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Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera directed by Peter Hall in 2005) BLU-RAY cover
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GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera directed by Peter Hall in 2005) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Raquela Sheeran / Lucia Cirillo / Ruxandra Donose / Nathan Berg / Vladimir Jurowski (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2008 ]
DVD Blu-Ray - "The BD disc offers an excellent reproduction of the "live" experience that will surely warm the hearts of those who cannot make it to the opera house often enough." (Blu-Ray.com)
Ercole Amante (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
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FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Ercole Amante (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
Netherlands Opera / Luca Pisaroni, Veronica Cangemi, Anna Maria Panzarella, Marlin Miller / Concerto Koln, Ivor Bolton (cond)
[ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ]
"The production, like the piece, is moving, funny and literally action-packed. Alden knows well when to fill or empty his stage....Bolton leads his large authentic-instrument forces with gusto...Hugely recommended." (Gramophone)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded live in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded live in 2009) BLU-RAY
Bayreuth Festival / Robert Dean Smith, Robert Holl, Irene Theorin, Jukka Rasilainen / Peter Schneider (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2010 ]
G - 'In Tristan the standard of conducting and singing is high. Peter Schneider draws seamless playing from the orchestra, contouring Wagner's long arcs of sound as only someone of his experience can do.' The Financial Times
Handel: Belshazzar (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Belshazzar (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Festival Aix-en-Provence / Kenneth Taylor, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta / Rene Jacobs (cond)
[ Harmonia Mundi Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2011 ]
"the dramatic essence of the story...comes over in a striking semi-expressionist fashion. There's a strong set of central performances." (BBC Music - Blu-Ray Choice August 2011)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Recorded live at Glyndebourne, Lewes, July 2011) BLU-RAY cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Recorded live at Glyndebourne, Lewes, July 2011) BLU-RAY
Gerald Finley, Anna Gabler, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Marco Jentzsch, Topi Lehtipuu / London Philharmonic Orchestra, VladimirJurowski, David McVicar
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ]
"Jurowski completes the ensemble with a beautiful account, unfolding the story with pace and details...Together they make the immense performance the most uplifting performance I can recall" (Five Stars BBC Music - DVD/Blu-ray Choice - December 2012)
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in August 2009) BLU-RAY cover
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in August 2009) BLU-RAY
Globe / Andrew Vincent / Philip Cumbus / Michael O'Hagan / Atetomiwa Edun, Ellie Kendrick
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2010 ]
Dominic Dromgoole's production brings refreshing clarity to one of Shakespeare's most famous and best-loved tragedies, drawing out the contemporary relevance of this passionate teenage love story. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and...
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi [with Rachmaninov - The Miserly Knight] (complete operas recorded in 2004) BLU-RAY cover
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi [with Rachmaninov - The Miserly Knight] (complete operas recorded in 2004) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Alessandro Corbelli / Massimo Giordano / Richard Berkeley-Steele / Maxim Mikhailov / Vladimir Jurowski (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ]
Blu-Ray - "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
Handel: Giulio Cesare (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Sarah Connolly / Angelika Kirchschlager / Danielle de Niese / Christophe Dumaux / Christopher Maltman / William Christie (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2009 ]
G - "The sense of teamwork all round is confirmed in the interviews included in the extras. Robin Lough's DVD direction is faultless." (Gramophoen Classical Music Guide)
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Topi Lehtipuu / Luca Pisaroni / Miah Persson / Anke Vondung / Ivan Fischer (conductor)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2009 ]
Blu-Ray 'I had to search long and hard down memory lane to recall a Così that so vividly revealed both the pleasure and the overwhelming pain of this evermore disturbing masterpiece, and I failed.' Opera
Handel: Rinaldo (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes August 2011) cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes August 2011)
Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone, Robert Carsen (Stage director)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ]
"Directing from his tinkling harpsichord, Ottavio Dantone encourages the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to be light, bright and Italian. Listen wholeheartedly; watch with caution." (The Times)
Jewels [ballet by George Balanchine] (recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY cover
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STRAVINSKY / FAURE / TCHAIKOVSKY
Jewels [ballet by George Balanchine] (recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY
Ballet de L'Opera National de Paris / Aurelie Dupont, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Agnes Letestu, Clairemarie Osta
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ]
DVD Blu-Ray - Jewels, a work first performed by the New York City Ballet in 1967. This alluring, abstract ballet, a triptych in which each piece sparkles with the brilliance of a precious stone, is a lyric tribute to women and to the capital cities...
Delibes: Coppelia (Complete ballet recorded at the Palais Garnier March 2011) BLU-RAY cover
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LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Coppelia (Complete ballet recorded at the Palais Garnier March 2011) BLU-RAY
Paris Opera Ballet / Dorothee Gilbert, Mathias Heymann, José Martinez / Koen Kessels (cond)
[ BBC / Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2011 ]
"Well worth watching…wonderment and terrific dancing…this is one that I will be returning to with anticipation and pleasure." (Blu-rayDefinition)
Rameau: Zoroastre (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY cover
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JEAN PHILIPPE-RAMEAU
Rameau: Zoroastre (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY
Drottingholm Court Theatre / Anders J. Dahlin, Evgueniy Alexiev, Sine Bundgaard, Anna Maria Panzarella / Christophe Rousset (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ]
"Christophe Rousset and his forces deliver an excellently paced reading and much of the singing is perfectly judged. Pierre Audi's production, while it moves the cast around efficiently enough, is at times obscure in its use of gesture…"(BBC Music)
Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves / Tassis Christoyannis / Dina Kuznetsova / Jennifer Holloway / Vladmir Jurowski (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ]
"Francois Roussillon's direction, giving a due flavour of the theatrical ambience, results in a model of filmed opera." (BBC Music)
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $72.00 Out of Stock
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JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Pamela Armstrong / Thomas Allen / Ragnar Ulfung / Hakan Hagegard / Vladimir Jurowski (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2008 ]
DVD Blu-Ray - '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...
Purcell: The Fairy Queen (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Fairy Queen (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Sally Dexter, Joseph Millson, Desmond Barrit, Desmond Barrit, Susannah Wise / William Christie, conductor
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2010 ]
"Jonathan Kent's joyous Glyndebourne production burst[s] with opulent stagecraft...Kent is abetted by William Christie in the pit, a man of the theatre down to his gainfully-employed fingertips...Altogether a riotously funny, ravishingly intelligent
Amelia (A film by Adouard Lock) BLU-RAY cover
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DAVID LANG
Amelia (A film by Adouard Lock) BLU-RAY
La La La Human Steps / Soloists / Njo Kong Kie (piano and musical direction)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2009 ]
"Amelia is nothing but dance, brilliantly shot, relentlessly in your face, astonishingly fast. The lesson of Amelia... is to dance this hard, this fast, this gloriously while you still can" Los Angeles Times
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY cover
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY
Netherlands Opera / Eva-Maria Westbroek / Christopher Ventris / Carole Wilson / Vladimir Vaneev / Mariss Jansons, conductor
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jun/2009 ]
"a first-rate protagonist in Eva-Maria Westbroek, a Katerina of Jean Harlow-like allure, who had all the vocal power and stamina that the role demands" (The Times)
Adams: Doctor Atomic (Complete Opera directed by Peter Sellars recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $70.00 Out of Stock
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JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Doctor Atomic (Complete Opera directed by Peter Sellars recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY
Netherlands Opera / Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, James Maddalena / Lawrence Renes (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2009 ]
Blu-Ray - G - 'The cast is flawless… Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire.' The Times
Norma (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY cover
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BELLINI
Norma (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY
Netherlands Opera / Hugh Smith / Giorgio Giuseppini / Hasmik Papian / Julian Reynolds(cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ]
DVD Blu-Ray - "Irini Tsirakidis, a Greek soprano with a lowish mezzo extension to her voice, takes on the role of Adagisa in more than competent fashion." (MusicWeb July 2007)
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
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W. A. MOZART
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Netherlands Opera / Laura Aikin, Edgaras Montvidas, Kurt Rydl, Mojca Erdmann / Constantinos Carydis (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2009 ]
Blu-Ray - "Athenian wonder boy Constantinos Carydis has everything you could want from a Mozart conductor, combining manic energy with perfectionism and a profound sense of lyrical beauty." Bloomberg News
Three Ballets - Concerto / Elite Syncopations / The Judas Tree (recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY cover
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SHOSTAKOVICH / JOPLIN / BRIAN ELIAS
Three Ballets - Concerto / Elite Syncopations / The Judas Tree (recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY
Royal Ballet / Sarah Lamb, Carlos Acosta, Yuhur Choe, Stephen McRae, Leanne Benjamin / Robert Clark, Dominic Grier, Barry Wordsworth (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray Royal Opera House Collection / Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Dec/2010 ]
"There has never been a choreographer that I can think of who could produce three such contrasting works, and you sit watching in wonderment at the fertile imaginings of his mind. " Telegraph
Three Ballets - Infra / Limen / Chroma (recorded 2008-2010) BLU-RAY cover
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RICHTER / SAARIAHO / CHROMA
Three Ballets - Infra / Limen / Chroma (recorded 2008-2010) BLU-RAY
The Royal Ballet with choreographer by Wayne McGregor
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ]
The diversity of Wayne McGregor's astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma, Infra and Limen, each created for The Royal Ballet, for whom he is resident choreographer.
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (complete ballet recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (complete ballet recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
San Francisco Ballet / Damian Smith / Elizabeth Powell / David Karapetyan / Martin West (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ]
'The opulent new version of the seasonal classic, launched spectacularly by the San Francisco Ballet, is every parent's dream of a holiday treat. It looks scrumptious, tastes delicious, offers substantial nourishment and won't cause cavities.' San...