DVD Video, Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)
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Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728
Marilyn Horne (Orlando), Susan Patterson (Angelica), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alcina), Sandra Walker (Bradamante), Jeffrey Gall (Ruggiero), William Matteuzzi, Kevin Langan
Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Randall Behr (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)
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Massenet: Thaïs
Eva Mei (soprano), Michele Perusi (bass-baritone), William Joyner (tenor) & Christophe Fel (bass)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice di Venezi, Marcello Viotti (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (director, set and costume designer)
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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Annick Massis (soprano), Yasu Nakajima (tenor), Luca Grassi (baritone) & Luigi De Donato (bass)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Marcello Viotti (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (director & set and costume designer)
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Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12
Stefan Vinke (Paul), Solveig Kringelborn (Marie / Mariette), Stephan Genz (Frank / Fritz), Christa Mayer (Brigitta), Eleonore Marguerre (Juliette), Julia Oesch (Lucienne), Gino Potente (Gaston), Shi Yijie (Victorin) & Mathias Schulz (Albert)
Eliahu Inbal (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi...
The lighting designer, Vincenzo Raponi, ensures that no expression goes unchecked on the faces of an uncommonly fine group of singers...[Kringelborn] makes her second entrance as a vision in... — More…
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Raffaella Angeletti (Butterfly), Massimiliano Pisapia (Pinkerton), Claudio Sgura (Sharpless), Annunziata Vestri (Suzuki), Nino Batatunashvili (Kate Pinkerton), Thomas Morris (Goro)
Fondatione Orchestra Regionale Delle Marche, Daniele Callegari, Pier Luigi Pizzi
a very moving, intelligent show...Pisapia is a good Pinkerton, going from vaguely stupid and callow, to being in love with the idea of love, to sorrow and regret. His voice is hearty and reliable...Claudio... — More…
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Mozart: Idomeneo, K366
Kurt Streit (tenor), Angeles Blancas Gulin (soprano), Iano Tamar (soprano) & Sonia Ganassi (mezzo)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Marco Guidarini (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (director)
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Don Giovanni), Andrea Concetti (Leporello), Carmela Remigio (Donna Elvira), Myrto Papatanasiu (Donna Anna), Marlin Miller (Don Ottavio), Manuela Bisceglie (Zerlina), William Corrò (Masetto), Enrico Giuseppe Iori (Il Commendatore)
Teatro La Fenice, Riccardo Frizza (conductor),...
A performance and production which are as near perfection as I can ever hope to experience…[D'Arcangelo] has just the right sleazy glamour for the role, both repellent and irresistible...His... — More…
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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
Amarilli Nizza (Elena), Renzo Zulian (Arrigo), Vladimir Stoyanov (Monforte), Orlin Anastassov (Procida)
Orchestra e Coro della Fondazione Arturo Toscanini, Conducted by Stefano Ranzani & Director, set and costume designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi
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Rossini: Maometto Secondo
Lorenzo Regazzo, Carmen Giannattasio, Maxim Mironov & Annarita Gemmabella
Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Claudio Scimone (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (director, set and costume designer)
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Ottorino Respighi: Maria Egiziaca
Francesca Dotto, Simone Alberghini, Vincenzo Costanzo, Michele Galbiati, Luigi Morassi, Ilaria Vanacore, William Corrò, Roberta Paroletti, Maria Novella Della Martira, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro La Fenice, Alfonso Caiani, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Manlio Benzi
This is a fine performance of a patchy work under conductor Manlio Benzi, with the outstanding soprano Francesca Dotto in the title role and resonant bass Simone Alberghini impressive as the... — More…
