THREE TRAGEDIES SHAKESPEARE Royal Shakespeare Company Rising star Paapa Essiedu gives a stunning performance in Simon Godwin’s Hamlet; Antony Sher leads the way as the proud but fatally flawed monarch in Gregory Doran’s acclaimed King Lear; Iqbal Khan’s astonishing and groundbreaking production of Othello, featuring Hugh Quarshie in the title role. DVD SET | BLU-RAY SET
NORMA BELLINI Royal Opera House Star soprano Sonya Yoncheva sings the towering role of Bellini’s Norma – a priestess torn between love and duty – in a timeless tale of love and betrayal. The spectacular production by Àlex Ollé stars a superb cast including Joseph Calleja and Brindley Sherratt, conducted by Antonio Pappano. DVD | BLU-RAY
ANASTASIA TCHAIKOVSKY Royal Opera House Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova dances the title role in Kenneth MacMillan’s haunting ballet, to atmospheric music by Tchaikovsky and Martinů. Anastasia tells the story of Anna Anderson who, following the Russian Revolution and the murder of the royal family, claimed she was the surviving Grand Duchess Anastasia. DVD | BLU-RAY
THE TEMPEST SHAKESPEARE Royal Shakespeare Company On a distant island, a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man or ordinary island. Simon Russell Beale returns to the RSC after 20 years to play Prospero. Directed by Artistic Director Gregory Doran. DVD | BLU-RAY
WILLIAM TELL ROSSINI Royal Opera House Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera, conducts Rossini’s epic final masterpiece of French grand opera William Tell. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Gerald Finley in the title role, alongside John Osborn, Malin Byström and Sofia Fomina. DVD | BLU-RAY
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ROYAL OPERA COLLECTION Royal Opera House Spanning more than two hundred years of opera, this magnificent 22-disc collection brings together 18 outstanding operas. The Collection is a dazzling tour of operatic treasures by Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, Wagner, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Strauss, Szymanowski, Britten and George Benjamin. DVD SET | BLU-RAY SET
Spanning more than two hundred
ROYAL OPERA COLLECTION Royal Opera House Spanning more than two hundred years of opera, this magnificent 22-disc collection brings together 18 outstanding operas. The Collection is a dazzling tour of operatic treasures by Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, Wagner, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Strauss, Szymanowski, Britten and George Benjamin. DVD SET
22-disc collection brings together
BÉATRICE ET BÉNÉDICT BERLIOZ Glyndebourne Through the eye of French director Laurent Pelly this expression of Berlioz’s undying admiration for the Bard — his adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an opéra comique — becomes ‘an elegant treatise on love and music designed in shades of grey with 50s-era costumes’ (Sunday Express HHHHH). DVD | BLU-RAY
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PUCCINI BOX SET LA BOHÈME · TOSCA MADAMA BUTTERFLY In lavish productions from Madrid’s Teatro Real, Jesús López Cobos directs an outstanding cast in La bohème. Daniela Dessì plays the fiery singer Tosca in Nuria Espert’s staging of lust, betrayal and revenge, while Cheryl Barker and Martin Thompson are at the helm of an inspired cast in Madama Butterfly. DVD SET
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