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A continuing excavation of DG's vaults for more complete opera recordings. Product Microsite: www.deutschegrammophon.com/opera-house |
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'Beautifully prepared and confidently performed with an ensemble finish that comes only from frequent teamwork' - The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera Stendhal called it 'a sublime mixture of wit and melancholy, which has no equal'. Figaro is regarded by many as the most perfect opera ever composed. Beyond its endless intrigues and twists and turns of plot, it reveals a deep sense of humanity. The strong international cast is expertly accompanied by the 'taut ensemble and well-detailed playing' (The Gramophone) of James Levine's Met Orchestra. A supremely beautiful Dame Kiri te Kanawa in one of her signature roles as the Countess, an original Susanna from Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson as a virile and patrician Count and Anne Sofie von Otter as Cherubino combine with Ferruccio Furlanetto to make this one of the starriest casts imaginable. |
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The young Renata Scotto 'is a most lovely and distinctive Mimì' (The Gramophone) With an all-Italian cast, including a fresh and distinctive Renata Scotto as Mimì, the great Tito Gobbi as Marcello and an ardent Gianni Poggi as Rodolfo, this Bohème offers an authentic and lively recording of Puccini's marvellous mixture of warmth, intimacy, humour, extravagance and passion. Vintage 1962 recording from the Maggio Musicale Florence. |
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'Some of the finest Verdi conducting of the period' - The Gramophone This Gramophone award-winning recording brings together a star cast of principals who give their all, and an exceptionally strong line-up of secondary characters, especially Agnes Baltsa as Preziosilla ('quite the best we have yet had on record' - The Gramophone). A formidable account of Verdi's darkest opera. |
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Lisa Della Casa is the 'ideal interpreter' of Arabella and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings 'at the height of his powers' - The Gramophone A moving love story set in 1860s Vienna, wonderfully intimate and delicately scored. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the greatest baritone of his day, sings one of his parade roles. His partner, Lisa della Casa, was the Arabella of her day - arguably the greatest Arabella ever. A superb souvenir of the live recording of 1963 - now offered on 2 CDs for the first time! |
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ARTISTS TRACKLISTING First release on CD - A double-bill of rare and delightful comic operas. Fra Diavolo, made into a Laurel and Hardy film in 1933, offers up two English tourists, milord and milady Kookburn, to the tender mercies of the swaggering 'Brother Devil' -Giuseppe Campora in one of his best roles. A charming comedy of manners, La figlia del reggimento mixes military tunes and moments of genuine pathos. This all-Italian production, led by experienced theatre conductor Arturo Basile, includes a stylish Ugo Benelli and characterful Anne Maccianti. These are abridged version of the Italian versions (supervised by the composers) of the operas. 'What matters is the high spirits of singers and players' - The Penguin Guide |
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