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A perfect rendition of peter grimes from benjamin britten by the orchestra and chorus of the royal opera house covent garden the performance is played out across three acts the vinyl set comes complete with a booklet which provides lots of the information about the piece and performance a superb choice for a saturday evening! see oxfam website for delivery information read more the performance is split across 3 vinyls playing at 33
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The chorus and orchestra of the royal opera house, covent garden give their all for himoxfam shop clitheroe the complete opera tosca by giacomo puccini, with libretto by giuseppe giacosa and luigi illica the original motion picture soundtrack to the film directed by benoit jacquot starring angela gheorghiu, roberto alagna, ruggero raimondi, maurizio muraro, enrico fissore and david cangelosi with the tiffin boys' choir, and the chorus and orchestra of the royal opera house, covent garden, conducted by antonio pappano looked at from virtually any angle, this tosca is a triumphpappano possesses a complete grasp of the operatic situation, faultlessly pacing the whole opera to bring about a spine-tingling climaxif roberto alagna's portrayal of cavaradossi does not quite scale the dizzying heights of gheorghiu's tosca, he is nevertheless capable of much subtletythere are, indeed, two distinct stars: the outstanding soprano angela gheorghiu in an assumption of the title role which is awe-inspiring in its breadth of emotion and dramatic range; and the conductor, antonio pappano, whose intimate knowledge of puccini's score illuminates page after page and detail after detailpappano's tosca now becomes the modern version to havesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreruggero raimondi's scarpia is all the more evil for his multi-layered approach to this characterit is lavishly presented (billed as the original motion picture soundtrack of benoit jacquot's film), superbly engineered and boasts a first-rate cast
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Oxfam books & music bridport royal opera house covent garden - four programmes from september and octoberthe hans hotter productionincludes some press cuttingsin very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop bath argyle st the royal opera house - hansel and gretel - blueray diana damrau and angelika kirchschlager star in the acclaimed production of humperdinck's famous fairytale opera, in the company of two of britain's most revered musical figures: thomas allen, playing the role of the father, and the legendary conductor colin davishumperdinck's music mixes catchy folk-like songs with sumptuous instrumental colour, making the result as tunefully approachable, musically memorable and visually delightful as opera getsfilmed in high definition and recorded in full surround sounddirectors patrice caurier and moshe leiser combine their characteristic wit and a dash of deliciously dark comedy with the opera's fairytale charmsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop keswick live recording at the royal opera housefurther details in photos attached see oxfam website for delivery information read moresung in italian with subtitles in english, french, german, spanish and italian
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Oxfam books & music olney richard bonynge conducts the royal opera house orchestra and chorus in this performance of johann strauss's opera at dame joan sutherland's farewell gala, recorded at london's covent garden in decemberhowever, eisenstein allows himself to be talked into attending a fancy dress ball and when frank arrives to find alfred with rosalinde, he assumes him to be eisenstein and carts him off to prisonsutherland makes a special appearance in act ii alongside luciano pavarotti and marilyn hornerosalinde (nancy gustafson), wife of gabriel von eisenstein (louis otey), is having an affair with alfredo (bonaventura bottone)see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeisenstein is due to begin a prison sentence the next morning and the prison governor, colonel frank (eric garrett), is expected to collect him at any moment
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Janacek - the cunning little vixen, opera in english, includes simon rattle, lillian watson, thomas allen, diana montague, gwynne howell and robert tear, with the orchestra and chorus of the royal opera house, covent garden2 disc cd see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 marcellinathe garden scene was also notable for the use of plants and small trees with effective lightinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous mozart operathe elegant sets were notable for their french chateaux interior style with noticeable large pained french windowsthe 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 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 marcellinathe garden scene was also notable for the use of plants and small trees with effective lightinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this famous mozart operathe elegant sets were notable for their french chateaux interior style with noticeable large pained french windowsthe production was set in the early 19th century with early 19th century costumes
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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 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 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 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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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 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 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 pasqualethe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedit is set in the 's with some period cars on sitepostage extra or collect in person free
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All three operas conducted by sir colin davis, with the john alldis choir, the orchestra & chorus of the royal opera house covent garden, the london symphony orchestraoxfam bookshop chipping norton berlioz - the complete operasphilips classics 9cd boxed set & booklet () re-issue (originals )condition: box - excellent, media - excellent see oxfam website for delivery information read morebenvenuto cellini - soloists nicolai gedda, christiane eda-pierre, jules bastin, jane berbie, robert lloyd and others beatrice & benedict - soloists janet baker, christiane eda-pierre, helen watts, robert tear, thomas allen and others les troyens - soloists jon vickers, josephine veasey, berit lindholm, anne howells, ian partridge and others
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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 operathe set for act i consisted of a large courtyard with a gate entrance with the french flag on the topit 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 suitspostage extra or collection in person freethere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etcthe rest of the set as dark grey brown to give the impression of a dreary courtyardin the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to it
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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 set for act i consisted of a large courtyard with a gate entrance with the french flag on the topit was in classical style and looked rather like the entrance to hmp pentonvillethe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourpostage extra or collection in person freewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etcthe rest of the set as dark grey brown to give the impression of a dreary courtyardthe set for act ii consisted of what appeared to be a large committee style room with viewers all dressed in modern style suitsin the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to it
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Oxfam shop london road brighton teresa berganza with the orchestra of the royal opera house, covent gardentracklist: side 1: band 1: gluck (orfeo ed euridice) che faro senza eurdice band 2: gluck (orfeo ed euridice) che puro ciel band 3: cherubini (medea) medea, o medea band 4: gluck (alceste) divintes du styx side 2: band 1: pergolesi (la serva padrona) stizzoso, mio stizzoso band 2: gluck (elena e paride) o del mio dolce ardor band 3: handel (guilio cesare) piangero la sorte mia) band 4: paisiello (nina, pazza per amore) il mio ben quando verra format: 10" vinyl see oxfam website for delivery information read moreconducted by alexander gibson
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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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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 handledthe 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 reviewspostage extra or collect in person free
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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 handledthe 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 reviews
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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 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 handledthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe 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 reviewswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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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 operathis 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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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 lodovicohas photos and relevant informed articles about the current keith warner production and the music and history of this iconic late verdi operathe main sets had john piper geometric square like designs at each sides with a black base background, with reminisences of coventry cathedralact iii with the arrival of lodovico from venice also had a red backdrop what was effective for this pivotal part of the performancethe 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 requestedthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthere 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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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 operathis 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 gondolapostage extra or collect in person free
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singingpdf copy of lohengrin royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operajennifer 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 actlohengrin'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 rolethe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthis performance received some excellent reviews, whilst some others were critical of parts of the sets and costumesshe made a fantastic debut in the role howeverthere was criticism of the stylised swan, the storm troopers and the banners
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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 operathis 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 innovativethe 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 gondolawill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedpostage extra or collect in person free
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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 snake at the beginning was moved around and looked fiercethe tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the waterthe costumes were exotic, although it was rather spoilt by having papagena dressed as in contemporary dressthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe 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 requestedpostage extra or collect in person free
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singingla boheme, pdf 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 the operain particular, there was criticism of the garret, and the cafe scenesthat 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 seasonthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the sets
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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 personthis performance received some good reviewsthe 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 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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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 scenea real horse was also used in one of the scenes, although only the head was visiblethis performance received some good reviews
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