Diana Damrau has triumphed as Violetta Valéry in La traviata a role she first dreamed of singing when she was just 12 years old at a number of the world s leading opera houses. Among them is Paris Opéra Bastille, where in June 2014 she starred in this sumptuous production by film director Benoît Jacquot, which takes inspiration …
So memorably described as ‘a dancer who slashes across space faster than anyone else, who lacerates the air with shapes so clear and sharp they seem to throw off sparks’ (Independent), Carlos Acosta has been at the forefront of contemporary ballet since his arrival at the Royal Ballet in 1998. Here he sparkles in three of his most …
Shakespeare: Love’s Labour’s Won (Much Ado About Nothing) [Blu-ray]
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Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco 9 (Legendary Performances) [Blu-ray]
Wiener Staatsoper 2001 – After personal tragedies and the fiasco of his last opera Un giorno di regno, Verdi wanted to give up composing for ever. Fortunately he made a further attempt: Nabucco. His fi rst real success, the fi rst genuine ”Verdi opera”, was born. Nabucco the complex story of Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, who proclaims …
Benjamin Britten: Gloriana (Legendary Performances) [Blu-ray]
Gloriana came into being when Benjamin Britten was asked to compose an opera celebrating the Coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. ¬The tragic relationship between the ageing Queen and the brilliant young Earl of Essex provided Britten with great scope for his strong sense of theatre, the opera combining scenes of great pageantry with moments …
Since its inception, Bayreuth has become the byword for innovative and daring productions. The six operas featured on this release are certainly no exception; showcasing the original sets, creative productions and outstanding singing that the opera house is famous for, they cement Bayreuth’s worldwide reputation for nurturing raw talent, constantly striving for innovation. Jan Philipp Gloger’s controversial production …
David Pountneys landmark English National Opera, 1986 staging of Antonín Dvoráks haunting fairy tale opera left critics and audiences spellbound. ¬ The production is set in a Victorian nursery where an adolescent girl, on the brink of sensual awakening, dreams of first love. Her story is that of Rusalka the wood nymph who sacrifices all for a …
Wiener Staatsoper 2002 – One of the lesser known works by Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra is regarded by most opera lovers as one of his finest. The action takes place in the 14th century and deals with the political and personal rivalry between the corsair Simon Boccanegra, who has been elected Doge of Genoa with the help of …
DG s iconic artist Anne-Sophie Mutter is breaking new grounds with her new album Live from Yellow Lounge Inspired by the huge success of her first Yellow Lounge in Berlin in 2013, the new album was recorded live at two special Yellow Lounges, which makes for the first ever YL production on tape, 15 years after the concept …
For this spectacular production of Mozarts Davide penitente on the vast stage of the Salzburg Felsenreitschule at the Mozart Week 2015, Marc Minkowski and the equestrian choreographer Bartabas used dancing horses and thus restored the former riding school to its original function. Horses, riders from the Académie équestre de Versailles and Bartabas himself, whose successful productions are unique …