Puccini: Madama Butterfly DVD (The Royal Opera)As the young Japanese girl cruelly abandoned by an American naval officer, Ermonela Jaho caused a sensation with her Covent Garden performances of Cio Cio San in Puccinis tragedy Madama Butterfly. Wonderfully, one of these performances was preserved for posterity and, originally aired in cinemas in 2017, it's now available on DVD on Blu ray. In tandem with a fabulous cast that also included Marcelo Puente as the callous Pinkerton, Antonio Pappano

which locates the period around 1840

Corybantic Games by Christopher Wheeldon responds to the Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’)

Persson a sensual

Sylvia (2005)

"I was sniffy about her [Fleming] first night but this DVD comes from later in the run

Picture: 16:9Sound format: LPCM 2

Lauretta: Ekaterina Siurina

Verdi's ever-so-dramatic I due Foscari for The Royal Opera on DVD with Thaddeus Strassberger's Venetian court behind the scenes staging and grand sets

Aida (recorded 1994)

Don Basilio: Alan Oke

24 June - 10 July 1993

The Royal Opera Extra ChorusChorus Master: Stephen WestropOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentConductor: Christopher HogwoodMusic: George Frideric HandelDirector and Choreographer: Wayne McGregorAssistant Director and Choreographer: Laïla DialloDesigns: Hildegard BechlerLighting: Lucy Carter