Details: His orchestral imagination is prodigious, and both as a composer and conductor he conjures up memorable soundscapes full of jittery tension...
Starring: Stéphane Degout (King), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston/Stranger), Peter Hoare (Mortimer), Samuel Boden (Boy/Young King)
Details: Kasper Holten’s memorable Royal Opera production of Szymanowski’s Krol Roger released on DVD.
Starring: Mariusz Kwiecien (King Roger II of Sicily), Georgia Jarman (Roxana), Saimir Pirgu (Shepherd), Kim Begley (Edrisi), Alan Ewing (Archbishop), Agnes Zwierko (Deaconess), etc
