ROYAL OPERA (THE) - A Collection (6-DVD Box Set) (NTSC)

THE ROYAL OPERA – A Collection
(6-DVD Box Set)

 

Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA

Aida - Cheryl Studer
Amneris - Lucianna d’Intino
Radamès - Dennis O’Neill

Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Edward Downes,
conductor

Elijah Moshinsky, stage director

 

Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO

Otello - Plácido Domingo
Desdemona - Kiri Te Kanawa
Iago - Sergey Leiferkus

Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Georg Solti,
conductor

 

Giuseppe Verdi
STIFFELIO

Stiffelio - José Carreras
Lina - Catherine Malfitano
Jorg - Gwynne Howell
Stankar - Gregory Yurisich

Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Edward Downes,
conductor

Elijah Moshinsky, stage director

 

Richard Strauss
SALOME

Salome - Maria Ewing
Jokanaan - Michael Devlin
Herod - Kenneth Riegel
Herodias - Gillian Knight
Narraboth - Robin Leggate

Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Edward Downes,
conductor

Peter Hall, stage director

 

Charles-François Gounod
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE

Roméo - Roberto Alagna
Juliette - Leontina Vaduva

Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Charles Mackerras,
conductor

Nickolas Joël, stage director

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO

Mitridate - Bruce Ford
Farnace - Jochen Kowalski
Sifare - Ann Murray
Aspasia - Luba Orgonasova
Ismene - Lillian Watson

Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Paul Daniel,
conductor

Graham Vick, stage director

 

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 2 June (Salome), 23 and 27 October 1992 (Otello) / 2 and 6 February (Stiffelio), 20 and 22 October 1993 (Mitridate) / 27 June and 1 July (Aida), 15 and 17 November 1994 (Roméo et Juliette)

 

Picture format: NTSC 4:3 (all except Aida) / 16:9 anamorphic (Aida)
Sound format: PCM 2.0 (Aida, Otello, Salome, Stiffelio) / Dolby Digital 2.0 (Mitridate, Roméo et Juliette)
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Menu language: English
Subtitles: English (all) /+ Italian (Aida, Mitridate, Otello, Stiffelio) /+ German (Salome) /+ French (Roméo et Juliette)
Running time: 14 hrs 36 mins
No. of DVDs: 6 (DVD 9)