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Un ballo in maschera

Giuseppe Verdi

Reviews (11)

MusicWeb international

2017 May

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Michael Cookson

2017 May

"Eminently enjoyable, this marvellous if underrated Verdi opera Un Ballo in maschera is compellingly performed with Piotr Beczała in masterly form".

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Klassisk

2017, nr. 46

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Henrik Engelbrecht

2017, nr. 46

"Vi får musikteater med superdetaljeret personinstruktion, og sangerne skal undervejs blandt andet holde styr på at betjene bugtalerdukker mens de synger ... Det fungerer faktisk aldeles fremragende ... Regiteater, når det er bedst og mest musikalsk udført. Jeg har svært ved at forestille mig et bedre cast ... Tenoren Piotr Beczala ... med overskud i stemmen, passende italienerlyd og medrivende nærvær ... Anja Harteros ... Tidens måske allerbedste dramatiske sopran ... Et af verdens allerbedste operaorkestre sammen med et luksuskor ... Verdi, når han bliver mest vedkommende".

BBC music magazine

2017 August

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Anna Picard

2017 August

"The foregrounding of Oscar's character is fascinating. It's a striking performance amid a clutch of stellar turns ... The ensembles are expertly balanced by Zubin Mehta, and the orchestra plays with a reliably silky tone. The psychology of this drama is indeed absorbing".

Diapason

2017 juin

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Didier van Moere

2017 juin

Operabladet Ascolta

(2008) 26. årgang nr. 8

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Henrik Marcussen

(2008) 26. årgang nr. 8

"Pavarotti er her på sin karrieres højde og har som partner en mærkbart velsyngende Ricciarelli, der fuldt ud står model til ham. De indgår i et følelsesfuldt og intenst makkerskab, der tillige vokalt slår gnister. Deres duetter er operakunst på allerbedste niveau ... Fyrighed og fine stramme tempi fra orkesteret er et stort plus, men datidens primitive tv-teknik er for vore nutidigt tilvendte øjne et minus".

Operabladet Ascolta

(2002) 21. årgang nr. 3

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(2002) 21. årgang nr. 3

Politiken

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Fono Forum

2017 Juni

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Manuel Brug

2017 Juni

"Bei ihm [Johannes Erath] scheint alles schwerelos durch ein ewiges Zwanzigerjahre-Art-Déco à la Fred Astaire zu steppen ... Piotr Beczala als einer der besten Verdi-Zwischenfach-Tenöre ... Anja Harteros ... hat alles: blühende Töne, ein aufregend feines Vibrato, eine hinreissend irrlichternde Bühnenpräsenz ... Luxuriöse Produktionswerte ... Eine seltsam kalt lassendes ... Dirigat von Zubin Mehta".

The gramophone

2017 May

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Mike Ashman

2017 May

"Musically things are more than fine. Beczała pulls off this one hell of a tenor role ... with style and confidence. Harteros gives her usual tightly focused emotional performance. With good sound and helpful shot selction the release is strongly recommended".

International record review

2010 March

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Robert Levine (musikanmelder)

2010 March

"Picture and sound are superb, as is direction for the small screen ... I would unhesitatingly recommended this one. As it is, you can't go wrong here".

International record review

2008 April

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Roger Pines

2008 April

"The Metropolitan Opera's 1980 Ballo came in for some critical brickbats. Mainly to blame was the penny-plain décor ... It's all pretty basic here ... A cast that include few true "stage animals" ... Pavarotti's text is, as usual, crystal clear ... The other members of the central trio do not let the side down ... The Met Orchestra does Verdi proud under Giuseppe Patané, who really relishes this score".