More By Artist: Royal Opera House
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UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chénier (complete opera recorded in 2015) Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Željko Lučić, Denyce Graves / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 16/Sep/2015 ] "Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it's hard to imagine him bettered. His striking looks make him very much the Romantic and romanticised outsider of Giordano's vision. His voice, with its dark, liquid tone, soars through... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2017) Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Vratogna, Maria Agresta / Sir Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/May/2018 ] "Kaufmann's exceptional musicality makes itself felt throughout the opera in a manner that has rarely been equalled…The vulnerability of this Otello lies not so much in his ethnic otherness as in his emotional ingenuousness." Gramophone |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Vratogna, Maria Agresta / Sir Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/May/2018 ] 'Jonas Kaufmann Sings an 'Otello' for the Ages'- New York Times. On a sweltering night at London's Royal Opera House in June 2017, Jonas Kaufmann made his debut performance as Otello - one of the most coveted and challenging roles in the tenor... |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Pietro Spagnoli, Ferruccio Furlanetto / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2015 ] "The Royal Opera's cheerful and colourful new production of Rossini's most popular work is a copper- bottomed hit." The Daily Telegraph |
JOBY TALBOT
Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (complete ballet recorded in 2011) Royal Opera House / Lauren Cuthbertson, Sergei Polunin, Edward Watson, Zenaida Yanowsky / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2014 ] Lewis Carroll's ever-popular story provides the basis for Christopher Wheeldon's spectacular new work, starring Royal Ballet Principal Lauren Cuthbertson. Captivating designs by Bob Crowley, an engaging and passionate score by Joby Talbot, and... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 2010) Royal Opera House / Placido Domingo, Marina Poplavskaya, Joseph Calleja / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ EMI / Warner DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "No vocal Tarnhelm has suddenly magicked a different-sounding timbre for this voice: here is, simply, Domingo singing - and evidently enjoying singing - a part that's lower down. What we might here cheekily call the supporting cast are strong"... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (recorded live Covent Garden in 1975) Royal Opera House / Placido Domingo, Piero Cappuccilli, Katia Ricciarelli, Elizabeth Bainbridge / Claudio Abbado (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 15/Jul/2017 ] [Domingo] is enjoying himself as a devil-may-care ruler with a twinkle in both eye and voice...[Cappuccilli] offers a masterclass in what we really mean by 'Verdi baritone'." Gramophone Magazine |
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 **** |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "At its moments of greatest drama and pathos this 2013 production is undeniably effective." (MusicWeb) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2009) Teodor Ilincai / Hibla Gerzmava / Gabriele Viviani / Inna Dukach / Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Andris Nelsons [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "In every sense this Boheme glows...Teodor Ilincai is a splendid Rodolfo...radiating Italian lyricism and boyish good nature. Hibla Gerzmava is a gorgeous Mimi...Inna Dukach is a splendid Musetta...On DVD it looks and sounds wonderful - but on... |
VERDI / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Italian Opera Choruses Theatro Roma Opera Chorus / Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus / Various conductors [ Royal Opera / CD - released 25/Jan/1995 ] 19 masterpieces from Italian opera recorded from 1959 to 1972 |
HEROLD / ROSSINI
La Fille mal Gardée (hlts) / Boutique Fantasque (hlts) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Lanchbery / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "John Lanchbery's score for La fille is one of the great ballet scores of the modern era - a creation to delight even those who do not normally care for ballet. (This recording) is of vintage Decca excellence…"Solti's Boutique is high-powered and... |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (recorded live in 1957) Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Otakar Kraus, Wolfgang Wingassen, Peter Klein / Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Rudolf Kempe [ Testament / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "The glory here is Birgit Nilsson's gleaming Brünnhilde, already 39 years old, but sounding youthful, touching and tireless. The set is a reminder of the strengths of the company at this period, with Joan Sutherland leading the Rhinemaidens." Sunday |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Agneta Eichenholz / Michael Volle / Klaus Florian Vogt / Jennifer Larmore / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Antonio Pappano's electrifying conducting is razor-sharp in the manner of Pierre Boulez, and the orchestral playing is magnificent." (The Telegraph) |
ERIK SATIE
Best of Satie Aldo Ciccolini, Anne Queffelec (piano) / Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House [ Warner Classics Inspiration Series / CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] Meditative piano sounds and glitter of Parisian cabaret. Satie was one of the most interesting figures of early 20th century Paris moving in the same artistic circles as Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau and Man Ray. He was known for his droll sense of... |
WAGNER
Die Walküre Anita Välkki, Claire Watson, Hans Hotter, Jon Vickers / The Royal Opera House, Georg Solti [ Testament / 4 CD Box Set - released 31/Jul/2014 ] This release marks the first appearance of Georg Solti on Testament as an opera conductor in an historic performance of Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in October 1961. |
RICHARD. STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 1995) Royal Opera House / Ann Murray / Anna Tomowa-Sintow / Kurt Moll / Barbara Bonney / Andrew Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte CD / 3 CD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] "All three characters are splendidly drawn here, Octavian (a winning Ann Murray, not too feminine), Baron Ochs (Kurt Moll) with a rich low register to all but dignify his underlying boorishness, and Anna Tomowa-Sintow a commandingly sympathetic,... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Great scenes from Aida (with Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), with Grace Hoffman, Luigi Ottolini / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Pritchard [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 31 / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] [This recording captures] the voice of the soprano at the zenith of his means. The stamp is bright and beautiful, perfect intonation, vibrato absent, acute triumphant! Technically, Nilsson is close to perfect, with perfect breath control, flawless... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded live in 1952) Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Mirto Picchi / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Vittorio Gui [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Live Remastered / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] 'Bellini's Norma is an epic and multi-faceted role, often considered the ultimate vocal challenge for an operatic soprano. Callas sang it on stage 92 times, more often than any other heroine, and her achievement casts a long shadow: more than 50... |
WOLF-FERRARI / VERDI / PONCHIELLI
Overtures and Ballet Music (Recorded 1958-1960) Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Charles Mackerras [ Testament / CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] Recorded 1958-1960, some tracks mono |
