Opus Arte
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William Shakespeare: the Winter's Tale
Andrew French, Kemi-Bo Jacobs, Joseph Kloska, Georgia Landers, Anne Odeke, Assad Zaman, Colm Gormley, Amanda Hadingue, Zoe Lambert, Ben Caplan, Erica Whyman
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The Secret Theatre
A Christmas Special
Leo Tetteh, Alice Kawalek, Constance Devernay, Bruno Micchiardi, Rishan Benjamin, Melissa Parsons, Jerome Anthony Barnes, Marge Hendrick, Sophie Martin, Nicholas Shoesmith, Grace Horler, Scottish Ballet Orchestra, Gavin Sutherland, Christopher Hampson (choreographer), Peter Darrell (choreographer),...
Musicians deliver well-played and idiomatic performances that are, moreover, sensibly paced and expertly suited to the practical requirements of the dancers... The Secret Theatre is certainly... — More…
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Kenneth Macmillan's Mayerling
Steven MacRae (Crown Prince Rudolf), Sarah Lamb (Baroness Mary Vestsera)
Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
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The Best of Joan Sutherland
Featuring works by Donizetti, Cilea, Poulenc, Delibes & Lehár
Joan Sutherland
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra & Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Roberto Tagliavini (Leporello), Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Donna Elvira), Daniel Behle (Don Ottavio), Louise Alder (Zerlina), Petros Magoulas (Commendatore), Leon Košavic (Masetto)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Hartmut Haenchen, Kasper Holten
The production mixes and matches the Prague and Vienna versions of the opera in an uncritical way, with Holten’s Giovanni not dragged off to hell and the moral edge of the final ensemble blunted... — More…
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Donizetti: La Favorite
Kate Aldrich (Leonor de Guzman), Yijie Shi (Fernand), Ludovic Tézier (Alphonse XI, King of Castile), Giovanni Furlanetto (Balthazar), Marie-Benedicte Souquet (Ines), Alain Gabriel (Don Gaspar) & Dongjin Ahn (A lord)
Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre National du Capitole de...
The sets are sparse, the pomp and visual grandeur the Parisians are mercifully absent, and the stress is almost wholly on the central triangle...They make a thrilling trio...So strong are the... — More…
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Maria Bengtsson (Fiordiligi), Jurgita Adamonyte (Dorabella), Pavol Breslik (Ferrando), Stéphane Degout (Guglielmo), Rebecca Evans (Despina), Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Thomas Hengelbrock, Jonathan Miller
It’s a wry take on the opera, Miller emphasising that the plot is not so much about testing the fiancées’ faithfulness, but an adventure in self-discovery. — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Nathalie Nordquist, Anders Nordström, Marketta Kaila, Christian Rambe
Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, Michel Quéval
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Tan Dun: Paper Concerto
Haruka Fujii (solo), Rika Fujii & Tamao Inano (paper percussionists)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Tan Dun
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all three sections of both versions benefit from the masterly hand of director Robin Lough who, unlike many of his peers, knows how to let the music speak for itself without the need for frantic... — More…
