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Verdi: The Shakespeare Operas (Falstaff; Macbeth; Otello)
Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth (Macbeth)); Liudmyla Monastyrska (Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)); Raymond Aceto (Banquo (Macbeth)); José Cura (Otello (Otello)); Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona (Otello)); Lado Ataneli (Jago (Otello)); Christopher Purves (Sir John Falstaff (Falstaff)); Tassis Christoyannis (Ford (Falstaff)); Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford (Falstaff))
Shakespeare provided lifelong inspiration for the towering operatic genius that was Giuseppe Verdi, but just three of the Bard’s plays ever emerged fully-fledged from the composer’s pen. This trio of landmark productions, featuring a veritable constellation of singers, conductors and directors, are united here under the banner of Verdi’s Shakepeare Operas: Macbeth, which lied the young composer out of his hard-working ‘galley years’, propelling him to international fame and universal acclaim, and Otello and Falstaff, his final two crowning operatic achievements.
Simon Keenlyside and Liudmyla Monastyrska are imposing as the Thane and his Lady in Phyllida Lloyd’s sumptuous production of The Scottish Play for The Royal Opera, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano, while Jose Cura interprets the Moor in a profound, intense staging by Willy Decker at Barcelona’s Liceu. By the end of his dramatic opera career, Verdi claimed he had ‘earned at last the right to laugh a little’, and Richard Jones’s Glyndebourne Festival production of Falstaff radiates humour, tinged with bitterness and wisdom and brought to life by an international ensemble cast with Christopher Purves in the title role under the inspiring baton of Vladimir Jurowski.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/01/2016
Sound Formats: DTS Surround (all titles) - LPCM 2.0 (O/F) - Dolby Digital 2.0 (M)
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT (all); Catalan (Otello) JP (Macbeth)
Catalogue Number: OA1200BD
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/01/2016
Sound Formats: DTS Surround (all titles) - LPCM 2.0 (O/F) - Dolby Digital 2.0 (M)
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT (all); Catalan (Otello) JP (Macbeth)
Catalogue Number: OABD7190BD
Conductor(s):
Antonio Pappano; Antoni Ros-Marbà; Vladimir Jurowski
Antonio Pappano; Antoni Ros-Marbà; Vladimir Jurowski
Artist(s):
Simon Keenlyside; Liudmyla Monastyrska; Raymond Aceto; José Cura; Krassimira Stoyanova; Lado Ataneli; Christopher Purves; Tassis Christoyannis; Dina Kuznetsova; Antonio Pappano; Antoni Ros-Marbà; Vladimir Jurowski
Simon Keenlyside; Liudmyla Monastyrska; Raymond Aceto; José Cura; Krassimira Stoyanova; Lado Ataneli; Christopher Purves; Tassis Christoyannis; Dina Kuznetsova; Antonio Pappano; Antoni Ros-Marbà; Vladimir Jurowski
"With strong conducting from Antoni Ros-Marbà, the whole cast collaborate to give us the truth of this desperately upsetting work, as no other DVD and few live performances I've seen of it ever have." (BBC Music Magazine - Otello)
"José Cura has the vocal colouring, the power and strength, but above all the dramatic temperament that this colossal Verdi character demands." (El Pais - Otello)
"Some of Glyndebourne’s more entrenched punters took umbrage at Richard Jones’s updating of Falstaff to a 1940s Ealing-comedy Windsor. Most, though, as you can hear throughout this film, roared at the gags in a production so sharply coordinated with the music." (BBC Music Magazine - Falstaff ★★★★★)
"Simon Keenlyside and Liudmyla Monastyrska give one of the finest portrayals of the couple that I have come across. In both cases what lifts them into the category of the very special is the way they manage to chart the character’s development. Macbeth is a role that Keenlyside has grown into. He has the depth, the charisma and the energy that make the role complex and interesting; more than a great soldier laid low. His baritone is rounded and complex, just right to capture the many facets of the character’s journey." (Musicweb International - Macbeth)
"José Cura has the vocal colouring, the power and strength, but above all the dramatic temperament that this colossal Verdi character demands." (El Pais - Otello)
"Some of Glyndebourne’s more entrenched punters took umbrage at Richard Jones’s updating of Falstaff to a 1940s Ealing-comedy Windsor. Most, though, as you can hear throughout this film, roared at the gags in a production so sharply coordinated with the music." (BBC Music Magazine - Falstaff ★★★★★)
"Simon Keenlyside and Liudmyla Monastyrska give one of the finest portrayals of the couple that I have come across. In both cases what lifts them into the category of the very special is the way they manage to chart the character’s development. Macbeth is a role that Keenlyside has grown into. He has the depth, the charisma and the energy that make the role complex and interesting; more than a great soldier laid low. His baritone is rounded and complex, just right to capture the many facets of the character’s journey." (Musicweb International - Macbeth)
Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth (Macbeth)); Liudmyla Monastyrska (Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)); Raymond Aceto (Banquo (Macbeth)); José Cura (Otello (Otello)); Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona (Otello)); Lado Ataneli (Jago (Otello)); Christopher Purves (Sir John Falstaff (Falstaff)); Tassis Christoyannis (Ford (Falstaff)); Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford (Falstaff))
Shakespeare provided lifelong inspiration for the towering operatic genius that was Giuseppe Verdi, but just three of the Bard’s plays ever emerged fully-fledged from the composer’s pen. This trio of landmark productions, featuring a veritable constellation of singers, conductors and directors, are united here under the banner of Verdi’s Shakepeare Operas: Macbeth, which lied the young composer out of his hard-working ‘galley years’, propelling him to international fame and universal acclaim, and Otello and Falstaff, his final two crowning operatic achievements.
Simon Keenlyside and Liudmyla Monastyrska are imposing as the Thane and his Lady in Phyllida Lloyd’s sumptuous production of The Scottish Play for The Royal Opera, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano, while Jose Cura interprets the Moor in a profound, intense staging by Willy Decker at Barcelona’s Liceu. By the end of his dramatic opera career, Verdi claimed he had ‘earned at last the right to laugh a little’, and Richard Jones’s Glyndebourne Festival production of Falstaff radiates humour, tinged with bitterness and wisdom and brought to life by an international ensemble cast with Christopher Purves in the title role under the inspiring baton of Vladimir Jurowski.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/01/2016
Sound Formats: DTS Surround (all titles) - LPCM 2.0 (O/F) - Dolby Digital 2.0 (M)
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT (all); Catalan (Otello) JP (Macbeth)
Catalogue Number: OA1200BD
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/01/2016
Sound Formats: DTS Surround (all titles) - LPCM 2.0 (O/F) - Dolby Digital 2.0 (M)
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT (all); Catalan (Otello) JP (Macbeth)
Catalogue Number: OABD7190BD
Conductor(s):
Antonio Pappano; Antoni Ros-Marbà; Vladimir Jurowski
Antonio Pappano; Antoni Ros-Marbà; Vladimir Jurowski
Artist(s):
Simon Keenlyside; Liudmyla Monastyrska; Raymond Aceto; José Cura; Krassimira Stoyanova; Lado Ataneli; Christopher Purves; Tassis Christoyannis; Dina Kuznetsova; Antonio Pappano; Antoni Ros-Marbà; Vladimir Jurowski
Simon Keenlyside; Liudmyla Monastyrska; Raymond Aceto; José Cura; Krassimira Stoyanova; Lado Ataneli; Christopher Purves; Tassis Christoyannis; Dina Kuznetsova; Antonio Pappano; Antoni Ros-Marbà; Vladimir Jurowski
"With strong conducting from Antoni Ros-Marbà, the whole cast collaborate to give us the truth of this desperately upsetting work, as no other DVD and few live performances I've seen of it ever have." (BBC Music Magazine - Otello)
"José Cura has the vocal colouring, the power and strength, but above all the dramatic temperament that this colossal Verdi character demands." (El Pais - Otello)
"Some of Glyndebourne’s more entrenched punters took umbrage at Richard Jones’s updating of Falstaff to a 1940s Ealing-comedy Windsor. Most, though, as you can hear throughout this film, roared at the gags in a production so sharply coordinated with the music." (BBC Music Magazine - Falstaff ★★★★★)
"Simon Keenlyside and Liudmyla Monastyrska give one of the finest portrayals of the couple that I have come across. In both cases what lifts them into the category of the very special is the way they manage to chart the character’s development. Macbeth is a role that Keenlyside has grown into. He has the depth, the charisma and the energy that make the role complex and interesting; more than a great soldier laid low. His baritone is rounded and complex, just right to capture the many facets of the character’s journey." (Musicweb International - Macbeth)
"José Cura has the vocal colouring, the power and strength, but above all the dramatic temperament that this colossal Verdi character demands." (El Pais - Otello)
"Some of Glyndebourne’s more entrenched punters took umbrage at Richard Jones’s updating of Falstaff to a 1940s Ealing-comedy Windsor. Most, though, as you can hear throughout this film, roared at the gags in a production so sharply coordinated with the music." (BBC Music Magazine - Falstaff ★★★★★)
"Simon Keenlyside and Liudmyla Monastyrska give one of the finest portrayals of the couple that I have come across. In both cases what lifts them into the category of the very special is the way they manage to chart the character’s development. Macbeth is a role that Keenlyside has grown into. He has the depth, the charisma and the energy that make the role complex and interesting; more than a great soldier laid low. His baritone is rounded and complex, just right to capture the many facets of the character’s journey." (Musicweb International - Macbeth)
