Opus Arte
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Special offer. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Asmik Grigorian (Cio-Cio San), Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton), Lauri Vasar (Sharpless), Hongni Wu (Suzuki), Ya-Chung Huang (Goro), Jeremy White (The Bonze)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Kevin John Edusei, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
If there are vocal imperfections – some pitch trouble on her entrance, though Grigorian is in good company there – they are soon forgotten by the intensity of the soprano’s delivery, and countless... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Das Liebesverbot
Manuela Uhl (Isabella), Christopher Maltman (Friedrich), Peter Lodahl (Lucio), Ilker Arcayürek (Claudio), Ante Jerkunica (Brighella)
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real, Madrid, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)
It's well…performed here, especially by the splendidly full-voiced chorus. —
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Special offer. Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
Richard Croft (Tito), Anna Stéphany (Sesto), Alice Coote (Vitellia), Michèle Losier (Annio), Joélle Harvey (Servilia), Clive Bayley (Publio); Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Robin Ticciati, Claus Guth
Croft’s mature acting and ardent singing vividly bring to life Tito’s torn emotions…The cruel manipulation by Alice Coote’s psychotic Vitellia of Anna Stéphany’s puppyish Sextus is painful to... —
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Special offer. Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Mara Zampieri (Minnie), Juan Pons (Jack Rance)
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Lorin Maazel
The Fanciulla del West offers a large contingent of good Italian comprimarii, a marvellous leading lady… competent support from Plácido Domingo and Juan Pons… decent, rather laid-back Jonathan... —
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Anna Rose O’Sullivan (Clara), Vadim Muntagirov (The Prince), Marcelino Sambé (Hans-Peter / The Nutcracker), Gary Avis (Herr Drosselmeyer), Marianela Nuñez (The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth, Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov (choreographer), Marius Petipa,...
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The Shakespeare's Globe Collection
Stephen Fry, Mark Rylance, Roger Allam, Jamie Parker (vocals), Samantha Spiro, Catherine Bailey, Eve Best, Jessie Buckley, Dominic Dromgoole, Blanche McIntyre, Jeremy Herrin, Toby Frow, Jonathan Munby
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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers
William Morgan (Marco), Mark Nathan (Giuseppe), Ellie Laugharne (Gianetta), Sioned Gwen Davies (Tessa), Yvonne Howard (Duchess), Richard Suart (Duke), Ben McAteer (Don Alhambra), Catriona Hewitson (Casilda), Dan Shelvey (Luiz)
Scottish Opera, Derek Clark, Stuart Maunder
Bolder G&S stagings are available (live, if not on record), but this Gondoliers is fresh, affectionate and intensely musical proof that these masterly comic operas can still hit their mark,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, DVD/Bluray of the Month
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Special offer. Mozart Operas Box Set
Will Hartmann (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Diana Damrau (Königin der Nacht), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Adrian Thompson (Monostatos), Thomas Allen (Sprecher), Gillian Webster, Christine Rice, Yvonne Howard (Drei Damen), Alan Oke,...
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Special offer. Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti
Stephanie Novacek (Dinah), Karl Daymond (Sam), Tom Randle (Gardener), Toby Stafford-Allen (Milkman), Mary Hegarty (Female)
conducted by Paul Daniel, choreography by Amir Hosseinpour, directed by Tom Cairns
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Sofiane Sylve (Princess Aurora), Gaël Lambiotte (Prince Florimund), Sarah Fontaine (The Lilac Fairy), Enrichetta Cavallotti (Carabosse)
Dutch National Ballet, Ermanno Florio
