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.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Territory exclusion for Royal Opera House Collection titles: USA, Canada

Features

Tchaikovsky The Snow Maiden               The Dance of the Clowns
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker                   Snowflakes
Tchaikovsky                                                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 1812                                     Overture
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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