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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham opera is a visceral, emotional experiencethere is undoubtedly a thrill to hearing a great opera singer fill a beautiful, historic theater with his or her unamplified voicebut today, opera ranges far beyond these traditional quarters; it is everywhere, from movie theaters to public parks and offbeat performance spaces to our earbudsshe recounts the longstanding debates about how best to pair story and song that have shaped opera over the centuries, highlighting some of the ways operas have shocked and delighted listenerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a mad love, critic vivien schweitzer offers a lively introduction to opera, spanning from monteverdi's l'orfeo in , generally considered the first successful opera, to dead man walking and anna nicole smith in recent decadesbut to fully appreciate this centuries-old art form, one must know its history and the many ways its component parts-music, poetry, theater-can be fit togetherno prior knowledge is needed to enjoy a soaring aria, or to be moved to laughter and to tears by popular operas like carmen and la bohemea mad love is an essential book for anyone who wants to appreciate this living, evolving art form in all its richnessdissecting opera's eclectic musical language, she equips readers to assess precisely how a particular performance succeeded or failedalong the way, she introduces readers to the genre's most important composers, performers, and conductors, and to its key terminology, from coloratura to recitative
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J'ai vu la bannišre de france! (l,o delibes) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon3serenade (georges bizet) - orchestre de l'opera de lyon7la nuit et l'amour (augusta holmes) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon6a vous, ma mšreviens dans ce joli pavillon (franz lehar) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon13aux etoiles (henri duparc) - orchestre de l'opera de lyon14habanera (emmanuel chabrier) - orchestre de l'opera de lyon11cachšs dans cet asile (benjamin godard) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon8oui j'aime, h,las! (victorin joncišres) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon5oxfam shop regent street bristol disc 11fantaisie, â divin mensonge (l,o delibes) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon9j'aimais la vieille maison grise (andre messager) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon4"chšre et vivante image (charles gounod) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon2parlons de moi, le voulez vous?prendre le dessin d'un bijouelle ne croyait pas, dans sa candeur naive (ambroise thomas) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon12dein ist mein ganzes herz (franz lehar) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon10vous, qui passez sans me voir (charles trenet) - julien behr/orchestre de l'opera de lyon *minor damage/cut into spine of cardboard case* see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The current production is from the paris opera where it was performed earlier this yearthere is also a neon lighting stage contraption, which is typical of the paris opera productions, and also use of film montage, again a feature of paris opera productions, which both the royal opera house and the coliseum seem to be incorporating into quite a number of their productionshas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the operadon pasquale royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by evelino pido, was excellent, along with the singing with bryan terfel as don pasquale, markus werba as dr malatesta, ioan hotea as ernesto and olga peretyatko as norinanorina also wears some glamorous gowns, including a striking red one when wanting to go out for the evening to the theatre, much to the consternation of don pasqualewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownit is set in the 's with some period cars on site
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The current production is from the paris opera where it was performed earlier this yearthere is also a neon lighting stage contraption, which is typical of the paris opera productions, and also use of film montage, again a feature of paris opera productions, which both the royal opera house and the coliseum seem to be incorporating into quite a number of their productionshas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the operadon pasquale royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by evelino pido, was excellent, along with the singing with bryan terfel as don pasquale, markus werba as dr malatesta, ioan hotea as ernesto and olga peretyatko as norinanorina also wears some glamorous gowns, including a striking red one when wanting to go out for the evening to the theatre, much to the consternation of don pasqualethe first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownit is set in the 's with some period cars on site
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The current production is from the paris opera where it was performed earlier this yearthere is also a neon lighting stage contraption, which is typical of the paris opera productions, and also use of film montage, again a feature of paris opera productions, which both the royal opera house and the coliseum seem to be incorporating into quite a number of their productionshas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the operadon pasquale, pdf copy of royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by evelino pido, was excellent, along with the singing with bryan terfel as don pasquale, markus werba as dr malatesta, ioan hotea as ernesto and olga peretyatko as norinanorina also wears some glamorous gowns, including a striking red one when wanting to go out for the evening to the theatre, much to the consternation of don pasqualethe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownpostage extra or collect in person freeit is set in the 's with some period cars on sitethe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etc
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Fidelio, royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for winter seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and the creation of this beethoven operathe viewers were played by the royal opera chorus, and throughout the act, individual faces from the chorus were projected on to the back of the stage, using photo montage film, copied yet again from the paris opera and the bastille, somewhat appropriately in this particular casethe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by antonio pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with lise davidsen as leonore, george zeppenfeld as rocco, amanda forsythe as marzelline (rocco's daughter), jonas kaufmann as florestan, simon neal as don pizarro, (military governor of the prison), robin tritschler as jaquino (a prison gatekeeper) and the royal opera chorus and supporting actorsthe set for act ii consisted of what appeared to be a large committee style room with viewers all dressed in modern style suitsit was in classical style and looked rather like the entrance to hmp pentonvillethere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etcpostage extra or collection in person freethe rest of the set as dark grey brown to give the impression of a dreary courtyardthe set for act i consisted of a large courtyard with a gate entrance with the french flag on the topin the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to it
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Has photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and the creation of this beethoven operafidelio, pdf copy of royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for winter seasonthe viewers were played by the royal opera chorus, and throughout the act, individual faces from the chorus were projected on to the back of the stage, using photo montage film, copied yet again from the paris opera and the bastille, somewhat appropriately in this particular casethe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by antonio pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with lise davidsen as leonore, george zeppenfeld as rocco, amanda forsythe as marzelline (rocco's daughter), jonas kaufmann as florestan, simon neal as don pizarro, (military governor of the prison), robin tritschler as jaquino (a prison gatekeeper) and the royal opera chorus and supporting actorsthe set for act ii consisted of what appeared to be a large committee style room with viewers all dressed in modern style suitsthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourit was in classical style and looked rather like the entrance to hmp pentonvillethere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etcpostage extra or collection in person freewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe rest of the set as dark grey brown to give the impression of a dreary courtyardthe set for act i consisted of a large courtyard with a gate entrance with the french flag on the topin the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to it
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A welsh national opera autumn/spring programme2 x sadler’s wells opera one shilling programmes from andhaving a clear out and selling this pile of vintage opera theatre programmes: 4 x red and white welsh national opera company, all priced one shillingx welsh national opera black/red/white programmes advertising simon boccanegra verdi and the magic flute mozart frommaybe of interest to a collectorlovely for someone i’m sure! great condition for ageand ‘the dancing years’ by ivor novello, priced one shilling from
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Rigoletto welsh national opera programme autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production which went on tour, and the music and history of this leading verdi operathe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by alexander joel was excellent, along with the singing with david junghoon kim as the duke, mark s doss as rigoletto, paula greenwood as countess ceprano, alistair moore as marullo, martin lloyd as count ceprano, james platt as sparafucile, and marina monzo and haagee lee as gildaan interesting rendition in rigoletto's house of la donna e mobilethe production was set in the white house of john f kennedy and there were pastiches of the oval office and a backdrop of the capital buildingnone of this related to the actual text of the opera, but as it was opera, it didn't really matterthe finale death scene was also spell binding after rigoletto discovered the trick with his daughter gildathe costumes were s with interesting evening 60's evening wear for the opening party scene with mafia overtones
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Faust royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this famous gounod opera production by david mcvickerthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by dan ettinger, was excellent, along with the singing and performances with michae fabiano as foust, erwin schrott as mephistopheles, irina lungu as margueritethe sets were very impressive and one of the best that the roh has done, with elegant third empire backdrops and parisean scenes, including in act i a drop down version of the famous l'opera curtainpostage extra or collect in person freethe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniformsthis performance received some good reviewsthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handled
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Faust royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous gounod opera production by david mcvickerthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by dan ettinger, was excellent, along with the singing and performances with michael fabiano as foust, erwin schrott as mephistopheles, irina lungu as margueritethe sets were very impressive and one of the best that the roh has done, with elegant third empire backdrops and parisean scenes, including in act i a drop down version of the famous l'opera curtainthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniformsthis performance received some good reviewsthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handled
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Orchestra: royal opera house orchestrazaide, opera, k336b): tiger! wetze nur die klauen384: konstanze!composer: wolfgang amadeus mozartcosì fan tutte, opera, kdie entführung aus dem serail (the abduction from the seraglio), opera, k588: un' aura amorosa
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Carmen welsh national opera programme autumn seasona more interesting set than the recent set at the royal opera house which consisted of a series of boring stepshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production which went on tour, and the music and history of the bizet operathe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by tomas hanus was excellent, along with the singing with virginie verrez as carmen, ross ramgobin as morales, anita watson as micaela, dimitri pittas as done jose, henry waddington as zuniga and angela simkiin as mercedesthe set remained the same throughout the whole performancethe military uniforms seemed to be of the spanish civil war periodthe set backdrop consisted of light brown and chocolate tones to a grid like factory setting for the chocolate factory, with metal cages in the front to differentiate the seperate parts of the set, which gave the appearance of a spanish cemeterypostage extra or collect in person freethe costumes were bland, with carmen dressed as a backpacker which may not have been to everyone's taste
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The chorus and orchestra of the royal opera house, covent garden give their all for himpappano possesses a complete grasp of the operatic situation, faultlessly pacing the whole opera to bring about a spine-tingling climaxoxfam shop clitheroe the complete opera tosca by giacomo puccini, with libretto by giuseppe giacosa and luigi illica the original motion picture soundtrack to the film directed by benoit jacquot starring angela gheorghiu, roberto alagna, ruggero raimondi, maurizio muraro, enrico fissore and david cangelosi with the tiffin boys' choir, and the chorus and orchestra of the royal opera house, covent garden, conducted by antonio pappano looked at from virtually any angle, this tosca is a triumphsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepappano's tosca now becomes the modern version to haveruggero raimondi's scarpia is all the more evil for his multi-layered approach to this characterif roberto alagna's portrayal of cavaradossi does not quite scale the dizzying heights of gheorghiu's tosca, he is nevertheless capable of much subtletythere are, indeed, two distinct stars: the outstanding soprano angela gheorghiu in an assumption of the title role which is awe-inspiring in its breadth of emotion and dramatic range; and the conductor, antonio pappano, whose intimate knowledge of puccini's score illuminates page after page and detail after detailit is lavishly presented (billed as the original motion picture soundtrack of benoit jacquot's film), superbly engineered and boasts a first-rate cast
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Faust, pdf copy of royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous gounod opera production by david mcvickerthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by dan ettinger, was excellent, along with the singing and performances with michael fabiano as foust, erwin schrott as mephistopheles, irina lungu as margueritethe sets were very impressive and one of the best that the roh has done, with elegant third empire backdrops and parisean scenes, including in act i a drop down version of the famous l'opera curtainthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handledthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniformsthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthis performance received some good reviews
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Humperdinck's music mixes catchy folk-like songs with sumptuous instrumental colour, making the result as tunefully approachable, musically memorable and visually delightful as opera getsoxfam shop bath argyle st the royal opera house - hansel and gretel - blueray diana damrau and angelika kirchschlager star in the acclaimed production of humperdinck's famous fairytale opera, in the company of two of britain's most revered musical figures: thomas allen, playing the role of the father, and the legendary conductor colin davisdirectors patrice caurier and moshe leiser combine their characteristic wit and a dash of deliciously dark comedy with the opera's fairytale charmsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefilmed in high definition and recorded in full surround sound
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opera australia© opera australialive from the sydney opera housethe best of joan sutherland live from the sydney opera housedescribed as the foremost soprano of our age and one of theconductor: richard bonynge
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6 cheltenham town football programmes 1x x cheltenham v rushden & diamonds cheltenham v swansea cheltenham v northampton cheltenham v yeovil cheltenham v rochdale cheltenham v darlington all in good condition pick up from evesham
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Signed theatre / opera programme from the 's's signed theatre / opera programme, luigi infantino, jeannie reddin's signed theatre/opera programme, luigi infantino, pianist - jeannie reddinsigned programme is in good, clean conditionplease see photograpgs
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singingfalstaff royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathe sets were noted for their 's oak pannelled room and the antlers during the final scenea real horse was also used in one of the scenes, although only the head was visiblepostage extra but can be collected in personthis performance received some good reviews
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operala boheme royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for seasonthis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the setspostage extra but can be collected in personin particular, there was criticism of the garret, and the cafe scenes
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Has photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the operahansel and gretel royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singing with jennifer davis as gretelthe sets were interesting, including an earwig and a moth in the forest scene, and the gingerbread house based on the house in psycho
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The singing by the royal opera chorus was superb along with the orchestal playing by orchestra of the early opera companysolomon royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the oratoriothis performance of george frideric handel's famous oratorio received some good reviews
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operafalstaff royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonthe sets were noted for their 's oak panelled room and the antlers during the final scenea real horse was also used in one of the scenes, although only the head was visiblethis performance received some good reviews
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Death in venice royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current david mcvicar production and the music and history of the operathe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by richard farnes, was excellent, along with the singing with mark padmore as gustav von aschenbach, elizabeth mcgorian as the lady of the pearls, gerald finley as the other parts, and superb dancing by leo dixon as tadzio and olly bell as jaschiuthere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolathis enabled the various hotel scenes to be interspersed with the rest of the productionthe beach scene was also interesting with the sea in the distance and the floor of the scene was covered in a wet like covering to give the impression of wet sandthe sets were interesting, especially the way that the columns moved on and off stage for the various scenes, which was extremely innovative
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Alice's adventures under ground, royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for winter seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and the creation of this new and ground making operathe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by thomas ades, was excellent, along with the singing with claudia boyle as alice, clare presland as the red queen, queen of hearts, hilary summers as the white queen, sam furness as the white king, and peter tantsits, mark stone, joshua bloom, lukas hunt, bianca hopkins and eloise hyman in the other supporting rolespostage extra or collection in person freethe sets consisted for the most part of a theatre proscenium giving a card like appearance, with various interesting backdrops throughout the 57 minutes of this performanceeach stage of the performance went through the story beginning with alice falling through the holethe props were the most interesting part of this performance with large blue bottles entitled "drink me", a cheshire cat, toy soldiers, knights on horses and a cake entitled "eat me"
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Otello royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current keith warner production and the music and history of this iconic late verdi operathe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by antonia pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with gregory kunde as otello, ermonela jaho as desdemona, carlos alvarez as iago, freddie de tommaso as cassio, michael mofidian as montano, andres presno as roderigo and david soar as lodovicothere was also an interesting imperial styled lion winged statue that passed through the stage that was the winged lion of venicepostage extra will send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe sets were dynamic, begining with the storm scene with a galleon shown in the background for the landing, with lightening and effective sound effectsact iii with the arrival of lodovico from venice also had a red backdrop what was effective for this pivotal part of the performancethe main sets had john piper geometric square like designs at each sides with a black base background, with reminisences of coventry cathedralthe costumes were 16th century and were notable for iago's outfit, otello's clothes and also desdemona's dressesthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etc
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Death in venice royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current david mcvicar production and the music and history of the operathe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by richard farnes, was excellent, along with the singing with mark padmore as gustav von aschenbach, elizabeth mcgorian as the lady of the pearls, gerald finley as the other parts, and superb dancing by leo dixon as tadzio and olly bell as jaschiuthere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolathis enabled the various hotel scenes to be interspersed with the rest of the productionthe beach scene was also interesting with the sea in the distance and the floor of the scene was covered in a wet like covering to give the impression of wet sandthe sets were interesting, especially the way that the columns moved on and off stage for the various scenes, which was extremely innovativepostage extra or collect in person free
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Has photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operadie zauberflote royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by leo hussaiin, was excellent, along with the singing with bejamin hulett as tamino, vito priante as papageno, yaritza veliz as papagena, tuuli takala and christina poulitsi as the queen of the night, andreas bauer kanabas as sarastro and rodell rosell as monostatosthe sets were exotic with a large crescent moon and galaxy for the queen of the night famous ariathe costumes were exotic, although it was rather spoilt by having papagena dressed as in contemporary dressthe snake at the beginning was moved around and looked fiercepostage extra or collect in person freethe tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the water
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The cunning little vixen welsh national opera programme autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production which also went on tour, and the music and history of the operathe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by tomas hanus was excellent, along with the singing with aoife miskelly as the vixen, and claudio otelli as the foresterthe animals were delightful and some of the caste were on strings from the stagethe set consisted of green rolling small hills covered in various drapes, and gave the appearance of being wombles and magic roundabout in appearancepostage extra or collect in person free
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