TUTTO VERDI
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Special offer. Verdi: Otello
RecommendedAleksandrs Antonenko (Otello), Marina Poplavskaya (Desdemona), Carlos Àlvarez (Iago), Barbara Di Castri (Emilia), Stephen Costello (Cassio), Antonello Ceron (Roderigo), Mikhail Petrenko (Lodovico)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Muti
Otello is played by Aleksandrs Antonenko, who is tremendous in all respects. His Desdemona is the lovely Marina Poplovskaya...an expert in suffering. Carlos Àlvarez's Iago and Stephen Costello's... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2012, First Choice (DVD & Blu-ray)
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Special offer. Verdi: Otello
RecommendedAleksandrs Antonenko (Otello), Marina Poplavskaya (Desdemona), Carlos Àlvarez (Iago), Barbara Di Castri (Emilia), Stephen Costello (Cassio), Antonello Ceron (Roderigo), Mikhail Petrenko (Lodovico)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Muti
Otello is played by Aleksandrs Antonenko, who is tremendous in all respects. His Desdemona is the lovely Marina Poplavskaya...an expert in suffering. Carlos Àlvarez's Iago and Stephen Costello's... — More…
Awards:
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Building a Library, February 2012, First Choice (DVD & Blu-ray)
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Special offer. Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedFrancesco Demuro (Il Duca), Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), Nino Machaidze (Gilda), Marco Potti (Sparafucile), Stefanie Iranyi (Maddalena), Roberto Tagliavini (Monterone), Orazio Mori (Marullo), Mauro Buffoli (Borsa)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Massimo Zanetti, Stefano Vizioli
Nucci simply owns the role of Rigoletto...a master-class in vocal acting...Machaidze is the very embodiment of Gilda. Her characterization is simply marvellous...[she] has a lovely full tone... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice (DVD)
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Special offer. Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedFrancesco Demuro (Il Duca), Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), Nino Machaidze (Gilda), Marco Potti (Sparafucile), Stefanie Iranyi (Maddalena), Roberto Tagliavini (Monterone), Orazio Mori (Marullo), Mauro Buffoli (Borsa)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Massimo Zanetti, Stefano Vizioli
Nucci simply owns the role of Rigoletto...a master-class in vocal acting...Machaidze is the very embodiment of Gilda. Her characterization is simply marvellous...[she] has a lovely full tone... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice (DVD/Blu-ray
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlo
Giacomo Prestia (Filippo II), Mario Malagnini (Don Carlo), Simone Piazzola (Rodrigo), Luciano Montanaro (Il Grande Inquisitore), Cellia Costea (Elisabetta di Valois), Alla Pozniak (Eboli), Irene Candelier (Tebaldo/Una Voce dal Cielo), Antonio Feltracco (Il Conte di Lerma/Un Araldo Reale)
Orchestra...
Malagnini's Carlo has a top and the ability to use it that Franco Corelli wouldn't have disowned, and his relationship with Cellia Costia's Elisabetta brings tears to the eyes, as does Alla... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: I Due Foscari
Leo Nucci (Francesco Foscari), Roberto De Biasio (Jacopo Foscari), Tatiana Serjan (Lucrezia Contarini), Roberto Tagliavini (Jacopo Loredano)
Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma, Donato Renzetti
Lee’s production of I due Foscari, set against a simple curved backdrop and beautifully costumed, works best on screen...with Nucci giving a baritonal masterclass in the title role, Tatiana... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Il Corsaro
Bruno Ribeiro (Corrado), Andrea Papi (Giovanni), Irina Lungo (Medora), Luca Salsi (Seid), Silvia dalla Benetta (Gulnara), Gregory Bonfatti (Selimo), Angelo Villari (Un eunoco/Uno schiavo)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Carlo Montanaro
It's simple but stylish and lavishly costumed...Silvia Dalla Benetta...quite steals the show as Gulnara...Plenty of good music and piratical heroics make this traditional staging eminently watchable. — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: La forza del destino
Dimitra Theodossiou (Leonora), Vladimir Stoyanov (Don Carlo), Aquiles Machado (Don Alvaro), Mariana Pentcheva (Preziosilla), Roberto Scanduzzi (Padre Guardiano), Carlo Lepore (Fra Melitone), Ziyan Afteh (Il Marchese di Calatrava), Adriana di Paola (Curra), Hyung Ho Kim (Mastro Trabucco)
Orchestra...
Gelmetti, with his wristy up-beats and flowing pacing, commands a distinguished cast — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlo
Giacomo Prestia (Filippo II), Mario Malagnini (Don Carlo), Simone Piazzola (Rodrigo), Luciano Montanaro (Il Grande Inquisitore), Cellia Costea (Elisabetta di Valois), Alla Pozniak (Eboli), Irene Candelier (Tebaldo/Una Voce dal Cielo), Antonio Feltracco (Il Conte di Lerma/Un Araldo Reale)
Orchestra...
Malagnini's Carlo has a top and the ability to use it that Franco Corelli wouldn't have disowned, and his relationship with Cellia Costia's Elisabetta brings tears to the eyes, as does Alla... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: I Due Foscari
Leo Nucci (Francesco Foscari), Roberto De Biasio (Jacopo Foscari), Tatiana Serjan (Lucrezia Contarini), Roberto Tagliavini (Jacopo Loredano)
Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma, Donato Renzetti
Lee’s production of I due Foscari, set against a simple curved backdrop and beautifully costumed, works best on screen...with Nucci giving a baritonal masterclass in the title role, Tatiana... — More…
