Opus Arte
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Special offer. Rossini: La scala di seta
Antonio Mosca (violoncello), Umberto Ferrari (double-bass), Tullio Pane, Carmen Lavani, Tiziana Tramonti, Ernesto Palacio, Mario Chiappi & Robert Coviello
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Marc Andreae
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Special offer. Torroba: Luisa Fernanda
Plácido Domingo (Vidal Hernando), Nancy Herrera (Luisa Fernanda), José Bros (Javier Moreno), Mariola Cantarero (Duchess Carolina), Raquel Pierotti (Mariana)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra & Chorus), Jesús López Cobos (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (stage...
…Emilio Sagi's elegant, minimal and warm-hearted staging gives it a full-scale operatic stylishness that is captured vividly for disc… Torroba's score pours enticing melody over traditional... —
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The Best of Joan Sutherland
Featuring works by Donizetti, Cilea, Poulenc, Delibes & Lehár
Joan Sutherland
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra & Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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Special offer. Verdi: I Due Foscari
Renato Bruson (Francesco Foscari), Alberto Cupido (Jacopo Foscari), Linda Roark-Strummer (Lucrezia Contarini), Luigi Roni (Loredano), Renato Cazzaniga (Barbarigo), Monica Tagliasacchi (Pisana), Aldo Bottion (Fante), Aldo Bramante (Doge's Servant)
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala,...
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Damian Smith (Uncle Drosselmeyer), Elizabeth Powell (Clara), Davit Karapetyan (Nutcracker Prince), David Arce (King of the Mice), Yuan Yuan Tan (Queen of Snow), Pierre-François Vilanoba (King of Snow), Vanessa Zahorian (Sugar Plum Fairy)
San Francisco Ballet & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra,...
This sumptuous production of Nutcracker updates the scenario to San Francisco during the 1915 International Exposition. With ravishing sets, superb dancing and stunning sound, it is an absolute... —
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Opera & Ballet Favourites
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 1st December 1993.
Plácido Domingo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Kiri Te Kanawa, Darcey Bussell & Irek Mukhamedov
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Edward Downes, Barry Wordsworth, Stephen Barlow & Plácido Domingo
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Special offer. Verdi: Nabucco
Bruce Martin (Zaccaria), Rosemary Gunn (Fenena), Jeannie Kelso (Anna), Anson Austin (Ismaele), Elizabeth Connell (Abigaille), Jonathan Summers (Nabucco), John Brunato (Gran Sacerdote), Christopher Dawes (Abdallo)
The Australian Opera Chorus & State Orchestra of Victoria, Carlo Felice Cillario
Jonathan Summers…was in wonderful voice and gave a performance of rich intensity and dramatic power. —
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Special offer. Verdi: Stiffelio
José Carreras, Catherine Malfitano, Gwynne Howell & Gregory Yurisich
The Royal Opera & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Edward Downes
Elijah Moshinsky's handsome Stiffelio was one of Covent Garden's greatest triumphs under a previous regime. José Carreras and Catherine Malfitano lead a fine cast. —
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Johan Botha (Siegmund), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Edith Haller (Sieglinde), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Mihoko Fujimura (Fricka)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Christian Thielemann, Tankred Dorst
The sets, reflecting the blue-grey and orange hues of the Festspielhaus foyer, create some striking stage pictures...Botha as Siegmund is ungainly, yet gives this dark character unusual innocence... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
Simon O’Neill (Parsifal), Angela Denoke (Kundry / Voice from Above), René Pape (Gurnemanz), Gerald Finley (Amfortas), Willard W. White (Klingsor) & Robert Lloyd (Titurel)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Stephen Langridge (director)
Amfortas [is] sung and acted with the greatest distinction by Gerald Finley...Denoke is always striking as Kundry but doesn't really have a large enough voice for the demanding role. The minor... —
