GLYNDEBOURNE DIAMONDS

Five Great Opera Productions from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Including:

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1973 production)
Ulisse - Benjamin Luxon
Penelope - Dame Janet Baker
Minerva - Anne Howells
Nettuno - Robert Lloyd
Giove - Brian Burrows
Ericlea - Virginia Popova
Telemaco - Ian Caley
L'humana fragilta - Annabel Hunt
Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Sir Peter Hall, stage director

Beethoven: Fidelio (1979 production)
Leonore - Elisabeth Söderström
Rocco - Curt Appelgren
Marzelline - Elizabeth Gale
Don Pizarro - Robert Allman
Florestan - Anton de Ridder
Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Sir Peter Hall, stage director

Verdi: Macbeth (1972 production)
Macbeth - Kostas Paskalis
Lady Macbeth - Josephine Barstow
Banquo - James Morris
Macduff - Keith Erwen
Lady-in-waiting to Lady Macbeth - Rae Woodland
Malcolm - Ian Caley
Glyndebourne Chorus
Glyndebourne Ballet
London Philharmonic Orchestra
John Pritchard, conductor
Michael Hadjimischev, stage director

Verdi: Falstaff (1976 production)
Sir John Falstaff - Donald Gramm
Ford - Benjamin Luxon
Fenton - Max-René Cosotti
Dr. Caius - John Fryatt
Bardolfo - Bernard Dickerson
Pistola - Ugo Trama
Mrs. Alice Ford - Kay Griffel
Nannetta - Elizabeth Gale
Mrs. Quickly - Nucci Condo
Mrs. Page - Reni Penkova
Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
John Pritchard, conductor
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, producer and designer

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1975 production)
Anne - Felicity Lott
Tom Rakewell - Leo Goeke
Trulove - Richard van Allan
Nick Shadow - Samuel Ramey
Baba the Turk - Rosalind Elias
Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
John Cox, stage director

Picture format: NTSC 4 : 3
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Region code: 0
Menu Language: English, French, German, Spanish
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish (+ Italian for Ulisse, Macbeth and Falstaff )
Running time: 11 hours 21 minutes
No. of DVDs: 5