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Blu-Ray Video, Teatro Regio di Parma (opera company)
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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
Leo Nucci (Guido di Monforte), Dario Russo (Il Sire di Bethune), Andrea Mastroni (Il Conte Vaudemont), Fabio Armiliato (Arrigo), Giacomo Prestia (Giovanni da Procida), Daniela Dessi (Elena), Adriana di Paola (Ninetta), Raoul d'Eramo (Danieli), Roberto Jachini Virgili (Tebaldo), Alessandro Battiato...
The singing and musicianship here is of a high standard and Zanetti conducts with verve...Certain aspects of Pier Luigi Pizzi’s production are good while others are somewhat disappointing. —
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Michele Pertusi (Philip II), José Bros (Don Carlo), Vladimir Stoyanov (Rodrigo), Ievgen Orlov (The Great Inquisitor), Simon Lim (A monk), Serena Farnocchia (Elisabetta), Marianne Cornetti (Eboli), Lavinia Bini (Tebaldo)
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Teatro Regio di Parma, Daniel Oren
Lievi’s production charts a sensible course between period costumes and minimalist sets…The cast is led by a bright, tireless Don Carlo from José Bros, though one wishes he would vary his volume... —
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Verdi: Le Trouvère
Giuseppe Gipali (Manrique), Franco Vassallo (Comte de Luna), Roberta Mantegna (Léonore), Nino Surguladze (Azucena)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Roberto Abbado, Robert Wilson
immensely moving... moments of comparative greatness and the involvement of the soloists is tangible. —
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Claudio Sgura (Il Conte di Luna), Teresa Romano (Leonora), Mzia Nioradze (Azucena), Marcelo Alvarez (Manrico), Deyan Vatchkov (Ferrando), Cristina Giannelli (Ines), Roberto Jachini Virgili (Ruiz)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Large symbols...make an effective home for a serious Il Trovatore, precisely paced and balanced by Yuri Temirkanov...Especially notable is his handling of what one might term 'old' Verdi orchestral... —
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Verdi: Nabucco
Leo Nucci (Nabucco), Bruno Ribeiro (Ismaele), Riccardo Zanellato (Zaccaria), Dimitra Theodossiou (Abigaille), Annamaria Chiuri (Fenena), Alessandro Spina (Il Gran Sacerdote di Belo), Mauro Buffoli (Abdallo), Cristina Giannelli (Anna)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Michele Mariotti
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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... —
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Verdi: Oberto
Giovanni Battista Parodi (Oberto), Mariana Pentcheva (Cuniza), Giorgia Bertagni (Imelda), Fabio Sartori (Riccardo), Francesca Sassu (Leonora)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Antonello Allemandi
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Verdi: Attila
Giovanni Battista Parodi (Attila), Susanna Branchini (Odabella), Sebastián Catana (Ezio), Roberto de Biasio (Foresto), Cristiano Cremonini (Uldino), Zyian Atfeh (Leone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Andrea Battistoni
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Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Evan Bowers (Carlo VII), Renato Bruson (Giacomo), Svetla Vassileva (Giovanna), Luigi Petroni (Delil), Maurizio Lo Piccolo (Talbot)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Bruno Bartoletti
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Verdi: Falstaff
Ambrogio Maestri (Falstaff), Luca Salsi (Ford), Antonio Gandia (Fenton), Svetla Vassileva (Alice Ford), Romina Tomasoni (Mistress Quickly), Daniela Pini (Meg Page), Barbara Bargnesi (Nannetta)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Andrea Battistoni
Medcalf's Falstaff...makes use of Ambrogio Maestri's Falstaff (terrific diction)...Svetla Vassileva's Alice (as glamorous as she is witty) or Romina Tomasoni's amusingly British Quickly. —
