Product Review

Works
Rigoletto (ROH)
Paolo Gavanelli; Marcelo Alvarez; Christine Schäefer Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Edward Downes Director: David McVicar

""Bold and sensational..."" (Gramophone)

Il trovatore (ROH)
José Cura; Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Yvonne Naef; Verónica Vilarroel Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Director: Elijah Moshinsky

""... a reminder that not every golden age happened long ago."" (San Francisco Chronicle)

La traviata (ROH)
Renée Fleming; Joseph Calleja; Thomas Hampson; Eddie Wade Richard Wiegold; Haoyin Xue; Sarah Pring; Neil Gillespie; Charbel Matter; Jonathan Coad Royal Opera Chorus; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Antonio Pappano Director: Richard Eyre

""... a supple, sentient reading that sweeps you along."" (The Guardian)

Les vêpres siciliennes (DNO)
Barbara Haveman; Lívia Ághová; Burkhard Fritz; Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester; Balint Szabo; Hubert Francis; Fabrice Farina; Rudi de Vries; Roger Smeets; Jeremy White; Christophe Fel; Koor van De Nederlandse Opera; Nederlands Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Paolo Carignani Director: Christof Loy

Un ballo in maschera (Teatro Real)
Marcelo Álvarez; Violeta Urmana; Marco Vratogna; Alessandra Marianelli; Elena Zaremba; Miguel Sola; Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Real Conductor: Jesús López Cobos

La forza del destino (Mariinsky Theatre)
Galina Gorchakova; Nikolai Putilin; Gregam Grigorian; Marianna Tarasova The Kirov Chorus and Orchestra Conductor: Valery Gergiev Director: Elijah Moshinsky

""... an exciting account ..."" (BBC Music Magazine)

Macbeth (ROH)
Simon Keenlyside; Steven Ebel; Raymond Aceto; Elisabeth Meister Liudmyla Monastryrska; Dmitri Pittas; Nigel Cliffe; Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Antonio Pappano Director: Phyllida Lloyd

""... truly thrilling."" (The Guardian)

Don Carlo (DNO)
Robert Lloyd; Rolando Villazón; Amanda Roocroft; Dwayne Croft Jaakko Ryhänen; Giorgio Giuseppini; Violeta Urmana; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; De Nederlandse Opera Chorus Conductor: Riccardo Chailly Director: Willy Decker

""...a fabulous summation of Chailly’s qualities as a Verdi conductor..."" (The Guardian)

Aida (Liceu)
Stefano Palatchi; Elisabetta Fiorillo; Daniela Dessì; Fabio Armiliato; Roberto Scandiuzzi; Juan Pons Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Conductor: Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez Director: Gómez Martínez

""... this sumptuous production will please any opera fan."" (www.new-classics.com)

Simon Boccanegra (ROH)
Plácido Domingo; Mariana Polavskaya; Joseph Calleja; Ferruccio Furlanetto; Jonathan Summers; Lukas Jakobski; Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Antonio Pappano Director: Elijah Moshinsky

Otello (Liceu)
José Cura; Krassimira Stoyanova; Lado Ataneli; Vittorio Grigolo Ketevan Kemoklidze; Vicenç Esteve Madrid; Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Conductor: Antoni Ros-Marbà Director: Willy Decker

Falstaff (ROH)
Bryn Terfel; Roberto Frontali; Kenneth Tarver; Robin Legatte; Peter Hoare; Barbara Frittoli Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Bernard Haitink Director: Graham Vick

""...a true joy to the eye as Bryn Terfel dazzles us with stature, voice and gesture..."" (Diapason)

Production
Company: The Royal Opera; Teatro Real; De Nederlanse Opera; Mariinsky Theatre; Gran Teatre del Liceu

Disc Information
Catalogue Number: OA1105BD
Running Time: 2090 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Label: Opus Arte