Once regarded as Verdi's lost opera because of early censorship and controversy, Stiffelio has now established its rightful place in Verdi's canon. In this 1993 recording from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, José Carreras, as the Protestant minister whose faith is shattered when he discovers his wife's adulterous liaison with a family friend, leads a fine cast that includes Catherine Malfitano, Gregory Yurisich, Gwynne Howell and Robin Leggate under the baton of Edward Downes.

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

The Royal Opera
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Edward Downes
Stage Director: Elijah Moshinsky

TV Director: Brian Large

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2nd & 6th February 1993.

Please note: Picture Gallery images below are black & white production photos. The production is in colour.

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Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Peter Hall are re-united for a fresh and vibrant but timelessly elegant production of Rossini’s much-loved setting of the Cinderella story, with a fine cast led by Ruxandra Donose in the title role. Filmed in June 2005 with High Definition cameras and recorded in multi-track 5.1 surround sound.

Clorinda: Raquela Sheeran
Tisbe: Lucia Cirillo
Angelina (Cenerentola): Ruxandra Donose
Alidoro: Nathan Berg
Don Magnifico: Luciano di Pasquale
Don Ramiro: Maxim Mironov
Dandini: Simone Alberghini 

London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Stage Director: Sir Peter Hall

TV Director: Robin Lough

Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, on 2nd & 4th June, 2005.

In what many believe to be the finest production of Otello in modern times, Plácido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa lead a world-class cast under the exquisite musical direction of Sir Georg Solti. An outstanding performance of the first of Verdi's two late Shakespearian operas, universally regarded as sublime masterpieces of grand opera.

Otello: Plácido Domingo
Desdemona: Kiri Te Kanawa
Iago: Sergei Leiferkus

The Royal Opera
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Georg Solti

TV Director: Brian Large

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 23rd & 27th October 1992.

Please note: Picture Gallery images below are black & white production photos. The production is in colour.

PLEASE NOTE: A BLU-RAY PLAYER IS REQUIRED TO VIEW THIS DISC - IT WILL NOT FUNCTION ON A STANDARD DVD PLAYER.

Blu-ray offers a stunning audio-visual experience - it uses a blue-violet laser that's focused to produce an incredibly precise pinpoint of light - five times smaller than the beam falling on the surface of a DVD. Blu-ray can hold up to an incredible 50GB of data on a single disc (that's over 9 hours of high definition viewing)!
 
Audio is also vital to the Blu-ray experience, being able to handle up to 32 different audio streams - from basic stereo up to uncompressed 7.1 multi-channel sound!
 
Glyndebourne’s pulsating production of the Waltz King’s much-loved comic operetta includes outstanding performances from a cast led by Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung and Håkan Hagegård with The Glyndebourne Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski.

Alfred: Pär Lindskog
Adele: Lyubov Petrova
Rosalinde: Pamela Armstrong
Gabriel von Eisenstein: Thomas Allen
Dr Blind: Ragnar Ulfung
Dr Falke: Håkan Hagegård
Frank: Artur Korn
Prince Orlofsky: Malena Ernman
Frosch: Udo Samel
Ida: Renée Schüttengruber

The Glyndebourne Chorus
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Director: Stephen Lawless

TV Director: Francesca Kemp

In David McVicar’s spellbinding production of Le nozze di Figaro the break-down of the relationship between Finley’s suave, dashingly self-absorbed Count and Röschmann’s passionately dignified Countess lies at the heart of the opera. The struggle to rekindle their love contrasts tragic-comically with the sexy ease between a feisty Figaro (Erwin Schrott) and a sassy Susanna (Miah Persson) is starkly absent, and the tenacious spark that remains between Marcellina (Graciela Araya) and Bartolo (Jonathan Veira). Antonio Pappano conducts (and accompanies the recitatives) with invigorating wit and emotional depth, allowing the ensemble to capture the moments of dramatic tension to perfection and engaging fully with the rhythm of an already classic production, captured in High Definition video and surround sound.

Figaro: Erwin Schrott
Susanna: Miah Persson
Count Almaviva: Gerald Finlay
Marcellina: Craciela Araya
Barbarina: Ana James
Cherubino: Rinat Shaham

The Royal Opera House Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Stage Director: David McVicar

TV Director: Jonathan Haswell

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 10th, 13th and 17th February 2006.