Opus Arte
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Shakespeare: Henry IV Parts 1 & 2
Recorded live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, May 2014
Antony Sher (Falstaff), Alex Hassell (Prince Hal), Jasper Britton (King Henry)
Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran (director)
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Prom At The Palace
The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace 2002
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Ashley Wass (piano), Roberto Bolle (Prince Siegfried), Zenaida Yanowsky (Odile), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Adventist Chorale, Band of Her Majesty s Royal...
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Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Orlin Anastassov (Boris), Alessandra Marianelli (Xenia), Pavel Zubov (Fyodor), Ian Storey (Grigory), Vladimir Vaneev (Pimen), Peter Bronder (Prince Shuisky), Vasily Ladjuk (Andrey Shchelkalov), Vladimir Matorin (Varlaam)
Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrei Konchalovsky
Konchalovsky sticks to the 1869 original...Orlin Anastassov makes a rich-voiced but wildly over-the-top Godunov...It's good to have the superlative treble Pavel Zubov as Boris's son Fyodor...Best... —
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William Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe, August 2010
Christopher Benjamin (Sir John Falstaff), Philip Bird (Dr Caius), Sue Wallace (Mistress Quickly), Gregory Gudgeon (Nym), Michael Garner (George Page), Serena Evans (Meg Page), Ceri-Lyn Cissone (Anne Page), Sarah Woodward (Alice Ford), Nathan Amzi (Simple), Peter Gale (Shallow), Andrew Havill (Ford),...
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Special offer. Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
José van Dam (Barbe-Bleue), Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet (Ariane), Patricia Bardon (Nurse), Gemma Coma-Alabert (Sélysette), Beatriz Jiménez (Ygraine), Elena Copons (Mélisande), Salomé Haller (Bellangère) & Alba Valldaura (Alladine)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Stéphane...
Charbonnet copes well with the extreme demands of Ariane, while Patricia Bardon is excellent as the nurse and it is wonderful to have Jose van Dam for Barbe-Bleu's handful of lines. Most of... —
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Special offer. Scarlatti, G: Dove È Amore È Gelosia
Lenka Máciková (Marquise Clarice, widow), Aleš Briscein (Count Orazio), Katerina Knežíková (Vespetta), Jaroslav Brezina (Patrizio), Bohumil Klepl (Servant) & Tatána Kupcová (Marquise)
Schwarzenberg Court Orchestra, Vojtech Spurný (conductor) & Ondrej Havelka (director)
the theatre is the real star of the production...in truth nothing more seems necessary here than to sing and act with skill and wit, which the four Czech singers all manage very well...The orchestral... —
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William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
Recorded live at the Shakespeare’s Globe, July 2014
George Irving (Julius Caesar), Catherine Bailey (Portia), Sam Cox (Marullus/Caius Ligarius), Anthony Howell (Cassius), Joe Jameson (Octavius Caesar), Luke Thompson (Mark Antony), Tom McKay (Brutus) & Christopher Logan (Casca)
Dominic Dromgoole (director)
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Federico Bonelli (Romeo), Lauren Cuthbertson (Juliet), Alexander Campbell (Mercutio), Bennet Gartside (Tybalt), Dawid Trzensimiech (Benvolio), Vale Rihristov (Paris), Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet), Christina Arestis (Lady Capulet) & Gary Avis (Escalus Prince of Verona)
Orchestra of...
both are entirely convincing in their depiction of teenage lovers. The charismatic Bonelli certainly looks younger than his real age and graduates convincingly from laddish bravado to lovestruck... —
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Special offer. Donizetti: Classic Comedies Box Set
Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader (Ernesto), Ekaterina Siurina (Adina), Peter Auty (Nemorino), Alfredo Daza (Belcore), Luciano di Pasquale (Dulcamara), Eliana Pretorian (Giannetta)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Anne Sofie von Otter (Carmen), Marcus Haddock (Don José), Laurent Naouri (Escamillo), Lisa Milne (Micaëla), Mary Hegarty (Frasquita), Christine Rice (Mercédès), Colin Judson (Remendado), Quentin Hayes (Dancaïre), Hans Voschezang (Moralès), Jonathan Best (Zuniga)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera,...
In the grip of violent emotions, Anne Sofie von Otter paints a complete 'Carmen' —
