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Aida

Aida Podcast

General Director James Wright discusses Aida in this podcast.

Aida Podcast

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General Director James Wright discusses Aida in this podcast.

Music Clip - Celeste Aida

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Royal Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
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Music Clip - Celeste Aida

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Aida - Montserrat Caballé
Radamès - Plácido Domingo
Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Ramfis - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli
The King of Egypt - Luigi Roni

Royal Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
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Music Clip - Gloria All'Egitto

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Royal Opera Chorus
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Music Clip - Gloria All'Egitto

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Aida - Montserrat Caballé
Radamès - Plácido Domingo
Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Ramfis - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli
The King of Egypt - Luigi Roni

Royal Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
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Music Clip - O patria mia

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Royal Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
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Music Clip - O patria mia

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Aida - Montserrat Caballé
Radamès - Plácido Domingo
Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Ramfis - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli
The King of Egypt - Luigi Roni

Royal Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
cond. Riccardo Muti

Music Clip - O terra, addio

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Royal Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
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Music Clip - O terra, addio

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Aida - Montserrat Caballé
Radamès - Plácido Domingo
Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Ramfis - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli
The King of Egypt - Luigi Roni

Royal Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
cond. Riccardo Muti

Aida Manga!

The Barber of Seville

Barber of Seville Podcast

General Director James Wright discusses The Barber of Seville in this podcast.

Barber of Seville Podcast

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General Director James Wright discusses The Barber of Seville in this podcast.

Music Clip - Largo al Factotum

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London Symphony Orchestra
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Music Clip - Largo al Factotum

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Rosina - Beverly Sills
Almaviva - Nicolai Gedda
Figaro - Sherril Milnes
Bartolo - Renata Capecchi
Basilio - Ruggero Raimondi
Berta - Fedora Barbieri
Fiorello - Joseph Galiano
Ambrogio/Ufficiale - Michael Rippon

London Symphony Orchestra
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Music Clip - Una voce poco fa

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Music Clip - Una voce poco fa

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London Symphony Orchestra
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Music Clip - Don Basilio! Cosa veggo!

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Music Clip - Don Basilio! Cosa veggo!

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London Symphony Orchestra
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Music Clip - Ah, qual colpo inaspettato!

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Music Clip - Ah, qual colpo inaspettato!

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London Symphony Orchestra
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Music Clip - Barber of Seville Overture

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Music Clip - Barber of Seville Overture

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London Symphony Orchestra
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The Barber of Seville Manga!

Barber of Seville Production Album

Costume under construction for The Barber of Seville

Roméo and Juliette

Romeo et Juliette Slideshow

See images from Roméo et Juliette

Behind the Scenes

Romeo et Juliette Rehearsals

Behind-the-scenes at rehearsals and interviews with the cast and conductor

Roméo et Juliette rehearsals, plus interviews with the cast and conductor.

The Performance

Watch scenes from VO's Roméo et Juliette

Watch Scenes from Roméo et Juliette

Audience Reactions

Audiences tell us what they think of Roméo et Juliette.

What do audiences think of Roméo et Juliette?

Music Clips

À toi, ma Juliette!

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Choeur et Orchestra National di Capitole de Toulouse
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À toi, ma Juliette!

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Roméo - Robert Alagna
Juliette - Angela Gheorghiu
Friar Laurence - José Van Dam
Stephano - Marie-Ange Todorovitch
Mercutio - Simon Keenlyside
Capulet - Alain Fondary
Gertrude - Claire Larcher
Tybalt - Danile Glavez - Vallejo
Benvolio - Guy Flechter
Paris - Didier Henry

Choeur et Orchestra National di Capitole de Toulouse
cond. Michel Plasson

L'amour! L'amour!

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Choeur et Orchestra National di Capitole de Toulouse
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L'amour! L'amour!

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Choeur et Orchestra National di Capitole de Toulouse
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Non! Non! Je ne veux pas...

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Non! Non! Je ne veux pas...

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Choeur et Orchestra National di Capitole de Toulouse
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Va! Je t'ai pardoneé Nuit...

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Choeur et Orchestra National di Capitole de Toulouse
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Va! Je t'ai pardoneé Nuit...

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Choeur et Orchestra National di Capitole de Toulouse
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Podcast

Romeo et Juliette Podcast

VO General Director James Wright discusses Roméo et Juliette in this podcast

Romeo et Juliette Podcast

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VO General Director James Wright discusses Roméo et Juliette in this podcast

OperaManga!

Roméo et Juliette Opera Manga!
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West Side Story

Watch Scenes from West Side Story

Opening Night Reactions to West Side Story

West Side Story Photo Slideshow

Interviews with the Cast & Creative Team

Interviews with Colin Ainsworth, Lucia Cesaroni, Ken Cazan and Tracey Flye

Interview with 'Bernardo' and 'Anita'

Interview with West Side Story Dancers

VO's Jeff Sodowsky Interviews Cleopatra Williams and Dani Jazzar

Interview with Conductor Leslie Dala

VO's Jeff Sodowsky talks to Conductor Leslie Dala about the music of West Side Story

Interview with Head of Costumes Parvin Mirhady

VO's Jeff Sodowsky Interviews Head of Costumes Parvin Mirhady

West Side Story TV Ad

VO's TV ad for West Side Story

VO's TV ad for West Side Story, created by Giant Ant Media

West Side Story Manga

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West Side Story Audio Clips & Podcast

Gee, Officer Krupke!

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
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Gee, Officer Krupke!

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Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
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Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez

Somewhere

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
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Somewhere

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Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
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Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez

The Dance at the Gym

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
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The Dance at the Gym

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Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
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Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez

Tonight

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
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Tonight

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Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
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Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez

West Side Story Podcast

VO General Director James W. Wright on West Side Story

West Side Story Podcast

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Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Music

Opera Manga Archives!

Here are all the Vancouver Opera Manga, from the very first Japanese-language instalment in 2003.

2003-2004 Season

The Barber of Seville - Japanese

Threepenny Opera - Japanese

La Traviata - Japanese

2004-2005 Season

The Masked Ball - Japanese

Madama Butterfly - Japanese

Cosi fan tutte - Japanese

Naomi's Road - Japanese

Der Rosenkavelier - Japanese

2005-2006 Season

Dialogues of the Carmelites - Japanese

Faust

Turandot - Japanese

2006-2007 Season

Tosca - Japanese

Tosca

2007-2008 Season

La Boheme - Japanese

La Boheme

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci - Japanese

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci

Fidelio - Japanese

Fidelio

The Italian Girl in Algiers - Japanese

The Italian Girl in Algiers

2008-2009 Season

Carmen

Eugene Onegin

Rigoletto

Salome

2009-2010 Season

Norma

Nixon in China

The Marriage of Figaro

Madama Butterfly

2010-2011 Season

LIllian Alling

Lucia di Lammermoor

La Clemenza di Tito

La Traviata

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