Special offer. Verdi: The Shakespeare Operas
Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Lady Macbeth), Raymond Aceto (Banquo), Dmitri Pittas (Macduff), Nigel Cliffe (Servant), Steven Ebel (Malcolm), Elisabeth Meister (Lady-in-Waiting) & Lukas Jakobski (Doctor), José Cura (Otello), Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona), Lado Ataneli (Iago),...
[Cura] sings and acts here with an inwardness and intensity which make a profound impression. So does Krassimira Stoyanova as Desdemona, not in the first flush of youth, but heartfelt and direct;... — More…
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Verdi: Macbeth
- Recorded live at The Royal Opera House, 13 June, 2011.
- Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Lady Macbeth), Raymond Aceto (Banquo), Dmitri Pittas (Macduff), Nigel Cliffe (Servant), Steven Ebel (Malcolm), Elisabeth Meister (Lady-in-Waiting) & Lukas Jakobski (Doctor)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Phyllida Lloyd (stage director)
Verdi: Otello
- Recorded live at the Gran teatre del Liceu, Barcelona on 21st & 24th February 2006.
- José Cura (Otello), Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona), Lado Ataneli (Iago), Vittorio Grigolo (Cassio), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Emilia), Vicenç Esteve Madrid (Rodrigo), Giorgio Giuseppini (Lodovico), Francisco Santiago (Montano), Roberto Accurso (Un Araldo)
- Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
- Antoni Ros-Marbà (musical director) & Willy Decker (stage director)
Verdi: Falstaff
- Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, June 2009.
- Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Tassis Christoyannis (Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford), Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page), Adriana Kucerova (Nanetta), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Peter Hall (Dr Caius), Alasdair Elliott (Bardolpho), Paolo Battaglia (Pistol)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus
- Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)