The royal opera house orchestra
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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 climaxsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepappano's tosca now becomes the modern version to haveif 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 detailruggero 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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Don pasquale royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by evelino pido, was excellent, along with the singing with bryan terfel as don pasquale, markus werba as dr malatesta, ioan hotea as ernesto and olga peretyatko as norinathere 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 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 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 pasqualeit 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 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 norinathere 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 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 seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by evelino pido, was excellent, along with the singing with bryan terfel as don pasquale, markus werba as dr malatesta, ioan hotea as ernesto and olga peretyatko as norinathere 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 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 operapostage extra or collect in person freethe 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 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 etcit is set in the 's with some period cars on site
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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 operathere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etcpostage extra or collection in person freethe rest of the set as dark grey brown to give the impression of a dreary courtyardthe set for act 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 topin 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 pentonville
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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 operathere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etcpostage extra or collection in person freethe rest of the set as dark grey brown to give the impression of a dreary courtyardwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe 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 topin the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to itthe 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 pentonville
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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 curtainpostage extra or collect in person freethis performance received some good reviewsthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniforms
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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 sets were very impressive and one of the best that the roh has done, with elegant third empire backdrops and parisean scenes, including in act i a drop down version of the famous l'opera curtainthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handledthis performance received some good reviewsthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniforms
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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 sets were very impressive and one of the best that the roh has done, with elegant third empire backdrops and parisean scenes, including in act i a drop down version of the famous l'opera curtainthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handledwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthis performance received some good reviewsthe 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 costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniforms
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singingfalstaff royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operaa real horse was also used in one of the scenes, although only the head was visiblethis performance received some good reviewspostage extra but can be collected in personthe sets were noted for their 's oak pannelled room and the antlers during the final scene
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singingla boheme royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the setspostage extra but can be collected in personin particular, there was criticism of the garret, and the cafe scenes
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singingfalstaff royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonhas 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 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 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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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 operaact iii with the arrival of lodovico from venice also had a red backdrop what was effective for this pivotal part of the performancethere 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 cathedralthe sets were dynamic, begining with the storm scene with a galleon shown in the background for the landing, with lightening and effective sound effectsthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe costumes were 16th century and were notable for iago's outfit, otello's clothes and also desdemona's dressesthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcpostage extra will 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 operapostage 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 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 tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the waterpostage extra or collect in person freethe 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 fierce
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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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La fille du regiment, pdf copy of 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 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 operathere was a large undulating map form the military sets and map backdropswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedkonu kim as a young tyrolean, also received an encore during his famous ariathe 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 a large cockeral in the final scene set in the home of la duchesse de crakentorpthis performance received excellent reviews
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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 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 costumesthe elegant sets were notable for their french chateaux interior style with noticeable large pained french windows
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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 yeletskyhas 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 contentin 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 reviews
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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 operathis performance received some excellent reviews, whilst some others were critical of parts of the sets and costumesthe swan was suggested by projected wing images, and there were slanting buildings in the first actjennifer davis came in for particular praise as else, although she was a stand inwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedshe made a fantastic debut in the role howeverthe 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 etclohengrin'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 rolethere was criticism of the stylised swan, the storm troopers and the banners
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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 yeletskyhas 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 contentin 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 reviews
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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 operapostage extra or collect in person freethere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolawill 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 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 sandthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthis 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 operapostage extra or collect in person freewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe snake at the beginning was moved around and looked fiercethe 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 photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the water
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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 operawill 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 etcthis performance received excellent reviewsthe costumes were interesting along with the stepped set which was a minimalist approach
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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 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 costumesthe elegant sets were notable for their french chateaux interior style with noticeable large pained french windows
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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 scenesthe production was revived for the winter and spring seasonthat programme had exactly the same articles as the production, and the only changes were some of the photos and of course the advertsthis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the setswill 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 etc
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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 goldhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the ballet by marius petipa inthis performance received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the sets which were extremely colourful and exotic
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Swan lake 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 dancing, including both vadim muntagirov and frederico bonelli as prince siegfried and sarah lamb and marianela nunez as odette/odillehas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the balletthis performance received excellent reviews both for the ballet performance and the new sets which were sumptuous and set in the period style of the late 's when the ballet was first performed inpostage extra but can be collected in person
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