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Tag Archives: DG
From Butterfly to Ice Princess: Netrebko scales spinto heights
Verismo: Anna Netrebko (DG 479 5015) Anna Netrebko’s clearly game for a laugh. Some time in 2015, the Russian soprano wrested control of her social media from the PRs. Her selfies reveal someone who doesn’t take life – or herself … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Netrebko, Antonio Pappano, Boito, Catalani, Cilea, DG, Giordano, Puccini
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Nézét-Séguin and Jacobs scamper into Mozart’s harem
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart’s Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail is suddenly flavour of the month. After a terrific new David McVicar production at Glyndebourne last summer, recent recordings find two conductors scampering into the harem, each with moments … Continue reading
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Tagged Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Anna Prohaska, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Cornelius Obonya, DG, Diana Damrau, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Franz-Joseph Selig, Harmonia mundi, Mari Eriksmoen, Maximilian Schmitt, Mozart, Paul Schweinester, René Jacobs, Robin Johannsen, Rolando Villazón, Thomas Quasthoff, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Blind faith: Netrebko stars in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta (DG) How fortunes change! Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta began life as the more successful pairing in a double bill, premiered in St Petersburg in 1892 alongside his ballet The Nutcracker. Since then, it has fallen into obscurity outside Russia, whereas … Continue reading
Netrebko’s Tatyana the main draw in new Met Opera Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Metropolitan Opera/Valery Gergiev (DG) Anna Netrebko’s Tatyana has been a long time coming. Ever since I first saw her, with her elfin, Audrey Hepburn looks, perched on a balcony as Natasha in Prokofiev’s War and Peace, she … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Netrebko, DG, Eugene Onegin, IRR, Mariusz Kwiecien, Metropolitan Opera, Piotr Beczała, Tchaikovsky, Valery Gergiev
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