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Ashton: Les Patineurs; Divertissements; Scenes de Ballet / Acosta, McRae [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-01-31

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Patineurs, ballet (arranged by Constant Lambert); Various: Divertissements; Igor Stravinsky: Scènes de ballet, for orchestra
Performers: Bussell, Darcey; Cope, Jonathan; Cuthbertson, Lauren; Galeazzi, Mara; Lamb, Sarah; McRae, Steven; Morera, Laura; Putrov, Ivan; Raine, Samantha; Soares, Thiago; Watson, Edward; Yoshida, Miyako
Conductors: Murphy, Paul; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton created more than 100 ballets over a 60 year career. Showcasing three of his shorter works, this...continue...
Run Time: 96 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanis...continue...

Turnage: Anna Nicole / Pappano, Westbroek, Bickley, White [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-09-27

Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Anna Nicole
Performers: Bickley, Susan; De Pont Davies, Rebecca; Doyle, Grant; Finley, Gerald; Hoare, Peter; Lixenberg, Lore; Oke, Alan; Rees, Andrew; Westbroek, Eva-Maria; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

A young Playboy model, an octogenarian billionaire husband, intrusive media fascination and a tragically early death. This is a roller-coaster of a real contemporary life...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Turnage: Anna Nicole / Pappano, Westbroek, Bickley, White [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-09-27

Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Anna Nicole
Performers: Bickley, Susan; De Pont Davies, Rebecca; Doyle, Grant; Finley, Gerald; Hoare, Peter; Lixenberg, Lore; Oke, Alan; Rees, Andrew; Westbroek, Eva-Maria; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

A young Playboy model, an octogenarian billionaire husband, intrusive media fascination and a tragically early death. This is a roller-coaster of a real contemporary life...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Sp...continue...

Henze: Ondine / Yoshida, Watson, Royal Ballet, ROH Orch., Wordsworth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-05-25

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Ondine
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Miyako Yoshida dances the title role originally created for Margot Fonteyn in the hauntingly beautiful underwater world of Ondine, vividly brought to life by The...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Henze: Ondine / Yoshida, Watson, Royal Ballet, ROH Orch., Wordsworth [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-05-25

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Ondine
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; The Royal Ballet

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 1030D. Miyako Yoshida...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, S...continue...

Liszt: Mayerling / Royal Ballet, ROH Orch., Wordsworth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-04-27

Works: Franz Liszt: Work(s)
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Edward Watson takes the role of Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan's compelling ballet which lives out the final eight years of Rudolf’s life with...continue...
Run Time: 159 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: French, German, Spanish...continue...

Liszt: Mayerling / Royal Ballet, ROH Orch., Wordsworth [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-04-27

Works: Franz Liszt: Work(s)
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 1025D. Edward Watson...continue...
Run Time: 159 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: French, German, Spanish...continue...

Birtwistle: The Minotaur / Pappano/Royal Opera, Tomlinson, Reuter [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-02-23

Works: Harrison Britwistle: The Minotaur
Performers: Langridge, Philip; Reuter, Johan; Rice, Christine; Tomlinson, John; Watts, Andrew [ctr tenor]
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Run Time: 175 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Mackerras/Royal Opera, Keenlyside, DiDonato, Vargas [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Gleadow, Robert; Halfvarson, Eric; Keenlyside, Simon; Ketelsen, Kyle; Persson, Miah; Poplavskaya, Marina; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

'Don Giovanni' is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart's music, and the words of his great collaborator Da Ponte, are brought to...continue...
Run Time: 202 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

The Blu-Ray Experience: Opera & Ballet Highlights [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi,...
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berg, Nathan; Cirillo, Lucia; Dahlin, Anders; Damrau, Diana; di Pasquale, Luciano; Donose, Ruxandra; Machado, Aquiles; Matthews, Sally; Mironov, Maxim; Papian, H...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pahn, Vello; Davis, Colin, Sir; Lopez-Cobos, Jesus; Jordan, Philippe; Kershaw, Stewart; Jurowski, Vladimir; Rousset, Christophe; Reynolds, Julian; Connelly, Paul; Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra; Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra; Les Talens Lyriques; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Netherlands Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchest...

'Opera & Ballet: The Blu-ray Experience' includes opera and ballet highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue, and gives everyone the opportunity to experience the stunning...continue...
Run Time: 50 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio, Dolby True HD
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Birtwistle: The Minotaur / Pappano/Royal Opera, Tomlinson, Reuter [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Harrison Britwistle: The Minotaur
Performers: Langridge, Philip; Reuter, Johan; Rice, Christine; Tomlinson, John; Watts, Andrew [ctr tenor]
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This world premiere of a gripping new work by composer Harrison Birtwistle and librettist David Harsent, commissioned by The Royal Opera, brings the monstrous Greek...continue...
Run Time: 175 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, Fr...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Rizzi/Royal Opera House, Cura, Hvorostovsky [Blu-Ray]

3 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-08-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Cura, Jose; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Naef, Yvonne; Villarroel, Veronica
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Jose Cura and Dmitri Hvorostovsky lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera, in Elijah Moshinsky's Royal Opera House production co-produced with Teatro Real...continue...
Run Time: 172 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Pappano/Royal Opera House, Schrott, Persson, Finley [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-04-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Araya, Graciela; Finley, Gerald; James, Ana; Persson, Miah; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schrott, Erwin; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"This performance seems to get to the heart of arguably Mozart's greatest opera more successfully than almost any other production of the composer's stage works...continue...
Run Time: 202 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: England
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Mozart: Die Zauberflote / Davis/Royal Opera, Roschmann, Damrau [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-04-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Damrau, Diana; Hartmann, Will; Keenlyside, Simon; Roschmann, Dorothea; Selig, Franz-Joseph; Thompson, Adrian; Tynan, Ailish
Conductors: Davis, Colin, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The internationally renowned Mozart interpreter Sir Colin Davis conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House and a glittering cast in David McVicar's...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Verdi: Falstaff, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore / Royal Opera House / Terfel, Cura, et al [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Rigoletto; Il trovatore
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Auty, Peter; Barnard, Thomas; Broadbent, Graeme; Cura, José; Frittoli, Barbara; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Halfvarson, Eric; Hayes, Quentin; Hoare, Peter; Howell, ...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Rizzi, Carlo; Downes, Edward
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

this 3 DVD box set presents some of the world's leading artists in outstanding productions, all from the stage of the world famous Royal Opera...continue...
Run Time: 498 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Die Zauberflote [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2003-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Damrau, Diana; Hartmann, Will; Keenlyside, Simon; Roschmann, Dorothea; Selig, Franz-Joseph
Conductors: Davis, Colin, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The internationally renowned Mozart interpreter Sir Colin Davis conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House and a glittering cast in David McVicar's...continue...
Run Time: 160 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English, Spanish
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Delibes: Coppelia [DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2001-11-01

Works: Léo Delibes: Coppélia
Conductors: Moldoveanu, Nicolae
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: USA
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2001-11-01

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: French, German
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