In this DVD Emmanuelle Haïm is joined by the orchestra of Le Concert d'Astrée on period instruments, as well as a stellar cast including Sarah Connolly as Phèdre, Stéphane Degout as Thésée, Anne-Catherine Gillet as Aricie and Topi Lehtipuu as Hippolyte in the acclaimed production from Ivan Alexandre.

Verdi´s Rigoletto, one of his most successful operas, is based on Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse, which for Verdi was the greatest drama of the present day. The "spectacular production" (La Vanguardia) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu "under excellent musical direction by Riccardo Frizza", "the dramatic depth of Carlos Álvarez and the triumphant debut of Javier Camarena as Duke of Mantua" (El Periodico) made it a "top-class Rigoletto". (bachtrack.com)...

The daughter of Keikobad, ruler of the spirit world, has married an Emperor. As a result she is now neither human nor a spirit and cannot bear children unless she can find a shadow.

Renata is obsessed with the love for the 3fiery angel4. Ruprecht, in love with Renata, wants to free her from the madness, but all his efforts are in vain. She goes to the monastery, but here too she is being haunted by the image of the fiery angel. The Inquisition accuses Renata of witchcraft and sentences her to death.