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William Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe, August 2010
Christopher Benjamin (Sir John Falstaff), Philip Bird (Dr Caius), Sue Wallace (Mistress Quickly), Gregory Gudgeon (Nym), Michael Garner (George Page), Serena Evans (Meg Page), Ceri-Lyn Cissone (Anne Page), Sarah Woodward (Alice Ford), Nathan Amzi (Simple), Peter Gale (Shallow), Andrew Havill (Ford),...
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Adams, J: Doctor Atomic
Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer), Eric Owens (General Leslie Groves), Richard Paul Fink (Edward Teller), James Maddalena (Jack Hubbard), Thomas Glenn (Robert R. Wilson), Jay Hunter Morris (Captain James Nolan), Ellen Rabiner (Pasqualita)
Chorus of De...
Doctor Atomic centres on the hours before the first detonation of the atomic bomb… Peter Sellars's film of the opera is expressionistic, claustrophobic, sometimes deliberately out of focus.... — More…
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Tavener: Fall and Resurrection
Patricia Rozario (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Stephen Richardson (bass)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Stephen Richardson’s bass seemed to rise from the ground under our feet, while Patricia Rozario’s high flying ululations hung in the air above us, their sumptuous decorations extended towards... — More…
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William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, in August 2009.
Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo), Ellie Kendrick (Juliet), Philip Cumbus (Mercutio), Ukweli Roach (Tybalt), Rawiri Paratene (Friar Lawrence), Penny Layden (Nurse), Jack Farthing (Benvolio), Dominic Dromgoole (dir.)
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Talbot, J: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice), Sergei Polunin (Jack/The Knave of Hearts), Edward Watson (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit), Zenaida Yanowsky (Mother/The Queen of Hearts) & Steven Macrae (Mad Hatter)
Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth
What a treat this is - such an imaginative treatment of a favourite story. There are extraordinary, eccentric sets and special effects; colourful, larger-than-life, argumentative characters... — More…
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William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe, London June 2013.
John Light (Oberon / Theseus), Pearce Quigley (Bottom), Michelle Terry (Titania / Hippolyta), Luke Thompson (Lysander), Matthew Tennyson (Puck), Tom Lawrence (Snout), Christopher Logan (Flute) & Sarah MacRae (Helena)
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Henze, H: Undine
Miyako Yoshida, Edward Watson, Genesia Rosato, Ricardo Cervera & Gary Avis
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth
Ashton's genius surfaces in supple arm movements and rippling footwork for his heroine. The petite wide-eyed Miyako Yoshida makes an ideal sprite for those of us who never saw Margot Fonteyn... — More…
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William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe, June 2012
Liam Brennan (Orsino), Johnny Flynn (Viola), Stephen Fry (Malvolio), Paul Chahidi (Maria), John Paul Connolly (Antonio), Ian Drysdale (Priest/Valentine), Samuel Barnett (Sebastian), James Garnon (Fabian), Peter Hamilton Dyer (Feste), Colin Hurley (Sir Toby Belch), Roger Lloyd Pack (Andrew Aguecheek),...
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Turnage: Anna Nicole
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Anna Nicole), Alan Oke (Old Man Marshall), Gerald Finley (The Lawyer Stern), Susan Bickley (Virgie), Jeremy White (Daddy Hogan), Loré Lixenberg (Cousin Shelley), Peter Hoare (Larry King)
Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
a slick satire on the superficiality of American popular culture...Eva-Maria Westbroek gives a gutsy central performance — More…
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William Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, in October 2009.
Philip Cumbus (King of Navarre), Trystan Gravelle (Berowne), William Mannering (Longaville), Jack Farthing (Dumaine), Michelle Terry (Princess of France), Thomasin Rand (Rosaline), Jade Anouka (Maria), Siân Robins-Grace (Katharine), Tom Stuart (Boyet), Paul Ready (Don Armado), Seroca Davis (Moth),...
