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On the anniversary of the first success of Madama Butterfly in Brescia on 28th May 1904, Placido Domingo conducted, from the podium of Torre del Lago Puccini, Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armilato and Juan Pons in a new production by Stefano Monti with sets designed by Arnaldo Pomodoro and costumes of Maison Gattinoni. After Maria Stuarda, Thaïs and Agrippina Dynamic is proud to announce this new, prestigious, DVD release. Subtitles in 7 languages (Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese).

Les pêcheurs de perles dates from 1863 and represents much more than a mere operatic exercise written by a twenty-five-year-old composer. Pêcheurs is, as a matter of fact, the only other Bizet opera, beside Carmen, to have remained in the repertoire. This opera contains memorable passages, which have ensured its long-lasting success and which many great singers (beginning with Caruso) have recorded and performed: for example the aria of Nadir Je crois entendre encore; the beautiful aria of Léïla Comme autrefois, dans la nuit sombre and, above all, the superb duet between Léïla and Nadir Ton cour n’a pas compris le mien.

This Venetian production features an extraordinary Annick Massis as Léïla and the refined staging of Pier Luigi Pizzi.

Subtitles in 7 languages (Italian, French, English, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese)

Even though in recent years Idomeneo has been staged more frequently, this Mozart masterpiece can hardly be counted among the operas (the Da Ponte trilogy in primis) that made of the Salzburg composer one of the greatest operatic composers of all times. Yet Idomeneo was, in its day, a revolutionary work, animated by music that appears remarkably innovative and profoundly theatrical. This double DVD set presents the Teatro San Carlo of Naples’s staging, signed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, one of today’s most creative directors. Marco Guidarini, on the podium, conducts a cast of international renown.

Nabucco was premièred at Milan’s La Scala on March 9th 1842. It met with enormous success, crowned by as many as 75 performances at La Scala before the end of that year. With Nabucco Verdi finally found his own stance, attaining linguistic and expressive means that, in the space of a decade, would make him the undisputed master of Italian opera theatres.

The present, interesting production, staged at the Carlo Felice theatre in Genoa, features young but already internationally renowned interpreters: Alberto Gazale, as a solid and convincing Nabucco; Susan Neves as an Abigaille by the beautiful and powerful vocal means; Orlin Anastassov as a greatly authoritative Zaccaria, which lets foresee for him a radiant career.

Subtitled in 7 languages (Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese)

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An opera with a rich vein of musical ideas; sumptuous and original sets; a little-known German Romantic composer; high-level interpreters (among them Anna Caterina Antonacci, a star of international renown): these are the ingredients of Hans Heiling, staged in 2004 in Cagliari under the scrupulous and refined baton of Renato Palumbo. There is no doubt that this timeless story of gnomes and spirits, love and suffering, supernatural powers and mortal beauty will captivate many opera lovers.

Il Corsaro is still one of Verdi’s less known and performed operas. Chronologically speaking, it belongs to the famous ”years in the galley”, even though it dates from a period (the autumn of 1848) when the composer’s name, in Italy, could already be considered established. Although this is considered one of Verdi’s minor works, there are many exciting and poignant passages in it, and the tight dramatic action makes for music that has a pressing and incisive rhythm. The renowned baritone Renato Bruson and conductor Renato Palumbo stand out in the cast. The video recording makes the most of Lamberto Puggelli’s beautiful sets. Subtitles in 7 languages (Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese).

This publication, in collaboration with the Spanish television, features an unforgettable recital given by Alfredo Kraus in Las Palmas in 1995. It is a video recording of great historical and artistic significance, which documents the splendour of the Spanish tenor’s voice (still unchanged despite the years) and his flawless technique. Text and singing merge into one and become artistic expression: a lesson for young singers; a must for lovers of opera.