Glorious Glyndebourne
"… Here is a Figaro to put with the 1973 Glyndebourne production placed among the top five operatic DVDs. Figaro and Susanna are very much the centre here, and we like them not only because they sing and act well but because they are sympathetic in a modern way." (Gramophone - The Marriage of Figaro)
Glorious Glyndebourne
"… Here is a Figaro to put with the 1973 Glyndebourne production placed among the top five operatic DVDs. Figaro and Susanna are very much the centre here, and we like them not only because they sing and act well but because they are sympathetic in a modern way." (Gramophone - The Marriage of Figaro)
Handel Box Set (Glyndebourne)
Sarah Connolly (Cesare (Giulio Cesare)); Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto (Giulio Cesare)); Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare)); Sonia Prina (Rinaldo (Rinaldo)); Anett Fritsch (Almirena (Rinaldo)); Brenda Rae (Armida (Rinaldo)); Christopher Purves (Saul (Saul)); Iestyn Davies (David (Saul)); Lucy Crowe (Merab (Saul));
"Extravagantly laid out on three DVDs, the Opus Arte version is important in offering a fine period performance of this most popular of the Handel operas. William Christie conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and an outstanding cast in an account at once scholarly, lively and refreshing, a live recording of the 2005 production at Glyndebourne." (The Penguin Guide - Giulio Cesare)
Handel Box Set (Glyndebourne)
"The Penguin Guide - Giulio Cesare" (Christie conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and an outstanding cast in an account at once scholarly, lively and refreshing)
Handel: Giulio Cesare (Glyndebourne)
Sarah Connolly (Cesare); Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto); Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra); Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo); Patricia Bardon (Cornelia); Christopher Maltman (Achilla);
"...a lively and imaginative production, directed by the ever resourceful David McVicar, enchanted and amused..there was so much good acting, often whilst singing difficult and controlled coloratura." (Musical Opinion)
Handel: Giulio Cesare (Glyndebourne)
Sarah Connolly (Cesare); Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto); Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra); Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo); Patricia Bardon (Cornelia); Christopher Maltman (Achilla);
"...a lively and imaginative production, directed by the ever resourceful David McVicar, enchanted and amused..there was so much good acting, often whilst singing difficult and controlled coloratura." (Musical Opinion)