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Don pasquale royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthe 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 operathe 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 first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownnorina 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 requestedit is set in the 's with some period cars on site
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Don pasquale royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthe 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 operathe 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 first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownnorina 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 pasqualeit is set in the 's with some period cars on site
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Otello royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy 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 colourhas 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 lodovicothe costumes were 16th century and were notable for iago's outfit, otello's clothes and also desdemona's dressespostage extra will send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedact 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 cathedralthere was also an interesting imperial styled lion winged statue that passed through the stage that was the winged lion of venicethe sets were dynamic, begining with the storm scene with a galleon shown in the background for the landing, with lightening and effective sound effects
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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 etchas 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 colourthe 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 crakentorpwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthere 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 crakentorpthis performance received excellent reviewskonu kim as a young tyrolean, also received an encore during his famous aria
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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 colourwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthere was criticism of the stylised swan, the storm troopers and the bannerslohengrin'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 rolethis performance received some excellent reviews, whilst some others were critical of parts of the sets and costumesshe made a fantastic debut in the role howeverjennifer davis came in for particular praise as else, although she was a stand inthe swan was suggested by projected wing images, and there were slanting buildings in the first act
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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 scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etchas 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 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 mercedeswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthis performance received excellent reviewsthe costumes were interesting along with the stepped set which was a minimalist approach
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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 actorsit was in classical style and looked rather like the entrance to hmp pentonvillepostage extra or collection in person freethe set for act ii consisted of what appeared to be a large committee style room with viewers all dressed in modern style suitsthe 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 itthere 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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Death in venice pdf copy of 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 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 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 jaschiuwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthis enabled the various hotel scenes to be interspersed with the rest of the productionpostage extra or collect in person freethe 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 innovativethere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondola
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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 seasonhas 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 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 monostatoswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe costumes were exotic, although it was rather spoilt by having papagena dressed as in contemporary dresspostage extra or collect in person freethe tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the waterthe snake at the beginning was moved around and looked fiercethe sets were exotic with a large crescent moon and galaxy for the queen of the night famous aria
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The scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etchas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operapdf copy of la boheme, english national opera, london coliseum current production programme, elegant and stylish glossy programme for autumn seasonthe 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 english national opera orchestra was excellent, along with the singing, with nicholas lester as marcello, jonathan tetelman as rodolfo, and natalya romaniw as mime, which was sung in english translationwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedinteresting garrett and paris cafe scenethis performance received some good reviews and had imaginative sets, set in early 's parisa different spin on the roh one earlier this year
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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 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 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 fatherwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedhas 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 operasthis performance received excellent reviewsthe 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 ithe production is being revived for
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Manon, pdf copy of royal ballet, royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy 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 was excellent, conducted by koen kessels along with the dancing, including laura morera as manon, frederick bonelli as des grieux, and luca acri as lescautwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe final louisiana swamp scene was most effective with dropping vines to give the impression of the swamp everglades where sadly manon dies in the arms of des grieuxthis revival production has received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the sets which were extremely colourfulhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the ballet by kenneth mcmillan with music by massenetthe military uniforms were of particular interest with the use of the bicorn hatsthe costumes were also very rich and exuberant, and were period 18th century ancien regime
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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 requestedhas 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 woodbirdthe finale appeared not to be quite the same as the recordings of say solti, von karajen, and othersthese performances received some good but mixed reviews
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Pdf copy of hansel and gretel royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn 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 was excellent, along with the singing with jennifer davis as gretelhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this fairy tale humperdinck operathe 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 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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Tosca, 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 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 puccini opera directed by jonathan kentwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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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 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 curtainthis 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 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 curtainthis performance received some good reviewsthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handled
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Salome english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra conducted by martyn brabbins was excellent, along with allison cook as salome who was making her english national opera london coliseum debuthas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathe sets were minimalist, but effective in this symbolist interpretation of this one act opera by richard strauss, full of dream like music with influences of siegried and possibly in the dance of the seven veils and other orchestral interludes, sampson and delilah and pelleas and melisande, written at around the same time by debussythe singing was sung in english translationthis performance received mixed reviews and there was criticism of the sets in particular
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There was even a pastiche of the famous covent garden auditorium stage for the opera scenethe 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 programmepdf copy of swan lake sadler's wells theatre programme, elegant and stylish blue programme for matthew bourne's current revival production for winter seasonwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and its controversial historythis performance received mixed reviews when first performed in , as introducing a modern interpretation of swan lake with a male swanthe sets were a mixture of traditional and modern, with a real moon with craters shown this timethe costumes were a mixture of older and 'sthe orchestral playing conducted by benjamin pope was excellent, along with the modern style dancing, including all of the male swans
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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 operaa real horse was also used in one of the scenes, although only the head was visiblepostage extra but can be collected in personthe sets were noted for their 's oak pannelled room and the antlers during the final scenethis performance received some good reviews
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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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Hansel and gretel 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 the operathe 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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Solomon royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for seasonthe singing by the royal opera chorus was superb along with the orchestal playing by orchestra of the early opera companyhas 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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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 operaa real horse was also used in one of the scenes, although only the head was visiblethe sets were noted for their 's oak panelled room and the antlers during the final scenethis 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 jaschiuthis 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 innovativethere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondola
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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 performancethe 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"each stage of the performance went through the story beginning with alice falling through the hole
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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 jaschiuthis enabled the various hotel scenes to be interspersed with the rest of the productionpostage extra or collect in person freethe 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 innovativethere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondola
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Die zauberflote royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe 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 costumes were exotic, although it was rather spoilt by having papagena dressed as in contemporary dresspostage extra or collect in person freethe tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the waterthe snake at the beginning was moved around and looked fiercethe sets were exotic with a large crescent moon and galaxy for the queen of the night famous aria
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Carmen royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe 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 mercedesthe costumes were interesting along with the stepped set which was a minimalist approach
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Lucia di lammermoor english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe sets were excellent and had early victorian period style rooms, and the opera was set in the early 19th centurythe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, including the glasses, along with the singing with sarah tynan as lucia, lester lynch as the laird of lammermoor, and eleazar rodriguez as edgardo, which was sung in english translation
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