Opus Arte
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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
Yasmine Naghdi, Matthew Ball, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Pavel Sorokin
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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella), Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume), Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia), Megan Zimny Gray (Stepsister Edwina), Nadia Yanowsky (Stepsister Clementine), Remi Wörtmeye (Benjamin), Alexander Zhembrovskyy (Cinderella's father) & Erica Horwood (Cinderella's mother)
Holland...
After a convoluted start, Christopher Wheeldon's narrative offers magic in every sphere - design, choreography, and orchestra. Anna Tsyganova's Cinderella is charming. — More…
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The Best of Joan Sutherland
Featuring works by Donizetti, Cilea, Poulenc, Delibes & Lehár
Joan Sutherland
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra & Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Sergei Polunin (The Wolf), Will Kemp (Grandfather), Kilian Smith (Peter), Charlotte Edmonds (Duck), Laurine Muccioli (Bird) & Chisato Katsura (Cat)
The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy
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Frederick Ashton: Les Patineurs, Divertissement & Scènes de ballet
Laura Morera, Samantha Raine, Steven McRae, Sarah Lamb, Rupert Pennefather, Christina Arestis, Francesca Filpi, Ryoichi Hirano, Kenta Kura, Liam Scarlett & Andrej Uspenski, Miyako Yoshida, Ivan Putrov, Edward Watson & Lauren Cuthbertson
Paul Murphy, Barry Wordsworth
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Strauss, R: Salome
Nadja Michael (Salome), Michael Volle (Jokanaan), Michaela Schuster (Herodias), Thomas Moser (Herod), Joseph Kaiser (Narraboth)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)
The only ideal voice to be heard is the first, Joseph Kaiser's as an angelic-sounding Narraboth; but most shortcomings are overridden by Jonathan Haswell's accomplished filming. McVicar's energetic,... — More…
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Olga Busuioc (Cio-Cio San), Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton), Michael Sumuel (Sharpless), Carlo Bosi (Goro), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki)
The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber, Annilese Miskimmon
Miskimmon’s updated concept for Glyndebourne gives new layers of resonance without compromising the original’s spirit…Guerrero is suitably handsome and has both a creamy voice that exudes tenderness... — More…
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Minnie), Lucio Gallo (Jack Rance), Zoran Todorovich (Dick Johnson), Roman Sadnik (Nick), Diogenes Randes (Ashby), Stephen Gadd (Sonora), Tijl Faveyts (Billy Jackrabbit), Ellen Rabiner (Wowkle), André Morsch (Jake Wallace) & Roger Smeets (José Castro)
Chorus of De Nederlandse...
What we see is an updated parable of the American dream...in the final scene [Minnie] appears, like Jean Harlow, at the top of a glittering staircase to be carried off to a Hollywood happy ending...Does... — More…
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Gala Performances Box Set
Maria Deller-Takemura, Philip Mosley, Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Darcey Bussell, Zoltán Solymosi, Paata Burchuladze, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Leanne Benjamin, Tetsuya Kumakawa, Elizabeth McGorian, Adam Cooper, Iohna Loots, Viviana Durante, Bruce Sansom, Robert Lloyd, Dwayne...
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Ashton: Rhapsody & The Two Pigeons
Lauren Cuthbertson (The young girl), Vadim Muntagirov (The young man), Fumi Kaneko (A gypsy girl) & Ryoichi Hirano (Her lover), Natalia Osipova & Steven Mcrae
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth
