Opus Arte
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
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)
Royal Opera House, Sir Colin Davis, David McVicar
‘Diana Damrau’s supremely sung Queen of the Night oozes class, while Simon Keenlyside’s profoundly human, touchingly sympathetic view of Papageno deserves an Olivier Award. —
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Sally Matthews (Countess), Vito Priante (Figaro), Audun Iversen (Count), Lydia Teuscher (Susanna), Isabel Leonard (Cherubino), Andrew Shore (Bartolo), Ann Murray (Marcellina), Alan Oke (Don Basilio)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (conductor)...
Grandage's 2011 Glyndebourne production excels where it matters: in the truthfulness and warmth of these very human characters' interrelationships...Priante is simply the best [Figaro] I've... —
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William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors
Antony Bunsee, Guy Lewis, Jonathan Broadbent, Rowan Polonski, Greg Haiste, Hedydd Dylan, Avita Jay, Sarah Seggari, Zoe Lambert, Nicholas Prasad, Riad Richie, William Grint, Phillip Breen
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Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
Bally Gill (Romeo), Karen Fishwick (Juliet), Ishia Bennison (Nurse), Charlotte Josephine (Mercutio), Raphael Sowole (Tybalt), Afolabi Alli (Paris)
Royal Shakespeare Company, Erica Whyman
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Puccini: La Bohème
Sonya Yoncheva (Mimì), Charles Castronovo (Rodolfo), Andrzej Filończyk (Marcello), Simona Mihai (Musetta), Gyula Nagy (Schaunard), Peter Kellner (Colline), Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Jones, Emmanuel Villaume
Individual performances are perceptive and human. Charles Castronovo makes a likeable Rodolfo, his sense of Italianate style as much an asset as the dynamic range of his lyric tenor…With Sonya... —
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Balanchine - Jewels
Recorded live at the Opéra national de Paris, October & November 2005.
Aurélie Dupont, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Agnès Letestu, Clairemarie Osta, Laëtitia Pujol, Jean-Guillaume Bart, Kader Belarbi & Mathieu Ganio
Ballet de L’Opéra national de Paris & Orchestre de L’Opéra national de Paris, Paul Connelly (musical director), George Balanchine (choreographer)
A gem of dazzling brilliance —
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Marianela Nuñez (Odette/Odile), Vadim Muntagirov (Prince Siegfried), Elizabeth McGorian (The Queen), Bennet Gartside (Von Rothbart), Alexander Campbell (Benno), Akane Takada (Prince Siegfried’s Younger Sister), Francesca Hayward (Prince Siegfried’s Younger Sister)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera...
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Special offer. Jules Massenet: Manon
Natalia Osipova (dancer), Reece Clarke, Alexander Campbell, Mayara Magri, Royal Opera House Covent Garden (opera company), Koen Kessels
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Special offer. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Juha Uusitalo (Der Hollander), Robert Lloyd (Daland), Catherine Naglestad (Senta), Marco Jentzsch (Erik), Marina Prudenskaja (Mary), Oliver Ringelhahn (Der Steuermann)
Chorus of The Netherlands Opera & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Harmut Haenchen (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director)
Juha Uusitalo is a charismatic Dutchman vocally, if more demonic than romantic —
