In this installment, musical theater:
Mozart: “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute”)
Paul Groves (Tamino)
Genia Kühmeier (Tamina)
Christian Gerhaher (Papageno)
Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night)
René Pape (Sarastro)
Burkhard Ulrich (Monstatos)
Irena Bespalovaite (Papagena)
Inga Kalna, Karine Deshayes & Ekaterina Gubanova (Three Ladies)
Vienna Boys Choir members (Three Boys)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti conducting
Pierre Audi, stage director
(in German, English subtitles)
(recorded 2006, Salzburg Festival):
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Verdi: “Otello”
Gregory Kunde (Otello)
Ermonela Jaho (Desdemona)
George Petean (Iago)
Gemma Coma-Alabert (Emilia)
Alexey Dolgov (Cassio)
Vicenç Esteve (Roderigo)
Fernando Radó (Ludovico)
Isaac Galán (Montano)
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Real, Madrid
Renato Palumbo conducting
David Alden, stage director
(in Italian, English subtitles)
(recorded 2016):
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Rameau: “Les Boréades” (concert presentation)
Deborah Cachet (Alphise)
Caroline Weynants (Sémire/L’Amour/Polimnie)
Juan Sancho (Abaris)
Benedikt Kristjánsson (Calisis)
Benoît Arnould (Adamas)
Nicolas Brooymans (Borée)
Tomás Šelc (Borilée)
Lukáš Zeman (Apollon)
Collegium Vocale 1704
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks conducting
(in French, no subtitles)
(recorded 2018, Utrecht Festival):
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Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet”
Robert Bolle (Romeo)
Misty Copeland (Juliet)
Antonino Sutera (Mercutio)
Mick Zeni (Tybalt)
Marco Agostino (Benvolio)
Riccardo Massimi (Paris)
Alessandro Grillo (Lord Capulet)
Emanuela Montanari (Lady Capulet)
Luigi Saruggia (The Duke)
Chiara Borgia (Rosaline)
Monica Vaglietti (The Nurse)
Matthew Endicott (Friar Laurence)
Kenneth MacMillan, choreography
La Scala Ballet & Orchestra
Patrick Fournillier conducting
(recorded 2017, Milan):
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Gilbert & Sullivan: “The Mikado”
Robert Lloyd (The Mikado)
Richard Suart (Ko-Ko)
Anthony Gregory (Nanki-Poo)
Mary Bevan (Yum-Yum)
Graeme Danby (Pooh-Bah)
Yvonne Howard (Katisha)
George Humphreys (Pish-Tush)
Rachael Lloyd (Pitti-Sing)
English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Fergus Macleod conducting
Jonathan Miller, stage director
(in English, English subtitles)
(recorded 2015, London):
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