Opus Arte
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Verdi: La Traviata
Renée Fleming (Violetta), Joseph Calleja (Alfredo Germont), Thomas Hampson (Giorgio Germont), Eddie Wade (Baron Douphol) & Richard Wiegold (Doctor Grenvil)
The Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Richard Eyre (director)
At the age of 50, [Fleming] still looks very good in the role of the doomed courtesan...[she] sounds good, too, singing with consistent skill...There's a sincerity to Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja's... — More…
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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. — More…
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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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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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William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
Recorded live at the Shakespeare’s Globe, July 2014
George Irving (Julius Caesar), Catherine Bailey (Portia), Sam Cox (Marullus/Caius Ligarius), Anthony Howell (Cassius), Joe Jameson (Octavius Caesar), Luke Thompson (Mark Antony), Tom McKay (Brutus) & Christopher Logan (Casca)
Dominic Dromgoole (director)
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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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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... — More…
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Twin Spirits
Portraying the love of Robert & Clara Schumann in words & music
Robert Schumann (in words) STING, Robert Schumann (in song) SIMON KEENLYSIDE, Violin SERGEJ KRYLOV, Piano IAIN BURNSIDE, Clara Wieck (in words) TRUDIE STYLER, Clara Wieck (in song) REBECCA EVANS, Cello NATALIE CLEIN, Piano NATASHA PAREMSKI & Narrator DEREK JACOBI
John Caird's Twin Spirits, filmed live at the Royal Opera House, is beautifully constructed and performed with extraordinary fervour… Sting and Trudie Styler's own marriage undoubtedly informs... — More…
