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backGarsington 2004

Classic Arts produced a CD of Tchaikovsky's `Cherevichki', conducted by Elgar Howarth.

The cast was as follows:
Vakula, a blacksmith Adrian Dwyer (tenor)
Solokha, his mother (a witch) Frances McCafferty (mezzo)
Devil Roderick Earle (baritone)
Chub, an elderly Cossack Leonid Zimnenko (bass)
Oksana, Chub's daughter Anne-Sophie Duprels (soprano)
The Mayor Gerard O'Connor (bass)
Panas Blake Fischer (tenor)
Schoolteacher Stuart Kale (tenor)
His Serene Highness Potemkin D'Arcy Bleiker (bass-baritone)
Cast, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera

Garsington 1999

Die Liebe der Danae - CD coverIn 1999, Classic Arts made a live CD recording of the Garsington Opera production of Strauss's little-known late opera Die Liebe der Danae, starring the Irish soprano Orla Boylan as Danae, Peter Coleman-Wright as Jupiter, and Adrian Thompson as Midas.

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