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  • Hamlet (2019 Video)

    Director
    Francois Roussillon

    Recording of a production of Ambroise Thomas’ 1868 opera in five acts starring Stéphane Degout in the title role and Sabine Devieilhe as Ophelia. Sung in French, it features the Orchestre des...

  • Giulietta e Romeo (2019 Radio)

    Series
    Afternoon Concert
    Director
    Cecilia Ligorio

    Production of Nicola Vaccai’s rarely-performed two-act opera from 1827 derived not from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet but from the same source, Luigi Da Porto’s novella written in the 1520s. In the...

  • Otello (2018 Video)

    Director
    Keith Warner; Jonathan Haswell

    Recording of a Keith Warner’s staging of Verdi’s opera Otello, directed for the screen by Jonathan Haswell. Sung in Italian.

  • Hamlet (2018 Video)

    Director
    Francois Roussillon

    Operatic retelling of HAMLET by composer Brett Dean and librettist Matthew Jocelyn, which had its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. Music played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with the...

  • Macbeth (2018 Video)

    Director
    Matteo Ricchetti

    The 1865 Paris version of Verdi’s Opera sung in Italian, filmed at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Italy. Blu-ray subtitles are in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean.

  • Tragedy in Steel II, A: Shakespeare’s King Lear (2018 Audio)

    Heavy metal album by the German band Rebellion telling the story of King Lear in song with parts of the dialogue also spoken. The album is made up of 12 tracks, all in English. Rebellion is made up of: Tomi...

  • Shakespired: Sonnets by William Shakespeare (2018 Audio)

    Musical setting to 18 sonnets sung unaccompanied by the Polish six-voice ensemble, proMODERN. The compositions are by: Mi osz Bembinow, Andrzej Borzym Jr, Krzesimir D bski, Krzysztof Herdzin, Philip Lawson,...

  • Verdi and Shakespeare (2016 Video)

    aka: Verdi: The Shakespeare Operas

    A 4-DVD boxed set. Contents: MACBETH staged by Phyllida Lloyd with Simon Keenlyside and Liudmyl Monastryska as the Macbeths, Antonio Pappano conducts from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. OTELLO staged...

  • Falstaff (2016 Radio)

    Series
    Afternoon on 3

    Verdi’s opera in a performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2012 with Ambrogio Maestri in the title role. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House are conducted by Daniele Gatti....

  • Building a Library (2016 Radio)

    Series
    Record Review

    Presented by Andrew MacGregor. Roger Parker recommends a recording of Verdi’s final opera, Falstaff.