THE ROYAL BALLET’S BERNSTEIN CELEBRATION © Catherine Ashmore Catherine © Jonas Kaufmann in Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello
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OPERAS 3 BALLETS 5
OPERAS
BELLINI: NORMA Sonya Yoncheva/Joseph Calleja/Sonia Ganassi/ Brindley Sherratt Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Staged by: Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) Cat. No. A02050094 | Length: 154' | Year: 2008
BENJAMIN: LESSONS IN LOVE AND VIOLENCE © Stephen Cummiskey Stephen © Barbara Hannigan/Stéphane Degout/ Gyula Orendt/Peter Hoare DONIZETTI: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Conducted by: George Benjamin Diana Damrau/Charles Castronovo/Artur Ruciński Staged by: Katie Mitchell Conducted by: Daniel Oren Cat. No. A02050124 | Length: approx. 100' | Year: 2018 Staged by: Brett Mitchell Cat. No. A02050089 | Length: 150' | Year: 2016
GIORDANO: ANDREA CHÉNIER Jonas Kaufmann/Eva-Maria Westbroek/Željko Lučić Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Staged by: David McVicar Cat. No. A02050073 | Length: 123' | Year: 2015
MASCAGNI: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA LEONCAVALLO: PAGLIACCI Eva-Maria Westbroek/ Aleksandrs Antoņenko/ Dimitri Platanias/Carmen Giannattasio Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Staged by: Damiano Michieletto Cat. No. A02050086/87 | Length: 152' | Year: 2016
MOZART: COSÌ FAN TUTTE Corinne Winters/Angela Brower/Daniel Behle/ Alessio Arduini/Johannes Martin Kränzle Conducted by: Semyon Bychkov Staged by: Jan Philipp Gloger Cat. No. A02050123 | Length: 184' | Year: 2016
MUSSORGSKY: BORIS GODUNOV
© Bill Cooper Bryn Terfel/John Graham-Hall/John Tomlinson/ Ain Anger/Vlada Borovko BIZET: CARMEN Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Staged by: Richard Jones Anna Goryachova/Francesco Meli/ Cat. No. A02050088 | Length: 136' | Year: 2016 Kostas Smoriginas/Kristina Mkhitaryan Conducted by: Jakub Hrůša Staged by: Barrie Kosky Cat. No. tba | Length: approx. 150' | Year: 2018
3 OFFENBACH: LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN Vittorio Grigolo/Sofia Fomina/Christine Rice/ Sonya Yoncheva/Thomas Hampson Conducted by: Evelino Pidò Staged by: John Schlesinger Cat. No. A02050096 | Length: 170' | Year: 2017 © Bill Cooper PUCCINI: MANON LESCAUT
© Catherine Ashmore Catherine © Kristīne Opolais/Jonas Kaufmann/ Christopher Maltman/Maurizio Muraro PUCCINI: LA BOHÈME Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Nicole Car/Michael Fabiano/Mariusz Kwiecień/Simona Mihai Staged by: Jonathan Kent Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Cat. No. A02050081 | Length: 131' | Year: 2014 Staged by: Richard Jones Cat. No. A02050117 | Length: 111' | Year: 2017 ROSSINI: GUILLAUME TELL Gerald Finley/John Osborn/Malin Byström/ Alexander Vinogradov/Sofia Fomina Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Staged by: Damiano Michieletto Cat. No. A02050076 | Length: 201' | Year: 2015
VERDI: IL TROVATORE Gregory Kunde/ Lianna Haroutounian/Vitaliy Bilyy/ Anita Rachvelishvili/Alexander Tsymbalyuk/ Conducted by: Richard Farnes Staged by: David Bösch Cat. No. A02050102 | Length: 140' | Year: 2017
VERDI: OTELLO Jonas Kaufmann/Maria Agresta/Ludovic Tézier/ Frédéric Antoun/Kai Rüütel Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Staged by: Keith Warner Cat. No. A02050114 | Length: 148' | Year: 2017 © Catherine Ashmore Catherine ©
PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY Ermonela Jaho/Marcelo Puente/Scott Hendricks/ Carlo Bosi/Elizabeth DeShong Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Staged by: Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier Cat. No. A02050110 | Length: 138' | Year: 2017
4 THE DREAM – SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS BALLETS – MARGUERITE AND ARMAND Akane Takada/Steven McRae/ Marianela Núñez/ Vadim Muntagirov/Zenaida Yanowsky/Roberto Bolle The Royal Ballet Music by: Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, Franz Liszt Choreography by: Frederick Ashton Conducted by: Emmanuel Plasson Cat. No. A025503910000 | Length: 121' | Year: 2017
ELIZABETH Carlos Acosta, Zenaida Yanowsky The Royal Ballet Music by: Martin Yates Choreography by: Will Tuckett Cat. No. A02050097 | Length: 93' | Year: 2016 © Johan Persson Johan © ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Lauren Cuthbertson/Federico Bonelli/James Hay/ Laura Morera/Christopher Saunders The Royal Ballet Music by: Joby Talbot Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon Conducted by: Koen Kessels Cat. No. A02050125 | Length: 126' | Year: 2017
ANASTASIA Christopher Saunders/Christina Arestis/Natalia Osipova/ © Bill Cooper Thiago Soares/Marianela Nuñez The Royal Ballet FRANKENSTEIN Music by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Bohuslav Martinů Federico Bonelli/Steven McRae/ Choreography by: Kenneth MacMillan Alexander Campbell/Laura Morera Conducted by: Simon Hewett The Royal Ballet Cat. No. A02050095 | Length: 110' | Year: 2016 Music by: Lowell Liebermann Choreography by: Liam Scarlett BERNSTEIN CELEBRATION: YUGEN – THE Conducted by: Koen Kessels AGE OF ANXIETY – CORYBANTIC GAMES Cat. No. A02050090 | Length: 131' | Year: 2016 Federico Bonelli/William Bracewell/Barry Wordsworth/ Sarah Lamb/Matthew Ball/Lauren Cuthbertson GISELLE The Royal Ballet Marianela Núñez/Vadim Muntagirov/ Music by: Leonard Bernstein Itziar Mendizabal/Bennet Gartside Choreography by: Wayne McGregor (Yugen), Liam Scarlett (The The Royal Ballet Age of Anxiety), Christopher Wheeldon (Corybantic Games) Music by: Adolphe Adam Conducted by: Koen Kessels Choreography by: Marius Petipa, Peter Wright Cat. No. A025504240000 | Length: 105' | Year: 2018 Conducted by: Barry Wordsworth Cat. No. A02050093 | Length: 115' | Year: 2016
5 Cat. No. A02050106 | Length: 138' | Year: 2017 138' A02050106 |Length: No. Cat. Kessels Koen by: Conducted Anthony Dowell, Christopher Wheeldon Ashton, Frederick Petipa, Marius by: Choreography Tchaikovsky Ilyich Pyotr by: Music Ballet Royal The Elizabeth McGorian/Christopher Saunders Muntagirov/Claire Calvert/ Nuñez/Vadim Marianela |Year: 2016 104' |Length: A02050085 No. Cat. WordsworthConducted by: Barry Ashton Frederic by: Choreography Messager André Rachmaninoff, Sergei by: Music Ballet Royal The Vadim McGorian Muntagirov/Elizabeth Cuthbertson/ McRae/Lauren Osipova/Steven Natalia |Year: 110' 2016 |Length: A02050098 No. Cat. Gruzin Boris by: Conducted Ivanov Lev Peter Wright, by: Choreography Tchaikovsky Ilyich Pyotr by: Music Ballet Royal The Lauren Cuthbertson/Federico Bonelli Avis/Francesca Hayward/Alexander Campbell/ Gary 115' |Year: approx. 2018 A02050129 |Length: No. Cat. Yates Martin by: Conducted MacMillan Kenneth by: Choreography Massenet Jules by: Music Ballet Royal The Mendizabal Avis/Itziar Gary Muntagirov/Ryoichi Lamb/Vadim Sarah Hirano/ THE SLEEPING BEAUTY RHAPSODY – PIGEONS THE TWO THE NUTCRACKER MANON
© Alice Pennefather 6 Cat. No. tba | Length: approx. 130' |Year: 130' 2018 approx. |Length: tba No. Cat. Kessels Koen by: Conducted Ivanov Lev Petipa, Marius by: Choreography Tchaikovsky Ilyich Pyotr by: Music Ballet Royal The Gartside Elizabeth McGorian/Bennet Muntagirov/ Nuñez/Vadim Marianela Cat. No. A02050103 | Length: 103' |Year: 103' 2017 A02050103 No. |Length: Cat. Kessels Koen by: Conducted Choreography by: Wayne McGregor Richter Max by: Music Ballet Royal The Stix-Brunell Hayward/Beatriz Avis/Francesca Gary Ferri/FedericoAlessandra Bonelli/Natalia Osipova/ |Year: 110' 2018 approx. A02050126 No. |Length: Cat. Tom by: Seligman Conducted Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon Talbot Joby by: Music Ballet Royal The Ball Morera/Matthew Vadim Muntagirov/Laura Lamb/ Cuthbertson/Sarah Ryoichi Hirano/Lauren 116' |Year: 2015 |Length: A025501520000 No. Cat. Yates (Carmen) Martin Plasson, Emmanuel by: Conducted (Carmen) Acosta deux), de Pas Carlos (Tchaikovsky of aFaun), Balanchine George (Afternoon Robbins Jerome (Viscera), Scarlett Liam by: Choreography Bizet Tchaikovsky, Georges Ilyich Pyotr Music by: Lowell Claude Liebermann, Debussy, Ballet Royal The McRae Vadim Muntagirov/Steven Lamb/ Acosta/Sarah Nuñez/Carlos Marianela SWAN LAKE WOOLF WORKS WOOLF TALE WINTER’S THE TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX – CARMEN AFAUN OF –VISCERA AFTERNOON –
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