Donizetti La Favorite opera to a libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz. Directed 2016 by Amélie Niermeyer at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Stars Elīna Garanča (Léonor de Guzmán), Matthew Polenzani (Fernand), Mariusz Kwiecień (Alphonse XI, King of Castile), Mika Kares (Balthazar), Joshua Owen Mills (Don Gaspar), and Elsa Benoit (Inès). Karel Mark Chichon conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and the Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper (Chorus Master Sören Eckhoff). Set design by Alvideoexander Müller-Elmau; costume design by Kirsten Dephoff; lighting design by Michael Baueri. Directed for TV by Tiziano Mancini. Sung in Italian. Released 2017, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
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Premiere of the French version of Gaetano Donizetti´s "La Favorite" at the Bayerische Staatsoper on 23 October 2016 with star mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanca who gave her debut as Léonor de Guzman. Along with Matthew Polenzani as Fernand and Mariusz Kwiecień as Alphonse XI whom gave their role debuts and Karel Mark Chichon who conducted "La Favorite" for the first time.
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