Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (Conductor) Lea Desandre (Soprano) Eva Zaïcik (Soprano) Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1653) Vespro della beata Vergine Recorded at the Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles, 9 February 2019 TV Director, Colin Laurent

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Zhivko Vasilev (kaval) Dimitar Liolev (saxophone) Borislav Iliev (guitar) Mihail Ivanov (bass) Borislav Petrov (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022

Michael League (bass) Bill Laurance, Bobby Sparks II, Shaun Martin (piano) Mike "Maz" Maher, Justin Stanton, Jay Jennings (trumpets) Bob Lanzetti, Mark Lettieri, Chris McQueen (guitars) Chris Bullock, Bob Reynolds (saxophones) Zach Brock (violin) Nate Werth, Marcelo Woloski, Keita Ogawa, Larnell Lewis (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022

Estival Jazz, Jimmy Witherspoon quartet Rozaa Wortham recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (Conductor) Bernhard Gander (B. 1969) Take death Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993) Naval Aviation in Art? Dupree's Paradise The Perfect Stranger Edgard Varèse (1883 -1965) Intégrales John Zorn (B. 1953) For Your Eyes Only Frank Zappa Get Whitey The Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat (aka Dog / Meat), G-Spot Tornado Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 29 September 2018 Directed by Jérémie Schellaert

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (Conductor) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Edouard Lalo (1823-1892) Namouna, suite no. 1 from the complete ballet Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Bacchus et Ariane, suite no. 2 Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Scènes alsaciennes, orchestral suite Paul Dukas (1865-1935) L'Apprenti sorcier Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) La Valse Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 10 January 2023

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Thaïs "Comédie lyrique" in three acts by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912) Libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel by Anatole France First performance in Paris, Opéra, 16 March 1894 Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce (conductor) Monte-Carlo Opera Chorus Jean-Louis Grinda (Stage director) Marina Rebeka (Thaïs) Ludovic Tézier (Athanaël) Jean-François Borras (Nicias) Philippe Kahn (Palémon) Marie Gautrot (Albine) Cassandre Berthon (Crobyle) Valentine Lemercier (Myrtale) Jennifer Courcier (La Charmeuse) Directed by Gabriel Grinda Monte-Carlo, Opera, 28 January 2021

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (Conductor) Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Firebird Petrouchka The Rite of Spring Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 30 September 2022

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (Conductor) Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884) My Fatherland Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, 17 November 2020

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Daphne "Bukolische Tragödie" by Richard Straus (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Joseph Gregor First performance in Dresde, Staatsoper, 15 October 1938 Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor, Thomas Guggeis (Conductor) Martin Wright (Chorus Master) Romeo Castellucci (Stage Director, Set Design, Costumes, Lighting) Evelin Facchini (Choreography), Piersandra Di Matteo, Jana Beckmann (Dramaturgy) Vera-Lotte Boecker (Daphne) René Pape (Peneios) Pavel Černoch (Apollo) Anna Kissjudit (Gaea) Magnus Dietrich (Leukippos) Berlin, Staatsoper, 12 March 2023 Directed by Tiziano Mancini

Jascha Heifetz - God's Fiddler Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin, a musical "wunderkind" who went on to set the standards for nearly a century. Through home movies and personal family photos taken from 1903-1987, this documentary filmed in Vilna, Lithuania, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in Los Angeles, re-creates a life that spanned the 20th Century. We hear from all the great violinists of his generation, and from many of his former students who are still alive, that Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music? Directed by Peter Rosen 2011

Fuenteovejuna Faustino Núnez (music) Companía Antonio Gades Cristina Carnero (Laurencia) Ángel Gil (Frondoso) Joaquín Mulero (Comendador) Alberto Ferrero (Mayor) Antonio Gades (direction and choreography) José Manuel, Caballero Bonald, Antonio Gades (script) Pedro Moreno (costumes) Stella Arauzo (artistic director) Teatro Real, Madrid, 2011

Martha Argerich (piano) Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor) Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) Piano Concerto in E minor No.1, Op. 11 Mazurka, Op.24 No.2 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Traumeswirren, Op. 12, No.7 (Fantasie Stücke) Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, 27 August 2010 Directed by Pierre-Martin Juban

La Forza del destino Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after "Don Alvaro, o La fuerza del destino" by Duque de Rivas First performance in Saint Petersbourg, Imperial Theatre, 10 November 1862 Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Paolo Arrivabeni (Conductor) Choeur de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Denis Segond (Chorus master) Gianni Santucci (Stage direction) Alex Brok (Lighting design), Fernand Ruiz (Costume design), Gary Mac Cann (Set design) Alexei Gorbatchev (Il Marchese di Calatrava) Marcelo Álvarez (Don Alvaro) Maria José Siri (Donna Leonora) Simone Piazzola (Don Carlo di Vargas) Michele Pertusi (Padre Guardiano) Enrico Marabelli (Fra Melitone) Nino Surguladze (Preziosilla) Maxime Melnik (Mastro Trabuco) Angélique (Noldus Curra) Liège, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, 12 September 2021 TV director, Stéphane Vérité

Electronic Vibrations - A sound changes the world Whether techno or hip-hop - electronic music is nowadays the driving force of pop culture. We have almost forgotten that its origins lie in the WDR's electronic studio, which made Cologne to one of the centres of the avant-garde during the post-war years. This is the story of how a room full of strange devices would become a cabinet of curiosities, the vibrations of which sent the whole world in a state of ecstasy. From the beginnings directly after the Second World War in Paris with Pierre Schaeffer's 'musique concrète', the film focuses on Stockhausen and goes on to Kraftwerk, from Jean-Michel Jarre and the IRCAM studio right up to Detroit to the beginnings of techno. Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Pablo Ferrández (cello), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Lahav Shani (piano), Kian Soltani (cello) Antonín Dvořák (1841- 1904) Cello concerto in B minor op. 104 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827) Coriolan, overture op. 62 Triple Concerto for piano, violin and violoncello in C major op. 56 Symphony no 5 in C minor op. 67 Recorded at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Heichal Hatarbut), Tel-Aviv, on June 23 and 24, 2018 Directed by Christophe Boula

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La Traviata Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 6 mars 1853 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Liceu Opera Barcelona, Speranza Scappucci (Conductor) Conxita Garcia (Chorus Master) David McVicar (Stage Direction), Marie Lambert (Reprise) Tanya McCallin (Sets, costumes) Jennifer Tipton (Lighting) Kristina Mkhitaryan (Violetta Valéry) Pavol Breslik (Alfredo Germont) Laura Vila (Flora Bervoix) Gemma Coma-Alabert (Aninna) George Petean (Giorgio Germont) Aaron Blake (Gastone) Gerardo Bullón (Douphol) Tomeu Bibiloni (D'Obigny) Felipe Bou (Grenvil) Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 21 December 2020

Kinga Glyk Kinga Glyk (basse, saxophone) Arek Grygo (Keyboard) Pawel Toraszewski (Keyboard) Yoran Vroom (Drums) Recorded at the New Morning on January 23, 2020 TV Director, Patrick Savey

Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (Conductor) Joseph Haydn (1832 - 1809) The Last Seven Words Directed by Rhodri Huw Cadix, Oratorio de la Santa Cueva, 2009

Orkester Nord, Martin Wåhlberg (direction) Trondheim Vocal Ensemble Samuel Boden (tenor, Evangelist), Håvard Stensvold (bass, Jesus), Christine Herresthal (Mezzo-soprano), Pauline Texier (soprano), Mathias Gillesbo (tenor) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750 St. John Passion BWV 245 Directed by John Blanch Trondheim, Barokkfest Festival 2023

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Les Chants des possibles: rencontre lyrique internationale à Paris The documentary tells of the coming together of ten young international opera singers. They are between twenty and thirty years old and are unknown to each other. Scrupulously chosen by a team of professional musicians they are invited to the capital in order to take up a challenge: that of breathing life, in five days, into an original opera production conceived for them. 5 days during which these artists are going to get to know each other, come face to face to share their love of their art, and work relentlessly with a singing coach, a conductor and a stage director with the shared and ultimate aim of creating a unique and unprecedented performance. TV Director, Patrick Savey

B'Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs (conductor) Kateryna Kasper (soprano), Helena Raske (alto) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cantata "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" for alto, BWV 170, version 1746/47 Cantata "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" for soprano, BWV 199, Weimar version Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) Stabat Mater dolorosa, P.77 (instrumentation by Bach, 1746) Aix-en-Provence, Grand Théâtre de Provence (Easter Festival), April 6, 2023

Eugene Onegin "Lyric scenes" in three acts by Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Libretto by Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky after Pushkin First performance Moscow, Maliy Theatre, 29 March 1879 Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Speranza Scappucci (Conductor) Choeur de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Denis Segond (Chorus master) Eric Vigié (Stage director, Costume designer) Henri Merzeau (Lighting designer), Gary Mac Cann (Set designer), Jean-Philippe Guilois (Choreographer) Ruzan Mantashyan (Tatyana) Vasily Ladyuk (Eugene Onegin) Alexey Dolgov (Lensky) Ildar Abdrazakov (Prince Gremin) Maria Barakova (Olga) Margarita Nekrasova (Filippyevna) Zoryana Kushpler (Larina) Daniel Golossov (Company Commander) Daniel Golossov (Zaretsky) Thomas Morris (Triquet) Liège, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, 22 October 2021 TV director, Stéphane Verite

Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano) Félix Lavilla, Gerald Moore (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF, Serge Baudo, Eugen Jochum (Conductors) Works by Mozart, Rossini, Montsalvatge, Obradors, Guridi and Falla Directed by Philippe Truffault

Suite Flamenca Bodas de Sangre, Suite Flamenca Antonio Gades, Ricardo Freire, Juan Antonio Zafra (music) Stella Arauzo Miguel Lara Companía Antonio Gades Cristina Hoyos (choreography) Teatro Real, Madrid, 2011

The Perfect American Opera in two acts by Philip Glass (born in 1937) Libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer, based on "Der König von Amerika" by Peter Stephan Jungk First performance in Madrid, Teatro Real, January 22, 2013 Coro y Orquesta titular del Teatro Real (Coro Intermezzo y Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid), Dennis Russell Davies (Musical Director) Andrés Máspero (chorus master) Phelim McDermott (Director) Dan Potra (Sets, costumes), Jon Clark (lights), Ben Wright (Choreographer), Leo Warner (Video) Christopher Purves (Walt Disney) David Pittsinger (Roy) Donald Kaasch (Dantine) Janis Kelly (Hazel George) Marie McLaughlin (Lillian Disney) Sarah Tynan (Sharon) Nazan Fikret (Diana) Rosie Lomas (Lucy | Josh) Zachary James (Abraham Lincoln | Employee of the mortuary) John Easterlin (Andy Warhol) Juan Noval-Moro (Chuck | A Doctor) Beatriz de Gálvez (A secretary) Noelia Buñuel (A nurse) The Improbable Skills Ensemble (Actors) Madrid, Teatro Real, 2013 Directed by Janos Darvas

Adelaide di Borgogna Opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868) Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt. First performance in Rome, Teatro Argentina, 27 December 1817 Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Francesco Lanzillotta (conductor) Ventidio Basso Theatre Choir Arnaud Bernard (stage direction) Alessandro Camera (sets), Maria Carla Ricotti (costumes), Fiammetta Baldiserri (lighting) Varduhi Abrahamyan (Ottone) Olga Peretyatko (Adelaide) Riccardo Fassi (Berengario) René Barbera (Adelberto) Paola Leoci (Eurice) Valery Makarov (Iroldo) Alberto Robert (Ernesto) Pesaro, Rossini Opera Festival 2023