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Verdi: La Traviata -- Royal Opera House [1994] (NTSC)

starring: Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci, Leah-Marian Jones, Gillian Knight
directed by: Humphrey Burton, Peter Maniura

March 12, 2001
This is the opera that shot Georgiu to stardom. It's easy to see why, with her combination of acting, looks and singing. Violetta is a very difficult role, it places very different demands on the singer in each act. Georgiu isn't quite ideal for act 1, but after that she's really in her element. You can practically see the paternal pride in Solti's face as he watches his young protegee bloom. Surely the definitive Traviata.

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Dido & Aeneas [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Maria Ewing, Karl Daymond, Rebecca Evans, Sally Burgess, Patricia Rozario
directed by: Peter Maniura

June 24, 2008
This is the opera that shot Georgiu to stardom. It's easy to see why, with her combination of acting, looks and singing. Violetta is a very difficult role, it places very different demands on the singer in each act. Georgiu isn't quite ideal for act 1, but after that she's really in her element. You can practically see the paternal pride in Solti's face as he watches his young protegee bloom. Surely the definitive Traviata.

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Troyens - Hector Berlioz, Les [2004]

starring: Susan Graham, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Gregory Kunde, Ludovic Tézier, Laurent Naouri
directed by: Peter Maniura

August 30, 2004
As ever so often with the house of BBC Opus Arte, this is an outstanding product, with superior packaging and domumentation, hair-rising state of the art sonics and video quality, and relevant and interesting material supplementary to the main "feature" (a full-length documentary on the production itself deriving from a BBC TV programme, with interviews with the main singers, the conductor and the producer and a sound -i.e., read- detailed synopsis of the opera's plot with visual references to the performance itself). "The Trojans" is nor precisely a repertory work so these extra items do mean an important advantage.

In fact, there's practically nothing at fault here, although not all reviews in this site are favourable. I suppose ... Read More:

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Maria Ewing - Dido And Aeneas [1995]

starring: Maria Ewing, Karl Daymond, Rebecca Evans, Sally Burgess, Patricia Rozario
directed by: Peter Maniura

November 10, 2008
As ever so often with the house of BBC Opus Arte, this is an outstanding product, with superior packaging and domumentation, hair-rising state of the art sonics and video quality, and relevant and interesting material supplementary to the main "feature" (a full-length documentary on the production itself deriving from a BBC TV programme, with interviews with the main singers, the conductor and the producer and a sound -i.e., read- detailed synopsis of the opera's plot with visual references to the performance itself). "The Trojans" is nor precisely a repertory work so these extra items do mean an important advantage.

In fact, there's practically nothing at fault here, although not all reviews in this site are favourable. I suppose ... Read More:

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Adams: El Nino [2000]

starring: Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Willard White
directed by: Peter Maniura

November 05, 2001
This is a gorgeous, lush, minimal opera.

John Adams explores the Christmas myths with his usual wit and energy. The Audio CD is wonderful but with the added depth of Sellars film and visual work the opera opens up into new vistas. Glorious!

A little patch of heaven.

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Maria Ewing - Dido And Aeneas [1995]

starring: Maria Ewing, Karl Daymond, Rebecca Evans, Sally Burgess, Patricia Rozario
directed by: Peter Maniura

July 22, 1996
This is a gorgeous, lush, minimal opera.

John Adams explores the Christmas myths with his usual wit and energy. The Audio CD is wonderful but with the added depth of Sellars film and visual work the opera opens up into new vistas. Glorious!

A little patch of heaven.

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Pique Dame [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Nancy Gustafson, Sergei Leiferkus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Marusin, Felicity Palmer
directed by: Peter Maniura, Graham Vick

December 14, 1999
This is a gorgeous, lush, minimal opera.

John Adams explores the Christmas myths with his usual wit and energy. The Audio CD is wonderful but with the added depth of Sellars film and visual work the opera opens up into new vistas. Glorious!

A little patch of heaven.

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Greek - Turnage [1990] (NTSC)

directed by: Peter Maniura, Jonathan Moore

October 01, 2007
This is a gorgeous, lush, minimal opera.

John Adams explores the Christmas myths with his usual wit and energy. The Audio CD is wonderful but with the added depth of Sellars film and visual work the opera opens up into new vistas. Glorious!

A little patch of heaven.

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La Traviata - Verdi [1994]

starring: Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci, Leah-Marian Jones, Gillian Knight
directed by: Humphrey Burton, Peter Maniura

June 13, 2005
This is the opera that shot Georgiu to stardom. It's easy to see why, with her combination of acting, looks and singing. Violetta is a very difficult role, it places very different demands on the singer in each act. Georgiu isn't quite ideal for act 1, but after that she's really in her element. You can practically see the paternal pride in Solti's face as he watches his young protegee bloom. Surely the definitive Traviata.

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Richard Strauss: Capriccio [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Kiri Te Kanawa, Håkan Hagegård, Tatiana Troyanos, Victor Braun, David Kuebler
directed by: Peter Maniura

June 10, 2003
This is the opera that shot Georgiu to stardom. It's easy to see why, with her combination of acting, looks and singing. Violetta is a very difficult role, it places very different demands on the singer in each act. Georgiu isn't quite ideal for act 1, but after that she's really in her element. You can practically see the paternal pride in Solti's face as he watches his young protegee bloom. Surely the definitive Traviata.