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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 norinait is set in the 's with some period cars on sitethe first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestednorina 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 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 norinait is set in the 's with some period cars on sitethe 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 pasquale
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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 actorsthere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etcin the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to itit was in classical style and looked rather like the entrance to hmp pentonvillethe 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 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 courtyard
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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 jaschiupostage extra or collect in person freewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolathe sets were interesting, especially the way that the columns moved on and off stage for the various scenes, which was extremely innovativethe 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 sandthis 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 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 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 ariawill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Has 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 etcpdf 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 translationinteresting garrett and paris cafe scenewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requesteda different spin on the roh one earlier this yearthis performance received some good reviews and had imaginative sets, set in early 's paris
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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 fatherthe production is being revived forwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe 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 ithis performance received excellent reviewshas 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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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 lescauthas 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 regimethis revival production has received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the sets which were extremely colourfulthe 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 grieuxwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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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 criticsthese performances received some good but mixed reviewsthe 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 productionsthe finale appeared not to be quite the same as the recordings of say solti, von karajen, and othersthere were also other flat horns in both siegried and gotterdammerungwill 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 cyclethe 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 woodbird
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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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La nozze di figaro programme royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous mozart operathe 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 marcellinathe elegant sets were notable for their french chateaux interior style with noticeable large pained french windowsthe garden scene was also notable for the use of plants and small trees with effective lightingthe production was set in the early 19th century with early 19th century costumes
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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 seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous mozart operathe 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 marcellinathe elegant sets were notable for their french chateaux interior style with noticeable large pained french windowsthe garden scene was also notable for the use of plants and small trees with effective lightingthe production was set in the early 19th century with early 19th century costumes
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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 margueritepostage 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 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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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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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
3 €
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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 visiblethe sets were noted for their 's oak pannelled room and the antlers during the final scenethis performance received some good reviewspostage extra but can be collected in person
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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 operain particular, there was criticism of the garret, and the cafe scenespostage extra but can be collected in personthis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the sets
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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
4 €
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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 jaschiuthere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolathe sets were interesting, especially the way that the columns moved on and off stage for the various scenes, which was extremely innovativethe 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 sandthis enabled the various hotel scenes to be interspersed with the rest of the production
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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 rolesthe 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 holepostage extra or collection in person freethe 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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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 jaschiupostage extra or collect in person freethere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolathe sets were interesting, especially the way that the columns moved on and off stage for the various scenes, which was extremely innovativethe 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 sandthis 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 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 snake at the beginning was moved around and looked fiercethe tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the waterthe sets were exotic with a large crescent moon and galaxy for the queen of the night famous aria
4 €
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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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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 actthis performance received excellent reviewshas 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 content
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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 actthis performance received excellent reviewshas 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 content
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A pdf copy of meyerling, royal ballet, 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 was excellent, along with the dancing with steven mcrae as crown prince rudolf of austia-hungarythe late 19th century period sets and costumes were colourful and lavish in this current kenneth macmilland production of this tragic ballet set in and with music by franz listwill 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 balletthis performance received some good reviews
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