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In Focus: Royal Opera Houses

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Bayreuth Festival
Franz Hawlata; Artur Korn; Michael Volle; Klaus Florian Vogt; Norbert Ernst; Michaela Kaune

Adam Walker - Vocalise
Various Artists
Adam Walker; James Baillieu

Albeniz: Merlin
Teatro Real
David Wilson Johnson; Stuart Skelton; Eva Marton; Carol Vaness; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real; José de Eusebio

Janáček: La zorrita astuta (The Cunning Little Vixen)
Various Artists
Olivia Biarnés; Joan Martin-Royo; Bruce Sledge; Gregorio Gonzalez; Angel Rodriguez; Xavier Fernandez

Wagner: Parsifal
Baden-Baden Festspielhaus
Christopher Ventris; Waltraud Meier; Matti Salminen; Thomas Hampson; Tom Fox; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester

Verdi: Falstaff
The Royal Opera House
Bryn Terfel; Barbara Frittoli; Roberto Frontali; Bernadette Manca di Nissa; Desiree Rancatore; Kenneth Tarver

Beethoven: Eroica - The day that changed music forever
Various Artists
Ian Hart; Tim Piggott-Smith; Claire Skinner; Jack Davenport; Frank Finlay; Fenella Woolgar

Bellini: Norma
Dutch National Opera
Hasmik Papian; Hugh Smith; Irini Tsirakidis; Giorgio Giuseppini; Anna Steiger; Carlo Bosi

Holst: The Planets
Various Artists
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; David Atherton

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Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Various Artists
Mark Padmore; Lisa Milne; Catrin Wyn Davies; Diana Montague; Nicholas Kirkby Johnson; Caroline Wise

Handel: Tamerlano
Teatro Real
Plácido Domingo; Monica Bacelli; Ingela Bohlin; Sara Mingardo; Jennifer Holloway; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real

Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
The Royal Opera House
Angelika Kirchschlager; Diana Damrau; Elizabeth Connell; Thomas Allen; Anja Silja; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Janáček: La zorrita astuta (The Cunning Little Vixen)
Various Artists
Olivia Biarnés; Joan Martin-Royo; Bruce Sledge; Gregorio Gonzalez; Angel Rodriguez; Xavier Fernandez

Shakespeare: Macbeth
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Joseph Millson; Samantha Spiro; Stuart Bowman; Billy Boyd; Gawn Grainger; Finty Williams

Verdi: Macbeth
The Royal Opera House
Simon Keenlyside; Liudmyla Monastyrska; Raymond Aceto; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Antonio Pappano

Verdi: Verdi Triple (La traviata; Il trovatore; Macbeth)
The Royal Opera House
Simon Keenlyside; Liudmyla Monastyrska; Renée Fleming; Joseph Calleja; José Cura; Yvonne Naef

Mozart: Cecilia Bartoli Sings Mozart
Various Artists
Cecilia Bartoli; Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Mozart: Così fan tutte
Teatro alla Scala
Daniela Dessì; Delores Ziegler; Alessandro Corbelli; Jozef Kundlak; Adelina Scarabelli; Claudio Desderi

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Patricia Barker; Paul Gibson; Seth Belliston; Lisa Apple; Julie Tobiason; Ross Yearsley

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Puccini: La Bohème
Teatro Real
Inva Mula; Aquiles Machado; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real; Jesús López Cobos

Hildegard von Bingen: Hildegard von Bingen in Portrait
Various Artists
Vox Animae; Evelyn Tubb & Michael Fields

Mozart: Così fan tutte
Glyndebourne
Topi Lehtipuu; Luca Pisaroni; Nicolas Rivenq; Miah Persson; Anke Vondung; Ainhoa Garmendia

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Ópera de Bilbao
Aquiles Machado; Konstantin Gorny; Katharine Goeldner; María Bayo; Valentina Kutzarova; Milagros Poblador

Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Anastasia Belyaeva; Vladislav Ouspenski; Larissa Youdina; Daniil Shtoda; Anna Kiknadze; Alexeï Safiouline

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Dutch National Opera
Eva-Maria Westbroek; Christopher Ventris; Carole Wilson; Vladimir Vaneev; Lani Poulson; Ludovít Ludha

Torroba: Luisa Fernanda
Teatro Real
Plácido Domingo; Nancy Herrera; José Bros; Mariola Cantarero; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real; Jesús López Cobos

Verdi: Aida
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Daniela Dessì; Elisabetta Fiorillo; Fabio Armiliato; Juan Pons; Roberto Scandiuzzi; Orchestra and Chorus of Gran Teatre del Liceu

Verdi: Otello
Gran Teatre del Liceu
José Cura; Krassimira Stoyanova; Lado Ataneli; Vittorio Grigolo; Ketevan Kemoklidze; Orchestra and Chorus of Gran Teatre del Liceu

Wagner: Lohengrin
Baden-Baden Festspielhaus
Klaus Florian Vogt; Solveig Kringelborn; Hans-Peter König; Waltraud Meier; Tom Fox; Roman Trekel

Korngold: Die tote Stadt
Finnish Opera
Klaus Florian Vogt; Camilla Nylund; Markus Eiche; Sari Nordqvist; Kaisa Ranta; Melis Jaatinen

Britten: Death in Venice
English National Ballet
John Graham-Hall; Andrew Shore; Tim Mead; Sam Zaldivar; Laura Caldow; Joyce Henderson

Trailers

Three Ballets by Wayne McGregor

The Royal Opera House

Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri

Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro

Prokofiev: Cinderella

Paris Opera Ballet

Lanchbery: Tales of Beatrix Potter

The Royal Opera House

Korngold: Die tote Stadt

Finnish Opera

Handel: Rinaldo

Glyndebourne

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito

Opéra national de Paris

Donizetti: Poliuto

Glyndebourne

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Teatro alla Scala

Gran Teatre del Liceu

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Critically Acclaimed

Beethoven: Eroica - The day that changed music forever
Various Artists
Ian Hart; Tim Piggott-Smith; Claire Skinner; Jack Davenport; Frank Finlay; Fenella Woolgar
"You could not hope for a stronger cast." (The Times)
"This was thrilling stuff, as exciting visually as it was aurally." (The Sunday Telegraph)
"Ian Hart is brilliant as Beethoven, a volatile, magnetic figure of genius and uncouth charm…not to be missed." (The Daily Mail)

Bellini: Norma
Dutch National Opera
Hasmik Papian; Hugh Smith; Irini Tsirakidis; Giorgio Giuseppini; Anna Steiger; Carlo Bosi
"Norma. Diva. Callas. Three keywords that are at the core of Joosten’s staging...The story starts as an opera in an opera, but gradually the boundaries between theatre and reality become more and more ambivalent… great class!" (Trouw)
"Conductor Julian Reynolds...extensively studied Bellini’s score in manuscript and introduces lots of surprising details." (De Telegraaf)

Bizet: Carmen
Glyndebourne
Anne Sofie von Otter; Marcus Haddock; Laurent Naouri; Lisa Milne; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philippe Jordan
"Under the shrewd direction of McVicar, Anne Sofie von Otter gave us a gypsy of mercurial temperament..." (The Daily Telegraph)
"...Glyndebourne’s Carmen is simply gripping." (The Sunday Times)
"...a performance that truly is what opera theoretically aspires to be: sung drama." (The New York Times)
"What great value...222 minutes of high-class entertainment." (Classic FM - DVD Best Buy)

Adam Walker - Vocalise
Various Artists
Adam Walker; James Baillieu
"... the programme could not be more enticing." (Gramophone)
"Flautist Adam Walker is a stunning talent ... he plays with the artistry of a performer of maturer years." (The Guardian)
"Both performers delivered an intelligently programmed recital with considerable style and flair, beginning with a substantial work by Schubert." (Classical Source)