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The Royal Opera: A Collection

Cheryl Studer (Aida), Dennis O’Neill (Radames), Luciana d’Intino (Amneris), Alexandru Agache (Amonasro), Robert Lloyd (Ramfis), Mark Beesley (King), Yvonne Barclay (High Priestess), John Marsden (Messager), Plácido Domingo (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Robin Leggate...

The Royal Opera: A Collection

The Royal Opera: A Collection

Cheryl Studer (Aida), Dennis O’Neill (Radames), Luciana d’Intino (Amneris), Alexandru Agache (Amonasro), Robert Lloyd (Ramfis), Mark Beesley (King), Yvonne Barclay (High Priestess), John Marsden (Messager), Plácido Domingo (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Robin Leggate...

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Running Time: 876 minutes

Subtitles: EN

Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (except 16:9 AIDA)

Sound: PCM 2.0 (AIDA, OTELLO, SALOME, STIFFELIO) DOLBY DIGITAL (MITRIDATE, ROMEO ET JULIETTE)

Artists

Cheryl Studer (Aida), Dennis O’Neill (Radames), Luciana d’Intino (Amneris), Alexandru Agache (Amonasro), Robert Lloyd (Ramfis), Mark Beesley (King), Yvonne Barclay (High Priestess), John Marsden (Messager), Plácido Domingo (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Robin Leggate (Cassio), Ramon Remedios (Rodrigo), Mark Beesley (Lodovico), Roderick Earle (Montano), Claire Powell (Emilia), José Carreras (Stiffelio), Catherine Malfitano (Lina), Gwynne Howell & Gregory Yurisich (Stankar), Maria Ewing (Salome), Michael Devlin (Jokanaan), Kenneth Riegel (Herod), Gillian Knight (Herodias), Robin Leggate (Narraboth), Roberto Alagna (Roméo), Leontina Vaduva (Juliette), Sarah Walker (Gertrude), Robert Lloyd (Frère Laurence), Peter Sidhom (Capulet), Paul Charles Clarke (Tybalt), David Wilson-Johnson (Le Prince), Jeremy White (Gregorio), François Le Roux (Mercutio), Anne Maria Panzarella (Stéphano), Richard Halton (Pâris), Bruce Ford (Mitridate), Jochen Kowalski (Farnace), Ann Murray (Sifare), Luba Orgonasova (Aspasia), Lillian Watson (Ismene)

The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Edward Downes (conductor) & Elijah Moshinsky (stage director), Sir Georg Solti (conductor) & Elijah Moshinsky (stage director), Edward Downes (conductor) & Peter Hall (director), Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Nicolas Joël (director), Paul Daniel (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)

Contents and tracklist

Verdi: Aida
  • Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 27th June & 1st July 1994
  • Cheryl Studer (Aida), Dennis O’Neill (Radames), Luciana d’Intino (Amneris), Alexandru Agache (Amonasro), Robert Lloyd (Ramfis), Mark Beesley (King), Yvonne Barclay (High Priestess), John Marsden (Messager)
  • The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Edward Downes (conductor) & Elijah Moshinsky (stage director)
Verdi: Otello
  • Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 23rd & 27th October 1992
  • Plácido Domingo (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Robin Leggate (Cassio), Ramon Remedios (Rodrigo), Mark Beesley (Lodovico), Roderick Earle (Montano), Claire Powell (Emilia)
  • The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Sir Georg Solti (conductor) & Elijah Moshinsky (stage director)
Verdi: Stiffelio
  • Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2nd & 6th February 1993
  • José Carreras (Stiffelio), Catherine Malfitano (Lina), Gwynne Howell & Gregory Yurisich (Stankar)
  • The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Edward Downes (conductor) & Elijah Moshinsky (stage director)
Strauss, R: Salome
  • Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2nd June 1992
  • Maria Ewing (Salome), Michael Devlin (Jokanaan), Kenneth Riegel (Herod), Gillian Knight (Herodias), Robin Leggate (Narraboth)
  • The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Edward Downes (conductor) & Peter Hall (director)
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
  • Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 15th & 17th November 1994
  • Roberto Alagna (Roméo), Leontina Vaduva (Juliette), Sarah Walker (Gertrude), Robert Lloyd (Frère Laurence), Peter Sidhom (Capulet), Paul Charles Clarke (Tybalt), David Wilson-Johnson (Le Prince), Jeremy White (Gregorio), François Le Roux (Mercutio), Anne Maria Panzarella (Stéphano), Richard Halton (Pâris)
  • The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Nicolas Joël (director)
Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87
  • Recorded in 1993
  • Bruce Ford (Mitridate), Jochen Kowalski (Farnace), Ann Murray (Sifare), Luba Orgonasova (Aspasia), Lillian Watson (Ismene)
  • The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Paul Daniel (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)

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