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Opera in English - Janacek: Katya Kabanova / Rizzi, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06

Works: Leos Janácek: Káta Kabanová, opera, JW 1/8
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Brubaker, Robert; Hampton, Claire; Henschel, Jane; Hoare, Peter [; Holtam, Philip Lloyd; Howell, Gwynne; Meinir, Sian; Simmonds, Victoria; Webb, Owen; Wedd, Peter; Wilkinson, Kathleen
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus

Janacek once wrote that Katya Kabanova, his sixth opera, was "one of my most tender works," and his score contrasts extreme beauty with fateful oppression...continue...

Britten Conducts Britten Operas Vol 2

10 CD / Decca / 2005-03-15

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64; Phaedra, Op. 93; The Rape of Lucretia; Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54; Death in Venice, opera, Op. 88; Gloriana, opera, Op. 53
Performers: Adams, Stephen James; Ainsley, John Mark; Alder, Eric; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barstow, Josephine; Bates, Angela Vernon; Bauer, Michael; Bowen, Kenneth; Bowma...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; Welsh National Opera Chorus

These recordings of the remaining five Britten operas in the Decca catalog are conducted by mixture of the composer and two colleagues, Steuart Bedford and...continue...

Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande / Boulez/Orch. & Chorus Of Welsh National Opera [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Archer, Neill; Cox, Kenneth; Hagley, Alison; Maxwell, Donald; Walker, Penelope
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus; Welsh National Opera Orchestra

"Peter Stein's WNO production evokes the Symbolist, early 20th-century vision of the Middle Ages as suggested in Maeterlinck's play. The cast... are in finest voice...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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Opera in English - Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Mackerras

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-04-24

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bardon, Patricia; Connell, John; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gedda, Nicolai; Hampson, Thomas; Rosenshein, Neil; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Barito...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus

The highly successful Opera in English series continues with Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin". This all star cast recording, made in 1994, features singers who have made...continue...

Gilbert & Sullivan / Mackerras, Welsh National Opera, et al

5 CD / Telarc / 1999-07-27

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Mikado; Pirates of Penzance; HMS Pinafore; Trial by Jury; Yeomen of the Guard
Performers: Adams, Donald; Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Archer, Neill; Banks, Barry; Evans, Rebecca; Folwell, Nicholas; Garrett, Eric; Gossage, Julie; Howells, Anne; Knight, Gillian; Maxwell, Donald; McLau...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus; Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Telarc presents a special boxed set of the five most popular Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in highly praised performances led by Sir Charles Mackerras. "A...continue...

Gilbert and Sullivan: Mikado /Mackerras, Rolfe-Johnson et al

1 CD / Telarc / 1992-02-25

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Mikado
Performers: Adams, Donald; Folwell, Nicholas; Howells, Anne; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Palmer, Felicity; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Suart, Richard; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus