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Archive for Isabel Bayrakdarian

Posted by Delos Productions on August 2, 2021

The Arts Fuse reviews “The Other Cleopatra”

The Arts Fuse has a new review for Isabel Bayrakdarian, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia recording: “A delightful recording — and the first ever! — of arias from Hasse’s and Gluck’s operas about Tigranes and Cleopatra of Pontus. Plus four arias by Vivaldi for that same Cleopatra.…

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Posted by Delos Productions on October 1, 2020

The Other Cleopatra is an Opera News Critic’s Choice!

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)…

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Posted by Delos Productions on June 30, 2020

More MusicWeb Praise for The Other Cleopatra

MusicWeb International has a second review for Isabel Bayrakdarian, Jory Vinikour, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s The Other Cleopatra: “performed here with verve and commitment… beautifully sung by Isabel Bayrakdarian… This is great music, dramatic and melodious and gives the singer plenty of opportunities to display both her technical capacity and the beauty…

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Posted by Delos Productions on May 7, 2020

Opera Now Gives The Other Cleopatra Four Stars

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…

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Posted by Delos Productions on May 5, 2020

The Whole Note Reviews The Other Cleopatra

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…

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Posted by Delos Productions on April 28, 2020

MusicWeb Reviews Isabel Bayrakdarian’s “Outstanding” The Other Cleopatra

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…

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Posted by Delos Productions on April 16, 2020

InfoDad Gives The Other Cleopatra Its Highest Rating!

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…

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Posted by Delos Productions on April 9, 2020

Planet Hugill Reviews Isabel Bayrakdarian’s The Other Cleopatra

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. ……

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Posted by Delos Productions on March 25, 2020

Isabel Bayrakdarian’s The Other Cleopatra is a Triumph!

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.…

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Posted by Delos Productions on March 20, 2020

Now Available: The OTHER Cleopatra

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…

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Posted by Delos Productions on March 18, 2020

Rafael’s Music Notes Reviews Isabel Bayrakdarian’s The Other Cleopatra

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…

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Posted by Delos Productions on February 27, 2020

The OTHER Cleopatra?

As part of my research at the University of California, Santa Barbara, I have undertaken extensive scholarly work on Baroque composers who have written operas about the Armenian King Tigranes II (140–55 BCE). There are at least twenty-four operas about him; most are lost. I have now gathered three operas—in entirety and in excerpts—by Hasse,…

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Posted by Delos Productions on April 9, 2018

Canadian Broadcasting Company Features Isabel Bayrakdarian

In light of her recent Juno Award nomination, the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s Radio-Canada aired a feature on Isabel Bayrakdarian and the story behind her Delos release, Mother of Light! Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian jokingly blames all the opera plots she’s been immersed in her entire singing career — plots where a character makes a pact with…

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Posted by Delos Productions on February 7, 2018

Isabel Bayrakdarian’s “Mother of Light” Nominated for a Juno Award!

Canada’s JUNO Awards nominees were announced yesterday, and Isabel Bayrakdarian’s Mother of Light recording was nominated for Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral! Mother Of Light Armenian hymns and chants in praise of Mary Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano Order Now Soprano sorceress Isabel Bayrakdarian, acclaimed internationally for her glittering accomplishments on both stage and…

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Posted by Delos Productions on December 15, 2017

Delos Year-End List Roundup

With 2017 coming to a close, the year-end lists have begun to roll out, and Delos albums are well-represented! Verdi: Rigoletto – Dmitri Hvorostovsky New York Times Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 Rafael’s Music Notes Ten Outstanding 2017 CDs UK Classical Chart #17 Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift – Dmitri Hvorostovsky Naxos Music Library Favorite…

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