Opera & Ballet Favourites (Royal opera)

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Alan Titherington

1993 'Winter Gala' live from the Royal Opera House
Certificate: None
Running Time: 137 mins
Retail Price: £14.99
Release Date: 2008
Content Type: Musical Recording

Synopsis:
The 1993 Winter Gala Concert from the stage of the Royal Opera House sees a stellar array of the world's greatest artists celebrate the music of Tchaikovsky - composer of many of the all-time opera, concert and ballet favourites, including The Queen of Spades, the 1812 Overture and The Nutcracker.

Plácido Domingo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Kiri Te Kanawa, Darcey Bussell, Irek Mukhamedov.

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductors: Edward Downes / Barry Wordsworth / Stephen Barlow / Plácido Domingo
Stage Director: John Cox

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 1st December 1993.

Repertoire

Tchaikovsky : The Snow Maiden (The Dance of the Clowns)
Tchaikovsky : The Nutcracker (Snowflakes)
Tchaikovsky : Romances (Mo.6) (Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal)
Tchaikovsky : The Queen of Spades (Ya vas lyublyu bezmerno)
Tchaikovsky : Iolanta (Gospod' moy, yesti greshen ya)
Tchaikovsky : The Queen of Spades (Akh, istomilas' ya gorem)
Tchaikovsky : The Nutcracker (Grand pas de deux)
Tchaikovsky : 1812Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov : Sadko (Song of the Varangian Trader & Song of the Venetian Trader)
Tchaikovsky : Anastasia (Pas de deux)
Rachmaninov : Aleko (Ves tabor spit)
Tchaikovsky : Eugene Onegin (Kuda, kuda vi udalilis)
Tchaikovsky : The Sleeping Beauty (Pas de deux)
Puccini : La Bohème (Musetta's Aria)
Tchaikovsky : Eugene Onegin (Larina Ball)

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http://www.opusarte.com/
http://www.roh.org.uk/