Opus Arte
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Strauss, R: Salome
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
Maria Ewing is the magnetic anti-heroine in this rather stagey production by her former husband, Peter Hall. With solid support from the other principals and conductor Edward Downes, the result... — More…
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Liszt: Mayerling
Edward Watson, Mara Galeazzi, Iohna Loots, William Tuckett, Cindy Jourdain, Sarah Lamb & Elizabeth McGorian
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth
A contorted Edward Watson as death-obsessed Austrian royalty leads a brilliant Royal Ensemble in Opus Arte's second DVD of Kenneth Macmillan's stunner. — More…
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Melanie Diener (Leonore), Roberto Saccà (Florestan), Lucio Gallo (Don Pizarro), Alfred Muff (Rocco), Sandra Trattnigg (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Krešimir Stražanac (Don Fernando)
Zurich Opera Orchestra & Zurich Opera Chorus, Bernard Haitink (conductor) & Katharina Thalbach...
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Shakespeare: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Recorded live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2015
Sam Alexander (King of Navarre), Peter Basham (Gamekeeper), William Belchambers (Longaville), Edward Bennett (Berowne), Nick Haverson (Costard), Emma Manton (Jaquenetta), John Hodgkinson (Don Armado), Tunji Kasim (Dumaine)
Royal Shakespeare Company, Christopher Luscombe (director)
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Kenneth Macmillan's Manon
Sarah Lamb (Manon) & Vadim Muntagirov (Des Grieux)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Martin Yates, Kenneth MacMillan
Another very welcome release of outstanding quality from the Royal Ballet. — More…
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo John Mark Ainsley, Brigitte Balleys, Michael Chance, David Cordier, Mario Luperi, Russell Smythe
Tragicomedia and Concerto Palatino, Stephen Stubbs (conductor) & Pierre Audi (director)
Simply the most compelling account of L'Orfeo yet produced...John Mark Ainsley is simply superb as Orfeo… — More…
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Danielle de Niese (Rosina), Alessandro Corbelli (Dr Bartolo), Björn Bürger (Figaro), Taylor Stayton (Count Almaviva), Christophoros Stamboglis (Basilio) & Janis Kelly (Berta)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Enrique Mazzola (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director)
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Monteverdi: Two Classic Operas L'Orfeo & L'incoronazione di Poppea
Miah Persson (Poppea), Sarah Connolly (Nerone), Jordi Domènech (Ottone), Franz-Josef Selig (Seneca), Maite Beaumont (Ottavia), Dominique Visse (Nutrice/Arnalta), Ruth Rosique (Drusilla), Guy de Mey (Lucano), William Berger (Valletto), Marisa Martins (La Fortuna/Pallas Athene/Venus), Judith van Wanroij...
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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…
