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 Glyndebourne Diamonds - Five Great Opera Productions
Release Date: 06/26/2007 
Label:  Arthaus Musik (Dvd)   Catalog #: 101109  
Encoding:  Region 1 (U.S. and Canada)
Composer:  Claudio MonteverdiLudwig van BeethovenGiuseppe VerdiIgor Stravinsky
Performer:  Brian BurrowsRobert LloydAnne HowellsBenjamin LuxonDame Janet Baker
Virginia PopovaIan CaleyAnnabel HuntElisabeth Söderström
Curt AppelgrenRobert AllmanElisabeth GaleAnton de Ridder
Keith ErwenKostas PaskalisJosephine BarstowRae Woodland
James MorrisReni PenkovaMax René CosottiUgo Trama
Bernard DickersonKay GriffelDonald GrammJohn Fryatt
Nucci CondoRichard Van AllanSamuel RameyFelicity Lott
Rosalind EliasLeo Goeke
Conductor:  Raymond LeppardBernard HaitinkJohn Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic OrchestraGlyndebourne Festival Chorus

Number of Discs: 5 
Recorded in: Stereo 

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Glyndebourne Diamonds is a choice of five highly acclaimed opera productions from the famous Glyndebourne Festival. Everything about these specially selected productions is unique, with a particularly exclusive touch: the casts, the stage directors, the conductors and the atmosphere of Glyndebourne itself. Now all of these true diamonds of opera history are collected and available in this box set.

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1973 production)
Ulisse - Benjamin Luxon
Penelope - Dame Janet Baker
Minerva - Anne Howells
Nettuno - Robert Lloyd
Giove - Brian Burrows
Ericlea - Virginia Popova
Telemaco - Ian Caley
L'humana fragilta - Annabel Hunt
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Sir Peter Hall, stage director

Beethoven: Fidelio (1979 production)
Leonore - Elisabeth Söderström
Rocco - Curt Appelgren
Marzelline - Elizabeth Gale
Don Pizarro - Robert Allman
Florestan - Anton de Ridder
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Sir Peter Hall, stage director

Verdi: Macbeth (1972 production)
Macbeth - Kostas Paskalis
Lady Macbeth - Josephine Barstow
Banquo - James Morris
Macduff - Keith Erwen
Lady-in-waiting to Lady Macbeth - Rae Woodland
Malcolm - Ian Caley
Glyndebourne Chorus, Glyndebourne Ballet, London Philharmonic Orchestra
John Pritchard, conductor
Michael Hadjimischev, stage director

Verdi: Falstaff (1976 production)
Sir John Falstaff - Donald Gramm
Ford - Benjamin Luxon
Fenton - Max-René Cosotti
Dr. Caius - John Fryatt
Bardolfo - Bernard Dickerson
Pistola - Ugo Trama
Mrs. Alice Ford - Kay Griffel
Nannetta - Elizabeth Gale
Mrs. Quickly - Nucci Condo
Mrs. Page - Reni Penkova
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
John Pritchard, conductor
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, producer and designer

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1975 production)
Anne - Felicity Lott
Tom Rakewell - Leo Goeke
Trulove - Richard van Allan
Nick Shadow - Samuel Ramey
Baba the Turk - Rosalind Elias
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
John Cox, stage director

Picture format: NTSC 4:3
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Region code: 0 (all)
Menu Language: English, French, German, Spanish
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish (+ Italian for Ulisse, Macbeth and Falstaff)
Running time: 11 hours 21 minutes
No. of DVDs: 5

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1.  Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:  Brian Burrows (Tenor), Robert Lloyd (Bass), Anne Howells (Mezzo Soprano),
Benjamin Luxon (Baritone), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Virginia Popova (Mezzo Soprano),
Ian Caley (Tenor), Annabel Hunt (Alto)
Conductor:  Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra,  Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1640; Venice, Italy 
Date of Recording: 1973 
2.  Fidelio, Op. 72 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Elisabeth Söderström (Soprano), Curt Appelgren (Bass), Robert Allman (Tenor),
Elisabeth Gale (Soprano), Anton de Ridder (Tenor)
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra,  Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Period: Classical 
Written: 1804/1814; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 1979 
3.  Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Keith Erwen (Tenor), Kostas Paskalis (Baritone), Josephine Barstow (Soprano),
Rae Woodland (Soprano), James Morris (Bass), Ian Caley (Tenor)
Conductor:  John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra,  Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847/1865; Italy 
Date of Recording: 1972 
4.  Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Reni Penkova (Mezzo Soprano), Max René Cosotti (Tenor), Ugo Trama (Bass),
Bernard Dickerson (Tenor), Elisabeth Gale (Soprano), Kay Griffel (Mezzo Soprano),
Benjamin Luxon (Baritone), Donald Gramm (Bass Baritone), John Fryatt (Tenor),
Nucci Condo (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra,  Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
Date of Recording: 1976 
5.  Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Richard Van Allan (Bass), Samuel Ramey (Bass), Felicity Lott (Soprano),
Rosalind Elias (Mezzo Soprano), Leo Goeke (Tenor)
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra,  Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1948-1951; USA 
Date of Recording: 1975 
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