Opéra Magazine's 'pick of the month' recording for February 2025

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Opéra Magazine didn't show up in January and I thought it might have gone the way of so many arts institutions in these tough times, but it was, after all, just hibernating and is now back.

The top new recording (their ‘coup de coeur’) in the February 2025 edition, with a ‘Diamond’ sticker denoting an oustanding achievement, is the Palazzetto Bru Zane’s new issue of Massenet’s Grisélidis, with Vanina Santoni, Julien Dran, Thomas Dollié, Tassis Christoyannis, Antoinette Dennefeld, Adèle Charvet, Adriend Fournaison Thibault de Damas and the Montpellier Opera under Jean-Marie Zeitouni.

‘The Palazzetto Bru Zane’s latest recording, carried by Jean-Marie Zeitouni’s precision conducting and talented singers, offers us a magnificent version of this Massenet opera, rare on disc.’


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