Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles
DVD Feb 2017
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Diana Damrau, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecień, Nicolas Testé
The Metropolitan Opera
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Penny Woolcock, director
Label: Metropolitan Opera / Erato
Release date: February 24, 2017
Nominated for a 2017 Grammy in the Best Opera Recording category
“Nicolas Testé, a voice of bronze with perfect diction, proposes a Nourabad that is severe and intractable, blinded by his religious convictions.”
{Nicolas Testé, voix de bronze et diction parfaite, propose un Nourabad sévère et intraitable, aveuglé par ses convictions religieuses.}
“A near-constant presence around Léïla is the towering figure of forbidding high priest Nourabad, played by Damrau’s real-life husband Nicolas Testé. The tall French bass-baritone does not have an aria as such but the solid, dark timbre of his voice coalesces successfully with his authoritarian manner.”
A near-constant presence around Léïla is the towering figure of forbidding high priest Nourabad, played by Damrau’s real-life husband Nicolas Testé. The tall French bass-baritone does not have an aria as such but the solid, dark timbre of his voice coalesces successfully with his authoritarian manner.
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