metternich),...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — LA FAVORITE (K. Lindsey, R. Bills, J....
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): La favorite—Kate Lindsey (Léonor de Guzmán), Randall Bills (Fernand), Javier Arrey (Alphonse XI), John Relyea (Balthazar), Joélle Harvey (Inès), Rolando Sanz (Don...
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CD REVIEW: Georg Friedrich Händel — MESSIAH (S. Yoncheva, T. Mumford, R....
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759): Messiah, HWV 56 [Edition by Mack Wilberg]—Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone); Mormon...
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH / March 2016: Gaetano Veneziano — LA PASSIONE SECONDO...
GAETANO VENEZIANO (1656 – 1716): La passione secondo Giovanni—Raffaele Pe (Evangelista), Luca Cervoni (Christus), Marco Bussi (Pilatus), Renato Dolcini (Simon Petrus, Servus I), Valentina Argentieri...
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CD REVIEW: Georg Friedrich Händel — ARMINIO (M. E. Cenčić, L. Claire, R....
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759): Arminio, HWV 36—Max Emanuel Cenčić (Arminio), Layla Claire (Tusnelda), Ruxandra Donose (Ramise), Vince Yi (Sigismondo), Juan Sancho (Varo), Xavier Sabata (Tullio),...
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CD REVIEW: Lennox Berkeley, Gavin Bryars, Herbert Howells, & John Jeffreys —...
SIR LENNOX BERKELEY (1903 – 1989), GAVIN BRYARS (born 1943), HERBERT HOWELLS (1892 – 1983), and JOHN JEFFREYS (1927 – 2010): British Music for Harpsichord—Christopher D. Lewis, harpsichord [Recorded at...
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