Philip Glass's opera focuses on the final days of the great American icon, Walt Disney. Recorded during its inital run at Madrid's Teatro Real in January 2013, Phelim McDermott's visually vibrant production explores the troubled mind of the director, contrasting his outward public veneer with the turmoil as he confronts his own mortality. Christopher Purves takes the title role, with David Pittsinger as his brother, Roy, and Marie McLaughlin as his wife, Lillian. The conductor is Dennis Russell Davis.

Seven self-regarding critics assemble at a disused theatre in response to a mysterious invitation. Too late they discover its gruesome purpose as Edward Lionheart, an actor frenzied by a lifetime of sneering reviews, hacks his revengeful way through the bloody works of Shakespeare, assisted by a gang of murderous tramps.The laws of theatre supersede the laws of physics in this macabre exhibition of putty noses, Kensington gore and some very large acting indeed.