THE ROYAL BALLET’S BERNSTEIN CELEBRATION © Catherine Ashmore Catherine © Jonas Kaufmann in Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello 2 CONTENT 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 © Alice Pennefather Alice © © Bill Cooper MANON SWAN LAKE Sarah Lamb/Vadim Muntagirov/Ryoichi Hirano/ Marianela Nuñez/Vadim Muntagirov/ Gary Avis/Itziar Mendizabal Elizabeth McGorian/Bennet Gartside The Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet Music by: Jules Massenet Music by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by: Kenneth MacMillan Choreography by: Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Conducted by: Martin Yates Conducted by: Koen Kessels Cat. No. A02050129 | Length: approx. 115' | Year: 2018 Cat. No. tba | Length: approx. 130' | Year: 2018 THE NUTCRACKER VISCERA – AFTERNOON OF A FAUN – Gary Avis/Francesca Hayward/Alexander Campbell/ TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX – CARMEN Lauren Cuthbertson/Federico Bonelli Marianela Nuñez/Carlos Acosta/Sarah Lamb/ The Royal Ballet Vadim Muntagirov/Steven McRae Music by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Royal Ballet Choreography by: Peter Wright, Lev Ivanov Music by: Lowell Liebermann, Claude Debussy, Conducted by: Boris Gruzin Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Georges Bizet Cat. No. A02050098 | Length: 110' | Year: 2016 Choreography by: Liam Scarlett (Viscera), Jerome Robbins (Afternoon of a Faun), George Balanchine RHAPSODY – THE TWO PIGEONS (Tchaikovsky Pas de deux), Carlos Acosta (Carmen) Natalia Osipova/Steven McRae/Lauren Cuthbertson/ Conducted by: Emmanuel Plasson, Martin Yates (Carmen) Vadim Muntagirov/Elizabeth McGorian Cat. No. A025501520000 | Length: 116' | Year: 2015 The Royal Ballet Music by: Sergei Rachmaninoff, André Messager THE WINTER’S TALE Choreography by: Frederic Ashton Ryoichi Hirano/Lauren Cuthbertson/Sarah Lamb/ Conducted by: Barry Wordsworth Vadim Muntagirov/Laura Morera/Matthew Ball Cat. No. A02050085 | Length: 104' | Year: 2016 The Royal Ballet Music by: Joby Talbot Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Conducted by: Tom Seligman Marianela Nuñez/Vadim Muntagirov/Claire Calvert/ Cat. No. A02050126 | Length: approx. 110' | Year: 2018 Elizabeth McGorian/Christopher Saunders The Royal Ballet WOOLF WORKS Music by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Alessandra Ferri/Federico Bonelli/Natalia Osipova/ Choreography by: Marius Petipa, Frederick Ashton, Gary Avis/Francesca Hayward/Beatriz Stix-Brunell Anthony Dowell, Christopher Wheeldon The Royal Ballet Conducted by: Koen Kessels Music by: Max Richter Cat. 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