La Bohème

Giacomo Puccini La Bohème opera to libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. Directed 2011 by Gale Edwards at the Sydney Opera House. Stars Ji-Min Park, Takesha Meshé Kizart, Jose Carbo, Taryn Fiebig, David Parkin, and Shane Lowrencev. Shao-Chia Lü conducts the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and the Opera Australia Chorus. Released in 2012, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: Help!

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The Mikado

Gilbert and Sullivan The Mikado operetta. Performed 2011 at the Sydney Opera in Australia. Stars Taryn Fiebig, Mitchell Butel, Warwick Fyfe, Kaneen Breen, Jacqueline Dark, and Richard Alexander. Brian Castles-Onion conducts the Victoria Orchestra and the Opera Australia Chorus. Released 2012. Grade: Help!

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Rigoletto

Verdi Rigoletto opera to libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Directed 2010 by Elijah Moshinsky at the Sydney Opera House. Stars Alan Opie, Emma Matthews, Paul O'Neill, David Parkin, Elizabeth Campbell, Christopher Hillier, Andrew Moran, Jane Parkin, David Corcoran, Gennadi Dubinsky, Jodie McGuen, and Clifford Plumpton. Giovanni Reggioli conducts the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (Concertmaster Aubrey Murphy) and the Opera Australia Chorus (Chorus Master Michael Black). Designs by Michael Yeargan; lighting by Robert Bryan; directed for TV by Cameron Kirkpatrick. Released  2011, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: Help!

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Marriage of Figaro

Mozart Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) opera to libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Although titled in English, opera is sung in Italian. Directed  2010 by Neil Armfield at the Sydney Opera House. Stars Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Taryn Feibig, Warwick Fyfe, Jacqueline Dark, Sian Pendry, Peter Coleman-Wright, Kanen Breen, Rachelle Durkin, Clifford Plumpton, Claire Lyon, Katherine Wiles, and Margaret Plummer. Patrick Summers conducts the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (Concertmaster Aubrey Murphy) and the Opera Australia Chorus (Chorus Master  Michael Black). Designs by Dale Ferguson; lighting by Rory Dempster; directed for TV by Cameran Kirkpatrick. Released  2011, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: Help!

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