Under the direction of James OíDonnell since January 2000, the Choir of Westminster Abbey has cultivated a robust singing style that well serves the music of this new recording and continues the Abbeyís position as one of the obvious standard bearers of the English cathedral tradition.
Soprano’s versatility sparkled
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Schumann Rarity: An Opera of Bits and Pieces of ‘Faust’
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MOZART: La clemenza di Tito
La clemenza di Tito. Opera seria in due atti (K. 621).
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Libretto by Caterino Mazzol‡ based on a text by Pietro Metastasio.
Lyric hopes to lift curse with restaged ‘Rigoletto’
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Everyone’s Invited to Wolfgang’s Party, Willing or Not
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Army Helps DNA Scientists Unravel Mozart Mystery
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Berlin Opera Night
At 73 minutes, this DVD of the typical gala affair ñ various soloists trot on, sing an aria, then trot off ñ canít be called generous, but it does have variety.