Blu-Ray Video, David Butt Philip (tenor)
-
Special offer. Janáček: Káťa Kabanová
RecommendedCorinne Winters (Kát’a), Evelyn Herlitzius (Kabanicha), David Butt Philip (Boris), Jaroslav Březina (Tichon), Jarmila Balážová (Varvara), Benjamin Hulett (Váňa), Jens Larsen (Dikój)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Jakub Hrůša, Barrie Kosky
Winters is utterly remarkable throughout, words and gestures always telling...Despite Kosky’s occasional idiosyncrasies, this is musically overwhelming. You really do need to hear it. — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Video Opera
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
-
Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Opera
-
-
Coming soon. Wagner: Lohengrin
David Butt Philip (Lohengrin), Malin Bystrom (Elsa), Anja Kampe (Ortrud), Martin Gantner (Friedrich von Telramund), Georg Zeppenfeld (Heinrich der Vogler), Attila Mokus (Der Heerrufer des Königs)
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann,Tiziano Mancini
-
Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Recommended1869 version
Bryn Terfel (Boris), Kostas Smoriginas (Andrey Shchelkalov), John Graham-Hall (Shuisky), Ain Anger (Pimen), David Butt Philip (Gregory), John Tomlinson (Varlaam), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Hostess)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
I am very grateful that we have a well-made recording of this production, which allows us at last to see the 1869 version as an independent work of art that makes sense in its own terms, a... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
-
-
Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg
RecommendedElena Tsallagova (Donna Clara), Emily Magee (Ghita), David Butt Philip (Der Zwerg), Mick Morris Mehnert (Der Zwerg - actor), Philipp Jekal (Don Estoban)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles, Tobias Kratzer (director)
This is a work that deliberately challenges audiences, but which is here played with a breathtaking combination of imagination and responsibility. Zemlinsky’s lush masterpiece is vividly presented... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
-
Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
-
-
Special offer. Dvořák: Rusalka
Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka), David Butt Philip (Prince), Matthew Rose (Vodník), Emma Bell (Foreign Princess), Sarah Connolly (Ježibaba)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Natalie Abrahami, Ann Yee, Semyon Bychkov
Grigorian’s dramatic commitment is never in doubt...Bychkov conducts it wonderfully well, too, his spacious speeds allowing both emotion and detail to register fully. There are moments of yearning... — More…
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
-
-
Beethoven: Fidelio
Lise Davidsen (Leonore), David Butt Philip (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro, Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Siliņš (Don Fernando)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Tobias Kratzer
The production itself is a controversial one...Few complaints about the musical performance, which is distinguished from the point of view of Covent Garden’s chorus and orchestra as well as... — More…
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
-
