RELEASE DATE JANUARY 2017

GALA PERFORMANCES BOX SET The Royal Opera | The Royal Ballet

Two spectacular gala concerts from the stage of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, are brought together here in their unforgettable glory. In the 1993 Winter Gala, world-leading singers (including Plácido Domingo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Kiri Te Kanawa) and dancers (including Darcey Bussell, Lesley Collier, and Irek Mukhamedov) celebrate the music of Tchaikovsky, in highlights from such opera and ballet favourites as The Queen of Spades and Eugene Onegin, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty. In the famously glittering 1996 gala concert, Domingo is joined by a cast of opera stars including Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna and Susan Graham. Asher Fisch conducts this programme of great opera arias by composers including Bizet, Massenet, Gounod, Mozart and Donizetti. These classic recordings are preserved in their original Standard Definition and 4:3 picture format, capturing The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet at a memorable period in their long history.

OPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITESOPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITESOPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITESOPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITES THE ROYAL OPERATHE ROYAL OPERATHE ROYAL OPERATHE ROYAL OPERA Artists includeArtists includeArtists includeArtists include Plácido Domingo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky Kiri Te Kanawa, Sergei Leiferkus, Anna Tomowa-Sintow ComposersComposersComposersComposers Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff Rimsky-Korsakov, Puccini THE ROYAL BALLETTHE ROYAL BALLETTHE ROYAL BALLETTHE ROYAL BALLET Artists include Artists include Artists include Artists include Leanne Benjamin, Darcey Bussell, Lesley Collier Viviana Durante, Irek Mukhamedov, Zoltán Solymosi ChoreographersChoreographersChoreographersChoreographers Balanchine, MacMillan, Page, Petipa Tuckett, Wright ROYROYROYROYAL OPERA CHORUSAL OPERA CHORUSAL OPERA CHORUSAL OPERA CHORUS ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSEORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSEORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSEORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Conductors Conductors Conductors Conductors Stephen Barlow, Plácido Domingo Edward Downes, Barry Wordsworth GREAT OPERA ARIASGREAT OPERA ARIASGREAT OPERA ARIASGREAT OPERA ARIAS THE ROYAL OPERA Artists include Artists include Artists include Artists include Plácido Domingo, Roberto Alagna Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Robert Lloyd, Lillian Watson ComposersComposersComposersComposers Bizet, Gounod, Massenet, Mozart, Donizetti, Halévy Grigoriu, De Curtis, Strauss, Mascagni, Lehár ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSEORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSEORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSEORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ConductorConductorConductorConductor Asher Fisch Catalogue numbers: OA1229BD Dealer price: £13.61 Barcode: 809478012290 Running time: 226 minutes (137 minutes - Opera and Ballet Favourites | 89 minutes – Great Opera Arias) Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Sound format: LPCM 2.0 Related Product:

THE ROYAL OPERA COLLECTION (OA1213BD) GALA DES ÉTOILES (OA1220D/OABD7207D)

2 x DVDs

GREAT OPERA ARIASGREAT OPERA ARIASGREAT OPERA ARIASGREAT OPERA ARIAS

Charles Gounod FaustFaustFaustFaust Prologue (Plácido Domingo, Robert Lloyd) Charles Gounod FaustFaustFaustFaust Avant de quitter ces lieux (Dwayne Croft) Jules Massenet Le CidLe CidLe CidLe Cid O souverain (Plácido Domingo) Georges Bizet CarmenCarmenCarmenCarmen Parle-moi de ma mère 1 (Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don GiovanniDon GiovanniDon GiovanniDon Giovanni Là ci darem (Plácido Domingo, Susan Graham) Gaetano Donizetti Don PasqualeDon PasqualeDon PasqualeDon Pasquale Quel guardo (Leontina Vaduva) Gaetano Donizetti L’elisir d’amoreL’elisir d’amoreL’elisir d’amoreL’elisir d’amore Caro elisir, sei mio (Plácido Domingo, Leontina Vaduva) Fromental Halévy La JuiveLa JuiveLa JuiveLa Juive Rachel, quand du Seigneur (Roberto Alagna) Teodor Grigoriu Valurile DunariiValurile DunariiValurile DunariiValurile Dunarii Muzica (Angela Gheorghiu) Ernesto de Curtis Tu ca nun chiagne (Roberto Alagna) Richard Strauss Der RosenkavalierDer RosenkavalierDer RosenkavalierDer Rosenkavalier The Presentation of the Rose (Susan Graham, Lillian Watson) Pietro Mascagni L’amico FritzL’amico FritzL’amico FritzL’amico Fritz Cherry Duet (Plácido Domingo, Verónica Villarroel) Franz Lehár Gold und Silber (The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conducted by Plácido Domingo)

OPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITESOPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITESOPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITESOPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITES

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky The Snow Maiden Dance of the Comedians Dance of the Comedians Dance of the Comedians Dance of the Comedians Conductor Edward Downes Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker SnowflakesSnowflakesSnowflakesSnowflakes

Choreography Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov Clara Maria Deller-Takemura Drosselmeyer’s nephew Philip Mosley Artists of the Royal Ballet Conductor Barry Wordsworth Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Six Romances Op. 6 No.6 No.6 No.6 No.6 Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal (arr.Doug Riley) Plácido Domingo Conductor Edward Downes Cello Christopher Vanderspar Sergey Rakhmaninov Vocalise 5.31

Kiri Te Kanawa Conductor Stephen Barlow Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades Ya vas lyublyu bezmerno Ya vas lyublyu bezmerno Ya vas lyublyu bezmerno Ya vas lyublyu bezmerno Dmitri Hvorostovsky Conductor Stephen Barlow Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky pas de deux Choreography George Balanchine Darcey Bussell, Zoltán Solymosi Conductor BarryWordsworth Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Iolanta Gospod’moy, yesti greshen ya Gospod’moy, yesti greshen ya Gospod’moy, yesti greshen ya Gospod’moy, yesti greshen ya Paata Burchuladze Conductor Edward Downes Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades Akh, istomilas’ ya gorem’ Akh, istomilas’ ya gorem’ Akh, istomilas’ ya gorem’ Akh, istomilas’ ya gorem’ Anna Tomowa-Sintow Conductor Stephen Barlow 10 Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Grand pas de deux Grand pas de deux Grand pas de deux Grand pas de deux 12.29

Choreography Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov Leanne Benjamin, Tetsuya Kumakawa conductor Barry Wordsworth Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture ChoreographyWilliam Tuckett Elizabeth McGorian,Adam Cooper, Iohna Loots Conductor Plácido Domingo Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko Song of the Varangian Trader Song of the Varangian Trader Song of the Varangian Trader Song of the Varangian Trader & Song of the Venetian Trader Song of the Venetian Trader Song of the Venetian Trader Song of the Venetian Trader Paata Burchuladze, Dmitri Hvorostovsky Conductor Edward Downes Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Anastasia Pas de deuxPas de deuxPas de deuxPas de deux

Choreography Kenneth MacMillan Viviana Durante, Bruce Sansom Conductor BarryWordsworth

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