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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
RecommendedStuart Burrows (Ferrando), Thomas Allen (Guglielmo), Richard Van Allan (Don Alfonso), Kiri Te Kanawa (Fiordiligi), Agnes Baltsa (Dorabella), Daniela Mazzucato (Despina)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Colin Davis
it offers abundant pleasures. Te Kanawa recorded an earlier Fiordiligi...and a later...: neither manifests the personality and velvety warmth of tone of show here, and her virtuosity in 'Come... —
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Building A Library, October 2025, Top Choice
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Scènes de Ballet / A Month in the Country / Rhapsody
The Royal Ballet (ballet company), Sarah Lamb (dancer), Vadim Muntagirov (dancer), Marianela Nunez (dancer), Matthew Ball, Francesca Hayward, Marcelino Sambé, Emmanuel Plasson
This mixed programme is undeniably a very attractive one. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conducted by Emmanuel Plasson, plays with the usual expertise and panache... Vital contributions... —
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Coming soon. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Mayara Magri, Reece Clarke, James Hay, Marianna Tsembenhoi, Taisuke Nakao, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Charlotte Politi
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Teodor Ilincai (Rodolfo), Hibla Gerzmava (Mimì), Gabriele Viviani (Marcello), Inna Dukach (Musetta), Kostas Smoriginas (Colline), Jacques Imbrailo (Schaunard), Jeremy White (Benoit), Donald Maxwell (Alcindoro)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Andris Nelsons (conductor)...
In every sense this Boheme glows...Teodor Ilincai is a splendid Rodolfo...radiating Italian lyricism and boyish good nature. Hibla Gerzmava is a gorgeous Mimi...Inna Dukach is a splendid Musetta...On... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, DVD Choice
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Special offer. Dvořák: Rusalka
Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka), David Butt Philip (Prince), Matthew Rose (Vodník), Emma Bell (Foreign Princess), Sarah Connolly (Ježibaba)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Natalie Abrahami, Ann Yee, Semyon Bychkov
Grigorian’s dramatic commitment is never in doubt...Bychkov conducts it wonderfully well, too, his spacious speeds allowing both emotion and detail to register fully. There are moments of yearning... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Miah Persson (Anne Trulove), Topi Lehtipuu (Tom Rakewell), Clive Bayley (Father Trulove), Matthew Rose (Nick Shadow), Susan Gorton (Mother Goose), Elena Manistina (Baba the Turk) & Graham Clark (Sellem)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)...
Full of colour and light, and brimming with wit, this is a production that lifts the performers...Lehtipuu conveys [Tom's] fresh-faced innocence, making his gradual demise all the more heart-breaking.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Saimir Pirgu: Il Mio Canto
Saimir Pirgu (tenor)
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Speranza Scappucci
Pirgu's timbre isn't quite Italianate but he sounds rather like Giuseppe di Stefano in the area from A flat to B flat above the stave - slightly strained but exciting too...The heroic ring in... —
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Marianela Nuñez (Princess Aurora), Vadim Muntagirov (Prince Florimund), Kristen Mcnally (Carabosse) & Claire Calvert (Lilac Fairy)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
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Prokofiev: Cinderella
Marianela Nunez, Vadim Muntagirov, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
Kessels conducts this score with an uncanny sense for insightful phrasing: in particular, his tempo choices and accenting are always right on target, and he manages to draw splendid playing... —
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Special offer. Verdi: Aida
recorded live in October 2004, at the Royal Opera House La Monnaie/De Munt in Brussels
Norma Fantini (Aida), Marco Berti (Radamès), Ildiko Komlosi (Amneris), Mark Doss (Amonasro), Orlin Anastassov (Ramphis), Guido Jentjens (Il Re di Egitto), Michela Remor (Una Sacerdotessa), André Grégoire (Un Messaggero)
Symphony Orchestra and Choir of La Monnaie – De Munt, Kazushi Ono
As ever with Wilson's work, we are in a world and style influenced by Noh theatre and silent films with a kind of distanced, glacial, intermittently effective lighting plot. The effect is hieratical... —
