Opus Arte
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Marianela Nuñez (Princess Aurora), Vadim Muntagirov (Prince Florimund), Kristen Mcnally (Carabosse) & Claire Calvert (Lilac Fairy)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
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Shakespeare: Henry IV
Donmar Warehouse
Harriet Walter (Henry IV), Sophie Stanton (Falstaff), Claire Dunne (Prince Hal), Jade Anouka (Hotspur), Jackie Clune (Westmoreland/ Glendower), Shiloh Coke (Mortimer), Karen Dunbar (Bardolph/Vernon)
Phyllida Lloyd
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Special offer. Verdi: Il Trovatore
Lianna Haroutounian (Leonora), Gregory Kunde (Manrico), Anita Rachvelishvili (Azucena), Vitaliy Bilyy (Luna), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Ferrando)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Richard Farnes, David Bösch
Kunde sings powerfully and reliably but without much seductiveness in his timbre…Haroutounian offers a classy, movingly acted Leonora but is a little short on Verdian authority…The star of the... —
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Special offer. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Olga Busuioc (Cio-Cio San), Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton), Michael Sumuel (Sharpless), Carlo Bosi (Goro), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki)
The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber, Annilese Miskimmon
Miskimmon’s updated concept for Glyndebourne gives new layers of resonance without compromising the original’s spirit…Guerrero is suitably handsome and has both a creamy voice that exudes tenderness... —
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice), Federico Bonelli (Jack/The Knave of Hearts), James Hay (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit), Laura Morera (Mother/The Queen of Hearts), Christopher Saunders (Father/The King of Hearts), Steven McRae (Magician/The Mad Hatter), Fernando Montano (Rajah/The Caterpillar), Gary...
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Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
Dinita Gohil (Viola), Kara Tointon (Olivia), Adrian Edmonson (Malvolio), Esh Alladi (Sebastian), Nicholas Bishop (Orsini), Vivien Parry (Maria), Giles Taylor (Antonio), Michael Cochrane (Sir Andrew Aguecheek)
Royal Shakespeare Company, Christopher Luscombe
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Anna Rose O’Sullivan (Clara), Vadim Muntagirov (The Prince), Marcelino Sambé (Hans-Peter / The Nutcracker), Gary Avis (Herr Drosselmeyer), Marianela Nuñez (The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth, Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov (choreographer), Marius Petipa,...
