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Summer Opera - up to 40% off selected titles

We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 12th August. Please note, downloads are not included in this offer.

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Showing 1 - 9 of 9 results
  • Handel: Amadigi di Gaula

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    Tim Mead (Amadigi), Mary Bevan (Melissa), Anna Dennis (Oriana), Hilary Summers (Dardano), Patrick Terry (Orgando), Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

    Handel took a less-is-more approach to his Amadigi di Gaula. Christian Curnyn’s answering restraint reveals the stark solos, shimmering textures, ringing silences and stunning one-to-a-part... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 16th Sep 2022
    • Catalogue No: CHSA04062
    • Label: Chandos
    • Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

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  • Handel: Serse

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    Anna Stéphany (Serse), Rosemary Joshua (Romilda), David Daniels (Arsamene), Hilary Summers (Amastre), Joélle Harvey (Atalanta), Andreas Wolf (Elviro), Brindley Sherratt (Ariodate)

    Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

    [Stéphany's] is a stunning central performance, comfortably matched by incisive playing from the Early Opera Company orchestra. Sopranos Rosemary Joshua (as Romilda) and Joelle Harvey (Atalanta)... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 2nd Sep 2013
    • Catalogue No: CHAN0797(3)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Chaconne
    • Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

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  • Handel: Israel in Ägypten

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    Lydia Teuscher, Julia Doyle (sopranos), Hilary Summers (alto), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Roderick Williams (bass)

    Choir of The King’s Consort & The King’s Consort, Robert King

    the performance makes a strong case for the piece, even if Mendelssohn's version is unlikely to make a full-scale comeback. The choir is lively, making every word clear, though some of King's... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, 4 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 18th Mar 2016
    • Catalogue No: VIVAT111
    • Label: Vivat
    • Length: 81 minutes

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  • Handel: Flavio

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    Tim Mead (Flavio), Rosemary Joshua (Emilia), Iestyn Davies (Guido), Renata Pokupić (Vitige), Hilary Summers (Teodata), Thomas Walker (Ugone), Andrew Foster-Williams (Lotario)

    Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

    Flavio has some fine music, but is rarely performed...The aria 'Amante stravagante'...nicely displays [Joshua's] bright, silvery tone...The vocal star is Renata Pokupic as Vitige. Her 'Non credo'... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 3 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 27th Sep 2010
    • Catalogue No: CHAN0773(2)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Chaconne
    • Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

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  • Barry: Alice's Adventures Under Ground

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    Irish National Opera, Claudia Boyle (soprano), Gavan Ring (tenor), Peter Tantsits (tenor), Stephen Richardson (bass-baritone), Alan Ewing (bass-baritone), Clare Presland (mezzo-soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Irish Chamber Orchestra, André de Ridder

    The variety of styles presented in this short, single-act opera is mind-boggling... In another setting, under another composer, all this might seem bizarre, but such musical references are so... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…
    • Release Date: 5th Nov 2021
    • Catalogue No: SIGCD695
    • Label: Signum
    • Length: 53 minutes

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  • Handel: Semele

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    Rosemary Joshua (Semele), Hilary Summers (Juno/Ino), Richard Croft (Jupiter), Stephen Wallace (Athamas), Brindley Sherratt (Cadmus/Somnus) & Gail Pearson (Iris), David Croft (Apollo)

    Early Opera Company (on period instruments), Christian Curnyn

    In the title role, soprano Rosemary Joshua applies light and graceful tone and conveys Semele's wilful, pleasure-seeking nature. As her immortal lover Jupiter, tenor Richard Croft is equally... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, 3 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 29th Oct 2007
    • Catalogue No: CHAN0745(3)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Chaconne
    • Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

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  • Handel: Partenope, HWV 27

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    Rosemary Joshua (Partenope), Kurt Streit (Emilio), Stephen Wallace (Armindo), Andrew Foster-Williams (Ormonte), Hilary Summers (Rosmira), Lawrence Zazzo (Arsace)

    Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

    Handel composed Partenope for the 1730 London season, less than a year into the so-called 'Second Academy' period in which he enjoyed increased artistic control over his productions. Partenope... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…
    • Release Date: 9th May 2005
    • Catalogue No: CHAN0719(3)
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Chaconne
    • Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

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  • Saxton: The Wandering Jew

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    Roderick Williams (Wandering Jew), Tim Mirfin (Jesus/Beggar), Teresa Cahill (Widowed Mother), Hilary Summers (Fortune Teller), Louise Winter (Kundry), Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Faust), Brindley Sherratt (Mephistopheles), Graeme Danby (Odin), Jeremy White (Old Man)

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    There's a hint of Wagnerian majesty in the [Odin] scene, otherwise the shadow of Britten lies long over the music, not only in the shape of the melodic lines, but also in the clarity of the... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 13th Jun 2011
    • Catalogue No: NMCD170
    • Label: NMC
    • Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

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    Original price ($34.50) Reduced price $28.29

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  • Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

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    Malena Ernman (Dido), Christopher Maltman (Aeneas), Judith Van Wanroij (Belinda), Hilary Summers (Sorceress), Lina Markeby (Second Woman), Celine Ricci (First Witch), Ana Quintans (Second Witch), Marc Mauillon (Spirit), Damian Whiteley (Sailor), Prologie (Fiona Shaw), Les Arts Florissants, William...

    • Release Date: 14th Jan 2022
    • Catalogue No: 2110709
    • Label: Naxos

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    Original price ($28.25) Reduced price $23.16

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