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Mozart: The Da Ponte Operas
Erwin Schrott (Figaro (Figaro)); Miah Persson (Susanna (Figaro)); Gerald Finley (Count (Figaro)); Mariusz Kwiecień (Don Giovanni (Giovanni)); Alex Esposito (Leporello (Giovanni)); Malin Byström (Donna Anna (Giovanni)); Corinne Winters (Fiordiligi (Cosi)); Angela Brower (Dorabella (Cosi)); Daniel Behle (Ferrando (Cosi)); Alessio Arduini (Guglielmo (Cosi))
Mozart’s trilogy of operas composed to librettos by Lorenzo Da Ponte delight and entertain audiences with their combination of sublime music and their mix of humour, romance and drama. Cosi Fan Tutte, also known as ‘the school for lovers,’ stars a cast of young rising stars, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, in this 2016 production playfully set in a theatre. Kasper Holten’s production of Don Giovanni reveals the inner turmoil of the eponymous antihero, sung by Mariusz Kwiecien. Erwin Schrott, Miah Persson and Gerald Finley star in David McVicar’s production of Le nozze di Figaro, one of the world’s most beloved operas.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/08/2018
Sound Formats: LPCM & DTS 5.1 (Figaro); Dolby Digital 2.0 & DTS 5.1 (Giovanni; Cosi)
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE (all); ES, IT (Figaro); JP, K) (Don G, Cosi)
Catalogue Number: OA1275BD
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/08/2018
Sound Formats: PCM 2.0 & PCM 5.0 (Figaro); LPCM 2.0 & dts-HD master audio (Giovanni; Cosi)
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE (all); ES, IT (Figaro); JP, K) (Don G, Cosi)
Catalogue Number: OABD7251BD
Conductor(s):
Antonio Pappano (Figaro); Nicola Luisotti (Giovanni); Semyon Bychkov (Cosi)
Antonio Pappano (Figaro); Nicola Luisotti (Giovanni); Semyon Bychkov (Cosi)
Orchestra(s):
Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Artist(s):
Erwin Schrott; Miah Persson; Gerald Finley; Mariusz Kwiecień; Alex Esposito; Malin Byström; Corinne Winters; Angela Brower; Daniel Behle; Alessio Arduini; Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Antonio Pappano (Figaro); Nicola Luisotti (Giovanni); Semyon Bychkov (Cosi)
Erwin Schrott; Miah Persson; Gerald Finley; Mariusz Kwiecień; Alex Esposito; Malin Byström; Corinne Winters; Angela Brower; Daniel Behle; Alessio Arduini; Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Antonio Pappano (Figaro); Nicola Luisotti (Giovanni); Semyon Bychkov (Cosi)
"… so accomplished a cast, in which Gerald Finley's Count, Miah Persson's Susanna and Rinat Shaham's Cherubino stand out as ideal." (BBC Music Magazine - Figaro - ★★★★)
"Schrott is a lively, resourceful and above all very good-looking Figaro, but the delightful Susanna (Miah Persson), charmingly dressed, is his match ... The dignified Countess (Dorothea Roschmann)... is appealingly spirited...The sets are appealing and the action moves forward with a swing." (The Penguin Guide - Figaro)
"Kwiecien’s eloquently sung Giovanni heads a strong cast. Particularly impressive is Malin Byström’s Donna Anna, whose moving Non mi dir is addressed not to Don Ottavio but first to her dead father (via his bust) and then to Giovanni himself. Véronique Gens offers a sympathetic Donna Elvira, impassioned rather than hysterical in her inability to give up on Giovanni. Even in Leporello’s Catalogue Aria she embraces Giovanni, willing it not to be true. Alex Esposito’s resourceful Leporello also seems to be smitten by Giovanni, as is Elizabeth Watts’s lively, engaging Zerlina. Nicola Luisotti draws sensuous playing from the ROH orchestra, he and Paul Wingfield generating daring and witty dissonances in their keyboard continuo." (The Evening Standard - Giovanni ★★★★)
"A compelling concept aligns with sparkling comedy in an endlessly revealing examination of love... This success is no doubt also down to a shining cast: Corinne Winters’s rich-toned Fiordiligi contrasts with Angela Brower’s lighter lyrical Dorabella; Daniel Behle fetchingly adopts gentle head-tone colouring in Un Aura Amorosa and Alessio Arduini is a virile Guglielmo. Sabina Puertolas exudes street-smart confidence as Despina and Johannes Martin Kranzle delights in his role as social architect. Semyon Byckow draws richly varied colours from the Royal Opera Orchestra, though occasionally favours slow tempos." (The Stage ★★★★★)
"Schrott is a lively, resourceful and above all very good-looking Figaro, but the delightful Susanna (Miah Persson), charmingly dressed, is his match ... The dignified Countess (Dorothea Roschmann)... is appealingly spirited...The sets are appealing and the action moves forward with a swing." (The Penguin Guide - Figaro)
"Kwiecien’s eloquently sung Giovanni heads a strong cast. Particularly impressive is Malin Byström’s Donna Anna, whose moving Non mi dir is addressed not to Don Ottavio but first to her dead father (via his bust) and then to Giovanni himself. Véronique Gens offers a sympathetic Donna Elvira, impassioned rather than hysterical in her inability to give up on Giovanni. Even in Leporello’s Catalogue Aria she embraces Giovanni, willing it not to be true. Alex Esposito’s resourceful Leporello also seems to be smitten by Giovanni, as is Elizabeth Watts’s lively, engaging Zerlina. Nicola Luisotti draws sensuous playing from the ROH orchestra, he and Paul Wingfield generating daring and witty dissonances in their keyboard continuo." (The Evening Standard - Giovanni ★★★★)
"A compelling concept aligns with sparkling comedy in an endlessly revealing examination of love... This success is no doubt also down to a shining cast: Corinne Winters’s rich-toned Fiordiligi contrasts with Angela Brower’s lighter lyrical Dorabella; Daniel Behle fetchingly adopts gentle head-tone colouring in Un Aura Amorosa and Alessio Arduini is a virile Guglielmo. Sabina Puertolas exudes street-smart confidence as Despina and Johannes Martin Kranzle delights in his role as social architect. Semyon Byckow draws richly varied colours from the Royal Opera Orchestra, though occasionally favours slow tempos." (The Stage ★★★★★)
Erwin Schrott (Figaro (Figaro)); Miah Persson (Susanna (Figaro)); Gerald Finley (Count (Figaro)); Mariusz Kwiecień (Don Giovanni (Giovanni)); Alex Esposito (Leporello (Giovanni)); Malin Byström (Donna Anna (Giovanni)); Corinne Winters (Fiordiligi (Cosi)); Angela Brower (Dorabella (Cosi)); Daniel Behle (Ferrando (Cosi)); Alessio Arduini (Guglielmo (Cosi))
Mozart’s trilogy of operas composed to librettos by Lorenzo Da Ponte delight and entertain audiences with their combination of sublime music and their mix of humour, romance and drama. Cosi Fan Tutte, also known as ‘the school for lovers,’ stars a cast of young rising stars, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, in this 2016 production playfully set in a theatre. Kasper Holten’s production of Don Giovanni reveals the inner turmoil of the eponymous antihero, sung by Mariusz Kwiecien. Erwin Schrott, Miah Persson and Gerald Finley star in David McVicar’s production of Le nozze di Figaro, one of the world’s most beloved operas.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/08/2018
Sound Formats: LPCM & DTS 5.1 (Figaro); Dolby Digital 2.0 & DTS 5.1 (Giovanni; Cosi)
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE (all); ES, IT (Figaro); JP, K) (Don G, Cosi)
Catalogue Number: OA1275BD
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/08/2018
Sound Formats: PCM 2.0 & PCM 5.0 (Figaro); LPCM 2.0 & dts-HD master audio (Giovanni; Cosi)
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE (all); ES, IT (Figaro); JP, K) (Don G, Cosi)
Catalogue Number: OABD7251BD
Conductor(s):
Antonio Pappano (Figaro); Nicola Luisotti (Giovanni); Semyon Bychkov (Cosi)
Antonio Pappano (Figaro); Nicola Luisotti (Giovanni); Semyon Bychkov (Cosi)
Orchestra(s):
Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Artist(s):
Erwin Schrott; Miah Persson; Gerald Finley; Mariusz Kwiecień; Alex Esposito; Malin Byström; Corinne Winters; Angela Brower; Daniel Behle; Alessio Arduini; Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Antonio Pappano (Figaro); Nicola Luisotti (Giovanni); Semyon Bychkov (Cosi)
Erwin Schrott; Miah Persson; Gerald Finley; Mariusz Kwiecień; Alex Esposito; Malin Byström; Corinne Winters; Angela Brower; Daniel Behle; Alessio Arduini; Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Antonio Pappano (Figaro); Nicola Luisotti (Giovanni); Semyon Bychkov (Cosi)
"… so accomplished a cast, in which Gerald Finley's Count, Miah Persson's Susanna and Rinat Shaham's Cherubino stand out as ideal." (BBC Music Magazine - Figaro - ★★★★)
"Schrott is a lively, resourceful and above all very good-looking Figaro, but the delightful Susanna (Miah Persson), charmingly dressed, is his match ... The dignified Countess (Dorothea Roschmann)... is appealingly spirited...The sets are appealing and the action moves forward with a swing." (The Penguin Guide - Figaro)
"Kwiecien’s eloquently sung Giovanni heads a strong cast. Particularly impressive is Malin Byström’s Donna Anna, whose moving Non mi dir is addressed not to Don Ottavio but first to her dead father (via his bust) and then to Giovanni himself. Véronique Gens offers a sympathetic Donna Elvira, impassioned rather than hysterical in her inability to give up on Giovanni. Even in Leporello’s Catalogue Aria she embraces Giovanni, willing it not to be true. Alex Esposito’s resourceful Leporello also seems to be smitten by Giovanni, as is Elizabeth Watts’s lively, engaging Zerlina. Nicola Luisotti draws sensuous playing from the ROH orchestra, he and Paul Wingfield generating daring and witty dissonances in their keyboard continuo." (The Evening Standard - Giovanni ★★★★)
"A compelling concept aligns with sparkling comedy in an endlessly revealing examination of love... This success is no doubt also down to a shining cast: Corinne Winters’s rich-toned Fiordiligi contrasts with Angela Brower’s lighter lyrical Dorabella; Daniel Behle fetchingly adopts gentle head-tone colouring in Un Aura Amorosa and Alessio Arduini is a virile Guglielmo. Sabina Puertolas exudes street-smart confidence as Despina and Johannes Martin Kranzle delights in his role as social architect. Semyon Byckow draws richly varied colours from the Royal Opera Orchestra, though occasionally favours slow tempos." (The Stage ★★★★★)
"Schrott is a lively, resourceful and above all very good-looking Figaro, but the delightful Susanna (Miah Persson), charmingly dressed, is his match ... The dignified Countess (Dorothea Roschmann)... is appealingly spirited...The sets are appealing and the action moves forward with a swing." (The Penguin Guide - Figaro)
"Kwiecien’s eloquently sung Giovanni heads a strong cast. Particularly impressive is Malin Byström’s Donna Anna, whose moving Non mi dir is addressed not to Don Ottavio but first to her dead father (via his bust) and then to Giovanni himself. Véronique Gens offers a sympathetic Donna Elvira, impassioned rather than hysterical in her inability to give up on Giovanni. Even in Leporello’s Catalogue Aria she embraces Giovanni, willing it not to be true. Alex Esposito’s resourceful Leporello also seems to be smitten by Giovanni, as is Elizabeth Watts’s lively, engaging Zerlina. Nicola Luisotti draws sensuous playing from the ROH orchestra, he and Paul Wingfield generating daring and witty dissonances in their keyboard continuo." (The Evening Standard - Giovanni ★★★★)
"A compelling concept aligns with sparkling comedy in an endlessly revealing examination of love... This success is no doubt also down to a shining cast: Corinne Winters’s rich-toned Fiordiligi contrasts with Angela Brower’s lighter lyrical Dorabella; Daniel Behle fetchingly adopts gentle head-tone colouring in Un Aura Amorosa and Alessio Arduini is a virile Guglielmo. Sabina Puertolas exudes street-smart confidence as Despina and Johannes Martin Kranzle delights in his role as social architect. Semyon Byckow draws richly varied colours from the Royal Opera Orchestra, though occasionally favours slow tempos." (The Stage ★★★★★)
