By Administrator on Dec 30, 2008 in DVD & CD reviews, Italian opera | 0 Comments
Rossini Opera Festival 2007
If ever there was an opera production that put the words “cultural divide” in neon lights, the Rossini Opera Festival’s 2007 production of La Gazza Ladra is it. The striking differences in opinions between Italian opera critics and their English counterparts were planted front and center.
These diverse viewpoints were directly linked [...]
By Administrator on Sep 18, 2008 in DVD & CD reviews, Italian opera | 1 Comment
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Simon Boccanegra – Melodrama in a Prologue and Three Acts Simon Boccanegra – Roberto Frontali Amelia Grimaldi – Carmen Giannattasio Jacopo Fiesco – Giacomo Prestia Gabriele Adorno – Giuseppe Gipali Paolo Albiani – [...]
By Administrator on Dec 29, 2007 in DVD & CD reviews, Italian opera | 0 Comments
Gioachino ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Torvaldo e Dorliska – Drama semiserio in two acts (1815)
Dorliska – Darina Takova (soprano)
Duca d’Ordow – Michele Pertusi (bass)
Torvaldo – Francesco Meli (tenor)
Giorgio – Bruno Practico (bass)
Carlotta – Jeannette Fisher (soprano)
Ormondo – Simone Alberghini (bass-baritone)
Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano Trento
Conductor: Victor Pablo Perez
Prague Chamber Choir
Chorus Master: Lubomir Matl
Director: Mario Martone
Set designer: Sergio Tramonti
Costume designer: [...]
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