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Guido Loconsolo (Il Cavaliere di Belfiore), Andrea Porta (Il Barone di Kelbar), Anna Caterina Antonacci (La Marchesa del Poggio), Alessandra Marianelli (Giulietta di Kelbar), Ivan Magrì (Edoardo di Sanval), Paolo Bordogna (Il Signor la Rocca), Ricardo Mirabelli (Il Conte Ivrea), Seung-Hwa Paek (Delmonte) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Donato Renzetti Staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi Un giorno di regno is the rare case of a musical comedy by Verdi. But his second stage work proved a complete fiasco when unveiled at La Scala, Milan, in 1840 and more than half a century was to pass before he attempted a second comedy with his final opera, Falstaff. Today, conversely, Verdi’s early melodrama giocoso enjoys increasing popularity thanks to its wellspring of musical ideas and effervescent melodies. Released for the first time on DVD! Bonus: Introduction to the opera Picture Format: 16:9, HD Sound Format: DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM 2.0 Running Time: 129 minutes (Opera 119 minutes, Bonus 10 minutes) Booklet: English, German, French Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Guido Loconsolo (Il Cavaliere di Belfiore), Andrea Porta (Il Barone di Kelbar), Anna Caterina Antonacci (La Marchesa del Poggio), Alessandra Marianelli (Giulietta di Kelbar), Ivan Magrì (Edoardo di Sanval), Paolo Bordogna (Il Signor la Rocca), Ricardo Mirabelli (Il Conte Ivrea), Seung-Hwa Paek (Delmonte) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Donato Renzetti Staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi Un giorno di regno is the rare case of a musical comedy by Verdi. But his second stage work proved a complete fiasco when unveiled at La Scala, Milan, in 1840 and more than half a century was to pass before he attempted a second comedy with his final opera, Falstaff. Today, conversely, Verdi’s early melodrama giocoso enjoys increasing popularity thanks to its wellspring of musical ideas and effervescent melodies. Released for the first time on Blu-ray! Bonus: Introduction to the opera Sound Format: Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.01 PCM 2.0 Running Time: 129 minutes Booklet: English, German, French Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Staged by Daniele Abbado Nabucco was Verdi’s third work for the stage and proved his first great success when performed in 1842. It deals with the Hebrew’s attempts to break free from the yoke of their Babylonian oppressors and is nowadays numbered among Verdi’s most popular works, not least on account of its famous Chorus of Hebrew Slaves, which has one of the best-loved melodies in the whole history of opera. Bonus: Introduction to the opera Picture Format: 16:9, HD Sound Format: DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM 2.0 Running Time: 147 minutes (Opera 137 minutes, Bonus 10 minutes) Booklet: English, German, French Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese “the two main roles - Nabucco and Abigaille - are taken by two outstanding artists who are convincing both musically and dramatically. Leo Nucci in particular makes the most of the title role, displaying the real authority that it needs...[the role of Abigaille] calls for a singer who gives the impression of being a force of nature and too many sopranos see this as an excuse for singing that is wild and approximate. That is not the case here.” MusicWeb International, March 2013 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Staged by Daniele Abbado Nabucco was Verdi’s third work for the stage and proved his first great success when performed in 1842. It deals with the Hebrew’s attempts to break free from the yoke of their Babylonian oppressors and is nowadays numbered among Verdi’s most popular works, not least on account of its famous Chorus of Hebrew Slaves, which has one of the best-loved melodies in the whole history of opera. Released for the first time on Blu-ray! Bonus: Introduction to the opera Sound Format: Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.01 PCM 2.0 Running Time: 147 minutes Booklet: English, German, French Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | C(H)OEURS: Choirs/Hearts: A Contemporary BalletRecorded 2012 Teatro Real, Madrid
Les ballets C de la B, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real & Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Marc Piollet (musical director) & Alan Platel (stage director) Dramaturge Hildegard De Vuyst Musical Dramaturg Jan Vandenhouwe Additional Music Steven Prengels Costume Designer Dorine Demuynck Lighting Designer Carlo Bourguignon Sound Designer Bart Uyttersprot Choirmaster Andrés Máspero C(h)oeurs, a mix of Choirs (choeurs) and Hearts (coeurs) in French, is a new musical drama set against the backdrop of contemporary international economic crisis and national protests, and the ensuing changes in society. Pursuing a reflection on the emotions felt by the individual and generated by the masses, singers from the internationally renowned Chorus of the Teatro Real perform alongside dancers of Alain Platel’s company les ballets C de la B in a spectacular presentation of excepts from Verdi’s and Wagner’s distinct works. Many works of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner are linked to the liberal revolutions of 1848, the "Springtime of Peoples", that swept away absolutism in Europe. Each musical piece blends seamlessly into the next, drawn by the actions of the individuals and groups through the expressiveness of their singing and movement. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | C(H)OEURS: Choirs/Hearts: A Contemporary BalletRecorded 2012 Teatro Real, Madrid
Les ballets C de la B, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real & Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Marc Piollet (musical director) & Alan Platel (stage director) Dramaturge Hildegard De Vuyst Musical Dramaturg Jan Vandenhouwe Additional Music Steven Prengels Costume Designer Dorine Demuynck Lighting Designer Carlo Bourguignon Sound Designer Bart Uyttersprot Choirmaster Andrés Máspero C(h)oeurs, a mix of Choirs (choeurs) and Hearts (coeurs) in French, is a new musical drama set against the backdrop of contemporary international economic crisis and national protests, and the ensuing changes in society. Pursuing a reflection on the emotions felt by the individual and generated by the masses, singers from the internationally renowned Chorus of the Teatro Real perform alongside dancers of Alain Platel’s company les ballets C de la B in a spectacular presentation of excepts from Verdi’s and Wagner’s distinct works. Many works of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner are linked to the liberal revolutions of 1848, the "Springtime of Peoples", that swept away absolutism in Europe. Each musical piece blends seamlessly into the next, drawn by the actions of the individuals and groups through the expressiveness of their singing and movement. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Emma Matthews (Violetta Valéry), Gianluca Terranova (Gianluca Terranova), Jonathan Summers (Giorgio Germont), Margaret Plummer (Flora Bervoix), Martin Buckingham (Gastone), James Clayton (Baron Douphol) & Christopher Hillier (Marquis d’Obigny) Opera Australia Chorus & Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Brian Castles-Onion (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (director) Stage Designer Brian Thomson Costume Designer Tess Schofield Lighting Designer John Rayment La Traviata, one of the world’s best loved romantic operas, and is performed under the stars on a floating, mirrored stage in Sydney Harbour, with the city, Opera House and Harbour Bridge acting as a stunning backdrop. Giuseppe Verdi's captivating music is performed with the orchestra concealed in a studio beneath the stage to ensure the finest amplified sound combines with the superlative singing of the cast. With the singers discreetly miked, the recorded sound is presented here in superb quality. Emma Matthews is continually being garnered with praise - ‘Emma Matthews could inspire the dead, turning in one of the finest readings of this role I’ve ever heard’ (International Record Review on Rigoletto), ‘As Gilda, Emma Matthews is outstanding’ (Opera Now on Rigoletto) – and doesn’t disappoint. Includes a glittering Swarovski chandelier illuminating the stage and fireworks decorating Sydney Harbour’s sky-line, which render this production as something truly spectacular. “Emma Matthews's Violetta is exuberant and breathtakingly accurate...she has nothing to fear from close scrutiny and amid what must have been considerable challenges she feels free enough to wow the audience.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2013 “At times it’s very impressive to look at, at times it’s hackneyed to the point of cliché, but you just might enjoy it, especially if you know Sydney...Matthews is a very effective Violetta. She uses her lyrical voice to great effect, singing with ringing intensity and a good deal of beauty, pinging out the high notes and never showing any discomfort. She also manages to change the colour of her voice most effectively for the final act.” MusicWeb International, December 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| | | |  | Opera - 50 of the Best
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Votre toast je peux vous le rendre 'Toreador Song' (from Carmen) Carmen: Prelude to Act I Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) | Gluck: | Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) | Leoncavallo: | Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) | Monteverdi: | Possente Spirto (from l'Orfeo) | Mozart: | Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro) Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni) Vedrai, carino (from Don Giovanni) Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte) Ach, ich fühl's (from Die Zauberflöte, K620) La mia Dorabella capace non e' (from Così fan tutte) E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) | Offenbach: | Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann ) | Puccini: | Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo Act III Humming Chorus (from Madama Butterfly) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) | Purcell: | When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) | Rossini: | Elena! Oh tu, che chiamo! (from La donna del lago) Pensa alla patria (from L'Italiana in Algeri) Guillaume Tell Overture Sia qualunque delle figlie (Don Magnifico) Semiramide Overture | Verdi: | Manrico! Che? (from il Trovatore) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Di provenza il mar (from La Traviata) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Or co' dadi, ma fra poco (from Il Trovatore) Noi siamo zingarelle (from La Traviata) È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto) | Wagner: | Tannhäuser: Overture Steuermann, laß die Wacht! (from Der fliegende Holländer) Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde) Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1 |
Graciela Alperyn (mezzo-soprano), Daniela Longhi (soprano), Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Maurizio Frusoni (tenor), Kaludi Kaludov (tenor), Monika Krause (soprano), Tatiana Lisnic (soprano), Renato Girolami (bass), Lando Bartolini (tenor), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Kristjan Johannsson (tenor), Armando Ariostini (baritone), Masako Deguci (soprano), Felipe Bou (bass), Alessandro Carmignani (tenor), Ildiko Raimondi (soprano), Georg Tichy (baritone), Silvano Carroli (baritone), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Alan Titus (baritone), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Kym Amps (soprano), Hellen Kwon (soprano), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano), Alida Ferrarini (soprano), Ann-Christine Biel (soprano), Indra Thomas (soprano), Kristine Jepson (mezzo-soprano), Franco de Grandis (bass), Goran Eliasson (tenor), Ladislav Neshyba (bass), Rannveig Braga (mezzo-soprano), Marina Mescheriakova (soprano), Hedwig Fassbender (mezzo-soprano), Janez Lotric (tenor), Igor Morozov (baritone), Bruno Pratico (bass-baritone), John Dickie (tenor), Andrea Martin (baritone), Peter Mikulas (bass), Nicola Martinucci (tenor), Jonathan Welch (tenor), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor) Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Budapest Festival Chorus, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Malaga Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Choral Society, Mal, Michael Halasz, Alexander Rahbari, Will Humburg, Alberto Zedda, Ricco Saccani, Sergio Vartolo, Arnold Ostman, Charles Rosekrans, Leif Segerstam, Johannes Wildner | |
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| |  | HISTORIC MONO RECORDING: Rome, June 25th 1950
Gino Penno (Ernani), Giuseppe Taddei (Don Carlo), Giacomo Vaghi (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Caterina Mancini (Elvira), Licia Rossini (Giovanna), Vittorio Pandano (Don Riccardo) & Ezio Achilli (Jago) Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI, Fernando Previtali | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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