Mike Ashman


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British opera director and liner notes author, born 16 April 1950.

APPEARANCES +


Puccini* - London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
Il Trittico
2017, ,
Opera/Romantic
Offenbach* - Roberto Alagna, José van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo, Leontina Vaduva, Juanita Lascarro, Catherine Dubosc, Michel Sénéchal, Gabriel Bacquier, Gilles Ragon, Chœur* Et Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon Et Kent Nagano
Les Contes D'Hoffmann
2016, ,
Romantic/Opera
Donizetti* / Callas*, Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus*, Tullio Serafin
Lucia Di Lammermoor
2014, 2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Jew, Warner Classics, ,
Opera/Romantic
Vincenzo Bellini, Conte Carlo Pepoli* / Maria Meneghini-Callas*, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Rolando Panerai, Aurora Cattelani, Angelo Mercuriali, Carlo Forti, Tullio Serafin, Vittore Veneziani, L'Ente Autonomo Del Teatro Alla Scala*
I Puritani
2014
Callas*
Mad Scenes From Anna Bolena, Hamlet, Il Pirata
2014
Karajan*, Wiener Philharmoniker / Mozart*, Beethoven*, Schubert*, Strauss*
Mozart - Beethoven - Schubert - Brahms - R. Strauss - Opera Arias (1946-1949)
2014, 10x CD, Box Set, ,
Classical/Romantic/Opera
Giacomo Puccini / Maria Meneghini Callas*, Lucia Danieli, Luisa Villa, Nicolai Gedda, Mario Borriello, Renato Ercolani, Mario Carlin, Plinio Clabassi, Enrico Campi, Herbert Von Karajan, Norberto Mola, L'Ente Autonomo Del Teatro Alla Scala*
Madama Butterfly
2014
Donizetti* / Callas*, Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus*, Tullio Serafin
Lucia Di Lammermoor
2014
Donizetti* / Maria Meneghini Callas*, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Orchestra* And Chorus Of The Florence 'Maggio Musicale'*, Tullio Serafin
Lucia Di Lammermoor
2014, ,
Opera/Romantic
Otto Klemperer, Mozart*, Bruckner*, New Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphony No.40 / Symphony No.7
2013, 2xCD, RM, Testament, Testament
Ravel* - Susan Davenny Wyner, Jocelyne Taillon, Jane Berbié, Arleen Augér*, Linda Finnie, Philip Langridge, Philippe Huttenlocher, Jules Bastin, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges / Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales
2012, CD, CD, ,
Modern/Opera
Wagner*
The Other Wagner
2012, 3x CD, ,
Romantic
Walton* / Janet Baker, Richard Cassilly, Gerald English, Benjamin Luxon, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Royal Opera Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House*, Lawrence Foster
Troilus and Cressida
2012, 2x CD, CD, ,
Modern/Opera
Strauss*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sawallisch*
Capriccio
2012
Richard Strauss - Margaret Price, Sumi Jo, Gösta Winbergh, Ernst Theo Richter, Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon*, Kent Nagano
Der Bürger Als Edelnann; Ariadne Auf Naxos
2012
Wagner*, James Morris (5), Marjana Lipovšek, Heinz Zednik, Theo Adam, Peter Haage, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*, Bernard Haitink
Das Rheingold
2012, 2x CD, ,
Romantic/Opera
Delius* / Elizabeth Harwood, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, John Alldis Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies
A Village Romeo And Juliet
2011
Wagner* - Barenboim*
Complete Wagner Operas
2011, 34x CD, Box Set, ,
Romantic/Opera
Puccini* - Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi, Royal Opera Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House*, Antonio Pappano
Tosca
2011, ,
Romantic/Opera
Gluck* / Agnes Baltsa, Margaret Marshall, Edita Gruberová*, Ambrosian Opera Chorus*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Orfeo Ed Euridice
2011
Borodin* / Boris Christoff, Constantin Chekerliiski, Julia Wiener, Todor Todorov, Sofia National Opera Chorus And Orchestra*, Jerzy Semkow
Prince Igor
2011
Verdi* - Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ambrosian Opera Chorus*, London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
Giovanna D'Arco
2011
Otto Nicolai, Hans Knappertsbusch
Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor / München 1957
2010, 2xCD, Mono + Box, Orfeo (2), ,
Opera
Simon O'Neill, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen
Father And Son - Wagner Scenes And Arias
2010, CD, Album, EMI Classics
Rossini*, Ambrosian Opera Chorus*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli
Guillaume Tell
2010
Verdi* - Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai, Giuseppe di Stefano, Fedora Barbieri, Nicola Zaccaria, Orchestra* E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Herbert von Karajan
Il Trovatore
2010
Puccini* / Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eugenio Fernandi, Nicola Zaccaria, Coro* E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano*, Tullio Serafin
Turandot
2010
Britten* - James Bowman (2), Della Jones, Lillian Watson, Henry Herford, John Graham-Hall, Jill Gomez, Donald Maxwell, Dexter Fletcher, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2010, 2x CD, CD, ,
Modern/Opera
Verdi* / Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Karajan*
Otello
2010
Giacomo Puccini / Maria Meneghini Callas*, Giulio Fioravanti, Giuseppe di Stefano, Franco Calabrese, Dino Formichini, Carlo Forti, Vito Tatone, Fiorenza Cossotto, Giuseppe Morresi, Franco Ricciardi, Franco Ventriglia, Tullio Serafin, Norberto Mola
Manon Lescaut
2010
Verdi* - Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Coro* E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano*, Tullio Serafin
Rigoletto
2010
Verdi* - Matteo Manuguerra, Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova, Veriano Luchetti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ambrosian Opera Chorus*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Nabucco
2010
Verdi* / Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Royal Opera Chorus*, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Aida
2010
Beethoven* • Brahms* • Mendelssohn* • Dvořák* • R. Strauss* • Wagner* • J. Strauss II* / Rudolf Kempe
Shy Genius Of The Podium
2010, ,
Romantic/Classical/Opera
Sibelius*, Elgar*, Ida Haendel, Sir Simon Rattle
Violin Concertos (recorded Live)
2009, CD, Testament
Richard Strauss / Hildegard Behrens, José van Dam, Karl-Walter Böhm, Agnes Baltsa, Wiesław Ochman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Salome
2009
Mozart* : Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Hanny Steffek, Alfredo Kraus, Giuseppe Taddei, Walter Berry, Philharmonia Orchestra, Karl Böhm
Così Fan Tutte
2009
Mozart* - Eberhard Wächter, Joan Sutherland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Graziella Sciutti, Giuseppe Taddei, Luigi Alva, Gottlob Frick, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Don Giovanni
2009
Puccini* / Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano*, Victor De Sabata
Tosca
2009
Verdi* - Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Coro* E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano*, Carlo Maria Giulini
La Traviata
2009
Wagner* - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Catarina Ligendza, Christa Ludwig, Plácido Domingo*, Horst R. Laubenthal, Roland Hermann, Chor* Und Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Jochum*
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
2009, ,
Opera/Romantic
Johann Strauss II*, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Helmut Krebs, Rita Streich, Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus*, Herbert von Karajan
Die Fledermaus
2009
Rozhdestvensky*, Shostakovich*, J. Strauss II*, Youmans*, Philharmonia Orchestra • BBC Symphony Orchestra
First Performance In The West: Symphony No.12 / Symphony No.6
2008, CD, RM, BBC Music
Rudolf Kempe, Strauss*, Alan Civil • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Eine Alpensinfonie • Horn Concerto No.1
2008, CD, Comp, RM, Testament
Rozhdestvensky*, Rimsky-Korsakov*, Rachmaninov*, Prokofiev*, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Russian Easter Festival Overture / Symphony No.1 / Ode To The End Of The War
2008, CD, RM, BBC Music
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Orchestra, Strauss* / Wagner*
Four Last Songs (World Première) / Tristan Und Isolde · Götterdämmerung (excerpts)
2007, CD, Mono, RM, Testament, ,
Neo-Romantic/Romantic/Modern
Silvestri*, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Walton* / Debussy* / Rachmaninov* / Handel* / Beethoven* / Delius* / Strauss*
Partita For Orchestra / La Mer / Symphony No. 3 / Music For Royal Fireworks / Symphony No. 3 / Paris / Don Juan
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, BBC Music
Baker*, Raymond Leppard, Monteverdi*, Gratiani*, Barringcloe*, Humfrey*, Purcell*, Schubert*, Fauré*, Gounod*, Handel*
Baker
2007
Previn*, Debussy*
Images / Nocturnes Etc.
2007
Maderna*, Mahler*, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No.9
2006, CD, BBC Music
Bartók* - John Tomlinson (2), Sally Burgess, Orchestra Of Opera North, Richard Farnes
Bluebeard's Castle
2006, CD, Album + Box, Sli, Chandos, ,
Modern/Opera
Wagner* - John Treleaven · Christine Brewer · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Donald Runnicles
Tristan Und Isolde
2006, Box, Album + 4xCD, Warner Classics, ,
Romantic/Opera
Carl Schuricht Conducts Schumann*, Mozart*, Beethoven*, Berliner Philharmoniker
Carl Schuricht Conducts Schumann / Mozart / Beethoven
2006, 2xCD, RM, Testament, ,
Classical/Romantic
Richard Wagner, Joseph Keilberth, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Hotter, Paul Kuen, Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Recorded Live At The 1955 Bayreuth Festival - First Ever Release
2006, 4x CD, ,
Opera
Richard Wagner, Joseph Keilberth, Astrid Varnay, Hans Hotter, Gré Brouwenstijn, Ramón Vinay
Die Walküre, Recorded Live At The 1955 Bayreuth Festival - First Ever Release
2006, 4x CD, ,
Opera
Richard Wagner / Joseph Keilberth, Hans Hotter, Gustav Neidlinger, Rudolf Lustig, Ludwig Weber
Das Rheingold . Recorded Live At The 1955 Bayreuth Festival - First Ever Release
2006
Richard Wagner, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde, Joseph Keilberth
Götterdämmerung - Recorded Live At The 1955 Bayreuth Festival - First Ever Release
2006
Wagner* / Siegfried Jerusalem • Éva Marton • James Morris (5) • Theo Adam • Peter Haage • Kiri Te Kanawa • Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks* • Bernard Haitink
Siegfried
2006
Otto Klemperer, Wiener Philharmoniker
Live Broadcast Performances
2005, 8xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Testament
Otto Klemperer, Mahler*, Mozart*
Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' / Symphony No.29
2004, 2xCD, RM, Testament, Testament, ,
Romantic/Classical
Henryk Szeryng ∙ Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Beethoven* / Bach*
Violin Concerto / Partita No.2, BWV1004 – Chaconne
2004, CD, Mono, RM, Testament, Testament, ,
Classical/Romantic/Baroque/Concerto
Otto Klemperer
Beethoven / Mozart / Brahms
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Testament, ,
Romantic/Classical
Richard Wagner - Jane Eaglen, Falk Struckmann, Peter Seiffert, Robert Holl, Felicity Palmer, Rolando Villazón, Chor Der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin*, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Der Fliegende Holländer
2002, 2x CD, Box Set Slipcase, ,
Romantic/Opera
Richard Wagner - Jane Eaglen, Waltraud Meier, Peter Seiffert, René Pape, Thomas Hampson, Chor Der Deutchen Staatsoper Berlin*, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Tannhäuser
2002, 3x CD, Box Set Slipcase, ,
Romantic/Opera
Richard Strauss, Clevenger* • Combs* • Klein* • McGill*, Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wind Concertos
2001, ,
Romantic/Modern
Verdi*, Wiener Philharmoniker, Harnoncourt*, Gallardo-Domâs*, La Scola*, Borodina*, Hampson*, Salminen*, Polgár*
Aida
2001
Clemens Krauss, Richard Strauss, Pierre Fournier, Ernst Moraweg, Philharmonic Orchestra*
Don Quixote / Till Eulenspiegel / Don Juan
2000, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Testament
Verdi* / Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Renato Bruson, Sarah Walker (2), Cynthia Buchan, Richard Van Allan, Ambrosian Opera Chorus*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
La Traviata
1999, ,
Romantic/Opera
Verdi* / Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, Neil Shicoff, Giorgio Zancanaro, Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala di Milano*, Riccardo Muti
Attila
1994
Wagner* - Klaus König, Lucia Popp, Waltraud Meier, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll, Siegfried Jerusalem, Chor* Und Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks*, Bernard Haitink
Tannhäuser
1991, 3x CD, CD, ,
Romantic/Opera
Magnard*, José van Dam, Hildegard Behrens, Gary Lakes, Nadine Denize, Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre National Du Capitole De Toulouse, Michel Plasson
Guercœur
1987
Marek Janowski, Wolfgang Sawallisch, London Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra*
Wagner: Overtures. Marches. Symphony in E. Siegfried Idyll
2xCD, Album, Comp, RM, EMI Classics, ,
Romantic
Claudio Monteverdi - Ian Bostridge, Patrizia Ciofi, Alice Coote, Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Le Concert D'Astrée, European Voices, Emmanuelle Haïm
L'Orfeo
Wagner* / Theo Adam, Anja Silja, Martti Talvela, Gerhard Unger, Ernst Kozub, Annelies Burmeister, BBC Chorus*, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Der Fliegende Holländer
Bizet* - Victoria De Los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau, Ernest Blanc, Choeurs* Et Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Française*, Sir Thomas Beecham
Carmen
Poulenc* - Denise Duval, Régine Crespin, Denise Scharley, Liliane Berton, Rita Gorr, Chœurs* Et Orchestre Du Théâtre National De L'Opéra De Paris*, Pierre Dervaux
Dialogues Des Carmélites
Joseph Keilberth, Richard Wagner
Der Ring Des Nibelungen [1955]
,
Romantic/Opera
Richard Wagner, Jerusalem*, Randova*, Weikl*, Sotin*, Roar*, Salminen*, Bayreuther Festspiele*, Horst Stein , Staged By Wolfgang Wagner*
Parsifal