Highlights from the Royal Opera DVD 1990 Music from La Bohéme, Der Rosenkavalier, Don Carlo, Falstaff / Royal Opera House Covent Garden / NVC Arts

UPC 5051011232428

MADE IN EU

REGION 2-5 NTSC DVD

AUDIO: Linear PCM Stereo 2.0

Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese

TOTAL RUNTIME: 61 minutes

English Summary:

A selection of the most popular scenes from opera, recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Includes excerpts from 'La Boheme', 'Tales of Hoffman', 'Der Rosenkavalier', 'Don Carlo', 'Falstaff' and 'Manon Lescaut'.

Enclosed in this DVD we find some excerpts from various works, relating to recordings made at the Royal Opera House Convent Garden ... "Les Contes d'Hoffman" (Offenbach) was recorded in January 1981, the artists are: Luciana Serra, Robert Tear , Claire Powell and Agnes Balsa, directed by John Schlesinger, conducts the orchestra Georges Pretre ...; The recording of "La Boheme" (Puccini) dates back to February 1982; we find Marilyn Zschau, Thomas Allen, Ileana Cotrubas, Neil Shicoff, Gwynne Howell, John Rawnsley, John Gibbs directed by John Copley; the orchestra is conducted by Lamberto Gardelli ...; "Der Rosenkavalier" (Strauss) was recorded in February 1985, the singers are: Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells and Barbara Bonney, the director is John Schlesinger, the conductor Georg Solti ...; In the excerpts from "Don Carlo" (Verdi), recorded in April 1985, we find names such as Luis Lima, Giorgio Zancanaro and Robert Lloyd; conducts the orchestra Bernard Haitink ...; Falstaff (Verdi), recorded in July 1982, is directed by Ronald Eyre, Carlo Maria Giulini conducts the orchestra and the singers are: Barbara Hendricks, Dalmacio Gonzales, Renato Bruson and Katia Ricciarelli ...; "Manon Lescaut" (Puccini) was recorded in May 1983; the artists are Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanava, directed by Gotz Friedrich and Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts the orchestra.

The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history. In 1734, the first ballet was presented. A year later, the first season of operas, by George Frideric Handel, began. Many of his operas and oratorios were specifically written for Covent Garden and had their premieres there.

The current building is the third theatre on the site, following disastrous fires in 1808 and 1856 to previous buildings. The façade, foyer, and auditorium date from 1858, but almost every other element of the present complex dates from an extensive reconstruction in the 1990s. The main auditorium seats 2,256 people, making it the third largest in London, and consists of four tiers of boxes and balconies and the amphitheatre gallery. The proscenium is 14.80 m wide and 12.20 m high. The main auditorium is a Grade I listed building.