Blu-Ray Video, Verdi (composer)
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Special offer. Verdi: Falstaff
Michael Volle (Falstaff), Alfredo Daza (Ford), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Nadine Sierra (Nannetta), Daniela Barcellona (Mistress Quickly), Francesco Demuro (Fenton), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Mario Martone
Purists should look away now, but I found this production by Mario Martone tremendous fun...Volle inhabits the title role with absolute conviction: he is laugh-out-loud funny, his vocal delivery... — More…
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Verdi: Aida
Elena Stikhina (Aida), Francesco Meli (Radamès), Agnieszka Rehlis (Amneris), Ludovic Tézier (Amonasro), Soloman Howard (Ramfis), Insung Sim (King), Francesca Chiejina (High Priestess), Andrés Presno (Messenger)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano,...
It all adds up to a brave attempt to rethink a work which, for all its popularity, can be notoriously elusive in performance, though ultimately its theatrical and vocal drawbacks don’t make... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Verdi: Macbeth
Ludovic Tézier (Macbeth), Martina Serafin (Lady Macbeth), Vitalij Kowaljow (Banco), Saimir Pirgu (Macduff)
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Giampaolo Bisanti, Christof Loy
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New. Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Piotr Beczala (Riccardo), Keri Alkema (Amelia), Carlos Álvarez (Renato), Dolora Zajick (Ulrica), Katerina Tretyakova (Oscar)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Vincent Boussard, Renato Palumbo
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Special offer. Verdi: La Traviata
Ermonela Jaho (Violetta), Charles Castronovo (Alfredo), Placido Domingo (Germont)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, Antonella Manacorda, Richard Eyre (director)
[Jaho's] tone is never what one could call ‘lustrous’, but she gets inside the character so thoroughly that one cannot help but suffer with her...and she battles so hard in Act 3 that one harbours... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Jaho)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Castronovo)
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Special offer. Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Christian Gerhaher (Simon Boccanegra), Jennifer Rowley (Amelia Boccanegra), Christof Fischesser (Jacopo Fiesco), Otar Jorjikia (Gabriele Adorno), Nicholas Brownlee (Paolo Albiani), Brent Michael Smith (Pietro)
Philharmonia Zurich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi, Andreas Homoki
Though not on the face of it an obvious Verdian, Christian Gerhaher gives a winning performance as the eponymous Doge, bringing all the nuance to the text that we would expect from a master... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2021, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Verdi: Stiffelio
Luciano Ganci (Stiffelio), Maria Katzarava (Lina), Francesco Landolfi (Stankar), Giovanni Sebastiano Sala (Raffaele), Emanuele Cordaro (Jorg), Sofia Koberidze (Dorotea), Blagoj Nacoski (Federico)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Guillermo García Calvo, Graham Vick
Graham Vick’s production of Stiffelio is a triumph. The lines between the viewer and the viewed are blurred, challenging the comfortable assumption that music drama is something that happens... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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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. Celebrating Verdi
Verdi’s Legendary Interpreters
Tito Gobbi (baritone)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Charles Mackerras
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