Opera News names Isabel Bayrakdarian, Jory Vinikour, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s The OTHER Cleopatra recording, a Critic’s Choice! “The soprano’s musical intelligence, along with her rich sound, impressive range and sensitivity to text are solidly at home in the Italian eighteenth century, so these excerpts from settings by Vivaldi (1724), Hasse (1729)…
Now Available Worldwide! Ekaterina Siurina sings French and Italian arias with Charles Castronovo in duets Internationally renowned soprano Ekaterina Siurina, in her first album for Delos, presents a choice array of beautifully sung French and Italian opera arias by Gustave Charpentier, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi. Siurina’s husband, acclaimed tenor Charles…
Opera Now! magazine gives ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ to Isabel Bayrakdarian, Constantine Orbelian, Jory Vinikour, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia recording: “Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian combines some fascinating Armenian history and rare C18th music combine to make a heady mix in a new album of arias sung by the character of Cleopatra of…
The Whole Note‘s Raul da Gama reviews Isabel Bayrakdarian, Jory Vinikour, Kaunas City Symphony, and Constantine Orbelian’s The Other Cleopatra in the May/June 2020 Issue: “What Bayrakdarian has also done as with many of her recordings, is to shed light on the historical riches of Armenia. More remarkably, however, on The Other Cleopatra: Queen of…
MusicWeb International offers a extensive, rave review for Isabel Bayrakdarian, Constantine Orbelian, Jory Vinikour, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s new recording, The Other Cleopatra: “Ms. Bayrakdarian’s voice is both very appealing and highly versatile… what I have noticed about her voice is its strength throughout her range. But she also has a fine sense for…
InfoDad‘s team gives a four-star rating to Isabel Bayrakdarian, Constantine Orbelian, Jory Vinikour, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s “The Other Cleopatra” recording: “The four Vivaldi excerpts on the CD reveal a high level of skill in blending voice and instruments, and a willingness to offer vocal display even in the midst of declamatory recitatives, as…
Robert Hugill reviews Isabel Bayrakdarian, Constantine Orbelian, Jory Vinikour, and The Kaunas City Symphony’s The Other Cleopatra recording on his Planet Hugill blog: “Isabel Bayrakdarian [has]… a wide lyric range… [and] a big, vibrant voice which navigates with ease the passage-work required, whilst she is adept also with the varying tessitura’s of the roles. ……
Dean Frey’s Music for Several Instruments blog reviews Isabel Bayrakdarian, Jory Vinikour, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s The Other Cleopatra: “This remarkable album is more than a classical music recording; it’s also a work of original scholarship and an effective cultural advocacy project. I hasten to add that it works especially well musically.…
The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia Yes, there was another Cleopatra! She was married to Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia, and together they created an Armenia that reached from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. The resplendent and regal voice of soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian is perfectly suited to the role of Cleopatra. Bayrakdarian shines…
Rafael’s Music Notes reviews Isabel Bayrakdarian, Constantine Orbelian, the Kaunas City Symphony, and Jory Vinikour’s new recording, The Other Cleopatra: “In this intriguing DELOS release the Armenian-Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian explores the story of Cleopatra of Egypt, Queen Consort of King Tigranes II of Armenia in the operatic music of Hasse, Vivaldi and Gluck, all…
Stephen Costello, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s A Te, O Cara: Stephen Costello Sings Bel Canto recording has been nominated for the 2020 GRAMMY® Award for the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album! “the tenor sounds better than ever on his latest album, featuring bel canto’s greatest hits.… The Kaunas City Symphony, under the…
“‘What a gorgeous voice—like a Rolls Royce. She must sing in the best theaters in the world!’, said the late Dmitri Hvorostovsky about Veronika Dzhioevo. And it is a fine voice. Moreover it is used with dramatic imagination… She has a voice that is even from top to bottom and has its own distinct color.…
Gramophone reviews Veronika Dzhioeva’s Ritorna Vincitor! recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony in the 2019 Awards Issue: “Though it clocks it at just under an hour, there’s plenty of bang for your buck in this high-voltage recital by a rising soprano … Veronika Dzhioeva has the impressive breath control and cutting edge…
Rafael de Acha reviews Veronika Dzhioeva’s new Ritorna Vincitor! recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra: “The late Dimitri Hvorostovsky was right when he said: “What a gorgeous voice – like a Rolls Royce, she must sing in the best theaters in the world!” I agree. … The beautiful, big voiced, intensely…
Veronika Dzhioeva Sings Favorite Arias “What a gorgeous voice — like a Rolls-Royce — she must sing in the best theaters in the world!” —Dmitri Hvorostovsky Since graduating from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 2005, soprano Veronika Dzhioeva has become one of Russia’s leading singers, and is in great demand throughout Europe and abroad, regularly…
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