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Munich Radio Orchestra

Opera Album Review: An Italian Comic Opera, or Is It a German One? You Decide

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s delightful 1906 comic opera, via the first recording of the version heard at the work’s premiere.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, I quatro rusteghi, Munich Radio Orchestra, Ralph P. Locke, The Four Curmudgeons, Ulf Schirmer, Vasily Petrenko

Opera Album Review: Muslims vs. Christians in 10th-Century Spain, Portrayed in an 1881 Gounod Opera (World-Premiere Recording)

Gounod was no mere purveyor of gentle sentiments. This 1881 opera, superbly performed, shows plenty of drama and grit.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bru Zane, Hervé Niquet, Le tribut de Zamora, Munich Radio Orchestra, Palazetto Bru Zane, Ralph P. Locke

Opera Album Review: A Renaissance-Toned Opera by Saint-Saëns, Finally (and Finely) Recorded

One of Saint-Saëns’s most important operas, Proserpine, has recently been given its world-premiere recording, and the result is a revelation.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Ediciones Singulares, Flemish Radio Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra, Proserpine, Ralph P. Locke, Saint-Saëns, Véronique Gens

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