Annalisa Stroppa reviews
Verdi: Nabucco (Parma/Ciampa)
Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Ivan Magri, et al; Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma/Francesco Ivan Ciampa (Dynamic / DVD)
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Maria José Siri, Carlos Álvarez, Bryan Hymel, Annalisa Stroppa; La Scala Chorus & Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly; dir. Alvis Hermanis (Decca)
Damrau's beautiful performance of Bellini's I Puritani
This last opera of Bellini’s may not be his greatest work – obviously Norma is that – but it is full of lovely music.