Elton John: The Royal Opera House (2002)
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Elton and his band are accompanied by London's Royal Academy of Music Orchestra and Choir, performing a rare concert at the legendary Royal Opera House, with songs that include Take Me To The Pilot, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Burn Down The Mission and Philadelphia Freedom.
The Magic Flute opens with Prince Tamino being rescued from a serpent by Ladies in the employ of the Queen of the Night. Papageno the bird-catcher arrives and claims he killed the serpent, but the outraged Ladies padlock Papageno's mouth for his lie. They also show Tamino a portrait of Princess Pamina, the Queen's kidnapped daughter, and he immediately falls in love. Protected by a golden flute, he sets off with the bird-catcher Papageno to rescue Pamina from the clutches of the sorcerer Sarastro and a madcap adventure involving magicians, wild animals and very Masonic-like trials. Triumphing over all adversity, the lovers unite, as the forces of light banish the darkness and Papageno even finds a true love of his own. The internationally renowned Mozart interpreter Sir Colin Davis conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House and a glittering cast in David McVicar's 2003 production of the opera Mozart wrote in the final year of his life, recorded live at Covent Garden.
Renée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with a sparkling personality and a velvet-toned voice that is capable of wringing the finest emotions out of works by Strauss and Tchaikovsky that from a lesser singer could sound rather cold and clinical. I wouldn't have thought her voice would be so well suited to Violetta Valéry in La Traviata, and it does take some getting used to, but I think she at least brings a distinct quality to the role with an emotional heart that isn't always necessarily there when a leading diva uses it primarily as a display for her vocal talents. It's served well also by Antonio Pappano's conducting of the Royal Opera House Orchestra in a traditional, but effective production by Richard Eyre.
John Copley's enduring production of one of the most famously melodious and popular of all operas is a classic of the Royal Opera repertory. With historically accurate designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman and an excellent cast headed by Hibla Gerzmava and Teodor Ilincai, this 2009 revival, in which conductor Andris Nelsons makes a distinguished Royal Opera House debut, does full justice to Puccini's masterpiece. Recorded 2009.
The first revival of David Bösch’s new production for The Royal Opera, with two casts including Maria Agresta, Lianna Haroutounian and Anita Rachvelishvili.
The diversity of Wayne McGregor's astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma, Infra and Limen, each created for The Royal Ballet, for whom he is resident choreographer. Intimate yet universal, light yet dark, frenetic yet lyrical, McGregor pursues his passion for exploring the inner workings of the human body and mind, his many-layered and beautiful dances providing visual, sensual and kinaesthetic stimulus for the viewer. Works: Chroma (Talbot; White III); Infra (Richter); Limen (Saariaho).
Verdi’s life-long love affair with Shakespeare’s works began with Macbeth, a play he considered to be ‘one of the greatest creations of man’. With his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, Verdi set out to create ‘something out of the ordinary’. Their success is borne out in every bar of a score that sees Verdi at his most theatrical: it bristles with demonic energy.
사랑에 빠진 후작의 딸 레오노라와 애인 알바로는 달아나던 중 알바로의 실수로 후작을 죽인다. 이 사건으로 두 사람은 헤어지고, 레오노라는 수도원에 들어가고 알바로는 군대에 자원한다. 오빠 돈 카를로도 이름을 바꾸고 스페인 군대에 들어가는데 그곳에서 전투 중 알바로와 친구가 된다. 그러나 알바로가 가지고 있던 레오노라의 초상화를 발견하고는 그의 정체에 분노한다. 돈 카를로는 복수를 위해 다시 그들을 찾아 헤맨 끝에 알바로를 발견하고 레오노라가 있는 수도원 근처에서 결투를 하게 된다. 결투 중 칼에 찔린 돈 카를로는 비명 소리를 듣고 달려오던 레오노라를 찌르고 함께 죽는다. 남겨진 알바로는 자신의 운명을 저주한다.
악마에게 영혼을 판 파우스트의 방황과 구원을 그린 오페라 실황영상
담배공장에서 담뱃잎을 말아 생활하던 가난한 하층민 집시 여성 카르멘은 싸움에 말려 감옥에 갈 위기에 처하지만 군인 호세를 유혹하여 풀려난다. 다시 만난 호세와 카르멘은 사랑에 빠지게 되지만 몇 달 후 호세는 자신에게 싫증이 난 그녀의 마음이 투우사 에스카미요에게 있다는 것을 알게 되고 극단의 선택을 하기에 이른다.
The Royal Ballet presents the world premiere of Cathy Marston's first work for the Company on the Main Stage alongside a revival of Jerome Robbins’s timeless classic of pure dance. The Cellist is a one-act ballet about British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, from her discovery of the cello through her celebrity as one of the most extraordinary players of the instrument to her frustration and struggle with multiple sclerosis. Jerome Robbins's Dances at a Gathering is a fluid exercise in pure dance for five couples, set to piano music by Fryderyk Chopin.
헤르만 장교는 ‘스페이드의 여왕’이라고 불리는 백작부인의 손녀 리자와 사랑하는 사이지만, 백작부인이 카드놀이에서 반드시 이기는 방법을 알고 있다는 이야기를 듣고는 그 비결을 알아내기 위해 백작부인에게 접근한다. 그 과정에서 부인이 갑작스런 충격으로 죽고, 리자는 배신감에 휩싸인다. 헤르만은 백작부인 유령으로부터 이길 수 있는 카드의 순서를 전수받고 도박장으로 달려가 처음 두 번은 성공하지만 마지막 게임에서 스페이드 퀸이 아닌 스페이드 에이스에 돈을 거는 바람에 모든 돈을 잃고 미쳐 버린다.
