Opus Arte
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Special offer. Janáček: Jenufa
Amanda Roocroft (Jenufa), Deborah Polaski (Kostelnicka Buryja), Mette Ejsing (Grandmother Buryja), Miroslav Dvorský (Laca Klemen), Nikolai Schukoff (Števa Buryja), Károly Szemerédy (Foreman), Miguel Sola (Mayor), Marta Ubieta (Karolka)
Teatro Real, Ivor Bolton, Stéphane Braunschweig
Something in the composer's writing brings out the best in [Roocroft's] creamy voice and committed acting, and here she's superb as a young woman who forgives her stepmother for committing a... —
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Marianela Nuñez (Odette/Odile), Thiago Soares (Price Siegfried), Elizabeth McGorian (Siegfried's mother), Christopher Saunders (Von Rothbart/Evil Spirit), Alastair Marriott (Tutor), David Pickering (Benno)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov (conductor) & Anthony Dowell...
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Special offer. Berg: Lulu
Agneta Eichenholz (Lulu), Michael Volle (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Klaus Florian Vogt (Alwa), Jennifer Larmore (Countess Geschwitz), Philip Langridge (Prince/Manservant/Marquis), Heather Shipp (Dresser/Schoolboy/Groom), Will Hartmann (Painter/Policeman/Negro), Jeremy White (Banker/Professor)
Orchestra...
Pappano has a firm grip of every nuance of the music, from the gossamer-like delicacy after the dialogue at the end of Act II to the various moments of wrenching, disturbing power. —
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Johan Botha (Siegmund), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Edith Haller (Sieglinde), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Mihoko Fujimura (Fricka)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Christian Thielemann, Tankred Dorst
The sets, reflecting the blue-grey and orange hues of the Festspielhaus foyer, create some striking stage pictures...Botha as Siegmund is ungainly, yet gives this dark character unusual innocence... —
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Tan Dun: Water Concerto
David Cossin (solo percussion), Rika Fujii & Tamao Inano (water percussionists)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Tan Dun
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Alina Cojocaru, Federico Bonelli, Christopher Saunders, Elizabeth McGorian, Alastair Marriott, Genesia Rosato & Marianela Nuñez
The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov
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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), 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... —
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Delibes: Coppelia
Dorothée Gilbert (Swanilda), Mathias Heymann (Frantz), José Martinez (Coppélius) & Fabrice Bourgeois (Spalanzani)
The Paris Opera Corps de Ballet & Orchestre Colonne
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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
