Opus Arte
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Special offer. Wagner: Rienzi
Torsten Kerl (Rienzi), Marika Schönberg (Irene), Daniela Sindram (Adriano), Richard Wiegold (Colonna), Stefan Heidemann (Orsini), Robert Bork (Cardinal Orvieto), Marc Heller (Baroncelli), Leonardo Neiva (Cecco del Vecchio) & Jennifer O’Loughlin (Peace Messenger)
Orchestre national du Capitole,...
Lavelli and conductor Steinberg make much sense of (at least) the personal drama of Wagner's grand Romantic opera...[Kerl, Sindram and Schonberg] pace themselves well; even with the blue pencil... —
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Special offer. 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. —
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Special offer. Gounod: Faust
Erwin Schrott (Mephistopheles), Michael Fabiano (Faust), Irina Lungu (Marguerite)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Dan Ettinger, David McVicar
This is a top-flight cast. In a sensitive, intelligent and finely articulated interpretation, Michael Fabiano humanises the doddering old philosopher…Stealing a number of scenes is Erwin Schrott,... —
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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 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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Starstruck
Sophie Martin, Christopher Harrison, Bruno Micchiardi, Javier Andreu, Roseanna Leney, Nicholas Shoesmith, Aisling Brangan, Grace Horler, Grace Paulley, Scottish Ballet Orchestra, Jean-Claude Picard
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Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo
Luis Lima (Don Carlo), Ileana Cotrubas (Elisabetta), Robert Lloyd (Filippo II), Giorgio Zancanaro (Rodrigo), Bruna Baglioni (Eboli), Joseph Rouleau (Il Grande Inquisitore), Patricia Parker (Tebaldo), Matthew Best (Un Frate)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink
The pleasure is all in the visuals and the overall authentically Verdian mood they create...Haitink’s conducting is a slow-burn effort, convincing as the opera builds to its climax and matching... —
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Seokjong Baek (Samson), Elina Garanča (Dalila), Lukasz Golinski (High Priest of Dagon), Blaise Malaba (Abimelech)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
