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SCHOECK Das Schloss Dürande (Venzago)

One could be forgiven for not being familiar with Othmar Schoeck’s 1943 opera Das Schloss Dürande, with a libretto loosely...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2019

PUCCINI Tosca (Thielemann)

The first notes to sound in the Grosses Festspielhaus are gunshots and police sirens, a subterranean shootout in which a...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2019

HEINICHEN Flavio Crispo

Flavio Crispo (1719/20) was abandoned during rehearsals. According to the eyewitness Quantz, the castrato Senesino lost his temper, tore up...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2019

GLUCK Orohée et Euridice (Mariotti)

On August 2, 1774, Gluck presented Orphée et Euridice at the Paris Opéra. It was an expanded version, now called...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2019

GÁL Das Lied der Nacht (Hotz)

‘One of the most powerful operatic experiences ever!’ was how one critic described Das Lied der Nacht after its Breslau...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2019

CHABRIER L'Étoile (Fournillier)

Given its growing popularity, it comes as something of a surprise to discover that Chabrier’s wonderful 1877 opéra-bouffe has for...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2019

CAVALLI Il Giasone (Alarcón)

There’s something riotous about Il Giasone. Cavalli’s 1649 opera – the most-performed of the 17th century – positively delights in...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2019

TCHAIKOVSKY Complete Works for Solo Piano (Valentina Lisitsa)

Valentina Lisitsa is bold, fearless and forthright to just the right degree in the early works, keen to relish every...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2019

Alexander Krichel: An die ferne Geliebte

Since Alexander Krichel’s remarkable 2011 debut recording, with its compelling Liszt B minor Ballade and selections from the second Année...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2019

Mikhail Pletnev: Live from Moscow, 1979

Mikhail Pletnev was 21 when he won the Gold Medal at the 1978 Tchaikovsky Competition, and if there were any...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2019

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