Opus Arte
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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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Minkus: Don Quixote
Marianela Nuñez (Kitri), Carlos Acosta (Basilio), Christopher Saunders (Don Quixote), Philip Mosley (Sancho Panza), Gary Avis (Lorenzo), Bennet Gartside (Gamache), Ryoichi Hirano (Espada), Laura Morera (Mercedes)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Martin Yates (conductor) & Carlos Acosta...
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Shakespeare: Henry IV Parts 1 & 2
Recorded live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, May 2014
Antony Sher (Falstaff), Alex Hassell (Prince Hal), Jasper Britton (King Henry)
Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran (director)
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Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Natalia Osipova (Lise), Steven McRae (Colas), Philip Mosley (Widow Simone), Christopher Saunders (Thomas ) & Paul Kay (Alain)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & The Royal Ballet, Barry Wordsworth
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Special offer. Verdi: Nabucco
Bruce Martin (Zaccaria), Rosemary Gunn (Fenena), Jeannie Kelso (Anna), Anson Austin (Ismaele), Elizabeth Connell (Abigaille), Jonathan Summers (Nabucco), John Brunato (Gran Sacerdote), Christopher Dawes (Abdallo)
The Australian Opera Chorus & State Orchestra of Victoria, Carlo Felice Cillario
Jonathan Summers…was in wonderful voice and gave a performance of rich intensity and dramatic power. —
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Special offer. Verdi: Stiffelio
José Carreras, Catherine Malfitano, Gwynne Howell & Gregory Yurisich
The Royal Opera & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Edward Downes
Elijah Moshinsky's handsome Stiffelio was one of Covent Garden's greatest triumphs under a previous regime. José Carreras and Catherine Malfitano lead a fine cast. —
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Damian Smith (Uncle Drosselmeyer), Elizabeth Powell (Clara), Davit Karapetyan (Nutcracker Prince), David Arce (King of the Mice), Yuan Yuan Tan (Queen of Snow), Pierre-François Vilanoba (King of Snow), Vanessa Zahorian (Sugar Plum Fairy)
San Francisco Ballet & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra,...
This sumptuous production of Nutcracker updates the scenario to San Francisco during the 1915 International Exposition. With ravishing sets, superb dancing and stunning sound, it is an absolute... —
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Opera & Ballet Favourites
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 1st December 1993.
Plácido Domingo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Kiri Te Kanawa, Darcey Bussell & Irek Mukhamedov
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Edward Downes, Barry Wordsworth, Stephen Barlow & Plácido Domingo
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Special offer. Bellini: Norma
Hasmik Papian (Norma), Irini Tsirakidis (Adalgisa), Hugh Smith (Pollione), Giorgio Giuseppini (Oroveso), Anna Steiger (Clotilde), Carlo Bosi (Flavio)
Nederlands Kamerorkest, Julian Reynolds (musical director) & Guy Joosten (stage director)
Joosten’s staging is quirky and fun, and offers plenty of scope for campery… first rate singing from Hasmik Papian and Irini Tsirakidis as Norma and Adalgisa, and conducting as exciting as it... —
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Ashton: Rhapsody & The Two Pigeons
Lauren Cuthbertson (The young girl), Vadim Muntagirov (The young man), Fumi Kaneko (A gypsy girl) & Ryoichi Hirano (Her lover), Natalia Osipova & Steven Mcrae
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth
