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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, in 2005.
Hugh Smith, Giorgio Giuseppini, Hasmik Papian, Irini Tsirakidis, Anna Steiger & Carlo Bosi Julian Reynolds (musical director) & Guy Joosten (stage director) In Guy Joosten’s ingenious production of Bellini’s masterpiece, Norma is about more than just beautiful singing. It becomes a layered, timeless drama in which Norma is the archetypal successful woman struggling to retain her dominant but vulnerable position. Hasmik Papian’s lyrical and intense interpretation of the title role accentuates the striking similarity between a Druid high priestess and a modern opera diva. Conductor Julian Reynolds guides the brilliant cast, choir and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra to great heights, providing a refreshing new take on the chef d’oeuvre of bel canto. Note: This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players “Joosten’s staging is quirky and fun, and offers plenty of scope for campery… first rate singing from Hasmik Papian and Irini Tsirakidis as Norma and Adalgisa, and conducting as exciting as it is elegant from Julian Reynolds.” Classic FM | 
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| |  | Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, UK, on 11th July 2004.
Richard Berkeley-Steele, Maxim Mikhailov, Viacheslav Voynarovskiy, Albert Schagidullin, Sergei Leiferkus & Matilda Leyser Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Annabel Arden (stage director) Alessandro Corbelli takes the title role in Annabel Arden’s whirlwind production of Puccini’s compact opera, in which the scheming Gianni Schicchi retrieves for himself the spoils of a disinherited family to pave the way for his daughter to marry her love. Note: This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players “Alessandro Corbelli delivers a masterclass in how to extract every ounce of humour from comedy by playing it straight. He is the king of comedy and an international treasure.” The Stage “Annabel Arden’s dark staging of Rachmaninov’s opera and her brilliantly funny view of Puccini’s comedy make for a perfect Glyndebourne evening. Sergei Leiferkus and Alessandro Corbelli are memorable in the respective title
parts and Vladimir Jurowski is the superb conductor.” Sunday Times |
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| |  | Vienna version, 1788Director: Vincent Boussard; Costumes: Christian Lacroix; Designer: Vincent Lemaire and Lighting: Alain Poisson Please Note: A Blu-Ray Player is Required to View this Disc - It Will Not Function on a Standard DVD Player.
Johannes Weisser (Don Giovanni), Marcos Fink (Leporello), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Donna Elvira), Werner Güra (Don Ottavio), Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Sunhae Im (Zerlina), Nikolai Borchev (Masetto) & Alessandro Guerzoni (Commendatore) Freiburger Barockorchester & Innsbruck Festival Chorus, René Jacobs (musical direction) After the success of Così fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro, René Jacobs' CD recording of this centrepiece of the
Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy offered us his reflections on Classical opera and garnered serious acclaim worldwide.
Performed at the Innsbruck festival in August 2006 and filmed in Baden-Baden, this production is nourished by
his thoughts on Don Giovanni as taboo-breaker but still respects Mozart's intentions as closely as possible.
In the documentary Looking for Don Giovanni, the director Nayo Titzin follows the creation of this production
in the search for musical truth. NB content identical to HMD9909013/14 |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Teatro Real, Madrid on 20th, 23rd and 25th
March 2006.
Inva Mula, Laura Giordano, Aquiles Machado, Fabio Maria Capitanucci, David Menéndez, Felipe Bou, Gonzalo Fernández de Terán, Juan Tomás Martínez, Alfredo Mariotti, Federico Gallar, Mario Villoria & Francisco Pardo Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra & Chorus), Conducted by Jesús López Cobos & Stage Director: Giancarlo del Monaco Note: This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players ‘This Bohème is a glorious vindication of traditional staging at its imaginative, re-creative best. …a hum dinger of a production, beautifully set by Michael Scott in period, fast-moving and full of pertinent detail … eloquent and lively playing from the Madrid Symphony, …Centre-stage is Inva Mula’s appealing, vulnerable and intensely sung Mimì…She sings with finely shaped and expressive phrasing.’ Gramophone |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
London on 3rd May 2002.
José Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Yvonne Naef & Verónica Villarroel Conducted by Carlo Rizzi & Directed by Elijah Moshinsky Note: This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players ‘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. This
new “Trovatore” DVD is a reminder that not every golden age happened long ago.’ San Francisco Chronicle (USA) |
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| |  | Choreographer: Rudolf Nureyev Note: This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players
Agnès Letestu, José Martinez, Karl Paquette & Muriel Hallé Paris Opera Ballet & Paris Opera Orchestra, Vello Pähn (Musical Director) Agnès Letestu, a feminine and warm Odette, and José
Martinez, a convincing, pale, vulnerable prince Siegfried,
are the stars of this deeply passionate, ‘dream’ version
of Swan Lake. Rudolf Nureyev’s interpretation of
Tchaikovsky’s lyrical ballet, far from being a clichéd
stereotype, is an exposé of astonishingly powerful and
recognisable human emotions. Under the inspired and
clear-cut musical direction of Vello Pähn, this
production is one of the jewels of the Paris Opera
Ballet’s repertoire. It brilliantly displays the meticulous
precision, technical prowess and pure, unmannered
style of the company’s unrivalled female corps de ballet. ‘…their [Agnès Letestu & José Martinez] dancing was sensational, and Letestu in particular was magnificent.
She was soft, lyrical yet aristocratic as Odette, as befits her slender, long-limbed body and her mime scene was
of intense beauty. …Letestu is outstanding as Odile, both in her technical prowess and artistic interpretation.’ Culture Kiosque |
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| |  | Cecilia & Bryn at GlyndebourneRecorded live in Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, Sussex, 24th April 1999.
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo soprano) & Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung Note: This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players ‘Sparkling harmony …the combined talents of Bryn Terfel and Cecilia Bartoli…raise the temperature… Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro… is charged with intrigue and sexual tension and they captured the mood with pinpoint vocal interplay and assured comic acting…a formidable display of coloratura technique and lasersharp intonation.’ ***** The Guardian |
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Raquela Sheeran, Lucia Cirillo, Ruxandra Donose, Nathan Berg, Luciano di Pasquale, Maxim Mironov & Simone Alberghini London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes,
East Sussex, on 2nd & 4th June, 2005. This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players ‘This is a performance that meets the Glyndebourne gold standard… Hall has decided to keep it real and
produced something understated, sensitive and thus deeply pleasurable.’ Daily Telegraph |
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| |  | Director: Stephen Lawless
Pär Lindskog, Lyubov Petrova, Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung, Håkan Hagegård, Artur Korn, Malena Ernman, Udo Samel & Renée Schüttengruber The Glyndebourne Chorus & The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski Note: This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players ‘Vladimir Jurowski gives the bottle a good shake before popping his first cork with the overture. The London
Philharmonic are on their toes… The pace is racy, the articulation brilliant, the Viennesisms deftly in place, the
waltz fruity and uplifting. It's a cracking start.’ The Independent |
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Will Hartmann, Dorothea Röschmann, Diana Damrau, Franz-Josef Selig, Simon Keenlyside, Ailish Tynan & Adrian Thompson The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Colin Davis This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players ‘Diana Damrau’s supremely sung Queen of the Night oozes class, while Simon Keenlyside’s profoundly human, touchingly sympathetic view of Papageno deserves an Olivier Award.’ Classic fM |
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Patricia Barker, Paul Gibson, Seth Belliston, Lisa Apple, Julie Tobiason, Ross Yearsley, Jeffrey Stanton & Timothy Lynch Pacific Northwest Ballet & BBC Concert Orchestra, Stewart Kershaw This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players ‘…Pacific Northwest Ballet’s presentation of Balanchine’s Midsummer Night’s Dream [blew my mind] this evening. … Wonderful Balanchine choreography, excellent dancing and a terrific production.’ Ballet Magazine |
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