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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I Due Foscari (recorded live Covent Garden September 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Plácido Domingo, Francesco Meli, Maria Agresta, Maurizio Muraro / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Sep/2016 ] Plácido Domingo takes on the role of the tragic Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice, in Verdi's potent and dramatic opera of family loyalties and political intrigue. Thaddeus Strassberger's powerful setting explores the corruption lurking beneath the... |
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PROKOFIEV
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (complete ballet recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Sergei Polunin, Will Kemp, Kilian Smith, Charlotte Edmonds / The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2016 ] Choreography Matthew Hart Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev's musical fairy tale, has been delighting children since 1936. Nearly 60 years later, in 1995, the young choreographer Matthew Hart created a witty choreographed version for the Royal Ballet... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Simon Keenlyside, Krassimira Stoyanova, Peter Rose / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Dec/2013 ] Gramophone Magazine DVD of the Month - December 2013 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Simon Keenlyside, Liudmyla Monastryrska, Raymond Aceto / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "Keenlyside sings the title role with imagination and insight...Pappano is an authoritative Verdian, punching the score out into the theatre." BBC Music Magazine, May 2012 **** |
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GEORGE BENJAMIN
Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Stéphane Degout, Barbara Hannigan, Gyula Orendt, Peter Hoare / George (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2019 ] "At just 90 minutes, this is an opera of impressive concentration with not a word or note wasted." Gramophone |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (live at the Royal Opera House, June 2011) BLU-RAY Royal Opera / Christine Rice, Bryan Hymel, Aris Argiris & Maija Kovalevska / Constantinos Carydis [ BBC / Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2016 ] Julian Napier's cinematic film of the Royal Opera's production of Carmen - originally shot in 3D - is now made available on DVD and 2D Blu-ray. Arguably the world's most popular opera, at the centre of this musical drama is the fiery Carmen, a gypsy... |
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PUCCINI
La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2009) Teodor Ilincai / Hibla Gerzmava / Gabriele Viviani / Inna Dukach / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden / Andris Nelsons [ Opus Arte Blu-ray Royal Opera House Collection / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Gerzmava is clear in tone and clean in style, the Rodolfo (Teodor Ilincai) light and unforced but wanting richness. All act naturally and well, Jacques Imbrailo (the Schaunard) with panache." (Gramophone) |