The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet Highlights 歌剧、芭蕾精选
                      Released: 2008
                      Genre: Opera, ballet
                      Artist: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Opera House,
                              Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Northwest Ballet,
                              Paris Opera Orchestra, Les Talens Lyrikes

                      Issued: United States | Opus Arte
                      Length: 00:46:15
                     
                      Video
                          Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
                          Video resolution: 1080i
                          Aspect ratio: 1.78:1

                      Audio
                          Music: LPCM 5.1
                          Music: LPCM 2.0
                          Music: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
                          Music: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

                      Discs
                          25GB Blu-ray Disc
                          Single disc (1 BD)

1. Verdi: Il Trovatore - Gypsy Chorus 威尔第《游唱诗人》
    Act II:Gypsy Chorus
    The Royal Opera Chorus
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
    Carlo Rizzi,conductor
    Recorded live at the Royal Opera House in 2002
A segment from Elijah Moshinsky's rendition of Verdi's famous opera in a co-production between Teatro Real Madrid and Royal Opera House conducted by Carlo Rizzi. The scene is known for the interesting interaction between the orchestra and the chorus.

2. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Entrance of the Swans ACT II 柴可夫斯基《天鹅湖》
    Act II:Entrance of the swans
    Paris Opera Ballet
    Paris Opera Orchestra
    Vello P?hn,Musical Director
    Recorded live at the Palais Garnier, Paris in December 2005
This specific scene highlights the mass swan-dance from the classic ballet. The stage is lit in lovely blue colors captured by a multitude of HD cameras. A Paris Opera Ballet production and musical director Vello Pahn choreographed by Rudolph Nureyev.

3. Mozart: The Magic Flute - Aria - Queen of the Night ACT II (3.07) 莫扎特《魔笛》
    Act II, Ariaer H?lle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
    Queen of Night–Diana Damrau
    The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
    Colin Davis,conductor
    Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 27 January 2003
The key aria in this memorable work performed by Diana Damrau. A Royal Opera House production recorded live at the Covent Garden in 2003. Conducted by Sir Colin Davis and produced by David McVicar.

4. Puccini: La Boheme - Che gelida manina! 普契尼《波西米亚人》
    Act I:Che gelida manina!
    Rodolfo– Aquiles Machado
    Teatro Real Orchestra
    Jesús Lopez-Cobos,conductor
    Recorded live at the Teatro Real, Madrid, March 2006
Courtesy of the Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at Teatro Real. Staged by Giancarlo de Monaco and conducted by Jesus Lopez Cobos this specific rendition of Puccini's masterpiece unites a cohort of terrific singers - Inva Mula (Mimi), Aquiles Machado (Rodolfo), Fabio Maria Capitanucci (Marcello), Laura Giordano (Musetta), David Menendez (Schaunard), and Felipe Bou (Coline). The scene highlights the lovely duet between Rodolfo and Mimi.

5. Bizet: Carmen - Habanera 比才《卡门》
    Act I:Habanera
    Carmen–Anne Sofie von Otter
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Philippe Jordan,conductor
    Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Sus, 17 August 2002.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Chorus are led by Pieter Schoeman and conductor Philippe Jordan in this rather contemporary take on the notorious Carmen. With Anne Sofie von Otter.

6. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Divertissement ACT II 门德尔松《仲夏夜之梦》
    Act IIivertissement
    Pacific Northwest Ballet
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Stewart Kershaw,conductor
    Recorded live at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, February 1999.
Another excerpt from a famous ballet, and another mass dancing scene. A co-production between the BBC Concert Orchestra and Pacific Northwest Ballet choreographed by Georges Balanchine and conducted by Stewart Kershaw.

7. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro 普契尼《贾尼 斯基基》
    O mio babbino caro
    Lauretta–Sally Matthews
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Vladimir Jurowski,conductor
    Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Sus, UK on 11 July 2004.
A scene from a disc containing not only Puccini's Gaianni Schicci but Rachmaninov's The Miserly Knight. Gianni Schicchi, an opera in one act, was composed to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano and based on an episode (Canto xxx, 1.32) from Dante's Inferno. It was first performed at the Metropolitan, New York, in 1918. The scene is from the Glyndebourne performance staged under the supervision of Annabel Arden and London Philharmonic conductor Vladimir Jurowski.

8. Strauss: Die Fledermaus - Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka 约翰斯特劳斯 《蝙蝠》
    Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
    The London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Vladimir Jurowski,conductor
    Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, 17 August 2003.
Part of the ball at Prince Orlovsky's estate. The opera in itself is a sarcastic farce with serious social overtones written on a libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genee. It is based on Le R関eillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Hal関y. It was first staged in Vienna, on April 5, 1874. This a production of the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

9. Rameau: Zoroastre - Entr'acte Ouverture/A mes tristes regards ACTII/Scene I 拉莫《拜火教主琐罗亚斯德》
    Overture/ Act II:à mes tristes regards
    Zoroastre-Anders J. Dahlin
    Les Talens Lyriques
    The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra
    Christophe Rousset,Musical Director
    Recorded live at Drottningholms Slottsteater on the Drottningholm Island, Stockholm in July 2006
This scene is part of a production that was recorded by Camera Lucida Productions - SVT in 2006 (co-production with ARTE France). It was staged under the supervision of Pierre Audi at the Drottningholm Theatre with the assistance of The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra and Chorus and Les Talens Lyriques.

10. Rossini: La Cenerentola - Signora Altezza ACT I 罗西尼 《灰姑娘》
    Act I:Signora altezza
    Angelina (Cenerentola) – Ruxandra Donose
    Don Ramiro– Maxim Mironov
    Dandini– Simone Alberghini
    Don Magnifico– Luciano di Pasquale
    Clorinda– Raquela Sheeran
    Tisbe –Lucia Cirillo
    Alidoro –Nathan Berg
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Vladimir Jurowski,conductor
    Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sus, 2 and 4 June 2005.
Inspired by the famous story Cendrillon, ou La petite pentoufle de verre from Charles Perrault's Les histoires ou Contes du temps pass?/i> (1697) and with a libretto by Jacopo Ferretti La Cenerentola premiered in 1817. Under the supervision of Sir Peter Hall and with spectacular set designs by Hildegard Bechtler La Cenerentola was recorded at the Glyndebourne Opera House, East Sus, in June of 2005.

11. Bellini: Norma - Casta Diva 贝利尼《诺尔玛》
    Act I:Casta Diva
    Norma–Hasmik Papian
    Netherlands Opera Chorus
    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
    Julian Reynolds,conductor
    Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 2005.
Norma, a lyrical tragedy in two acts, premiered at La Scala on December 26, 1831. A prime example of the expressive bel canto (beautiful singing) style the opera effectively reunites the poetic beauty of classic Italian literature with the genuine expressiveness of Italian music. The scene is part of a notably contemporary rendition of Norma courtesy of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Chorus De Nederlandse Opera under the supervision of Julian Reynolds.

12. Balanchine: Jewels - Emeralds - Final (Faure) 巴兰钦《珠宝》
    Emeralds – Final
    Ballet de L'Opera national de Paris
    Orchestre de L'Opera national de Paris
    Paul Connelly,conductor
    Recorded live at the Opéra national de Paris, October and November 2005.
Three different ballets are effectively merged into one in legendary choreographer George Balanchine's (1904-1988) Jewels. The first one, a scene of which is offered on this disc, is titled simply Emeralds. It boasts music by French composer Gabriel Faurre's "Pelleas and Melisande". This is an effective piece where imagination and elegance are mixed to perfection. Green is the prevalent color here and it appears as part of the stage decors as well as the dancer's costumes courtesy of top-designer Christian Lacroix. Added to the repertoire of Opera national de Paris in 2000.

13. Mozart: Die Zuberflote, Pa-pa-pa-pa (duet) 莫扎特《魔笛》
    Act II: Dueta-pa-pa-pa
    Cecilia Bartoli,mezzo-soprano
    Bryn Terfel,bass-baritone
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Myung-Whun Chung,conductor
    Recorded live in Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, Sus, on 24 April 1999.
Recorded in 1999 at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, UK Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel sing arias from such renowned classics as Mozart's Don Giovanni, Rossini's Il barbierre di Seviglia, and Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, among others. In collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Myung-Whun Chung.