Candy Canes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker | Choreography by George Balanchine CMajorEntertainment 2026-09-25 | Candy Canes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker | Choreography by George Balanchine
Bruckner 11 – Christian Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker CMajorEntertainment 2022-12-07 | Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6On the occasion of the Bruckner bicentenary, the Wiener Philharmoniker recorded its first ever complete Bruckner cycle under the baton of Christian Thielemann. In addition to the well-known canon of nine symphonies, the two earliest Bruckner symphonies in F minor and D minor, which are a world premiere on DVD and Blu-ray, were also recorded for the first time in the orchestra's history. This uniquely complete edition from the Musikverein and Salzburg Festival, featuring 11symphonies, also includes extensive conversations with Christian Thielemann about each symphony and insights into his rehearsal work. “Thielemann has found a symbiosis with the Vienna Orchestra that makes unrivalled interpretative statements possible, especially for this repertoire”. (Die Presse on Bruckner 3)“This work has not often been heard like this: setting the highest standards, as part of the excellent Bruckner cycle that the Vienna Philharmonic recorded with Thielemann without competition”. (News on Bruckner 6)BONUS: Discovering Bruckner with Christian ThielemannFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Verdi: Falstaff - Salzburg Festival 1982 CMajorEntertainment 2022-11-14 | Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai, Francisco Araiza, Christa Ludwig, Raina Kabaivanska, Janet Perry, Konzertvereinigung Wiener StaatsoperchorWiener Philharmoniker, conducted & staged by Herbert von KarajanBased, in part, on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is Verdi’s last work for the stage – and only his second comic opera. And yet the humour in this multilayered masterpiece is distinctly wry, for all the main characters exhibit an array of human weaknesses that are implacably exposed by Verdi and his librettist Arrigo Boito. In this legendary performance from the Salzburg Festival, Herbert von Karajan is not only leading a stunning cast of singers featuring the Wiener Philharmoniker, he too directed the opera, in the amazing set design of Günther Schneider-Siemssen.Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
John Crankos The Taming of the Shrew CMajorEntertainment 2022-10-27 | Elisa Badenes, Jason Reilly, Martí Fernández Paixà, Veronika Verterich, Fabio Adorisio, Alessandro Giaquinto, Stuttgart BalletJohn Cranko’s The Taming of the Shrew is one of the greatest ballet comedies of the 20th century. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s world-famous play, Cranko brings to vivid life the story of the shrewish Katherina whom no one wants to marry and the dashing and clever Petruchio who makes her his wife and “tames” her. Set to cheerful and boisterous music by Kurt-Heinz Stolze after Domenico Scarlatti and with colourful costumes and a charming set by Elisabeth Dalton, The Taming of the Shrew evokes the sunlit streets and gardens of Italy. The perfect ballet for the whole family, danced by the Stuttgart Ballet. “This company is world class.” (Tanznetz) / "Cranko’s adaption of Shakespeare’s comedy is an artistic gem." (FAZ)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Bruckner 11 – Christian Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker CMajorEntertainment 2022-09-16 | Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 2 & 8On the occasion of the Bruckner bicentenary, the Wiener Philharmoniker recorded its first ever complete Bruckner cycle under the baton of Christian Thielemann. In addition to the well-known canon of nine symphonies, the two earliest Bruckner symphonies in F minor and D minor, which are a world premiere on DVD and Blu-ray, were also recorded for the first time in the orchestra's history. This uniquely complete edition from the Musikverein and Salzburg Festival, featuring 11symphonies, also includes extensive conversations with Christian Thielemann about each symphony and insights into his rehearsal work. “Orchestra and conductor impressed with Anton Bruckner's Second.” (Der Standard on Bruckner 2)“Only the highest musical perfection sounds like this.” (Die Presse)BONUS: Discovering Bruckner with Christian ThielemannFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Pavarotti in Hyde Park CMajorEntertainment 2022-09-15 | This legendary concert of Luciano Pavarotti in Hyde Park,1991, was held to mark the 30th anniversary of the start of Pavarotti's operatic career. The Guardian wrote that there had not been "such a brouhaha for a free concert" since the concert given by The Rolling Stones in 1969. Attended by 120.000 fans, including Lady Diana, Prince Charles, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Caine and premier John Major, Pavarotti thrilled the electrified audience with a popular program from Verdi to Puccini (Nessun Dorma), from Mascagni and Leoncavallo to Bixio (Mamma) and Di Capua (`O sole mio), which is now available for the first time available on Blu-ray, digitally remastered! Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Daniel Barenboim - Beethoven: The complete Piano Sonatas CMajorEntertainment 2022-09-08 | The Pierre Boulez Saal SessionsFew musicians in the world are as intimately familiar with Beethoven’s piano sonatas as Daniel Barenboim, who has been exploring these works since the earliest days of his career - a musical novel in 32 chapters and an artistic cosmos in itself. Barenboim recorded the full cycle of Beethoven sonatas in the Pierre Boulz Saal in May 2020 and presents these works in chronological order of their creation - providing an exciting look at the composer’s artistic development. With this sonata cycle, Daniel Barenboim has set himself a legacy! The box includes 234 mins Bonus: a 42-minutes interview with Daniel Brenboim on Beethoven and 3 masterclasses with Daniel Barenboim, working with students of the Barenboim-Said Academy feat. Alexandre Kantorow (winner of the 1st price and gold medal at the Tschaikowsky Competition, working on Sonata No. 2), Nathalia Milstein on Sonata No. 15 “Pastoral” and Fabian Müller on Sonata No. 23 “Appassionata”).“No matter how many times you play them there are always freshpersonal perspectives waiting to be discovered.” Daniel BarenboimFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Puccini: Madama Butterfly from Bregenz Festival CMajorEntertainment 2022-09-07 | Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, one of the most played operas today, is performed on the Seebühne for the first time. “Enrique Mazzola leads the Wiener Symphoniker to a beguiling string sound and a flexibility that is so important for Puccini” (Der Tagesspiegel). “Barno Ismatullaeva manages the great aria of Cio-Cio-San touchingly beautifully” (SZ). Stage Director is Andreas Homoki, who together with Michael Levine’s magical stage set with its subtle landscape paintings brings Japanese flair to Lake Constance, supported not at least by Antony McDonald’s colourful costumes. “These are beautiful filigree images that director Andreas Homoki and his team [...] have created” (Der Standard).Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto from Theater an der Wien CMajorEntertainment 2022-07-08 | Bejun Mehta, Louise Alder, Christophe Dumaux, Patricia Bardon, Jake Arditti, Simon BaileyConcentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Ivor Bolton, staged by Keith WarnerTriumphantly premiered in 1724 at the King’s Theatre in London, George Frideric Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto masterfully combines human emotions: Triumph with sorrow, despair with happiness and love with profound melancholy in the face of the transience of all earthly life. Star director Keith Warner creates a production that imaginatively blends silent film and baroque opera, delightfully echoing Mankiewicz’s legendary Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton. An excellent cast of singers is led by two of the world’s leading countertenors: Bejun Mehta and Christophe Dumaux. Louise Alder shines as the seductive Cleopatra. Patricia Bardon, Simon Bailey and Jake Arditti are further highlights in this extraordinary group of singers, while Ivor Bolton provides the appropriate soundtrack on the podium of the Concentus Musicus Wien. “Cheers for all involved” Kurier. “A must for baroque opera fans.” Kronen ZeitungFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Bruckner 11 – Christian Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker CMajorEntertainment 2022-06-16 | PROGRAM Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 1 & 7On the occasion of the Bruckner bicentenary, the Wiener Philharmoniker recorded its first ever complete Bruckner cycle under the baton of Christian Thielemann. In addition to the well-known canon of nine symphonies,the two earliest Bruckner symphonies in F minor and D minor, which are a world premiere on DVD and Blu-ray, were also recorded for the first time in the orchestra's history. This uniquely complete edition from the Musikverein and Salzburg Festival, featuring 11symphonies, also includes extensive conversations with Christian Thielemann about each symphony and insights into his rehearsal work.“With the First, they [...] provided an hour of happiness. [...] An overwhelming event, entirely of philharmonic sound”. (Kronen Zeitung)“Thielemann conducted Bruckner's Seventh as a human drama in philharmonic splendour”. (Die Presse)BONUS: Discovering Bruckner with Christian ThielemannFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Riccardo Muti at Salzburg Festival CMajorEntertainment 2022-06-13 | Rosa Feola, Alisa Kolosova, Dmitry Korchak, Ildar Abdrazakov, Konzertvereinigung Wiener StaatsopernchorWiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Riccardo MutiSince the death of Herbert von Karajan in 1989, the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s concerts around Ascension Day (15 August) have firmly been in the hands of Riccardo Muti. Always sold out, they are among the highlights of every festival summer. For this year’s concert and on occasion of his 80th birthday, the maestro was acclaimed for his interpretation of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, a piece he has never conducted before.“Muti is a master in conveying extremes: monumentality, where it is compositionally intended, and highest internalization alternate with each other in a dense interplay.” FAZ“Muti mastered the work and presented it as stringently as perhaps no one else can do it today.” Die PresseFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Bruckner 11 – Christian Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker CMajorEntertainment 2022-05-17 | PROGRAM Bruckner: Symphony in F minor, WAB 99 (Study Symphony), Symphony in D minor, WAB 100 (Nullte), Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105On the occasion of the Bruckner bicentenary, the Wiener Philharmoniker recorded its first ever complete Bruckner cycle under the baton of Christian Thielemann. In addition to the well-known canon of nine symphonies, the two earliest Bruckner symphonies in F minor and D minor, which are a world premiere on DVD and Blu-ray, were also recorded for the first time in the orchestra's history. This uniquely complete edition from the Musikverein and Salzburg Festival, featuring 11 symphonies, also includes extensive conversations with Christian Thielemann about each symphony and insights into his rehearsal work. “Two symphonies that document Bruckner's path to mastery quite excellently. (…) Conclusion: The next interesting Bruckner milestone in the cycle.” (Kurier) / “Masterly, kapellmeisterlike, dreamlike.” (Der Standard) / Beautiful to weep for and artistically accomplished. [...] The interpretation of the Fifth may be considered a milestone. The way the musicians realised this work was simply grandiose." (Kurier)BONUS: Discovering Bruckner with Christian ThielemannFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Herbert Blomstedt - Wiener Philharmoniker at Salzburg Festival CMajorEntertainment 2022-05-12 | Now in his nineties, Herbert Blomstedt, former conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, is still a powerful interpreter of the symphonic repertoire. His programme with the Wiener Philharmoniker is straightforward: it begins with Honegger’s brilliant Third Symphony and ends with Brahms’ Fourth. The eminent maestro, one of the orchestra’s favourites since his debut at the 2011 Salzburg Mozart Week, continues to enchant audiences with his enormous presence, verve and artistic drive.“A stirring, long-lasting listening experience. At the end, standing ovations and boundless cheers.” (br-klassik.de)“Fortunately, they still exist, the magical moments when time stands still, when music reaches and touches people.” (Die Presse)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Mozart: Don Giovanni conducted by Herbert von Karajan CMajorEntertainment 2022-04-14 | Samuel Ramey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Gösta Winbergh, Julia Varady, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Kathleen Battle, Konzertvereinigung Wiener StaatsopernchorWiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajanstaged by Michael HampeWhen Herbert von Karajan conducted Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival in 1987 featuring an outstanding cast of singers, the fantastic Wiener Philharmoniker and staged by Michael Hampe, it became a legendary performance of the highest artistic level. This dream of artistic collaboration made it one of the best opera performances, which now is available for the first time on Blu-ray.Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Catalani: La Wally from Theater an der Wien CMajorEntertainment 2022-04-14 | Izabela Matula, Leonardo Capalbo, Jacques Imbrailo, Ilona Revolskaya, Alastair Miles, Arnold Schoenberg ChorWiener Symphoniker, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estradastaged by Barbora Horáková Joly Catalani’s masterpiece, first performed in 1892 at La Scala in Milan, is best known for its aria “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana”. With nuanced harmonies and colourful instrumentation, he pays great attention to the orchestra sound. He chose highly unusual material for his opera: the successful novel Die Geier-Wally by Wilhelmine von Hillern tells the story of a young woman who does not fit any of the gender clichés of the time. Unlike many earlier operatic heroines commanded to marry against their will, Wally does not look for a solution in society, but instead runs away to the mountains. Her husband must be her equal, someone unafraid to face both a bear and her father. “Izabela Matula - A Wagnerian hell of a woman with a great soprano.” (Kronenzeitung)“Catalani’s highly dramatic music finds an intense advocate in Andrés Orozco-Estrada on the podium of the excellently disposed Wiener Symphoniker.” (Wiener Zeitung)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
We are Musical - Musical Highlights from Vienna CMajorEntertainment 2022-03-16 | As part of the big musical concert, musical stars Carin Filipčić, Maya Hakvoort, Vanessa Heinz, Wietske van Tongeren, Gino Emnes, Oedo Kuipers, Lukas Perman and Mark Seibert perform the most beautiful melodies from the famous musicals Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the Vampires), Mozart!, I am from Austria, Don Camillo & Peppone, Rebecca, Elisabeth, Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit) and Schikaneder in the impressive ambience of the Vienna Ronacher. VBW musical director Christian Struppeck leads the programme.Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Three Tenors: Voices for Eternity - José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti CMajorEntertainment 2022-03-15 | “We were the Rock Stars of Classical Music” José CarrerasThe documentary Three Tenors – Voices for Eternity, tells the story of the most successful concert in the history of classical music, featuring recent interviews with José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Zubin Mehta, Pavarotti‘s widow Nicoletta Mantovani, Lalo Schifrin, Brian Large, Mario Dradi, Paul Potts, Sir Bryn Terfel, Norman Lebrecht, Didier de Cottignies and many more. Behind-the-scenes-footage, showing the emotional highlights of the first concert and the sequel in Los Angeles offers a fascinating insight into what takes place beyond the spotlight and it includes excerpts from the legendary concert of the Original Three Tenors - José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, conducted by Zubin Mehta at the Terme di Caracalla, Rome 1990 on the eve of the Football World Cup.Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Arrigo Boito: Nerone from Bregenz Festival CMajorEntertainment 2022-03-15 | Rafael Rojas, Lucio Gallo, Brett Polegato, Svetlana Aksenova, Alessandra Volpe, Prague Philharmonic ChoirWiener Symphoniker, conducted by Dirk Kaftanstaged by Olivier TambosiArrigo Boito's libretti, including those for Giuseppe Verdis's Otello and Falstaff, are some of the most outstanding achievements in operatic history and his own completed opera Mefistofele is present on the opera stages. On his opera Nerone Boito started working in 1862, but struggeled to complete it immediately, leaving it unfinished for several decades. It became his life's work and it was only after his death that the conductor Arturo Toscanini created a performable version. The world premiere was held at La Scala Milan in 1924. Boito´s opera Nerone is here available for the first time on DVD/Blu-ray "Musically it´s brilliant.“ (Wiener Zeitung) and "Rafael Rojas triumphs in the murderous role of Nero, Lucio Gallo (Mago) is a great prince of darkness“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung).Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Wagner: Parsifal from Teatro Massimo, Palermo CMajorEntertainment 2022-02-16 | Julian Hubbard, Tomas Tomasson, Catherine Hunold, Alexei Tanovitski, John Relyea, Thomas GazheliCoro & Orchestra del Teatro Massimo, conducted by Omer Meir Wellberstaged by Graham VickIn Palermo where Richard Wagner composed this monumental opera during a long stay, conductor Omer Meir Wellber makes a highly successful debut as music director of Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, architecturally and artistically one of Italy’s most impressive opera houses. “With the Teatro Massimo’s excellent orchestra he succeded in a reading that was absolutely straight forward” (Opera Today). The singers are excellently cast especially Julian Hubbard as Parsifal “who was a sensation” (neue musikzeitung). Stage director “Graham Vick strips Parsifal of mysticism to deliver a powerful indictment of divisive ideologies” (Musical America).Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Olga Neuwirth: Orlando (world premiere) from Wiener Staatsoper CMajorEntertainment 2022-02-15 | Kate Lindsey, Anna Clementi, Eric Jurenas, Justin Vivian Bond, Leigh Melrose, Constance Hauman, Chorus of Wiener StaatsoperWiener Staatsoper, conducted by Matthias Pintscherstaged by Polly Grahamcostumes by COMME des GARÇONS“A vivid Orlando makes history in Vienna” (New York Times International): Olga Neuwirth’s opera Orlando, based on Virginia Woolf’s novel of the same name, is the first full-length opera work by a woman celebrating its premiereat the Vienna State Opera. Olga Neuwirth, for a long time one of the great composers of the present, succeeds with this opera in creating a captivating arc across many musical genres. It’s an exciting, socially critical production by Polly Graham who puts a fantastically singing and playing Kate Lindsey in the center of the action. For Orlando Olga Neuwirth won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award, it became “world premiere of the year” by Opernwelt magazine and for Die Zeit it was “the premiere of the season”.Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Janácek: Jenufa from Staatsoper Unter den Linden CMajorEntertainment 2022-02-15 | Camilla Nylund, Evelyn Herlitzius, Stuart Skelton, Ladislav Elgr, Hanna Schwarz, StaatsopernchorStaatskapelle Berlin, conducted by Simon Rattlestaged by Damiano MichielettoJenufa is still Janácek’s most successful and most often performed opera, and the Berlin premiere at the Staatsoper in 1924 brought the work its final breakthrough on German stages. This performance from Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden is “artistically unsurpassable. There are three reasons for this. Firstly, the cast [...], secondly: the direction [...], thirdly: Simon Rattle, the Staatskapelle and the chorus of the Staatsoper” (BR Klassik). “Simon Rattle revs up the Staatskapelle Berlin with a passion as if he had to fill a melodrama by Giacomo Puccini with bursting sound life” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). “A beguiling mixture of speaking articulation and tonal roundness.” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Handel: Saul from Theater an der Wien CMajorEntertainment 2022-01-18 | Florian Boesch, Jake Arditti, Anna Prohaska, Giulia Semenzato, Rupert Charlesworth, Arnold Schoenberg ChorFreiburger Barockorchester, conducted by Christopher Mouldsstaged by Claus GuthFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel from Theater an der Wien CMajorEntertainment 2022-01-10 | Bo Skovhus, Ausrine Stundyte, Natascha Petrinsky, Elena Zaremba, Nikolai Schukoff, Arnold Schoenberg ChorORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, conducted by Constantin Trinksstaged by Andrea BrethFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Mozart: Idomeneo from Wiener Staatsoper CMajorEntertainment 2021-12-14 | Bernard Richter, Rachel Frenkel, Irina Lungu, Valentina Naforniță, Chorus of Wiener StaatsoperWiener Staatsoper, conducted by Tomáš Netopilstaged by Kasper HoltenFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Weber: Der Freischütz from Wiener Staatsoper CMajorEntertainment 2021-11-23 | Andreas Schager, Camilla Nylund, Daniela Fally, Alan Held, Chorus of Wiener StaatsoperWiener Staatsoper, conducted by Tomáš Netopilstaged by Christian Räth Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Moniuszko: Halka from Theater an der Wien CMajorEntertainment 2021-11-16 | Piotr Beczala, Tomasz Konieczny, Corinne Winters, Natalia Kawalek, Arnold Schoenberg ChorORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, conducted by Lukasz Borowiczstaged by Mariusz TrelińskiAt Theater an der Wien Stanisław Moniuszko’s Polish national opera Halka is performed by a superb cast including Corinne Winters (“devotedly”) , Piotr Beczała (“vocally outstanding - once again world class”) and Tomasz Konieczny (“his acting is piercing”) (Der Standard). The Polish leading team, above all director Mariusz Treliński, puts the plot into a supercooled crime aesthetic. The ORF Radio Symphonie-Orchester Wien under the baton of Łukasz Borowicz plays with perceptible delight. “A gripping opera evening” (Wiener Zeitung). “A musically and scenically stirring work of art” (Neue Musikzeitung)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
David Garrett: UNLIMITED - Live from the Arena di Verona CMajorEntertainment 2021-11-11 | Out on DVD and Blu-ray soon!Star violinist David Garrett celebrates his ten-year spectacular crossover programme with thousands of fans in the extraordinary atmosphere of the Arena di Verona, Italy. Performing his Greatest Hits of brilliant interpretations of rock classics like “We Are The Champions” or “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and world-famous pop songs like “Viva La Vida” or “Hey Jude” and his arrangements of classical melodies like Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, David Garrett left a thrilled audience in the Arena.Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Christian Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker at Salzburg Festival CMajorEntertainment 2021-09-29 | Elīna GarančaWiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Christian ThielemannChristian Thielemann is a compelling advocate for German music, and his Salzburg Festival 2020 programme with the Wiener Philharmoniker is smack-dab at the heart of his favoured repertoire. For his long-awaited return to the Summer Festival, he opens with Wagner's Wesendock Songs, considered musical sketches for the opera Tristan und Isolde, with terrific Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as soloist. The centerpiece is Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, the Romantic. Storms of applause.“Together with an orchestra that breathes with her, Elīna Garanča proved that she currently represents the non plus ultra in the mezzosoprano category. Grandiose the fusion of intensity and noble sound” Der Standard“An event with goose bumps“ KurierPROGRAMWagner: Five Poems for female voice and piano “Wesendonck Lieder”Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 “Romantic”Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Herbert von Karajan - New Year´s Concert1987, Vienna & New Year´s Eve Concert 1988, Berlin CMajorEntertainment 2021-09-21 | The New Year´s Eve Concert 1988 was one of the last concerts that Herbert von Karajan gave with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Berlin. For this concert he invited the 17 year old Evgeny Kissin to his debut with the orchestra. After the concert the press did raving reviews about Kissin´s musicalitiy and technical skills and he proves till today that he is one of the best pianists of our time. The New Year´s Concert from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein Vienna with the Wiener Philharmoniker is always one of the best-selling classical albums each year. In 1987 Herbert von Karajan conducted his only performance of the New Year´s Concert performing famous pieces from Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss. As soloist in one piece you can hear the legendary soprano Kathleen Battle. Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Dvořák: Rusalka - Asmik Grigorian at Teatro Real CMajorEntertainment 2021-09-21 | Asmik Grigorian, Eric Cutler, Karita Mattila, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, Katarina Dalayman, Chorus of the Teatro Real Teatro Real, conducted by Ivor Boltonstaged by Christof LoyRusalka returns to Madrid “on an overwhelming level that will leave its mark”. (El Español) Mesmerizing soprano Asmik Grigorian, “already one of the most outstanding sopranos of her generation“ (Online Merker) stars with a“voice, at its zenith of maturity“ (El Pais) in the title role of Christoph Loy’s timeless and evocative staging of Dvorák’s tragic take on the Little Mermaid fable. Especially „the direction of dancers and extras in the second act is a virtuoso performance by Loy and his choreographer.“ (El Pais) “Musically, this Rusalka is of immense quality, no doubt due to the spectacular work of Ivor Bolton.“ (El Español)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà from Theater an der Wien CMajorEntertainment 2021-09-17 | Svetlana Aksenova, Enkelejda Shkosa, Nikolai Schukoff, Christopher Maltman, Arnold Schoenberg ChorORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, conducted by Stefan Soltészstaged by Christof LoyWith Ruggero Leoncavallo’s rarity Zazá, the Theater an der Wien scored a coup with the grandiose house debutante Svetlana Aksenova in the title role. Christof Loy delivers a striking staging of the Verismo drama and conductor Stefan Soltez spiritedly leads the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien through the highly acclaimed evening. “It would take a whole newspaper page to praise all the performers appropriately”, praises Der Standard. Of particular note is Svetlana Aksenova as Zazá who “suffers the whole spectrum from intimate affection to raging jealousy and mute despair”, Nikolai Schukoff (Milio) “shows himself as a daredevil and a depressed mourner”, Christopher Maltman as Cascart “leads energetically and touchingly his already lost fight for his beloved.” An evening worth seeing and hearing!Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Jedermann (Everymen) Salzburg Festival 2020 CMajorEntertainment 2021-08-27 | It is the centrepiece of the Salzburg Festival and an incontrovertible institution: For it’s 100th anniversary, the Salzburg Festival offered an opulent interpretation of Jedermann (Everyman) by Hofmannsthal. "Tobias Moretti plays with great commitment, Caroline Peters gives a brilliant performance" (Salzburger Nachrichten). On 22 August 1920, the first Salzburg Festival opened with Jedermann in a production by Festival founder Max Reinhardt against the breathtaking backdrop of the baroque Salzburg Cathedral. Since then, no other piece has more closely been connected with the 100-year history of the Festival than this play about the transience of the world, fame and money.BONUS:Documentary: The Great World Theatre - Salzburg and it’s FestivalA high-quality docufiction about the dramas and unknown events behind the scenes, from its founding in 1920 to the present day showing unseen footage from 30 archives worldwide and numerous private films.Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Puccini: Tosca from Wiener Staatsoper CMajorEntertainment 2021-08-23 | Karine Babajanyan, Piotr Beczala, Carlos Alvarez, Chorus of Wiener StaatsoperWiener Staatsoper, conducted by Marco Armiliatostaged by Margarethe WallmannGiacomo Puccini’s Tosca is one of the most dramatic thrillers in the history of opera. In the revived, legendary historic staging of Margarethe Wallmann, Piotr Beczała (“one of the extraordinary singers of our time”, Der Standard) celebrated his acclaimed role debut as Cavaradossi and is “overwhelming” (Wiener Zeitung). At his side is Karine Babajanyan as Primadonna Floria Tosca, making her house debut at the Vienna State Opera and Carlos Álvarez, whose “Scarpia is an ambassador of evil like no other.” (Wiener Zeitung) - a performance of unique and lasting quality!Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Mahler / Live from Wiener Staatsoper CMajorEntertainment 2021-08-05 | “Mahler, Live” is a dialogue between two outstanding ballets, the world premiere of “4” by Martin Schläpfer and Hans van Manen‘s icon of dance history “Live”. The new director of the Vienna State Ballet Martin Schläpfer not only presents his first own program at the Vienna State Opera with the premiere “Mahler, Live” but also introduce himself as choreographer with his world premiere “4” to Gustav Mahler‘s 4th Symphony. The result is a great ballet for the entire ensemble, which is preceded by an icon of dance history at the opening of the evening, with Hans van Manen‘s “Live”. Hans van Manen‘s “Live” is the first video ballet in dance history and a masterful puzzle game with the mechanisms of perception. First performed in Amsterdam in 1979, “Live” has so far been danced exclusively by Het Nationale Ballett. With this new production in Vienna, Hans van Manen entrusts his work to another company for the first time. “The ballet evening Mahler, live at the Vienna State Opera is already writing dance history” (Kurier), // “A sensational start. The Viennese have undoubtedly drawn a lucky draw.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung).Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Massenet: Thaïs from Theater an der Wien CMajorEntertainment 2021-07-19 | Nicole Chevalier, Josef Wagner, Roberto Saccà, Carolina Lippo, Sofia Vinnik, Günes Gürle, Arnold Schoenberg ChorVienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leo Hussain staged by Peter Konwitschny With the "Méditation", Jules Massenet probably wrote one of the most famous melodies of our time. It originates from his Comédie-lyrique "Thaïs", which – unlike Massenet's operas "Werther" or "Manon" – never made it into the international opera repertoire. Presumably because the two main roles of Thaïs and Athanaël demand something almost superhuman from the singers. In the new production by Peter Konwitschny at the Theater an der Wien, the American soprano Nicole Chevalier is one of the most exciting singers currently on stage in the title role. At her side, the young Austrian bass-baritone Josef Wagner celebrates his house debut. This is a fascinating and musically excellent performance of a timeless classic of the opera repertoire. “Gigantically well told (...) Grandiose!” (Der Kurier) // “An acoustic delight” (Der Standard)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
The Original Three Tenors - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert, Rome 1990 CMajorEntertainment 2021-07-14 | out on Blu.ray soon - 24 September!This very special Blu-ray includes the legendary concert of the Original Three Tenors - José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, conducted by Zubin Mehta at the Terme di Caracalla, Rome 1990 on the eve of the Football World Cup in Italy, watched by 1.6 billion spectators worldwide. For the first time available on Blu-ray, digitally remastered! This edition includes the new documentary The Three Tenors - From Caracalla to the World featuring recent interviews with José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Zubin Mehta, Pavarotti‘s widow Nicoletta Mantovani, Lalo Shifrin, Brian Large, Mario Dradi, Paul Potts, Sir Bryn Terfel, Norman Lebrecht, Didier de Cottignies and many more. Previously unpublished backstage material shows the tenors unadorned and offers a fascinating insight into what takes place beyond the spotlight in Rome, 1990 and the sequel in Los Angeles, 1994. The film takes a completely new look at the concert legends. For the first time, they talk about José Carreras‘ struggles with leukemia, their rivalries and friendships, their spectacular contract poker and life as an opera star. Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Rameau: Platée with William Christie CMajorEntertainment 2021-06-17 | Marcel Beekman, Jeanine de Bique, Cyril Auvity, Marc Mauillon, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Arnold Schoenberg ChorLes Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christiestaged by Robert Carsen Jean-Jacques Rousseau hailed “Platée” as “the best musical play ever to be heard in our theatres.” In Robert Carsen’s production, the mythological events take place in the world of Parisian haute couture and Jupiter is portrayed as the fashion god Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) – who has now really been transferred up to Olympus. This ingeniously apt transposition of this satirical opera into the modern day has long been a hit! The renowned specialist in baroque music, William Christie, conducts his Les Arts Florissants, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor and a fantastic cast. “A candy-coloured baroque dream” (Salzburger Nachrichten) // “A must-see - and not only for fashion freaks!” (Bühne)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Ludovico Einaudi @ Waldbühne, Berlin CMajorEntertainment 2021-06-10 | It started as just another warm night, back in June 2017 at the Waldbühne, Berlin. But when Ludovico Einaudi started to play, it became a Midsummer Night’s dream for everyone there. An unforgettable concert, in which he performed music from his album “Elements” as well as further repertoire, Nuvole Bianche, Una Mattina, Night and many more…Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Magic Moments of Music - Martha Argerich in Warsaw 1965 CMajorEntertainment 2021-06-01 | Martha Argerich’s appearance at the 1965 Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw marks the beginning of an incomparable career. With her flowing hair and impetuous and mysterious demeanour, the 24-year-old Argentinian conquers the hearts of everyone present. For much of the competition, however, her victory is far from certain. Her closest competitor is Arthur Moreira Lima from Brazil. It comes down to the final performance of Chopin’s First Piano Concerto, and a legend is born. The film includes excerpts from the dramatic musical duel between Martha Argerich and Arthur Moreira Lima, and from Martha Argerich’s interpretation of Chopin’s First Piano Concerto in Warsaw forty-five years later. We also hear from close friends of Martha Argerich, including the conductor Daniel Barenboim, pianists Gabriela Montero and Sophie Pacini, violinist Gidon Kremer, her competitor Arthur Moreira Lima, the Polish star pianist Rafał Blechacz, who won first prize in the Chopin Competition in 2005, and other people present at the competition in 1965.A film by Holger Preusse & Philipp QuiringFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
A Midsummer Nights Dream - A Ballet by John Neumeier CMajorEntertainment 2021-05-27 | “During creation, every new ballet seems a possible film. When developing the idea of filming “A Midsummer Night’s Dream“, I insisted on planning a true ballet film which, for me, is completely different than a documentary. I intended to put the audience into the ballet, to bring it closer. Within the three days of recording, we did not schedule a single complete run-through of the work. Instead, we recorded the film in sequences and with exciting camera positions which can be compared to the way one would film a drama. What we really love when watching films, is the immediacy, the vibrancy of the moment. The camera being so close, means that we don’t want the dancers representing something, we don’t want them presenting something, we want them simply being – “now”. We want that spark of truth that springs towards us and that touches us.” John NeumeierIn 1977 John Neumeier created one of his most popular ballets for the Hamburg Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream based on William Shakespeare. This production has been invited regularly for guest performances in Europe, Asia, North and South America. The Hamburg Ballet’s archives document more than 300 performances. In addition, the ballet has been produced by prestigious companies such as the Paris Opera Ballet and the Ballet of the Bolshoi.Bonus film: The Artist´s Privilege - Interview with John Neumeier about “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Plácido Domingo at the Arena di Verona CMajorEntertainment 2021-05-19 | Opera legend Plácido Domingo returns to the spectacular Arena di Verona, where he more than 50 years ago made his debut. Plácido Domingo and Saioa Hernández perform a programme dedicated to the great Italian composers Giuseppe Verdi and Umberto Giordano. Jordi Bernàcer conducts the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona from the center of the Arena, which creates an incredible surround sound, embedded in a perfectly staged light show. It had been an extraordinary evening, where “the duets saw the artists perfectly in harmony” (OperaClick) and “Domingo performed with bravura, alternating with the spectacular Saioa Hernández” (operaactual.com).Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Strauss: Elektra from Salzburg Festival CMajorEntertainment 2021-04-27 | Ausrine Stundyte, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Asmik Grigorian, Michael Laurenz, Derek Welton, Wiener StaatsopernchorWiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Franz Welser-Möststaged by Krzysztof WarlikowskiIn its 100th anniversary edition, the Salzburg Festival celebrates a real triumph with a mind-blowing new production of Elektra, one of the most famous masterpieces of opera history by the two festival founders Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The Lithuanian soprano Ausrine Stundyte as vengeful and traumatized Elektra turns the opening of the Festival into a real knockout performance! Her sister Chrysotemis is sung by her compatriot Asmik Grigorian, who made her international breakthrough as acclaimed Salome at the 2018 Salzburg Festival, and whose performance once again draws the audience into spell. Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Klytämnestra, Derek Welton as Orest and Michael Laurenz as Ägisth complete an ensemble of top-notch singers. The staging by Krzysztof Warlikowski of this work about matricide, obsession, revenge and physical degradation is a deep psychological study of a broken family. Franz Welser-Möst brings his trademark flair to the pit where the brilliantly effervescent and then again heartrendingly gentle playing Wiener Philharmoniker create gloriously exultant Strauss moments.“To have chosen Elektra of all pieces, was audacious – and to have brought it off so well, triumphant” The Times“One Highlight of the centenary season” The TelegraphFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Love duets - Sonya Yoncheva & Vittorio Grigolo at Arena di Verona CMajorEntertainment 2021-04-19 | In the imposing Arena di Verona, soprano Sonya Yoncheva and tenor Vittorio Grigolo present with dramatic and passionate synergy an evening of the most beautiful operatic love arias and duets in opera history. Passion that burns, consumes and sometimes kills is the central theme of this concertincluding arias from Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod as well as from Puccini´s Tosca, La bohème, Madama Butterfly and Verdi´s La traviata, all conducted by Plácido Domingo. Sonya Yoncheva has the full and vibrant timbre of a true lyrical soprano while Vittorio Grigolo, like Cavaradossi and Rodolfo, plays the cards of ardor and passion, with sweet and affectionate colors. An overall successful evening.Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Verdi: Falstaff from Staatsoper Unter den Linden CMajorEntertainment 2021-03-18 | Michael Volle, Barbara Frittoli, Nadine Sierra, Daniela Barcellona, Alfredo Daza, Francesco Demuro, Katharina Kammerloher, StaatsopernchorStaatskapelle Berlin, conducted by Daniel Barenboimstaged by Mario Martone Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Handel: Ariodante - Cecilia Bartoli from Salzburg Festival CMajorEntertainment 2021-03-17 | Cecilia Bartoli, Kathryn Lewek, Rolando Villazón, Sandrine Piau, Nathan Berg, Christophe Dumaux, Salzburger BachchorLes Musiciens du Prince – Monaco, conducted by Gianluca Capuanostaged by Christof LoyAt Salzburg Festival, Cecilia Bartoli shines as Ariodante with her dazzling coloratura in a highly acclaimed new production by the German director Christoph Loy, who is known for his clever psychological stagings. Loy turns Handel's splendid baroque opera into an exciting and differentiated reflection on gender roles. A high-class ensemble, first and foremost a brilliant Cecilia Bartoli in the trouser role of the knight Ariodante who effortlessly switches between cheerful and lamenting virtuoso singing makes the production a true triumph. At her side perform audience favourite Rolando Villazón as Lurcano and young American soprano Kathryn Lewek, praised by critics as a „true discovery“ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung). Gianluca Capuano at the podium of the Musiciens du Prince – Monaco „provides for elegance, richness of colour and a sensitive, stirring realisation of the ingenious score.“ (Kurier). „Cecilia Bartoli is a league of her own!" (Der Standard). "The singing was sensational" (LA Times)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte - Nikolaus Harnoncourt CMajorEntertainment 2021-03-15 | “He was out to to create something ‘unheard-of’,” observed conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt beforehand. And true to form: What the conductor had offer as he commenced his Mozart/Da Ponte cycle in the Theater an der Wien was something we “had never before heard like this” (Kurier). Nikolaus Harnoncourt, “master” of period performance practice, realized a project that had long been one of his dearest wishes: for the first time, he and his “original-sound orchestra” Concentus Musicus and his personal choice of singers were presenting the complete Mozart/Da Ponte cycle and harvesting the fruits of his Mozart research – an “enthusiastically acclaimed cycle!” (news.at). During an intensive phase of rehearsal and preparation, he was in search of a Mozart hermeneutic resting on historical sources and yet anchored in our own time, in order to stage the whole Da Ponte “trilogy” – Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte – in a matter of a mere six weeks. “The culmination of Harnoncourt’s involvement with [Mozart’s Da Ponte operas] – „A Mozart drawn from historical sources and yet anchored in our own time.” (Die Presse)PART III: Cosi fan tutte + Documentary: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Between Obsession and Perfection (Cosi fan tutte)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Olga Peretyatko - My Love for Rossini CMajorEntertainment 2021-03-11 | Olga Peretyatko - My Love for Rossini is dedicated to the famous Russian soprano and her admiration for the composer Gioachino Rossini. This documentary includes footage of Olga Peretyatko singing several of Rossini's most famous arias in concert with the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Alberto Zedda. She reflects on her life, her experiences as a singer, and above all, her love for Rossini.A film by Gabriele CazzolaFacebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
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Mozart: Don Giovanni - Nikolaus Harnoncourt CMajorEntertainment 2021-02-17 | “He was out to to create something ‘unheard-of’,” observed conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt beforehand. And true to form: What the conductor had offer as he commenced his Mozart/Da Ponte cycle in the Theater an der Wien was something we “had never before heard like this” (Kurier). Nikolaus Harnoncourt, “master” of period performance practice, realized a project that had long been one of his dearest wishes: for the first time, he and his “original-sound orchestra” Concentus Musicus and his personal choice of singers were presenting the complete Mozart/Da Ponte cycle and harvesting the fruits of his Mozart research – an “enthusiastically acclaimed cycle!” (news.at). During an intensive phase of rehearsal and preparation, he was in search of a Mozart hermeneutic resting on historical sources and yet anchored in our own time, in order to stage the whole Da Ponte “trilogy” – Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte – in a matter of a mere six weeks. “The culmination of Harnoncourt’s involvement with [Mozart’s Da Ponte operas] – „A Mozart drawn from historical sources and yet anchored in our own time.” (Die Presse)PART II: Don Giovanni + Documentary: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Between Obsession and Perfection (Don Giovanni)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
Giordano: Andrea Chénier - Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov at Teatro alla Scala CMajorEntertainment 2021-02-17 | Andrea Chénier, which premiered at La Scala in 1896, was last performed here 32 years ago by Riccardo Chailly. “By choosing to work with director Mario Martone, known for his films as well as his work in opera and theatre, Chailly has given overall coherence to his cinematic vision. This production is beautifully crafted and full of grim period detail. Riccardo Chailly conducted with vitality and drive“ (Financial Times) and in the main roles Yusif Eyvazov “proved to be technically very skilled“ and Anna Netrebko´s “beautifully timbred and perfectly tuned voice“ (theoperacritic.com) made “the acoustic experience of the Milanese Chénier high-class“. (BR Klassik)Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com
