Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Real de Madrid reviews
Puccini: Turandot
Iréne Theorin, Gregory Kunde, et al; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real/Nicola Luisotti (Bel Air Classiques/DVD)
Mozart: Lucio Silla
Kurt Streit, Patricia Petibon, Silvia Tro Santafé, Inga Kalna, María José Moreno, Kenneth Tarver; Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid/Ivor Bolton; dir. Claus Guth (Bel Air Classique; DVD)
Britten: Death in Venice
John Daszak, Leigh Melrose, Tomasz Borczyk, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Duncan Rock; Teatro Real Chorus & Orchestra/Alejo Pérez; dir. Willy Decker (Naxos; DVD)
Britten: Billy Budd
Jacques Imbrailo, Toby Spence, Brindley Sherratt et al; Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Real de Madrid/Ivor Bolton; dir. Deborah Warner (Bel Air Classiques, DVD)
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.