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The chorus and orchestra of the royal opera house, covent garden give their all for himpappano possesses a complete grasp of the operatic situation, faultlessly pacing the whole opera to bring about a spine-tingling climaxoxfam 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 triumphruggero raimondi's scarpia is all the more evil for his multi-layered approach to this charactersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere 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 haveif roberto alagna's portrayal of cavaradossi does not quite scale the dizzying heights of gheorghiu's tosca, he is nevertheless capable of much subtletyit 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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Humperdinck's music mixes catchy folk-like songs with sumptuous instrumental colour, making the result as tunefully approachable, musically memorable and visually delightful as opera getsoxfam 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 davissee oxfam website for delivery information read morefilmed 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 charm
9 €
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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 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 the vinyl set comes complete with a booklet which provides lots of the information about the piece and performance the performance is played out across three acts
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4 €
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Oxfam shop keswick live recording at the royal opera house see oxfam website for delivery information read moresung in italian with subtitles in english, french, german, spanish and italianfurther details in photos attached
14 €
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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 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 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 norinawill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedit 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
4 €
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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 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 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
4 €
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Fidelio, royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for winter seasonthe 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 actorshas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and the creation of this beethoven operain the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to itthe 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 freethere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etcit was in classical style and looked rather like the entrance to hmp pentonvillethe 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 suits
6 €
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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 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 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 norinawill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedit is set in the 's with some period cars on sitethe first act opens with don pasquale in a dressing gownpostage extra or collect in person freenorina 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 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 colour
1 €
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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 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 actorshas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and the creation of this beethoven operain the middle was what appeared to be a large rock found on beaches, where floristan appeared to be chained to itwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe set for act i consisted of a large courtyard with a gate entrance with the french flag on the toppostage extra or collection in person freethere was also separate panels that came on and off the stage for rocco's office, and this had some interesting props with candles etcit 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 colourthe 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 suits
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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 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 handledthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniformspostage extra or collect in person freethis performance received some good reviews
5 €
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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 handledthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniformsthis performance received some good reviews
4 €
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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 mcvickerwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe sets were very impressive and one of the best that the roh has done, with elegant third empire backdrops and parisean scenes, including in act i a drop down version of the famous l'opera curtainthe moving from one scene to another was also interestingly handledthe costums were also elegant including the soldiers french uniformsthis performance received some good reviewsthe 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 colour
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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 gondolathis 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 innovative
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Otello 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 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 lodovicothere was also an interesting imperial styled lion winged statue that passed through the stage that was the winged lion of venicethe 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 etcact iii with the arrival of lodovico from venice also had a red backdrop what was effective for this pivotal part of the performancethe sets were dynamic, begining with the storm scene with a galleon shown in the background for the landing, with lightening and effective sound effectsthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe main sets had john piper geometric square like designs at each sides with a black base background, with reminisences of coventry cathedralpostage 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 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 gondolathis 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 innovativepostage extra or collect in person free
4 €
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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 operawill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe swan was suggested by projected wing images, and there were slanting buildings in the first actthere was criticism of the stylised swan, the storm troopers and the bannersthis performance received some excellent reviews, whilst some others were critical of parts of the sets and costumeslohengrin's white suit was criticised as a 's pop singer, along with the singing of klaus florian vogt, although there was also equal praise by other critics for this bayreuth singer who specialises in this particular rolejennifer davis came in for particular praise as else, although she was a stand inthe 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 colourshe made a fantastic debut in the role however
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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 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 requestedthere was also an interesting scene when on aschenbach travelled in a gondolathis 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 innovativepostage extra or collect in person freethe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colour
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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 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 requestedpostage extra or collect in person freethe 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 fiercethe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe costumes were exotic, although it was rather spoilt by having papagena dressed as in contemporary dressthe tests had a carmin red for the fire and light blue for the water
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La boheme, pdf royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for summer seasonthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra was excellent, along with the singinghas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operawill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthat programme had exactly the same articles as the production, and the only changes were some of the photos and of course the advertsin particular, there was criticism of the garret, and the cafe scenesthe 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 colourthis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the setsthe production was revived for the winter and spring season
1 €
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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 operathe sets were noted for their 's oak pannelled room and the antlers during the final scenepostage extra but can be collected in personthis performance received some good reviewsa real horse was also used in one of the scenes, although only the head was visible
4 €
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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
4 €
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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 gretelhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of the operathe 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
4 €
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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 operathis performance received some good reviewsthe 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 visible
4 €
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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 monostatospostage extra or collect in person freethe sets were exotic with a large crescent moon and galaxy for the queen of the night famous ariathe 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 snake at the beginning was moved around and looked fierce
4 €
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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
4 €
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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 seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this donizetti operathe 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 requestedkonu kim as a young tyrolean, also received an encore during his famous ariathere was also a large cockeral in the final scene set in the home of la duchesse de crakentorpthere was a large undulating map form the military sets and map backdropsthis performance received excellent reviewsthe 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 colour
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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 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 windowsthe garden scene was also notable for the use of plants and small trees with effective lighting
4 €
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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 yeletskythis performance received excellent reviewsthe sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last acthas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this second of tchaikovsky's operas and the most serious in content
4 €
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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 yeletskythis performance received excellent reviewsthe sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last acthas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this second of tchaikovsky's operas and the most serious in content
4 €