This week two world premieres are set to be released. One comes from a groundbreaking TV opera series and another comes from a lost opera. Check out what we think you should buy this week. Le dernier sorcier One hundred and fifty years after its composition, a lost opera is recovered and a vanished voice restored. Pauline García Viardot’s lost {…}
This week, two new releases are set to hit the market. One comes from the Metropolitan Opera, while the other comes from one of the world’s rising stars. Here is a look at what we recommend this week. The Exterminating Angel Thomas Adès’ latest opera gets a release by Erato after its U.S. premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. The opera {…}
This week, five CDs and DVDs are set for release with three starring major sopranos; the other is an award-winning documentary that became a box office hit. Here is a look at what audiences should expect this week. Mio Caro Handel German soprano Simone Kermes’ new album is dedicated to Handel and features popular arias such as “Ombra mai fu,” “Piangerò {…}
This week, one major CD is slated for release and it comes from one of opera’s greatest singers. Here is a sneak peek of that release! Songplay Joyce DiDonato releases her latest album for Erato featuring music by Vivaldi in both its customary Baroque purity and swinging to the heady rhythm of a samba. As described in a press release {…}
PARMA Recordings has announced that an album of Richard Thompson’s new chamber opera “The Mask in the Mirror” will be released on Feb. 8, 2019. Over three acts, the audience becomes acquainted with revered 20th century African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and the adversity he had struggled to overcome in his short life. Despite finding literary and financial success, {…}
Deutsche Grammophon has announced the release of Julie Fuchs’ second album The new album, set for release on Feb. 15, 2019, will be titled “Mademoiselle” and will feature of a collection of Bel canto arias personally chosen by the soprano. Enrique Mazzola conducts the Orchestre National d’ile de France. The soprano’s first album for the company was entitled “Yes!” and {…}
Sony Pictures Classics has announced the release of “Maria by Callas” on DVD and Blu-Ray. The distributor has revealed that the award-winning film will be released on Feb. 12, 2019. The documentary, which was showcased premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and LA Film festival, among others, was a box office hit making over $1 million; {…}
It’s the beginning of the year and there is one major release that will be intriguing for all Verdi fans who aren’t familiar with this work. Here’s a look! Stiffelio Naxos is releasing Verdi’s rarely performed work from the Verdi Festival in Parma with a distinguished cast that includes Luciano Ganci in the title role and Maria Katzarava in the {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced the release of Thomas Adès and Tom Cairns’ “The Exterminating Angel.” The opera, which had its American premiere last season, is set for international release on Feb. 22, 2019 through Erato. The opera stars Christian Van Horn, Amanda Echalaz, Sophie Bevan, Audry Luna, David Portillo, Christine Rice, Alice Coote, Joseph Kaiser and John Tomlinson among {…}
Even though the holiday season is at an end, there are some rather exciting recordings heading to the market. Interestingly, both works are by composers of decidedly different eras which makes them a fascinating exercise in stylistic counterpoint for those who might want to pick them both up. Orphée et Euridice Gluck’s famed opera will be released in French with {…}
Sony Music has announced the release of “On the Basis of Sex” soundtrack with music by Mychael Danna. The Oscar-winning composer described the music as “a score based in two opposing factions: the old world of men, conservative thinking, and the slow-moving wheels of Government. Set against this is the indomitable team of Ruth and Marty, who embody the ideas {…}