A compilation of opera & ballet highlights featuring artists including Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura, Simon Keenlyside & Agnes Letestu. The repertoire comprises: Verdi's Il Trovatore: Gypsy Chorus (Royal Opera House), Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake: Entrance of Swans
- Act 2 (Paris Opera Ballet), Mozart's The Magic Flute: Queen of the Night aria
- Act 2 (Royal Opera House), Puccini's La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina! (Teatro Real); Bizet's Carmen: Habanera (Glyndebourne), Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream: Divertissement
- Act 2 (Pacific Northwest Ballet), Puccini's Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro (Glyndebourne), Strauss's Die Fledermaus: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Glyndebourne), Rameau's Zoroastre: Entr'acte: Ouverture/A Mes Tristes Regards
- Act 2/ Scene 1 (Drottningholm Theatre), Rossini's La Cenerentola: Signora Altezza
- Act 1 (Glyndebourne), Bellini's Norma: Casta Diva (De Nederlandse Opera), Balanchine's Jewels: Emeralds
- Final (Paris Opera Ballet), Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne & Mozart's Die Zauberflote: Pa-pa-pa-pa duet (Glyndebourne).





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Live recording of the Royal Opera House's 1993 Winter Gala Concert in London's Covent Garden. Placido Domingo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Kiri Te Kanawa, Darcey Bussell & Irek Mukhamedov are among the international stars uniting to celebrate the music of Tchaikovsky, with particular emphasis on opera, concert & ballet favourites such as the 1812 Overture & the Nutcracker. ...

Three operas from the Arena di Verona Festival conducted by Daniel Oren & Nello Santi. Franco Zeffirelli directs Puccini's Madame Butterfly; Hugo de Ana directs Tosca; while Verdi's Aida is directed by Gianfranco de Bosio. Artists featured include Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcelo Alvarez, & Ruggero Raimondi. ...

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