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Don pasquale, pdf copy of royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthere 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 productionsthe 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 norinathe current production is from the paris opera where it was performed earlier this yearthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etchas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the operathe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownpostage extra or collect in person freewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedit is set in the 's with some period cars on sitenorina 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 pasquale
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La boheme, pdf royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthat programme had exactly the same articles as the production, and the only changes were some of the photos and of course the advertsthe production was revived for the winter and spring seasonthis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the setswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedin particular, there was criticism of the garret, and the cafe scenes
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Fidelio, royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for winter seasonthe 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 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 casehas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and the creation of this beethoven operait was in classical style and looked rather like the entrance to hmp pentonvillethe set for act ii consisted of what appeared to be a large committee style room with viewers all dressed in modern style suitsthe set for act i consisted of a large courtyard with a gate entrance with the french flag on the toppostage extra or collection in person freein the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to itthe rest of the set as dark grey brown to give the impression of a dreary courtyardthere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etc
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Fidelio, pdf copy of royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for winter seasonthe 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 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 casehas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and the creation of this beethoven operathe 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 pentonvillethe set for act ii consisted of what appeared to be a large committee style room with viewers all dressed in modern style suitswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe set for act i consisted of a large courtyard with a gate entrance with the french flag on the toppostage extra or collection in person freein the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to itthe rest of the set as dark grey brown to give the impression of a dreary courtyardthere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etc
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Don pasquale royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthere 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 productionsthe 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 norinathe current production is from the paris opera where it was performed earlier this yearhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the operathe first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedit is set in the 's with some period cars on sitenorina 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 pasquale
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Don pasquale royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthere 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 productionsthe 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 norinathe current production is from the paris opera where it was performed earlier this yearhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the operathe first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownit is set in the 's with some period cars on sitenorina 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 pasquale
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Faust, pdf copy of royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonthe 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 scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous gounod opera production by david mcvickerthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handledthis performance received some good reviewsthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniformswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe 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 curtain
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Otello 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 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 lodovicothe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current keith warner production and the music and history of this iconic late verdi operaact iii with the arrival of lodovico from venice also had a red backdrop what was effective for this pivotal part of the performancethe sets were dynamic, begining with the storm scene with a galleon shown in the background for the landing, with lightening and effective sound effectspostage extra will send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe costumes were 16th century and were notable for iago's outfit, otello's clothes and also desdemona's dressesthere was also an interesting imperial styled lion winged statue that passed through the stage that was the winged lion of venicethe main sets had john piper geometric square like designs at each sides with a black base background, with reminisences of coventry cathedral
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La fille du regiment, pdf copy of royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by evelino pido, was excellent, along with the singing with konu kim as a young tyrolean, saine devielhe as marie, javier camerane as tonio, pietro spagnoli as the sergeant in the 21st regiment, donald maxwell as hortentius, and miranda richardson as la duchesse de crakentorphas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this donizetti operathe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthere was a large undulating map form the military sets and map backdropsthere was also a large cockeral in the final scene set in the home of la duchesse de crakentorpkonu kim as a young tyrolean, also received an encore during his famous ariawill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthis performance received excellent reviews
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Pdf copy of lohengrin royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonthe 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 operathe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthere was criticism of the stylised swan, the storm troopers and the bannersshe made a fantastic debut in the role howeverjennifer davis came in for particular praise as else, although she was a stand inwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe swan was suggested by projected wing images, and there were slanting buildings in the first actthis performance received some excellent reviews, whilst some others were critical of parts of the sets and costumeslohengrin's white suit was criticised as a 's pop singer, along with the singing of klaus florian vogt, although there was also equal praise by other critics for this bayreuth singer who specialises in this particular role
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Carmen, 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 keri-lynn wilson, was excellent, along with the singing with tanya ariane baumgarten as carmen and aigul akhmetshina as mercedeshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe costumes were interesting along with the stepped set which was a minimalist approachthis performance received excellent reviewswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Death in venice 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 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 jaschiuhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current david mcvicar production and the music and history of the operathe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolathe 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 sandpostage extra or collect in person freewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe sets were interesting, especially the way that the columns moved on and off stage for the various scenes, which was extremely innovativethis enabled the various hotel scenes to be interspersed with the rest of the production
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Die zauberflote 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 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 monostatoshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe costumes were exotic, although it was rather spoilt by having papagena dressed as in contemporary dressthe sets were exotic with a large crescent moon and galaxy for the queen of the night famous ariathe snake at the beginning was moved around and looked fiercepostage extra or collect in person freewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the water
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Hansel 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 psychohas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the opera
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La nozze di figaro programme royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by john elliot gardner, was excellent, along with the singing with christian gerhaher as figaro, kangmin justin kim as cheribino, julia kleiter as countess almaviva, alisdair elliott as don curzio, diana montague as marcellinahas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous mozart operathe production was set in the early 19th century with early 19th century costumesthe garden scene was also notable for the use of plants and small trees with effective lightingthe elegant sets were notable for their french chateaux interior style with noticeable large pained french windows
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Pdf copy of la traviata royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by antonello manacorda, was excellent, along with the singing with ermonela jaho as violetta, charles castronovo as alfredo and igor golovatenko as gorgio germont, alfredo's fatherthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe sets were extremely rich with vibrant colours, and the production was set in the 's and violetta wore a fabulous white crinoline dress for the party scene in act iwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthis performance received excellent reviewsthe production is being revived forhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this most famous and popular of all of the verdi operas
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Pdf copy of der ring des nibelungen royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by antonio pappano was excellent, although the "donner" anvil in the finale of rhinegold was replaced by a loud thud and thunder flashes, and on the first performance on 1st october, what may be some additional tubas and horns appear to have been added among other changes to the score to the gotterdammerung finale, with no special effects for the collapse of valhalla, which does not appear to have been picked up by the criticsthe futuristic and symbolist sets and props were lavish in this keith warner production of the four operas, rhinegold, die valkure, siegfried and gotterdammerung of richard wagner's famous ring cycle and there appear to have been changes from the original previous and productionswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe finale appeared not to be quite the same as the recordings of say solti, von karajen, and othershas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the four operas in this cyclethere were also other flat horns in both siegried and gotterdammerungthe singing was excellent by john lundgren as wotan the wanderer, sarah connolly as fricka, gunter groissock as fasolt, johannes kranzle as albericht, gerhard siegal as mime, stevan vinke as siegfried, nina stemme as brunnhilde, heather engebretson as the woodbirdthese performances received some good but mixed reviews
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Le nozze di figaro programme royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by john elliot gardner, was excellent, along with the singing with christian gerhaher as figaro, kangmin justin kim as cheribino, julia kleiter as countess almaviva, alisdair elliott as don curzio, diana montague as marcellinahas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous mozart operathe production was set in the early 19th century with early 19th century costumesthe garden scene was also notable for the use of plants and small trees with effective lightingthe elegant sets were notable for their french chateaux interior style with noticeable large pained french windows
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Faust royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for seasonthe 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 margueritehas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this famous gounod opera production by david mcvickerthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handledthis performance received some good reviewsthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniformspostage extra or collect in person freethe 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 curtain
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Faust royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonthe 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 margueritehas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous gounod opera production by david mcvickerthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handledthis performance received some good reviewsthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniformsthe 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 curtain
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Falstaff 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 singinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathis performance received some good reviewspostage extra but can be collected in persona real horse was also used in one of the scenes, although only the head was visiblethe sets were noted for their 's oak pannelled room and the antlers during the final scene
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La boheme 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 singinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operapostage extra but can be collected in personthis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the setsin particular, there was criticism of the garret, and the cafe scenes
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Falstaff royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonthe 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 operathe sets were noted for their 's oak panelled room and the antlers during the final scenethis performance received some good reviewsa real horse was also used in one of the scenes, although only the head was visible
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Death in venice 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 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 jaschiuhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current david mcvicar production and the music and history of the operathere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolathe 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 innovativethis enabled the various hotel scenes to be interspersed with the rest of the production
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Death in venice 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 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 jaschiuhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current david mcvicar production and the music and history of the operathere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolathe 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 sandpostage extra or collect in person freethe sets were interesting, especially the way that the columns moved on and off stage for the various scenes, which was extremely innovativethis enabled the various hotel scenes to be interspersed with the rest of the production
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Die 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 monostatoshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe costumes were exotic, although it was rather spoilt by having papagena dressed as in contemporary dressthe sets were exotic with a large crescent moon and galaxy for the queen of the night famous ariapostage extra or collect in person freethe snake at the beginning was moved around and looked fiercethe tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the water
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Carmen 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 keri-lynn wilson, was excellent, along with the singing with tanya ariane baumgarten as carmen and aigul akhmetshina as mercedeshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe costumes were interesting along with the stepped set which was a minimalist approach
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The queen of spades royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by antonio pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with aleksandrs antonenko as gherman, alexander kravets as chekalinsky, vladimir stoyanov as tchaikovsky/prince yeletskyin addition, as with alfred hitchock, in this stefan herheim co-production with dutch national opera, tchaikovsky makes an appearance as prince yeletskythe sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last acthas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this second of tchaikovsky's operas and the most serious in contentthis performance received excellent reviews
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Queen of spades royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by antonio pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with aleksandrs antonenko as gherman, alexander kravets as chekalinsky, vladimir stoyanov as tchaikovsky/prince yeletskyin addition, as with alfred hitchock, in this stefan herheim co-production with dutch national opera, tchaikovsky makes an appearance as prince yeletskythe sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last acthas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this second of tchaikovsky's operas and the most serious in contentthis performance received excellent reviews
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La bayadere, royal ballet, 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 was excellent, along with the dancing, including both steven mcrae as solor, akane takada as nikiya, and yasmine naghdi as gamzattithe costumes were also very rich and exuberant, especially the bronze idol, played by alexander campbell, who was painted in goldthis performance received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the sets which were extremely colourful and exotichas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the ballet by marius petipa in
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