Opus Arte
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KES Reimagined
Chester Hayes (Billy), Tobias Batley (Jud), Kristen McNally (Mum), Dom Czapski (Mr Farthing), Phil Snowden (Mr Sugden), Anro Skrzypiciel (Mr Gryce), Laura Careless (Kes Puppetry / Woman in WMC), Barnaby Meredith (Bookshop Owner)
Jonathan Watkins (choreography and direction), Alex Baranowski...
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Roberto Tagliavini (Leporello), Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Donna Elvira), Daniel Behle (Don Ottavio), Louise Alder (Zerlina), Petros Magoulas (Commendatore), Leon Košavic (Masetto)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Hartmut Haenchen, Kasper Holten
The production mixes and matches the Prague and Vienna versions of the opera in an uncritical way, with Holten’s Giovanni not dragged off to hell and the moral edge of the final ensemble blunted... —
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Special offer. Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Speiser, Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
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The Wayne McGregor Collection
Tamara Rojo (dancer), Federico Bonelli (dancer), Edward Watson (dancer), Sarah Lamb (dancer), Leanne Benjamin (dancer), Lauren Cuthbertson (dancer), Steven McRae, Natalia Osipova (dancer), Gary Avis (dancer), Francesca Hayward, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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Special offer. Britten: Albert Herring
John Graham-Hall (Albert), Patricia Johnson (Lady Billows), Felicity Palmer (Florence Pike), Alan Opie (Sid), Jean Rigby (Nancy)
Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Peter Hall
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Within the Golden Hour, Medusa & Flight Pattern
Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Francesca Hayward, Sarah Lamb, Alexander Campbell, Valentino Zucchetti
The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Andrew Griffiths, Jonathan Lo
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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
Yasmine Naghdi, Matthew Ball, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Pavel Sorokin
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Special offer. Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Krystian Adam (Orfeo), Hana Blažíková (La Musica/Euridice), Anna Dennis (Ninfa), Kangmin Justin Kim (Speranza), Lucile Richardot (Messaggera), Francesca Boncompagni (Proserpina), Gianluca Burrato (Caronte/Plutone), Furio Zanasi (Apollo)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot...
strong contributors include Lucile Richardot (the Messenger) who gives a moving narration of Eurdice’s death in Act II, and the countertenor Kangmin Kim (Hope), who guides Orfeo down to Hell... —
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Special offer. Claudio Monteverdi: L’incoronazione Di Poppea
Hana Blažíková, Kangmin Justin Kim, Carlo Vistoli, Gianluca Buratto, Lucile Richardot, Anna Dennis, Marianna Pizzolato, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
