THE BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE – Opera and Ballet Highlights

Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Act II: Gypsy Chorus

The Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Carlo Rizzi, conductor

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House in 2002

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Act II: Entrance of the swans

Paris Opera Ballet
Paris Opera Orchestra
Vello Pähn, Musical Director

Recorded live at the Palais Garnier, Paris in December 2005

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Act II, Aria: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen

Queen of Night – Diana Damrau
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Colin Davis, conductor

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 27 January 2003

Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Act I: Che gelida manina!

Rodolfo – Aquiles Machado
Teatro Real Orchestra
Jesús Lopez-Cobos, conductor

Recorded live at the Teatro Real, Madrid, March 2006

Georges Bizet: Carmen
Act I: Habanera

Carmen – Anne Sofie von Otter
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor

Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, 17 August 2002.

Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Act II: Divertissement

Pacific Northwest Ballet
BBC Concert Orchestra
Stewart Kershaw, conductor

Recorded live at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, February 1999.

Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
O mio babbino caro

Lauretta – Sally Matthews
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, UK on 11 July 2004.

Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka

The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, 17 August 2003

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zoroastre
Overture / Act II: À mes tristes regards

Zoroastre - Anders J. Dahlin
Les Talens Lyriques
The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra
Christophe Rousset, Musical Director

Recorded live at Drottningholms Slottsteater on the Drottningholm Island, Stockholm in July 2006

Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Act I: Signora altezza

Angelina (Cenerentola) – Ruxandra Donose
Don Ramiro – Maxim Mironov
Dandini – Simone Alberghini
Don Magnifico – Luciano di Pasquale
Clorinda – Raquela Sheeran
Tisbe – Lucia Cirillo
Alidoro – Nathan Berg
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, 2 and 4 June 2005.

Vincenzo Bellini: Norma
Act I: Casta Diva

Norma – Hasmik Papian
Netherlands Opera Chorus
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Julian Reynolds, conductor

Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 2005.

George Balanchine: Jewels
Emeralds – Final

Ballet de L'Opera national de Paris
Orchestre de L'Opera national de Paris
Paul Connelly, conductor

Recorded live at the Opéra national de Paris, October and November 2005

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Glyndebourne, 1999 concert)
Act II: Duet: Pa-pa-pa-pa

Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

Recorded live in Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, Sussex, on 24 April 1999

Picture format: 1080i High Definition, NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / PCM Surround / DTS HD-Master Audio Surround / Dolby TrueHD Surround
Region code: 0 (all regions)
Menu language: English
Running time: 50 mins
No. of Discs: 1 (Blu-ray, single-side)

Note: This Blu-ray Disc is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players, and not compatible with standard DVD players.