Welcome back for this week\u2019s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world.<\/p>\n
This week audiences will get to hear two complete Salzburg productions and two world premiere recordings.<\/p>\n
The Vertex Duo, composed of mezzo-soprano Kristin Gornstein and pianist Jeremy Chan release an album about grief.\u00a0 The result is “JOY, TOO,” a collection of melancholy songs<\/p>\n
Unitel Classica releases the Salzburg Festival’s performance of Martin\u016f’s work. The production stars\u00a0G\u00e1bor Bretz, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Sara Jakubiak, Charles Workman, Christina Gansch, and \u0141ukasz Goli\u0144ski. Maxime Pascal conducts the production by Simon Stone.<\/p>\n
In a review for OperaWire, Joao Copertino noted, “Bohuslav Martin\u016f<\/span>\u2019s opera ‘The Greek Passion<\/a>‘ is a work still in search\u00a0<\/span>of its audience. The opera, seldom performed,\u00a0is considered to be one of Martin\u016f<\/span>\u2019s finest compositions. This season\u2019s Salzburg Festival tried hard to make ‘The Greek Passion’ a rare and visually noteworthy production” and “American soprano Sara Jakubiak<\/a>\u2018s singing and musical phrasing in English was excellent. ”<\/p>\n