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MASSENET Don Quichotte

Don Quichotte was the fourth opera commissioned from Massenet by Raoul Gunsbourg, director of the Monte Carlo Opéra. The title-role...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2012

HEGGIE Dead Man Walking

The next logical step for Jake Heggie’s hit opera Dead Man Walking would seem to be a DVD. In its...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 05/2012

Slavic Heroes

Regardless of one’s admiration for Mariusz Kwiecien´’s singing on this disc, the programming fills a valuable niche: the smartly chosen...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2012

Pure Diva

Australian ears might apprehend this disc with less puzzlement. The iconic significance of Joan Hammond is more obvious to those...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2012

WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Despite his bizarre fears about stage directors (see Gramophone, A/11), Marek Janowski is no slouch when it comes to imparting...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 03/2012

VERDI La forza del destino

Is La forza del destino Verdi’s best shot at Il re Lear? A grand-opera update of late Donizetti and Bellini...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 03/2012

TELEMANN Opera Arias

The quietly progressing Telemann renaissance means that nowadays admirers are quick to praise the finesse of his best instrumental compositions...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2012

STRAVINSKY The Rake's Progress

Students of art history have almost as much reason to thank Glyndebourne for this DVD as opera lovers. A video...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 03/2013

LULLY Atys

Hard on the heels of Armide (10/11) comes this equally splendid DVD of Atys. How the production came about makes...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 03/2012

FALVETTI Il Diluvio Universale

Michelangelo Falvetti, maestro di cappella at Messina Cathedral during the 1680s, is almost as obscure a figure as you can...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2012

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