Opus Arte Various: Comedy/ Tragedy (Gianni Schicchi/ L'Elisir D'Amore/ Falstaff/ Carmen/ Miserly Knight) [DVD] [2011] [Region 1] [NTSC]

The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world's most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and this new collection offers the choice of five classic opera productions including Gianni Schicchi, L'elisir d'amore, Falstaff, Carmen and The Miserly Knight Works: Bizet: Carmen Anne Sofie von Otter (Carmen); Marcus Haddock (Don José); Laurent Naouri (Escamillo); Lisa Milne (Micaela); Philippe Jordan (conductor); David McVicar (director) Donizetti:L'elisir d'amore Ekaterina Siurina (Adina); Peter Auty (Nemorino); Alfredo Daza (Belcore); Luciano di Pasquale (Dulcamara); Eliana Pretorian (Giannetta); Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director) Puccini:Gianni Schicchi Alessandro Corbelli (Schicchi); Massimo Giordano (Rinuccio); Sally Matthews (Lauretta); Felicity Palmer (Zita); Marie McLaughlin (La Ciesca); Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director) Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight Sergei Leiferkus (The Baron); Richard Berkeley-Steele (Albert); Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (Moneylender); Albert Schagidullin (The Duke); Maxim Mikhailov (The Servant); Matilda Leyser ("Aerialist"); Vladimir Jurowski (conductor); Annabel Arden (director) Verdi: Falstaff Christopher Purves (Falstaff); Tassis Christoyannis (Ford); Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly); Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford); Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page); Adriana Kucerova (Nanetta); Bulent Bezduz (Fenton); Peter Hall (Dr Caius); Alasdair Elliott (Bardolpho); Paolo Battaglia (Pistol); Vladimir Jurowski (conductor); Richard Jones (director) Press Reviews "In the pit, Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic hone their reflexes so that the instrumental guffaw, exclamation, explosive flourish leaps out at you. It's exciting and detailed and rhythmically so alive." (The Independent) Cast Alessandro Corbelli (Gianni Schicchi) Ekaterina Siurina (Adina) Christopher Purves (Falstaff) Anne Sofie von Otter (Carmen) Sergei Leiferkus (The Baron) London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski; Maurizio Benini; Adriana Kucerova; Philippe Jordan Stage Director: Annabel Arden; Richard Jones; David McVicar Catalogue Number: OA1059BD Running Time: 750 minutes Sound: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT (Gianni Schicchi, L'elisir d'amore, Falstaff) EN, FR, DE, ES (Carmen, The Miserly Knight) Label: Opus Arte Review In the pit, Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic hone their reflexes so that the instrumental guffaw, exclamation, explosive flourish leaps out at you. Its exciting and detailed and rhythmically so alive. --The Independent