VERDI OPERAS
(3-DVD Box Set)

IL TROVATORE

Manrico - José Cura
Count di Luna - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Azucena - Yvonne Naef
Leonora - Verónica Villarroel
Ferrando - Tomas Tomasson
Ines - Gweneth-Ann Jeffers
Old gypsy - Thomas Barnard
Messenger - Douglas Telfer
Ruiz - Edgaras Montvidas

Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Vasko Vassilev)
Carlo Rizzi, conductor

Elijah Moshinsky, stage director
Dante Ferretti, set designer
Anne Tilby, costume designer
Howard Harrison, lighting designer
William Hobbs, fight arranger

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 3 May 2002

Bonus:
- Designing Il Trovatore
- All about Schläger duelling - preparations for the fight scenes
- Illustrated synopsis
- Meet the cast and their characters

LA TRAVIATA

Violetta - Renée Fleming
Alfredo Germont - Joseph Calleja
Giorgio Germont - Thomas Hampson
Flora Bervoix - Monika-Evelin Liiv
Marquis d’obigny - Kostas Smoriginas
Baron Douphol - Eddie Wade
Doctor Grenvil - Richard Wiegold
Gastone de Letorières - Haoyin Xue
Annina - Sarah Pring
Giuseppe - Neil Gillespie
Messenger - Charbel Mattar
Servant - Jonathan Coad

Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Renato Balsadonna)
Antonio Pappano, conductor

Richard Eyre, stage director
Bob Crawley, set and costume designer
Jean Kalman, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 27 and 30 June2009

Bonus:
- Antonio Pappano interviews Renée Fleming
- Cast gallery

MACBETH

Macbeth - Simon Keenlyside
Banquo - Raymond Aceto
Lady Macbeth - Liudmyla Monastryrska
Lady-in-Waiting - Elisabeth Meister
Servant to Macbeth - Nigel Cliffe
Duncan - Ian Lindsay
Malcolm - Steven Ebel
Macduff - Dmitri Pittas
Fleance - Will Richardson
Assassin - Olle Zetterstrom
First Apparition - Jonathan Fisher
Second Apparition - William Payne
Third Apparition - Archie Buchanan
Herald - Jonathan Coad
Doctor - Lukas Jakobski

Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
Antonio Pappano, conductor

Phyllida Lloyd, stage director
Anthony Ward, set and costume designer
Paule Constable, lighting designer
Michael Keegan-Dolan, choreographer

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 13 June 2011

Bonus:
- Rehearsing Macbeth with Antonio Pappano
- Cast Interviews
- Cast gallery

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0, 5.1 (Il Trovatore) / LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 (La Traviata) / Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS 5.1 (Macbeth)
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English (all) + French, German, Spanish, Italian (La Traviata) + Japanese (Macbeth)
Running time: 7 hrs 19 mins (opera) + 80 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 3 (DVD 9)