This week audiences will get a chance to hear three complete recordings of three very diverse operas. Here is a look at this week’s releases. Hamlet Navona Records presents “Hamlet” by Joseph Summer. In this installment of the Shakespeare Concert Series, composer Joseph Summer’s adaptation of the famous play is performed by Bulgaria’s State Opera Ruse orchestra, choir, and selected {…}
This week audiences will get a chance to hear complete opera recordings from Saint-Saëns, Monteverdi, Janáček, Olga Neuwirth, and Wagner. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Henry VIII Odyssey Opera will release its fifth album Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Henry VIII.” Recorded on New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall stage in 2019, this four-CD set marks the debut recording of {…}
This week audiences get to experience new albums from great baritones and some rising stars. Here is a look at the releases. Così fan tutte The Maggio Musicale releases Mozart’s masterpiece on Naxos. Conductor Zubin Mehta leads the production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf. The recording from March 2021 stars Thomas Hampson, Valentina Nafornita, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swenson, Mattia Olivieri, and Benedetta Torre. L’Orfeo Opus Arte {…}
Decca Classics has announced the second album of British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso, entitled “Il Tenore.” The new album will be released on June 10th and will feature some of the most iconic arias and duets ever written for the operatic voice. In a statement, De Tommaso said, “I am incredibly excited to release my second album on Decca, Il {…}
Since last week audiences have had the opportunity of hearing albums from two of the most exciting young singers of their generations as well as Mahler and Mozart albums. Here is a look at last week’s new releases. Boulevard des Italiens Deutsche Grammophon releases French tenor Benjamin Bernheim’s second album. In his new album he explores the work of Italian opera {…}
Soprano Bruno de Sá has signed an exclusive contract with Warner Classics-Erato. His first album, “Roma travestita,” will be released in 2022 and features music by Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Galuppi and Piccini, among others. De Sá is accompanied by Il Pomo d’Oro under conductor Francesco Corti. De Sá has an international career that has seen him sing operas all over {…}
The American Composers Forum’s in-house record label, innova Recordings, has signed eight new artists as the first cohort to take part in the label’s new model aimed at making the end-to-end recording process more inclusive and accessible. Sixty-two percent of the cohort identifies as an underrepresented gender and 70 percent as BIPOC. A Dec. 2021 national call invited artists to {…}
This week audiences around the world will get a chance to discover rarely performed works, contemporary works, and some of the great performers of their generation. Here is a look at the new releases of the week. Vivaldi: Stabat Mater In a dual release for Easter 2022, countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, with the instrumentalists of Capella Cracoviensis and conductor Jan {…}
The Verbier Festival and Deutsche Grammophon will join forces to produce Verbier Festival Gold, a new label that will release recordings from the major event’s archives. The very first release of the venture will be a 2013 recording of Verdi’s Requiem conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. The Requiem stars Maria Agresta, Daniela Barcellona, Piotr Beczala, and Ildar Abdrazakov, who appear alongside {…}
Among the three major new releases from this week will be a documentary about one of the great composers in Opera as well as a unique showcase of created during the lockdown. Here is a look at what audiences can expect! Global Wagner From German critic and filmmaker Axel Brüggermann comes “Global Wagner: From Bayreuth to the World,” a 97-minute {…}
This week, two of the great divas of the opera world release albums. But there are also some exciting albums of new works and a new documentary by one of the most important lieder singers of our generation. Here is a look at the new releases! The Understanding of All Things Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer, performer, and writer Kate Soper releases {…}