Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci Blu-ray (The Royal Opera)These two short Italian operas are brought together in a new staging by award winning director Damiano Michieletto, who sets both operas in a poverty stricken village in 1980s southern Italy. The Royal Operas Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts a cast that includes charismatic Dutch soprano Eva Maria Westbroek, exciting Italian soprano Carmen Giannattasio and the thrilling Latvian tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko. See our full collection of opera Blu

Set Designs: Ultz (Il tabarro) / Miriam Buether (Suor Angelica) / John Macfarlane (Gianni Schicchi)

Marshalled by the ‘ideal pacing’ of Robin Ticciati

fairytale forests – have been deliciously heightened by Peter Farmer to the point of timelessness

The diversity of Wayne McGregor's astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma

is supplied by the onstage cast

Romeo & Juliet - Act 2 Balcony pas de deux: Tamara Rojo & Carlos Acosta

Particularly impressive is Malin Byström’s Donna Anna

Manon (2009) Music by Jules Massenet

Acosta's partnering

Mayerling (2009)

Conductor: Emmanuel Plasson

Canio: Aleksandrs Antonenko