Pappano, Antonio > White, Jeremy

Puccini: Tosca / Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel. Royal Opera House Orch. & Chorus - Antonio Pappano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2012-10-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Francis, Hubert; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jakobski, Lukas; Kaufmann, Jonas; Morrissey, John; Payne, William; Terfel, Bryn; White, Jeremy; Zhou, Zheng
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

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One need only watch Angela Gheorghiu as Tosca, scratching her chin in puzzlement as she tries to figure out who Cavaradossi's painting of Mary Magdalene...continue...

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Stemme, Pappano, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-05-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Capriccio, Op 85; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Clews, Richard; Grodnikaite, Liora; Manning, Peter; Siegel, Gerhard; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Nina Stemme belongs in this select company. With the extra dramatic over-drive she can switch on when needed and her superb portraits of Salome and...continue...