ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Hansel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Angelika Kirchschlager / Diana Damrau / Elizabeth Connell / Thomas Allen / Colin Davis, conductor [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] 'Angelika Kirchschlager's tousled, boyish Hänsel and Diana Damrau's Gretel are dramatically convincing and vocally superb, while their parents, excellently sung and played by Elizabeth Connell and Thomas Allen, earn our sympathy as well as our... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete Opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Carlos Alvarez, Liparit Avetisyan, Lisette Oropesa / Antonio Pappano [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 31/Mar/2023 ] "Antonio Pappano's conducting is masterly, offering one of the best accounts available." BBC Music |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 2002) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jose Cura / Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Veronica Villarroel / Yvonne Naef / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "Elijah Moshinsky's production is surely as lively and moving as Verdi's intricate masterpiece deserves. Jose Cura sizzles. Dimitri Hvorostovsky is everything one could want to see and hear in a Verdi baritone." (San Francisco Chronicle) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi Box Set: Il Trovatore / Rigoletto / Falstaff (complete operas) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jose Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Bryn Terfel, Roberto Frontali, Kenneth Tarver, Christine Schäfer, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "[On Rigoletto] With Christine Schäfer as a matchless Gilda and Edward Downes, the finest Verdian of the age, conducting, it's a production that rages at the cruelty of the world." (BBC Music) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Joyce DiDonato, Julia Bullock, Jakub Jozef Orlinnski / Harry Bicket (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Jozef Orlinski star in Katie Mitchell's thrilling new production of Handel's Theodora in an alternative modern-day reality, Theodora, a religious fundamentalist, plots for the resistance against the Roman... |
DELIBES
Sylvia (complete ballet recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2005) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Thiago Soares, Martin Harvey / Graham Bond, conductor [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2010 ] "This DVD… shows the Royal Ballet at the top of its…form. …makes an imperious huntress and a commanding Bacchante" (BBC Music) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2014) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Mariusz Kwiecien, Alex Esposito, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Véronique Gens , Antonio Poli / Nicola Luisotti (cond [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] "anyone who misses Mariusz Kwiecien's performance here will regret it...never have I seen a final scene so aggressively personal, so mad, so viciously without repentance" (International Record Review) |
HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 2009) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sarah Connolly, Lucas Meachem, Lucy Crowe, Sara Fulgoni / Christopher Hogwood (cond) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Dec/2009 ] G - 'Dido is perfectly integrated, and the expressively stylised movements that McGregor has devised for the singers make a fascinating contrast to the gyrations of the corps de ballet. …The casts were excellent.' The Telegraph |
HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sarah Connolly, Lucas Meachem, Lucy Crowe, Sara Fulgoni / Christopher Hogwood (cond) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2010 ] G - 'Dido is perfectly integrated, and the expressively stylised movements that McGregor has devised for the singers make a fascinating contrast to the gyrations of the corps de ballet.' The Telegraph |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (complete opera recorded in 2003) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Dorothea Roschmann / Will Hartmann / Diana Damrau / Franz-Josef Selig / Sir Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 24/Oct/2003 ] G :- "This production by David McVicar has been rightly lauded, and with such a cast of singers and sound quality to match, I urge you to take advantage of a first-rate venture." -CLASSICWEB |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Kyle Ketelsen / Miah Persson / Ramon Vargas / Joyce DiDonato / Charles Mackerras (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] G - "…as flames rage over the opening cast credits, Sir Charles Mackerras conducts an incandescent Overture which kindles the brilliance, clarity and indefatigable energy of his music direction throughout." (BBC Music) |
MARTIN YATES
Yates: Elizabeth (complete ballet recorded in 2016) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Zenaida Yanowsky, Carlos Acosta, with Raphael Wallfisch (cello), David Kempster (baritone) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] Opulent and intimate, this enchanting chamber piece combines dance, text and music in a fascinating exploration of the life and loves of Queen Elizabeth I. Choreographer Will Tuckett and playwright and librettist Alasdair Middleton co-direct this... |
Secret Garden
Dawn of a New Century [ Philips Records / CD - released 20/Apr/1999 ] New agers fourth release, concept album for the millenium |
Secret Garden
Earthsongs [ Decca / CD - released 14/Mar/2005 ] Their fifth studio album, was two years in the making and was recorded in Norway and Ireland. Russell Watson features on the single "Always There". |
Secret Garden
Winter Poem [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
Secret Garden with Special Guests
Inside I'm Singing [ Polygram Records / CD ] |
Song of Songs: Come Into My Garden
Tapestry [ Telarc SACD / SACD - released 17/Mar/2004 ] Dual-layer discrete multi-channel surround Hybrid SACD - playable on all CD players. Fantastic sound quality! One of North America's most polished ensembles specializing in the performance of medieval and contemporary vocal music |
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) |
Tibetan Monks of Garden Shartse & Corciolli
The New Moon of East [ Le Maquis / CD - released 22/Dec/2008 ] |
VERDI / WAGNER / LEONCAVALLO / PUCCINI / MASCAGNI
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves: 20 Greatest Opera Choruses Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden, Antal Dorati / Vienna State Opera Chorus, Herbert von Karajan / Robert Shaw Chorale [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "For many, Opera is not just about large sopranos and dashing tenors sharing tender moments in duets, or villainous baritones, or even erring daughters; we also relish the thrill of a fine chorus rising to an old favourite such as the Chorus of the... |