The CD release of “Parsifal” under Philippe Jordan is not exactly news. The production dates from the 2021 season of the Vienna State Opera when the gritty, and no less controversial, staging of Kirill Serebrennikov received widespread attention. It was a secular “Parsifal,” highly politicized, and more akin to the oppressive climate of the Soviet Gulag than the Romantic exclusivity {…}
Sony Classical has announced that it will release “Verissimo,” a new album headlined by tenor Vittorio Grigòlo and conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi leading the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Out April 5, 2024, the album will feature music from Boito’s “Mefistofele,” Mascagni’s “Iris,” Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda,” Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur,” Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier,” Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana,” Leoncavalo’s “Pagliacci,” and numerous Puccini operas, {…}
Sony Classical has announced the release of a new “Parsifal” starring Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier, and Elīna Garanča. The new recording slated for release on March 1, 2024, was recorded at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2021 without an audience. Kaufmann took to social media to announce the new release and said, “I am happy to announce the release of our {…}
Jonas Kaufmann has announced his upcoming album “Selige Stunde.” The new album with pianist Helmut Deutsch will be released on September 4 and will feature a highly personal selection of lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler, and other masters. Kaufmann recorded the album with Deutsch during the coronavirus lockdown in Germany. The new album will mark the tenor’s eleventh recording {…}
Sony Classical has announced the release of Aleksandra Kurzak’s new album “Desire.” The new album, which is slated to be released on May 29, 2020, will be the soprano’s first solo album with the company. The new album will feature Kurzak alongside the Morphing Chamber Orchestra led by Frédéric Chaslin. The new album will feature the Polish soprano in five languages {…}
Sony Classical has announced Roberto Alagna’s second album for the label. The company announced that Alagna’s next album entitled “Caruso 1873” will be an homage Enrico Caruso. Alagna noted, “In 1873 was born Enrico Caruso. A century later, in 1963, it was my turn. Since then, his voice accompanies me. Singers of the past left us a legacy. This recording {…}
The accusations continue against Plácido Domingo with an unidentified woman, a former employee of Sony Classical telling Der Spiegel that the famed opera singer sexually harassed her. Per the report, the German woman, who was referred to by the pseudonym Sarah Kruse in the report, stated that Domingo hugged her and then kissed her mouth after calling on her at {…}
Juan Diego Flórez has announced a new Verdi album. The recording is set for release on Oct. 25, 2019 and will be dedicated entirely to Verdi with arias from “Rigoletto,” “La Traviata,” “Oberto, Conte Di San Bonifacio,” “Attila,” “I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata,” “I Due Foscari,” “Les Vepres Siciliennes,” and “Ernani.” Flórez will be accompanied The Milan Symophony Orchestra under {…}
Aleksandra Kurzak has signed a contract to record with Sony Classical. The company announced that the Polish soprano, who was formerly with Decca, will release her first recording under the new contract this autumn. That album will be a duets recording with her husband Roberto Alagna, who signed with Sony back in January. Kurzak will also record a solo album set {…}
Three years ago when Sonya Yoncheva recorded her first album “Paris Mon Amour,” it was a triumph. It was an album filled with a variety of interesting repertoire and a voice with great color and flexibility. It captured a rising star that was on the path to stardom and gave an incredible vibrancy to each reading on the album. Fast {…}
Sony Classical has released the first single to Sonya Yoncheva’s new album “The Verdi Album.” The new single “Tacea la notte placida” from “Il Trovatore” is available on ITunes, Google Play, Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. The album is set to feature Yoncheva in a variety of Verdi repertoire including arias from “Luisa Miller,” “La Forza del Destino,” “Don {…}