Verdi: I due Foscari Blu-ray (The Royal Opera)Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Verdi's I due Foscari for The Royal Opera, with a dynamic and dramatic setting by Thaddeus Strassberger, stunning sets and opulent Renaissance style costumes designed by Kevin Knight and Mattie Ullrich. Plcido Domingo stars as Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice, tenor Francesco Meli takes on the role of Francesco Foscaris son Jacopo, unjustly accused of treason and forced to appeal to his fathers mercy, and soprano Maria

Raimbaut: Jean-Francois Borras

Divertissements from a eight Ashton ballets feature some of his most lyrical choreography

Bonus: Introducing Cherevichki by Francesca Zambello / Cast and characters / Staging Gogol's world

Featuring standout songs such as the Anvil Chorus

which beautifully contrast the human and supernatural worlds – mastered from a High Definition recording and true surround sound

Divertissements

Benvolio: Yohei Sasaki

Count Albrecht: Vadim Muntagirov

arranged by John Lanchbery

Miah Persson and Gerald Finley star in David McVicar’s production of Le nozze di Figaro

Music: Kaija Saariaho

Conductor: Charles Mackerras