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2018-08-22 09:28:28
Grand rarity: Halevy's La reine de Chypre revealed by Palazzeto Bru Zane
Fromental Halevy La reine de Chypre; Veronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Eric Huchet, Etienne Dupois, Christophoros Stamboglis, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Herve Niqut; Palazzo Bru Zane Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 June 2018 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Stylishly elegant music allied to a rather unconvincing plot in Halevy's follow up to his success in La Juive in this rare revival from Palazzetto Bur ZaneIf Fromental Halevy's La Juive is relatively rare, then his second grand opera La reine de Chypre is rarer still. This new recording from Palazzetto Bru Zane is based on the first performances of the opera for 140 years. Herve Niquet conducts the Flemish Radio Choir and Orchestre de chambre de Paris with Veronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Etienne Dupuis, Eric Huchet and Christophoros Stamboglis. Of the French grand operas from the first half of the 19th century (roughly 1830s to 1850s), many of the […]
2017-11-18 00:00:00
G.F. Handel in his 40s and 50s
[…] CompanyChristian CurnynChandos CHAN 0719(3) (2005)with librettoOrlandoPatricia Bardon, Rosa Mannon, Hilary Summers, Rosemary Hoshua, Harry van der KampLes Arts FlorissantsWilliam ChristieErato WE 849 (1996)low-res librettoAlcinaJoyce DiDonato, Maite Beaumont, Sonia Prina, Karina Gauvin, Kobie van Regensburg, Vito Priante, Laura ChiericiIl Complesso BaroccoAlan CurtisDeutsche Grammophon 00289 477 7374 (2009)Alessandro SeveroMary-Ellen Nesi, Marita Solberg, Kristina Hammarström, Irini Karaianni, Gemma Bertagnolli, Petros MagoulasArmonia AteneaGeorge PetrouMDG 609 1674-2 (2011)includes: Niccolò Manzaro (1795-1872)* Don Crepuscolo. Azione comica d'un atto solo. 1815 Christophoros Stamboglis bass Armonia Atenea, George Petrou *Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros, composer of the Greek national anthem.with both librettosSerseJudith Malafronte, Jennifer Smith, Lisa Milne, Susan Bickley, Brian Asawa, David Thomas, Dean ElyThe Hanover Band & ChorusNicholas McGeganConifer 75605 51312 2 (1998)Organ Concertos op. 4Accademia BizantinaOttavio Dantone organ and directionDecca 478 1465 (2009)
2015-07-16 14:28:45
Angela Meade, Michele Angelini, Christophoros Stamboglis, and the Orchestra of St. LukeA's with Will Crutchfield perform La Favorite at the Venetian Theater at Caramoor in Katonah New York on July 12, 2014. An opera in French, written by an Italian composer, sung by an international cast before an audience of Westchester music lovers: that's about as cosmopolitan a summer evening as one can conceive.
2014-07-21 17:46:34
The curse of drink
[…] a pleasant light tenor but on July 18, he was dogged by phlegms all evening, and often broke the line into individual notes and syllables where a flowing sound is called for. Tamara Mumford, as Maffio Orsini, sang some winning phrases, especially in her lowest range—was that a plummy E that bowled us over in the brindisi? But there was nothing the least bit masculine about her portrayal—she might have been The Other Woman. Christophoros Stamboglis looks a Mafia thug of grim and cold aspect, which is perfect for Duke Alfonso, but his sizable voice seemed more baritone than bass, easy and ringing on top but missing a note or two at the bottom. All these singers had a way of adding elegant but very tiny ornaments to the line, as if tossing them off to themselves (or aside to Maestro Crutchfield) as afterthoughts rather than hurling their talent out […]
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