Weber: Oberon
Sung in English
Steve Davislim (Oberon), Frances Bourne (Puck), Hillevi Martinpelto (Reiza), Jonas Kaufmann (Huon), William Dazely (Sherasmin), Marina Comparato (Fatima), Katharine Fuge (First mermaid), Charlotte Mobbs (Second mermaid)
Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Studio recording, 2002
Gramophone
“A fine set that overcomes the many problems posed by this magical opera...Best is Jonas Kaufman's Huon. The tenor is supposed to possess the heft of a Tannhauser while performing graceful flourishes in the manner of Rossini's Count Almaviva. Kaufman brings all the lyrical sweetness and technical skill for that part of it, and can still produce extra power and ring for the heroics.”