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
Reviews
‘…a dazzling evening in the company of a galaxy of stars from The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera. …an unsurpassable celebration of opera and ballet.’ Daily Telegraph