Andrea Mastroni reviews
Puccini: Turandot
Iréne Theorin, Gregory Kunde, et al; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real/Nicola Luisotti (Bel Air Classiques/DVD)
Handel: Agrippina
Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli, Elsa Benoit, Luca Pisaroni, Jakub Józef Orlinski, Andrea Mastroni, Carlo Vistoli, Biagio Pizzuti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Il P'omo d'Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (Erato)
Joyce DiDonato's heart-breaking performance of Handel's Agrippina
‘Maxim Emelyanychev hits the sweet spot in his tempos, dynamics and realisations, the score aiming to mirror Handel’s lost original'
Hvorostovsky shines in performance of Verdi's Rigoletto
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