Opus Arte
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William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bally Gill, Sirine Saba, Dawn Sievewright, Nicholas Armfield, Ryan Hutton, Mathew Baynton, Premi Tamang, Eleanor Rhode
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The Wayne McGregor Collection
Tamara Rojo (dancer), Federico Bonelli (dancer), Edward Watson (dancer), Sarah Lamb (dancer), Leanne Benjamin (dancer), Lauren Cuthbertson (dancer), Steven McRae, Natalia Osipova (dancer), Gary Avis (dancer), Francesca Hayward, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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Adam: Le Corsaire
Recorded live at Théâtre National du Capitole, May 2013
Maria Gutierrez (The Slave-girl), Davit Galstyan (The Corsair), Takafumi Watanabe (The Sultan), Juliette Thélin (The Sultan’s Favourite Concubine), Demian Vargas (The Corsair’s Companion), Juliana Bastos, Julie Loria (Two Slaves), Henrik Victorin (The Wealthy Slave-trader) & Cédric Pons, Joël...
for anyone whose main priority is to have a "Le Corsaire for the modern age” – and anyone wanting to watch expertly and beautifully filmed performances by a very accomplished company of dancers... —
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Special offer. Rossini: Guillaume Tell
Gerald Finley (Guillaume Tell), Malin Byström (Mathilde), John Osborn (Arnold Melchtal), Sofia Fomina (Jemmy), Nicolas Courjal (Gesler), Alexander Vinogradov (Walter Furst), Enkelejda Shkosa (Hedwige), Eric Halfvarson (Melcthal), Michael Colvin (Rodolphe), Samuel Dale Johnson (Leuthold), Enea Scala...
Musically it has a lot going for it, not least the rarely performed and ambitious score itself, conducted by Antonio Pappano with his customary zeal and stylistic insight. The leading role of... —
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Shakespeare: The Tempest
Simon Russell Beale (Prospero), Joe Dixon (Caliban), Mark Quartley (Ariel), Jenny Rainsford (Miranda), Simon Trinder (Trinculo), Tony Jayawardena (Stephano) & Oscar Pearce (Antonio)
Gregory Doran (director)
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Special offer. Verdi: La Traviata
Venera Gimadieva (Violetta), Michael Fabiano (Alfredo), Tassis Christoyannis (Germont), Emanuele D’Aguanno (Gastone), Magdalena Molendowska (Annina), Hanna Hipp (Flora), Eddie Wade (Baron Douphol)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Mark Elder (conductor) & Tom Cairns...
[Elder's] handling of the score is a revelation; nothing here is routine...one is overwhelmed by the beauty of the playing and of the work. Cairns's production is quite excellent, with strong,... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni), Alex Esposito (Leporello), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Commendatore), Véronique Gens (Donna Elvira), Antonio Poli (Don Ottavio), Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Elizabeth Watts (Zerlina) & Dawid Kimberg (Masetto)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera...
Holten shows us Giovanni as a man older than usual, lonely, perhaps trying to stave off his fear of death with each new seduction...Some of the singing would not pass muster on CD. But the acting... —
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Special offer. Verdi Box Set
Bryn Terfel (Falstaff), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Roberto Frontali (Ford), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mistress Quickly), Desiree Rancatore (Nanetta), Kenneth Tarver (Fenton)
Peter Hoare, Gwynne Howell, Barbara Frittoli & Desirée Rancatore, José Cura (Manrico), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Il...
[On Rigoletto] With Christine Schäfer as a matchless Gilda and Edward Downes, the finest Verdian of the age, conducting, it’s a production that rages at the cruelty of the world. —
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Special offer. Verdi Operas Box Set
José Cura (Manrico), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Il Conte di Luna), Yvonne Naef (Azucena), Verónica Villarroel (Leonora), Tomas Tomasson (Ferrando), Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (Ines), Edgaras Montvidas (Ruiz), Thomas Barnard (Old Gypsy), Renée Fleming (Violetta), Joseph Calleja (Alfredo Germont), Thomas Hampson...
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Tchaikovsky: The Classic Ballets Box Set
Marianela Núñez, Thiago Soares, Miyako Yoshida (The Sugar Plum Fairy), Ricardo Cervera/Steven McRae (Nephew/Nutcracker), Steven McRae (The Prince), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer) & Iohna Loots (Clara), Alina Cojocaru, Elizabeth McGorian, Federico Bonelli & Christopher Saunders
Orchestra of...
