Opus Arte
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Johan Botha (Siegmund), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Edith Haller (Sieglinde), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Mihoko Fujimura (Fricka)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Christian Thielemann, Tankred Dorst
The sets, reflecting the blue-grey and orange hues of the Festspielhaus foyer, create some striking stage pictures...Botha as Siegmund is ungainly, yet gives this dark character unusual innocence... — More…
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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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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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Offer,
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Krystian Adam (Orfeo), Hana Blažíková (La Musica/Euridice), Anna Dennis (Ninfa), Kangmin Justin Kim (Speranza), Lucile Richardot (Messaggera), Francesca Boncompagni (Proserpina), Gianluca Burrato (Caronte/Plutone), Furio Zanasi (Apollo)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot...
strong contributors include Lucile Richardot (the Messenger) who gives a moving narration of Eurdice’s death in Act II, and the countertenor Kangmin Kim (Hope), who guides Orfeo down to Hell... — More…
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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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Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes
French version
Barbara Haveman (Hélène), Lívia Ághová (Ninetta), Burkhard Fritz (Henri), Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester (Guy de Montfort), Balint Szabo (Jean Procida), Hubert Francis (Thibault), Fabrice Farina (Danieli), Rudi de Vries (Mainfroid), Roger Smeets (Robert), Jeremy White (Le Sire de Béthune) & Christophe...
Alejandro Marco-Buhrmeister succeeds in evoking our sympathy in 'Au sein de la puissance'. The lovers sing tenderly; but what stands out in their Act 2 duet is some exquisite phrasing in the... — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Marianela Nuñez (Odette/Odile), Vadim Muntagirov (Prince Siegfried), Elizabeth McGorian (The Queen), Bennet Gartside (Von Rothbart), Alexander Campbell (Benno), Akane Takada (Prince Siegfried’s Younger Sister), Francesca Hayward (Prince Siegfried’s Younger Sister)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera...
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The Cellist & the Two Pigeons
Lauren Cuthbertson, Marcelino Sambé, Matthew Ball, Vadim Muntagirov, Fumi Kaneko, Ryoichi Hirano, Hetty Snell, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Andrea Molino, Barry Wordsworth
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William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice
Recorded live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, May 2015
Makram J Khoury (Shylock), Nadia Albina (Nerissa), Scarlett Brookes (Jessica), Patsy Ferran (Portia), Owen Findlay (Salerio), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (Bassanio), David Ajao (Jailer), Jamie Ballard (Antonio), James Corrigan (Lorenzo), Eva Feiler (Citizen of Venice), Guy Hughes (Leonardo/Servant) &...
