"Actor: Anthony Rolfe Johnson"

• The Rape Of Lucretia - Britten | DVD | (12/01/2005) from £19.12   |  Saving you £5.87 (30.70%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The English National Opera Orchestra provide sumptuous musical accompaniment to this moving interpretation of 'The Rape Of Lucretia'. The story evokes strong passionate themes as one would expect from a thrilling combination of opera and Greek tragedy. Anthony Rolfe Johnson Jean Rigby Russell Smythe and Kathryn Harries infuse the lead roles with just the right amount of tension and passion making this a fascinating spectacle for the enthralled audience present and now for viewers at home as well.

• Benjamin Britten - Gloriana | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A classic ENO production of Britten's 1953 opera, which has only now received the critical acclaim it deserves.Gloriana came into being when Benjamin Britten was asked to compose an opera to celebrate the Coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. He took as his starting point Lytton Strachey's Elizabeth and Essex, which had much interested him when he first read it.The opera traces the downfall of the Earl of Essex who, presuming upon his privilege as the Queen's favourite, forces a tragedy upon them both.

• Haydn - The Creation - Orchestra Of The Academy Of Ancient Music | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-3.24 (-19.10%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A unique concert performance of Haydn's popular choral work set to beautiful BBC images of the natural world and great works of art by Haydn's contemporaries such as Blake and Turner chosen to match Haydn's own literal vision of the Bible's verse. Christopher Hogwood leads the Academy of Ancient Music and soloists Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) and Michael George (bass) in this original-instrument performance from the beautiful cathedral of Gloucester in the West of England. Tracklisting: 1. Haydn: The Creation - Opening Credits 2. Overture-The Representation Of Chaos 3. In The Beginning God Created The Heaven 4. Now Vanish Before The Holy Beams-Despairing..Rage 5. And God Made The Firmament 6. And God Said: Let The Waters Under The Heavens... 7. And God Said:Let The Earth Bring Forth Grass 8. And The Heavenly Hosts Proclaimed 9. And God Said: Let There Be Lights In The Firmament 10. The Heavens Are Telling The Glory Of God 11. And God Said: Let The Waters Bring Forth 12. And God Created Great Whales 13. And The Angels Struck Their Immortal Harps 14. The Lord Is Great 15. And God Said: Let The Earth Bring Forth 16. Now Heaven In Fullest Glory Shone 17. And God Created Man 18. And God Saw Everything 19. On Thee Each Living Soul Awaits 20. Achieved Is The Glorious Work 21. In Rosy Mantle Appears 22. By Thee With Bliss O Bounteous Lord 23. Of Stars The Fairest 24. Our Duty We Performed Now 25. Graceful Consort! At Thy Side 26. O Happy Pair 27. Haydn: The Creation - Closing Credits

• Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria - Monteverdi | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £26.89   |  Saving you £3.10 (11.53%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In his penultimate opera based on text adapted from Homer's Odyssey Monteverdi ventures further than ever before into the depths of human emotion. In this 'dramma in musica' human frailty falls victim to time fortune and love. Gods and humans comic and intensely serious characters and spectacular scenic effects are brought together in a wonderfully rich and effective texture. Pierre Audi's highly stylised and timeless production is captured here in a live recording from Het Muziektheater Amsterdam in 1998.

• Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria - Monteverdi | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £32.38   |  Saving you £-2.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99