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Special offer. French Bel Canto Arias
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris
Her voice is both pure and full-bodied, with an extensive range in terms of both tessitura and characterisation, allowing her to do justice to the many different moods showcased on this recording,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Recording
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Baritenor
RecommendedMichael Spyres (baritenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja
Spyres has a remarkable range and is a consummate vocal chameleon too...in a truly remarkable finale to his ‘Largo al factotum’, Rossini’s Figaro is indeed all things to all men vocally. What... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th September 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Opera, December 2021, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Voice & Ensemble
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The voice is elegant, flexible and carefully controlled, with sympathetic support provided by Gli Originali under the baton of Riccardo Frizza. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th November 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, Recording of the Month
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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this is not any tenor, but an artist who aspires to recreate the style of the fabled French ténor de grâce with top notes sung from the head and not the chest...Crisp diction and a graceful... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Pene Pati
RecommendedPene Pati (tenor), Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l'Opéra national de Bordeaux, Emmanuel Villaume
A generosity of spirit not always to be taken for granted with tenors is in constant evidence on Pene Pati’s debut album…His voice certainly has the colour for both the French and Italian repertoire... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
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Opera, May 2022, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Young Artist of the Year
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Boulevard des Italiens
RecommendedBenjamin Bernheim (tenor), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
There’s something of the young Roberto Alagna about Bernheim’s tenor, a bright, open sound, unforced and with a sunny smile in his voice. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
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Opera, August 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Donizetti: L’Ange de Nisida
RecommendedRecorded live at Royal Opera House, London, on 18 and 21 July 2018
Joyce El-Khoury (Countess Sylvia de Linarès), David Junghoon Kim (Leone de Casaldi), Laurent Naouri (Don Gaspar), Vito Priante (Don Fernand d’Aragon), Evgeny Stavinsky (The Monk / Father Superior)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Mark Elder
It’s Joyce El-Khoury as Sylvia, the King’s mistress, and David Jonghoon Kim’s Leone, the young man in love with her, who steal the singing honours. Their last act duet when all that awaits them... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd March 2019
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Record Review, 4th May 2019, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2019, Opera Choice
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Opera, August 2019, Disc of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Découverte
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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The first thing to say is that Bernheim has an immaculate natural voice – rich, flexible, mellifluous and nuanced. He is at his very best in French items from the later 19th century…Moreover,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Opera, April 2020, Disc of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Eglise Gutiérrez (Linda), Ludovic Tézier (Antonio), Stephen Costello (Carlo), Marianna Pizzolato (Pierotto), Alessandro Corbelli (Marchese de Boisfleury), Bálint Szabó, Elizabeth Sikora (Maddalena), Luciano Botelho (Intendant)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir...
[Elder] infuses the whole performance with conviction, right from the rather impressive overture...All the singers are up to their roles, and the playing of the orchestra is bold; even the most... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Opera Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2011, Editor's Choice
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Opera, August 2011, Recording of the Month
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New. Donizetti: Il diluvio universale
Nahuel Di Pierro (bass), Enea Scala (tenor), Giuliana Gianfaldoni (soprano), Maria Elena Pepi (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Coro dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Frizza