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Peter Grimes
Recorded live at the Teatro all Scala, June 2012
Directed by Richard Jones
John Graham-Hall (Peter Grimes)
Susan Gritton (Ellen Orford)
Christopher Purves (Balstrode)
Felicity Palmer (Auntie)
Ida Falk Winland (First Niece)
Simona Mihai (Second Niece)
Peter Hoare (Bob Boles)
Daniel Okulitch (Swallow)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs. Sedley)
Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace Adams)
George Von Bergen (Ned Keene)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Robin Ticciati
The Rape of Lucretia
Recorded live at the Aldeburgh Festival, The Maltings, Snape, 2001
Directed by David McVicar
Sarah Connolly (Lucretia)
Christopher Maltman (Tarquinius)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca)
Mary Nelson (Lucia)
Leigh Melrose (Junius)
Clive Bayley (Collatinus)
Orla Boylan (Female Chorus)
John Mark Ainsley (Male Chorus)
English National Opera
Paul Daniel
Billy Budd
Recorded in 2010
Directed by Michael Grandage
John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere)
Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd)
Phillip Ens (Claggart)
Iain Paterson (Mr Redburn)
Matthew Rose (Mr Flint)
Darren Jeffery (Lieutenant Ratcliffe)
Alasdair Elliott (Red Whiskers)
John Moore (Donald)
Jeremy White (Dansker)
Ben Johnson (Novice)
Colin Judson (Squeak)
Richard Mosley-Evans (Bosun)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mark Elder
Gloriana
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, June 2013
Directed by Richard Jones
Susan Bullock (Queen Elizabeth I)
Toby Spence (Earl of Essex)
Patricia Bardon (Countess of Essex)
Mark Stone (Lord Mountjoy)
Kate Royal (Lady Rich)
Jeremy Carpenter (Sir Robert Cecil)
Clive Bayley (Sir Walter Raleigh)
Brindley Sherratt (Ballad Singer)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Paul Daniel
Death in Venice
Recorded live at The London Coliseum, June 2013
Directed by Deborah Warner
John Graham-Hall (Gustav von Aschenbach)
Andrew Shore (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Gondolier/Barber/ Hotel Manager Player/Dionysus)
Tim Mead (Apollo)
Sam Zaldivar (Tadzio)
Laura Caldow (The Polish Mother)
Mia Angelina Mather/Xhuliana Shehu (Her Two Daughters)
Joyce Henderson (The Governess)
Marcio Teixeira (Jaschiu, Tadzio’s friend)
Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera
Edward Gardner
01. Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
02. Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
03. Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
04. Benjamin Britten: Gloriana
05. Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice
Sir Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)