Opus Arte
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Special offer. Verdi: I Due Foscari
Renato Bruson (Francesco Foscari), Alberto Cupido (Jacopo Foscari), Linda Roark-Strummer (Lucrezia Contarini), Luigi Roni (Loredano), Renato Cazzaniga (Barbarigo), Monica Tagliasacchi (Pisana), Aldo Bottion (Fante), Aldo Bramante (Doge's Servant)
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala,...
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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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Sergiu Celibidache's Bruckner is often monumental. It is also revelatory in a way no other Bruckner conductor
equals. Celibidache conducts these great symphonies as if he were King Lear himself,... — -
Special offer. Rossini: La scala di seta
Antonio Mosca (violoncello), Umberto Ferrari (double-bass), Tullio Pane, Carmen Lavani, Tiziana Tramonti, Ernesto Palacio, Mario Chiappi & Robert Coviello
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Marc Andreae
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Special offer. Torroba: Luisa Fernanda
Plácido Domingo (Vidal Hernando), Nancy Herrera (Luisa Fernanda), José Bros (Javier Moreno), Mariola Cantarero (Duchess Carolina), Raquel Pierotti (Mariana)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra & Chorus), Jesús López Cobos (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (stage...
…Emilio Sagi's elegant, minimal and warm-hearted staging gives it a full-scale operatic stylishness that is captured vividly for disc… Torroba's score pours enticing melody over traditional... —
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlo
Four-act Italian version
Ramon Vargas (Don Carlo), Svetlana Kasyan (Elizabeth), Ildar Abdrazakov (Filippo II), Ludovic Tezier (Rodrigo), Daniela Barcellona (Princess Eboli) & Marco Spott (Grand Inquisitor)
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) & Hugo de Ana (director)
The most distinguished performances come from Svetlana Kasyan as Elisabetta, fine in appearance and with a command of the grand line; and Ilda Abdrazakov, an unusually warm portrayal of a torn... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Lorenzo Regazzo (Figaro), Heidi Grant Murphy (Susanna), Peter Mattei (Count), Christiane Oelze (Countess), Christine Schäfer (Cherubino), Helene Schneiderman (Marcellina), Roland Bracht (Bartolo), Burkhard Ulrich (Basilio), Eberhard Francesco Lorenz (Curzio), Frédéric Caton (Antonio), Cassandre Berthon...
Roland Bracht’s magnificently booming voice and expressive acting also makes him a Bartolo to reckon with… —
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Aquiles Machado, Milagros Poblador, María Bayo, Valentina Kutzarova, Konstantin Gorny & Katharine Goeldner
Chorus of Ópera de Bilbao & Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Alain Guingal (conductor) & Giancarlo Del Monaco (director)
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Special offer. Scarlatti, G: Dove È Amore È Gelosia
Lenka Máciková (Marquise Clarice, widow), Aleš Briscein (Count Orazio), Katerina Knežíková (Vespetta), Jaroslav Brezina (Patrizio), Bohumil Klepl (Servant) & Tatána Kupcová (Marquise)
Schwarzenberg Court Orchestra, Vojtech Spurný (conductor) & Ondrej Havelka (director)
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Ashton Celebration: The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, February 2013
Artists of The Royal Ballet & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Emmanuel Plasson
Video director Margaret Williams has done a fine job overall and has successfully captured the atmosphere of what everyone involved clearly regarded as a special occasion. Ashton celebration... —
