Opus Arte
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Will Hartmann (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Diana Damrau (Königin der Nacht), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Adrian Thompson (Monostatos), Thomas Allen (Sprecher)
Royal Opera House, Sir Colin Davis, David McVicar
‘Diana Damrau’s supremely sung Queen of the Night oozes class, while Simon Keenlyside’s profoundly human, touchingly sympathetic view of Papageno deserves an Olivier Award. — More…
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William Shakespeare: Cymbeline
Gillian Bevan (Cymbeline), Bethan Cullinane (Innogen), Hiran Abeysekera (Posthumus), Doreene Blackstock (Cornelia), Marcus Griffiths (Cloten), Oliver Johnstone (Iachimo), Kelly Williams (Pisanio), Graham Turner (Belarius), Natalie Simpson (Guideria), James Cooney (Arviragus), Byron Mondahl (Philario),...
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Henze, H: Undine
Miyako Yoshida, Edward Watson, Genesia Rosato, Ricardo Cervera & Gary Avis
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth
Ashton's genius surfaces in supple arm movements and rippling footwork for his heroine. The petite wide-eyed Miyako Yoshida makes an ideal sprite for those of us who never saw Margot Fonteyn... — 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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Adam: Le Corsaire
Alina Cojocaru (Medora), Vadim Muntagirov (Conrad), Erina Takahashi (Gulnare), Dimitri Gruzdyev (Lankendem), Junor Souza (Ali), Yonah Acosta (Birbanto), Michael Coleman (Pasha), Juan Rodriguez (Pasha Assistant) & Nancy Osbaldeston (Lead Villager)
English National Ballet & Orchestra...
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Stravinsky: Il segreto di Pulcinella
Adriana Mortelliti, Sabrina Camera, Julia Wirth, Davide Cauli, Jochen Heckmann, Nunzio Verdenero, Antonella Calducci, Ruben Amoretti & Furio Zanasi
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Movers Ballet, Muhai Tang
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader (Ernesto), James Platt (A Notary), Anna-Marie Sullivan (Servant)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Mazzola (conductor) & Mariame Clément (director)
a straightforward production that eschews visual gags and focuses on the characters...Any recording with Alessandro Corbelli in the title-role has to be worth investigating and his playing of... — More…
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William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, in August 2009.
Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo), Ellie Kendrick (Juliet), Philip Cumbus (Mercutio), Ukweli Roach (Tybalt), Rawiri Paratene (Friar Lawrence), Penny Layden (Nurse), Jack Farthing (Benvolio), Dominic Dromgoole (dir.)
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William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe, June 2012
Liam Brennan (Orsino), Johnny Flynn (Viola), Stephen Fry (Malvolio), Paul Chahidi (Maria), John Paul Connolly (Antonio), Ian Drysdale (Priest/Valentine), Samuel Barnett (Sebastian), James Garnon (Fabian), Peter Hamilton Dyer (Feste), Colin Hurley (Sir Toby Belch), Roger Lloyd Pack (Andrew Aguecheek),...
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Janáček: Jenufa
Mette Ejsing (Grandmother Buryja), Miroslav Dvorský (Laca Klemen), Nikolai Schukoff (Števa Buryja), Deborah Polaski (Kostelnicka Buryja), Amanda Roocroft (Jenufa), Károly Szemerédy (Foreman), Miguel Sola (Mayor), Marta Ubieta (Karolka)
Teatro Real, Ivor Bolton, Stéphane Braunschweig
Something in the composer's writing brings out the best in [Roocroft's] creamy voice and committed acting, and here she's superb as a young woman who forgives her stepmother for committing a... — More…
