Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get a chance to listen to several baroque albums, a world premiere recording of a new opera, a French solo album, and rarely performed composers. Pergolesi Stabat Mater & Vivaldi Nisi Dominus PRJCT Amsterdam and its artistic director Maarten {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences will get to hear several world premieres, rarities, and several complete opera recordings. Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut C Major releases Puccinios’ breakthrough opera with a cast that includes Liudmyla Monastyrska, David Bizic, Gregory Kunde, and Carlos Chausson. The Gran Teatre {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences will get to hear the latest from four of the world’s great divas in very different works. There are two rare bel canto works worth checking out as well. Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben/Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal {…}
Erin Morley has announced her debut album. The soprano took to social media to share the news and noted that the album will be titled “Rose in Bloom.” The album will feature pianist Gerald Martin Moore and music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Alban Berg, Ricky Ian Gordon, Darius Milhaud, Sergei Rachmaninov, Alexander Zemlinsky, Johannes Brahms, Michael Head, Arthur Sullivan, and Ivor Novello. In a statement regarding the album Morley {…}
Erato is set to release Kevin Puts’ “The Hours” from the Metropolitan Opera. The CD, set to be released on April 19, comes from the Met’s 2022 run which starred Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Kelli O’Hara. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the record. Based on both the award-winning 2002 film directed by Stephen Daldry and the original novel by Michael Cunningham, {…}
Lorelei Ensemble has announced the launch of its new album and a corresponding tour. Entitled “Beaufort Scales,” the work draws its title from Francis Beaufort’s Wind Force Scale (the measure of wind speed, originally as related to observed sea conditions) created in 1805. The text includes texts by Melville, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anne Carson, and the King James Bible. At {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear a new recording of Wagner’s final work with a famed cast and a full recording of Donzietti’s rarely performed work. L’esule di Roma Opera Rara releases its 27th complete Donizetti revival with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week several complete recordings will be released, as well as a unique take on Beethoven ‘s Symphony No. 9. Janáček: Katya Kabanova The second release in LSO Live’s cycle of Janáček opera recordings is “Katya Kabanova.” The album’s cast includes the superb {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to see a compilation of Tchaikovsky songs, a Händel Oratorio and a solo album by one of the leading sopranos of today. Neun Deutsche Arien LAWO Classics is set to release Daniel Sæther’s album with the Ensemble C4. {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get a glimpse at two very rare Bel Canto works in new critical editions. Black is Beautiful The new album from Dr. Diane Retallack and The Eugene Concert Choir is an ode to hope in the face of injustice. {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences are in for a treat with two solo highly anticipated solo albums and a complete opera with an all-star cast. Sea Songs Bryn Terfel’s new album “Sea Songs” presents a rich and diverse repertory of traditional music with sea shanties, {…}