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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
SeokJong Baek (Samson), Elina Garanča (Dalila), Lukasz Golinski (High Priest of Dagon), Blaise Malaba (Abimelech), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
Pappano conducts with relentless energy, forging a consistent stylistic and dramatic unity from the eclectic mix of elements – Bach’s Passions, Wagnerian chromaticism, North African music –... — More…
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Das Rheingold
Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Arnold Bezuyen (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Hans-Peter König (Fafner), Christa Mayer (Erda), Edith Haller (Freia), Ralf Lukas (Donner), Clemens Bieber (Froh),...
This is a big performance, often expansively paced. Great set-pieces like the Walküre love duet and the Rhine Journey have a fine soaring grandeur, even if some - the desperate Siegfried Act... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Editor's Choice
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Minkus: Don Quixote
Rudolf Nureyev (Basilio), Robert Helpmann (Don Quixote), Ray Powell (Sancho Panza), Lucette Aldous (Kitri/Dulcinea), Colin Peasley (Gamache), Marilyn Rowe (Street Dancer/Queen of the Dryads), Kelvin Coe (Espada)
Rudolf Nureyev (choreographer), John Lanchbery
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Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia
Ewa Podles (Ciro), Jessica Pratt (Amira), Michael Spyres (Baldassare), Mirco Palazzi (Zambri), Carmen Romeu (Argene), Robert McPherson (Arbace), Raffaele Costantini (Daniello)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Will Crutchfield (conductor) & Davide Livermore (director)
Livermore initially opts for pure comedy in staging it as a 1920s silent movie...Never has opera seria been such a hoot...Podles makes for a feisty Ciro, her black treacle contralto imperious,... — More…
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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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British Classics
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton, Andrew Davis
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New,
Starstruck Sophie Martin, Christopher Harrison, Bruno Micchiardi, Javier Andreu, Roseanna Leney, Nicholas Shoesmith, Aisling Brangan, Grace Horler, Grace Paulley, Scottish Ballet Orchestra, Jean-Claude Picard
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New,
Starstruck Sophie Martin, Christopher Harrison, Bruno Micchiardi, Javier Andreu, Roseanna Leney, Nicholas Shoesmith, Aisling Brangan, Grace Horler, Grace Paulley, Scottish Ballet Orchestra, Jean-Claude Picard
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New,
William Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor Pearce Quigley, Sarah Finigan, Bryony Hannah, Richard Katz, Forbes Mason, Anita Reynolds, Boadicea Ricketts, Jude Owusu, Joshua Lacey, Hedydd Dylan, Elle While (director)
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The Shakespeare's Globe Collection
Stephen Fry, Mark Rylance, Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, Samantha Spiro, Catherine Bailey, Eve Best, Jessie Buckley, Dominic Dromgoole, Blanche McIntyre, Jeremy Herrin, Toby Frow, Jonathan Munby
