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Carmen: Habanera (The Royal Opera)
Spanish heat and gypsy passion are brought to the stage in Francesca Zambello's vivid prod...
published: 13 Dec 2013
Carmen: Habanera (The Royal Opera)
Carmen: Habanera (The Royal Opera)
Spanish heat and gypsy passion are brought to the stage in Francesca Zambello's vivid production of Bizet's opera: http://www.roh.org.uk/carmen The Habanera is the aria Carmen sings when she first appears on stage, it is also known as 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle'. Carmen was based on a popular novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée, which enticed French readers with exotic tales of Spain. Its heady combination of passion, sensuality and violence initially proved too much for the stage and Georges Bizet's opera was a critical failure on its premiere in 1875. Bizet died shortly after, never learning of the spectacular success Carmen would achieve -- it has been staged over 500 times at Covent Garden alone. Carmen contains many well-loved numbers, such as Carmen's seductive Habanera and Escamillo's rousing Toreador's song, in which he celebrates the thrill of the bullfight. Richly coloured designs capture the sultry heat of the Spanish sun, while ranks of soldiers, crowds of peasants, gypsies and bullfighters bring 19th-century Seville alive. This combination of memorable music, vivid setting and dramatic story have made Carmen one of the most popular operas in the world.- published: 13 Dec 2013
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Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - The Royal Opera, Covent Garden
This production of Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" by Oscar-winning film director Joh...
published: 01 Mar 2012
author: classicalmusictv
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - The Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - The Royal Opera, Covent Garden
This production of Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" by Oscar-winning film director John Schlesinger, marked the 25th anniversary of Sir Georg Solti's spe...- published: 01 Mar 2012
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- author: classicalmusictv
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'Nessun dorma' from Turandot (The Royal Opera)
Marco Berti (Prince Calaf) sings 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's Turandot. One of the most f...
published: 21 Feb 2014
'Nessun dorma' from Turandot (The Royal Opera)
'Nessun dorma' from Turandot (The Royal Opera)
Marco Berti (Prince Calaf) sings 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's Turandot. One of the most famous of all arias, 'Nessun Dorma' reached number 2 in the British charts in 1990, and was performed at the Fifa World Cup. Marco Berti performed the role of Prince Calaf in Andrei Serban's Royal Opera production in the 2013 live cinema relay. http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/turandot-by-andrei-serban 'I will win' exclaims Prince Calaf as he boldly sets out to thaw the heart of the ice princess Turandot. In the final months of his life Puccini struggled to depict Calaf's triumph: he died before finishing the final act. Turandot was completed by Franco Alfano two years later and given its premiere in 1926 at La Scala, Milan. During this initial performance the conductor Arturo Toscanini famously laid down his baton in Act III, declaring 'at this point, the Maestro died'. Turandot has gone on to have great worldwide success. Puccini creates a rich soundworld for this dark and erotic fairytale. The opera contains many memorable arias, from 'Signore, ascolta', as Liù appeals to Calaf not to attempt Turandot's deadly riddles, to Turandot's defiant 'In questa reggia', as well as 'Nessun dorma', sung as Calaf anticipates winning the Princess's hand. Andrei Serban's staging -- one of the most spectacular in The Royal Opera's repertory -- transports an audience to a beautiful but savage world. Sally Jacobs's colourful sets and costumes are inspired by ancient Chinese culture, reflecting the traditional Chinese melodies woven into the score. Kate Flatt (Choreographer), Sally Jacobs (Designs), Henrik Nánási (Conductor), Lise Lindstrom (Lise Lindstrom) Eri Nakamura (Liù) in Puccini's final opera. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/turandot- published: 21 Feb 2014
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The Jewel Song from Gounod's Faust (The Royal Opera)
Angela Gheorghiu as Marguerite sings the Jewel Song from Act III of Gounod's Faust.
Find ...
published: 10 Apr 2014
The Jewel Song from Gounod's Faust (The Royal Opera)
The Jewel Song from Gounod's Faust (The Royal Opera)
Angela Gheorghiu as Marguerite sings the Jewel Song from Act III of Gounod's Faust. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/faust-by-david-mcvicar- published: 10 Apr 2014
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Elton John - Royal Opera House (Full Concert) (HQ)
Live in London, England at "The Royal Opera House", 1 december 2002. 1 - Sixty Years On (0...
published: 07 Jul 2013
author: eltonjohneltonico
Elton John - Royal Opera House (Full Concert) (HQ)
Elton John - Royal Opera House (Full Concert) (HQ)
Live in London, England at "The Royal Opera House", 1 december 2002. 1 - Sixty Years On (03:00) 2 - Take Me To The Pilot (08:26) 3 - This Train Don't Stop Th...- published: 07 Jul 2013
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- author: eltonjohneltonico
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Introducing Mozart's Don Giovanni (The Royal Opera)
Conductor Nicola Luisotti, Director Kasper Holten, Set Designer Es Devlin and members of t...
published: 12 Feb 2014
Introducing Mozart's Don Giovanni (The Royal Opera)
Introducing Mozart's Don Giovanni (The Royal Opera)
Conductor Nicola Luisotti, Director Kasper Holten, Set Designer Es Devlin and members of the cast, including Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Véronique Gens (Donna Elvira), Elizabeth Watts (Zerlina), Alex Esposito (Leporello) and Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni) introduce Mozart's Don Giovanni. http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/don-giovanni-by-kasper-holten Mozart's Don Giovanni -- first staged in 1787 -- offers boundless scope for directors. Kasper Holten offers a new interpretation that foregrounds the theme of imagination. Don Giovanni is cast as an artist who seduces an endless stream of women through his ability to create wonderful illusions. His catalogue of sexual conquests is a vain attempt to escape his own mortality and comes at a high price. Holten presents an exciting visual universe that ranges from colourful comedy to exhilarating drama. Set designs by Es Devlin -- who was most recently at Covent Garden with Les Troyens -- and costume designs by Anja Vang Kragh (Stella McCartney, John Galliano, Christian Dior) complete an impressive creative team. The production highlights the beauty and invention of Mozart's dazzling score, which ranges from gorgeous arias and dramatic duets to the brilliant layering of dance melodies that bring Act I to a virtuoso close.- published: 12 Feb 2014
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Anna Nicole trailer (The Royal Opera)
Sex, celebrity and scandal: Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera draws on the dramatic life and de...
published: 24 Jul 2014
Anna Nicole trailer (The Royal Opera)
Anna Nicole trailer (The Royal Opera)
Sex, celebrity and scandal: Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera draws on the dramatic life and death of Anna Nicole Smith. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/anna-nicole-by-richard-jones A small-town waitress decides to become a stripper, weds an octogenarian billionaire and becomes a Playboy model and celebrity. But as her fame grows, so does the exploitative behaviour of those close to her, the intrusiveness of the media and her own dependence on drink and pills. The flamboyant life and tragic death of Anna Nicole Smith inspired Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera, commissioned by The Royal Opera and first performed in 2011. The razor-sharp libretto is by Richard Thomas, co-creator of Jerry Springer: the Opera. Richard Jones's Olivier-nominated production mixes comedy and tragedy, and boldly confronts the nature of modern celebrity culture. The music fuses jazz, blues and music theatre with more traditional operatic language. Highlights include Anna's wedding scene, in which she declares her intention to live the 'American Dream'; a rowdy party, complete with jazz trio; an Expressionist interlude showing the decline of Anna's fortunes; the long, hopeless list of pills sung by Anna's son Daniel; and Anna's poignant final lament sung over Daniel's dead body.- published: 24 Jul 2014
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Inside Opera: Becoming Zerlina - From first rehearsal to stage (The Royal Opera)
In a specially created documentary, follow soprano Elizabeth Watts as she takes on the rol...
published: 12 May 2014
Inside Opera: Becoming Zerlina - From first rehearsal to stage (The Royal Opera)
Inside Opera: Becoming Zerlina - From first rehearsal to stage (The Royal Opera)
In a specially created documentary, follow soprano Elizabeth Watts as she takes on the role of Zerlina for the first time in Kasper Holten's production of Don Giovanni. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/dongiovanni A film by Pinny Grylls. Mozart's Don Giovanni -- first staged in 1787 -- offers boundless scope for directors. Kasper Holten's interpretation focuses on the power of the creative imagination. Don Giovanni is cast as an artist who seduces an endless stream of women through his ability to create wonderful illusions. His catalogue of sexual conquests is a vain attempt to escape his own mortality, and ultimately comes at a high price. Holten's production is rich in both colourful comedy and exhilarating drama. Set designs by Es Devlin (Les Troyens) and costume designs by Anja Vang Kragh (Stella McCartney, John Galliano for Christian Dior), with video projections by Luke Halls and choreography by Signe Fabricius, portray the visually entrancing world of Don Giovanni. At the heart of the production are the beauty and invention of Mozart's dazzling score, which ranges from gorgeous arias and dramatic duets to the brilliant layering of dance melodies that bring Act I to a virtuoso close.- published: 12 May 2014
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Behind the scenes on Anna Nicole (The Royal Opera)
Sex, celebrity and scandal: Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera draws on the dramatic life and de...
published: 06 Jun 2014
Behind the scenes on Anna Nicole (The Royal Opera)
Behind the scenes on Anna Nicole (The Royal Opera)
Sex, celebrity and scandal: Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera draws on the dramatic life and death of Anna Nicole Smith. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/anna-nicole-by-richard-jones A small-town waitress decides to become a stripper, weds an octogenarian billionaire and becomes a Playboy model and celebrity. But as her fame grows, so does the exploitative behaviour of those close to her, the intrusiveness of the media and her own dependence on drink and pills. The flamboyant life and tragic death of Anna Nicole Smith inspired Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera, commissioned by The Royal Opera and first performed in 2011. The razor-sharp libretto is by Richard Thomas, co-creator of Jerry Springer: the Opera. Richard Jones's Olivier-nominated production mixes comedy and tragedy, and boldly confronts the nature of modern celebrity culture. The music fuses jazz, blues and music theatre with more traditional operatic language. Highlights include Anna's wedding scene, in which she declares her intention to live the 'American Dream'; a rowdy party, complete with jazz trio; an Expressionist interlude showing the decline of Anna's fortunes; the long, hopeless list of pills sung by Anna's son Daniel; and Anna's poignant final lament sung over Daniel's dead body.- published: 06 Jun 2014
- views: 600
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Jonas Kaufmann, Kristīne Opolais and Antonio Pappano and rehearse Manon Lescaut (The Royal Opera)
Conductor Antonio Pappano rehearses with Kristīne Opolais (Manon) and Jonas Kaufmann (Des ...
published: 24 Jun 2014
Jonas Kaufmann, Kristīne Opolais and Antonio Pappano and rehearse Manon Lescaut (The Royal Opera)
Jonas Kaufmann, Kristīne Opolais and Antonio Pappano and rehearse Manon Lescaut (The Royal Opera)
Conductor Antonio Pappano rehearses with Kristīne Opolais (Manon) and Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), who are both making role debuts in Jonathan Kent's new production of Manon Lescaut. Watch them in rehearsals, and discussing the nuances of Puccini's score. Jonathan Kent's new production of Manon Lescaut was relayed live in cinemas across the world on 24 June 2014. * * * * Puccini's publisher tried to prevent him from adapting Abbé Prévost's L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut -- Massenet had already created a highly successful opera based on the novel. But Puccini was not to be dissuaded, claiming 'a woman like Manon can have more than one lover'. Despite a troubled gestation (five librettists were engaged in the project), the premiere of Manon Lescaut in 1893 was Puccini's first major triumph -- a hit with critics and the public alike. Jonathan Kent -- director of The Royal Opera's much-loved staging of Tosca -- brings a new production of Manon Lescaut to Covent Garden. Puccini's sumptuous, richly-coloured score is characterized by youthful vitality and filled with glorious melodies. Des Grieux expresses his passion for Manon in the Act I aria 'Vedete? io son fedele', lively dances evoke Manon's luxurious life in Paris in Act II, while in the impassioned finale to Act III, 'Pazza son!', Des Grieux begs to be allowed to join the imprisoned Manon on her voyage to America. The opera culminates in Manon's heartbreaking Act IV aria 'Sola, perduta, abbandonata', as she contemplates her impending death.- published: 24 Jun 2014
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Manon Lescaut Trailer (The Royal Opera)
Puccini's first triumph returns to Covent Garden for the first time in 30 years in a new s...
published: 08 May 2014
Manon Lescaut Trailer (The Royal Opera)
Manon Lescaut Trailer (The Royal Opera)
Puccini's first triumph returns to Covent Garden for the first time in 30 years in a new staging by Jonathan Kent. Find out more: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/manon-lescaut-by-jonathan-kent The production will be relayed live in cinemas around the world on 24 June 2014. Puccini's publisher tried to prevent him from adapting Abbé Prévost's L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut -- Massenet had already created a highly successful opera based on the novel. But Puccini was not to be dissuaded, claiming 'a woman like Manon can have more than one lover'. Despite a troubled gestation (five librettists were engaged in the project), the premiere of Manon Lescaut in 1893 was Puccini's first major triumph -- a hit with critics and the public alike. Jonathan Kent -- director of The Royal Opera's much-loved staging of Tosca -- brings a new production of Manon Lescaut to Covent Garden. Puccini's sumptuous, richly-coloured score is characterized by youthful vitality and filled with glorious melodies. Des Grieux expresses his passion for Manon in the Act I aria 'Vedete? io son fedele', lively dances evoke Manon's luxurious life in Paris in Act II, while in the impassioned finale to Act III, 'Pazza son!', Des Grieux begs to be allowed to join the imprisoned Manon on her voyage to America. The opera culminates in Manon's heartbreaking Act IV aria 'Sola, perduta, abbandonata', as she contemplates her impending death.- published: 08 May 2014
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Manon Trailer (The Royal Opera)
A young girl longing for love is corrupted by wealth and luxury in Massenet's classic oper...
published: 25 Nov 2013
Manon Trailer (The Royal Opera)
Manon Trailer (The Royal Opera)
A young girl longing for love is corrupted by wealth and luxury in Massenet's classic opera, directed by Laurent Pelly. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/manon-by-laurent-pelly Manon and the young student Des Grieux fall passionately in love. But Manon longs for riches, excitement and luxury. When the nobleman De Brétigny offers to make her his mistress, she finds it hard to resist.- published: 25 Nov 2013
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The Devil on stage | Faustian Pack | The Royal Opera
To complement the revival of Gounod's Faust on the main stage, the Linbury Studio Theatre ...
published: 21 Mar 2014
The Devil on stage | Faustian Pack | The Royal Opera
The Devil on stage | Faustian Pack | The Royal Opera
To complement the revival of Gounod's Faust on the main stage, the Linbury Studio Theatre hosts two contemporary retellings of Goethe's classic legend, Luke Bedford's Through His Teeth, and Matthew Herbert's The Crackle. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/faustianpack- published: 21 Mar 2014
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Antonio Pappano introduces the music of Manon Lescaut (The Royal Opera)
Music Director, The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano introduces the music to Puccini's first tr...
published: 11 Jun 2014
Antonio Pappano introduces the music of Manon Lescaut (The Royal Opera)
Antonio Pappano introduces the music of Manon Lescaut (The Royal Opera)
Music Director, The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano introduces the music to Puccini's first triumph, Manon Lescaut. With pianist Richard Hetherington and singers Benjamin Hulett and Duncan Rock. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/manonlescaut- published: 11 Jun 2014
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Marcus Davey and Kasper Holten on Orfeo
Marcus Davey, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Roundhouse, and Kasper Holten, ...
published: 15 Jul 2014
Marcus Davey and Kasper Holten on Orfeo
Marcus Davey and Kasper Holten on Orfeo
Marcus Davey, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Roundhouse, and Kasper Holten, Director of The Royal Opera, introduce Michael Boyd's new production of Monteverdi's Orfeo: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/orfeo-by-michael-boyd The project is a new collaboration between the Roundhouse and The Royal Opera. The history of great opera begins with the premiere of Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo on 24 February 1607 in the ducal palace in Mantua. It was Monteverdi's first opera, produced as courtly entertainment for the carnival season. For this 'favola in musica' (story in music) he incorporated existing musical forms, such as madrigals and the newly developed recitative (singing with speech-like rhythms and minimal accompaniment). But the result was revolutionary, possessing a powerful emotional truth that had never been seen before in musical dramas. Orfeo is rightly acclaimed as the first operatic work of art. A new collaboration between the Roundhouse and The Royal Opera, Orfeo follows on from L'Ormindo at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe, in spring 2014. Former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Michael Boyd directs in his operatic debut, with a production that is as much theatrical spectacle as tribute to Monteverdi's musical genius.- published: 15 Jul 2014
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In Conversation with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (The Royal Opera)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has delighted audiences around the world for decades. Watch one of the...
published: 04 Apr 2014
In Conversation with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (The Royal Opera)
In Conversation with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (The Royal Opera)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has delighted audiences around the world for decades. Watch one of the outstanding sopranos of her generation talk to Sir John Tusa about her extraordinary career. Find out more about Dame Kiri at http://www.roh.org.uk/people/kiri-te-kanawa Te Kanawa was born in Gisborne, New Zealand. She was educated at Saint Mary's College, Auckland, and began her singing training there as a mezzo-soprano. She won the Mobil Song Quest and the Melbourne Sun-Aria contest and enrolled at the National Opera Studio, where she received classical training as a soprano. Her sensational performance as Countess Almaviva at the Royal Opera House in 1971 launched an international career as one of the greatest lyric sopranos of her generation. In addition to performing lead roles in all of the major opera houses she has appeared in concert with the world's leading conductors and orchestras and has an extensive discography. Te Kanawa has received numerous awards and accolades, including honorary doctorates from more than ten universities, the Order of Australia, the Order of New Zealand and a DBE. She founded the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation, which provides financial and career scholarships to young New Zealand singers and musicians. She became Patron of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World (2011), returning in 2013. In autumn 2013 she made a guest appearance on the television series 'Downton Abbey' as Dame Nellie Melba.- published: 04 Apr 2014
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