Opus Arte
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Daniela Dessì (Fiordiligi), Delores Ziegler (Dorabella), Alessandro Corbelli (Guglielmo), Jozef Kundlak (Ferrando), Adelina Scarabelli (Despina), Claudio Desderi (Don Alfonso)
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti
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Special offer. Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Mirella Freni (Adriana Lecouvreur), Peter Dvorsky (Maurizio, Conte di Sassonia), Ivo Vinco (Il Principe di Bouillon), Fiorenza Cossotto (La Principessa di Bouillon), Ernesto Gavazzi (L’Abate di Chazeuil), Alessandro Cassis (Michonnet), Giuseppe Riva (Quinault), Osvaldo Di Credico (Poisson), Patrizia...
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Special offer. Verdi: Aida
Daniela Dessì (Aida), Elisabetta Fiorillo (Amneris), Fabio Armiliato (Radamès), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Ramfis), Stefano Palatchi (Il Re), Josep Fadó (Messaggiero), Ana Nebot (Sacerdotessa)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez
José Antonio Gutiérrez's production is, by definition, ultra-traditional, but everything looks beautiful thanks to Cabanes's feeling for colour - ochres and blues dominate - and perspective.... —
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Special offer. Claude Vivier: Rêves d'un Marco Polo
Susan Narucki, Claron McFadden, Tomoko Makuuchi, James Ottaway, Harry van der Kamp, Johan Leysen
Asko Ensemble, Schönberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw
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An Evening With The Royal Ballet
Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Lauren Cuthbertson, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, Johan Kobborg, Leanne Benjamin, Roberto Bolle, Thiago Soare, Luke Heydon, Miyako Yoshida, Christopher Saunders
Orchestra of the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
This compilation taster of the great classics offers knockout performances, leaving one hankering to see the complete work. Don't miss Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg in Giselle. —
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlo
Four-act Italian version
Ramon Vargas (Don Carlo), Svetlana Kasyan (Elizabeth), Ildar Abdrazakov (Filippo II), Ludovic Tezier (Rodrigo), Daniela Barcellona (Princess Eboli) & Marco Spott (Grand Inquisitor)
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) & Hugo de Ana (director)
The most distinguished performances come from Svetlana Kasyan as Elisabetta, fine in appearance and with a command of the grand line; and Ilda Abdrazakov, an unusually warm portrayal of a torn... —
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Shakespeare: Henry IV Part 2
Recorded live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, May 2014
Antony Sher (Falstaff), Alex Hassell (Prince Hal), Jasper Britton (King Henry), Antony Byrne (Rumour/Porter/Pistol), Sean Chapman (Earl of Northumberland), Paola Denisotti (Mistress Quickly), Nia Gwynne (Doll Tearsheet/Lady Northumberland), Old Ford Davies (Jusitce Shallow), Robert Gilbert (Travers/Sir...
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Special offer. Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
Violeta Urmana (Santuzza), Vincenzo La Scola (Turiddu), Dragana Jugovic (Lola), Viorica Cortez (Mamma Lucia), Marco di Felice (Alfio), Vladimir Galouzine (Canio), María Bayo (Nedda), Carlo Guelfi (Tonio), Antonio Gandía (Beppe), Ángel Ódena (Silvio)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid...
That both these productions work is largely due to Jesús López Cobos's theatrically vital and style-sensitive conducting and two strong casts. —
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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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Minkus: Don Quixote
Marianela Nuñez (Kitri), Carlos Acosta (Basilio), Christopher Saunders (Don Quixote), Philip Mosley (Sancho Panza), Gary Avis (Lorenzo), Bennet Gartside (Gamache), Ryoichi Hirano (Espada), Laura Morera (Mercedes)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Martin Yates (conductor) & Carlos Acosta...
