DVD Video, Offenbach (composer)
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Vittorio Grigolo (Hoffmann), Kate Lindsey (Nicklausse/Muse), Christine Rice (Giulietta), Sonya Yoncheva (Antonia), Sofia Fomina (Olympia), Thomas Hampson Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Evelino Pidò (conductor) & John Schlesinger...
Sofia Fomina trills like a canary as the mechanical doll, Christine Rice is darkly beguiling as Giulietta and Sonya Yoncheva’s Antonia would melt a heart of stone. Kate Lindsey’s Nicklausse... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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New. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 1
Le Postillon de Lonjumeau - Ciboulette -La Périchole
Michael Spyres (tenor), Florie Valiquette, Franck Leguérinel, Laurent Kubla, Julie Fuchs, Jean-François Lapointe, Julien Behr, Eva Ganizate, Ronan Debois, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Philippe Talbot, Tassis Christoyannis, Éric Huchet, Lionel Peintre, Choeur de L’opéra de Rouen Normandie, Orchestre de L’opéra...
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Coming soon. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Kathryn Lewek (Stella/Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta), Christian van Horn (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dr Miracle/Dapertutto), Kate Lindsey (Muse/Nicklausse)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Marc Minkowski, Mariame Clément
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Special offer. Jacques Offenbach: Barbe-bleue
Yann Beuron (Barbe-Bleue), Heloise Mas (Boulotte), Christophe Gay (Popolani), Christophe Mortagne (King Bobeche), Jennifer Courcier (Fleurette), Thibault De Damas (Count Oscar), Carl Ghazarossian (Prince Saphir), Aline Martin (Queen Clementine), Chorus De Opera De Lyon, Orchestra of Opera De Lyon,...
Pelly’s 11th Offenbach staging, captured at Opéra de Lyon in 2019, is as theatrically sharp, detailed and clear as we’d expect from him…Héloïse Mas holds the centre strongly, wielding her firm,... — More…
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Vidéo
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Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
RecommendedDame Felicity Lott (La Grande Duchesse), Sandrine Piau (Wanda), Yann Beuron (Fritz), Franck Leguérinel (Le Baron Puck), Eric Huchet (Le Prince Paul), François Le Roux (Le Général Boum), Boris Grappe (Le Baron Grog), Alain Gabriel (Népomuc), Maryline Fallot (Iza), Blandine Staskiewicz (Olga), Jennifer...
Offenbach's 1867 opéra bouffe is here brought back to life in an all-singing, all-dancing staging that bursts with energy from start to finish. Laurent Pelly's production, recorded here at... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne
Jodie Devos (Gabrielle), Rodolphe Briand (Gardefeu), Marc Mauillon (Bobinet), Franck Leguérinel (Le Baron), Sandrine Buendia (La Baronne)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Romain Dumas, Christian Lacroix
It’s the ladies who really make things ping...Jodie Devos brings a delightfully bright, fruity soprano to the glovemaker Gabrielle (every inch the soubrette, in her pink ankle-boots) and Aude... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Recorded live at Bregenz Festival
Daniel Johansson (Hoffmann), Kerstin Avemo (Olympia, Giulietta), Mandy Fredrich (Antonia), Rachel Frenkel (Muse, Niklausse, Die Stimme der Mutter), Michael Volle (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, Dapertutto)
Wiener Symphoniker, Johannes Debus, Stefan Herheim
Johansson’s big-voice Hoffmann lacks a genuine pianissimo but phrases elegantly…Fredrich and Frenkel are nicely stylish…playing and choral singing are both excellent — More…
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
John Osborn (Hoffmann), Irene Roberts (Muse/Nicklausse), Nina Minasyan (Olympia), Christine Rice (Giulietta), Ermonela Jaho (Antonia), Erwin Schrott (Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
It’s one of those ideas that might actually work better on video than in the theatre, and the video director Misjel Vermeiren handles it confidently ...It won’t be for everyone; but if you’re... — More…
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Special offer. Jacques Offenbach; Walter Felsenstein: Ritter Blaubart
Hanns Nocker (Sire de Barbe-Bleu), Anny Schlemm (Boulotte), Werner Enders (King Bobèch), Ruth Schob-Lipka (Queen Clémentine), Ingrid Czerny (Princess Hermia (Fleurette)), Manfred Hopp (Prince Saphir (Daphnis)), Rudolf Asmus (Popolani), Helmut Polze (Count Oscar), Hans-Otto Rogge (Alvarez), Orchestra...
