Verdi - The Shakespeare Operas - Macbeth / Otello / Falstaff (Opus Arte, 4 DVDs)

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Macbeth:
Recorded live at The Royal Opera House, 13 June, 2011.
Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Lady Macbeth), Raymond Aceto (Banquo), Dmitri Pittas (Macduff), Nigel Cliffe (Servant), Steven Ebel (Malcolm), Elisabeth Meister (Lady-in-Waiting) & Lukas Jakobski (Doctor)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Phyllida Lloyd (stage director)

Otello
Recorded live at the Gran teatre del Liceu, Barcelona on 21st & 24th February 2006.
José Cura (Otello), Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona), Lado Ataneli (Iago), Vittorio Grigolo (Cassio), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Emilia), Vicenç Esteve Madrid (Rodrigo), Giorgio Giuseppini (Lodovico), Francisco Santiago (Montano), Roberto Accurso (Un Araldo)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Antoni Ros-Marbà (musical director) & Willy Decker (stage director)

Falstaff
Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, June 2009.
Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Tassis Christoyannis (Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford), Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page), Adriana Kucerova (Nanetta), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Peter Hall (Dr Caius), Alasdair Elliott (Bardolpho), Paolo Battaglia (Pistol)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)

01. Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
02. Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
03. Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff