Browse: DVD Video, Teatro Regio di Parma (opera company)
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Ketevan Kemoklidze (Rosina), Luca Salsi (Figaro), Dmitry Korchak (Il Conte d’Almaviva), Giovanni Furlanetto (Don Basilio) & Bruno Praticò (Bartolo)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Andrea Battistoni (conductor) & Stefano Vizioli (stage director)
A traditional approach, neatly conducted by the youthful Andrea Battistoni. It's a lively show, though the singing varies from Bruno Pratico's expert Bartolo to Luca Salsi's careless Figaro. — More…
Offer, 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
Offer, 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. — More…
Offer, Verdi: Stiffelio
Roberto Aronica (Stiffelio), Yu Guanqun (Lina), Roberto Frontali (Stankar), Gabriele Magnione (Raffaele), George Andguladze (Jorg), Cosimo Vassallo (Federico), Lorelay Solis (Dorotea)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Andrea Battistoni (conductor) & Guy Montavon (stage director)
The golden timbre of Roberto Aronica graces the title role...His commanding tenor makes one sit up and listen, with some notable long-breathed phrasing and a smooth legato a joy to hear...[Yu... — More…
Offer, Verdi: Requiem
Dimitra Theodossiou (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Francesco Meli (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Yuri Temirkanov
The soloists are all very satisfactory but the performance, whilst precise, is not urgent and indeed seems a bit slow. — More…
Offer, Verdi: Rigoletto
Recommended
Francesco 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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Offer, Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Vittoria Yeo (Giovanna), Luciano Ganci (Carlo VII), Vittorio Vitelli (Giacomo), Gabriele Mangione (Delil), Luciano Leoni (Talbot)
I Virtuosi Italiani, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Ramón Tebar, Sasken Boddege, Peter Greenaway
[Vittoria Yeo is] a plucky Giovanna, if without Netrebko’s vocal glamour, a touch sour on occasion,. Luciano Ganci forces quite a lot as Carlo but it’s often an attractive voice, and solid baritone... — More…
Verdi: Ernani
Marco Berti (tenor), Susan Neves (soprano), Giacomo Prestia (bass) & Carlo Guelfi (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Regio di Parma, Antonello Allemandi (conductor) & Pier’Alli (director)
Verdi: Il Corsaro
Zvetan Michailov (tenor), Renato Bruson (baritone), Michela Sburlati (soprano) & Adriana Damato (soprano)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Renato Palumbo (conductor) & Lamberto Puggelli (director)
Verdi Gala 2004
Buon Compleanno, Maestro Verdi!
José Cura, Leo Nucci, Zvetan Michailov, Vladimir Stoyanov, Riccardo Zanellato, Adriana Damato, Alessandra Rezza, et al.
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Renato Palumbo