DVD: verdi (cappuccilli deshorties furlanetto)

DVD: verdi

DVD:

Verdi - Otello / Domingo, Fleming, Morris, Croft, Levine, Moshinsky, Metropolitan Opera

27 reviews
Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

A must own!
What a treat! Domingo was owning this...voice powerful, presence exactly right, and acting surprising excellent. Fleming was brilliant! Her voice was at the height of it's beauty. The last aria was so moving and perfect. While I didn't care for Morris's voice in this, I thought that he perfectly portrayed the character. And his second act with Domingo took this to this to another level. It left ...

Verdi - La Traviata

31 reviews
Renee Fleming, Rolando Villazon

Decca, 2007

Beautiful Woman Beautiful Singing
The part for Violetta, a beautiful young woman, is actually played by a beautiful young woman. Renee Fleming is perfect in the role. All the other parts are filled with the perfect singer to play them as well. This may be the most perfect production possible, so revel in the glorious music and savor the delicious melodrama.

Verdi - Aida / Levine, Domingo, Millo, Metropolitan Opera

40 reviews
Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo

Deutsche Grammophon, 2000

Excellent Recording!
This DVD recording of "Aida" is a feast for the eyes and the ears! Even though it's from a few years ago, the voices are outstanding and the recording clear and up to date. This is my favorite opera of all time and this DVD really does it justice. I recommend it highly!

Verdi - Rigoletto / Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Victoria Vergara, Ferruccio ...

55 reviews
G. Verdi, Wiener Opera Philharmoniker

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Amazing Performance
I got this DVD to understand what Rigoletto was all about and partly for Pavarotti performance of La Donna e Mobile, and I was glad I got this one. It is one of the best performance by all artisits.

Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera / Levine, Pavarotti, Nucci, Metropolitan Opera

11 reviews
Aprile Millo, Luciano Pavarotti

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Ballo at the Met
After hearing to this wonderful performance, I couldn't avoid and started to compare it (mentally) to the Met's DVD of this same opera taped in 1980. Both have their strong and weak points: 1- The production: Both Moshinsky (1980) and Faggioni (1991) offer the viewer rather conventional productions that, however, work very well, being inobtrusive to the action (something essential to me). ...

Verdi: Ernani (1983)

19 reviews

Decca, 2008

Ernani
This rarely-performed Verdi's earlier opera contains some very nice music. Although Pavarotti and Mitchell seem very good in the performance, I still prefer Domingo and Freni from La Scala performance. Overall, this is a good addition to your opera DVD collection anyhow.

The Life of Verdi

15 reviews
Ronald Pickup, Carla Fracci

Kultur Video, 2003

EXCELENT
I think this one of the most beatiful series I ever seen. I only miss more information about AIDA. What I would have wanted to know before my purchase is to know if the film had subtitles in spanish, because most of my family does'nt speak english. Thanks-

Verdi - Requiem / Price, Pavarotti, Cossotto, Ghiaurov, von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala

27 reviews
Herbert von Karajan, Luciano Pavarotti

Philips, 2005

The best Verdi Requiem
This is the definitive interpretation of the "Verdi Requiem" The scala orquestra and chorus have the feel of Verdi music, The soloists, the best of the twentieth century, and von Karajan, well a genius.

Verdi - La Traviata

46 reviews
Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Comparisons are always unfair..............
....but at times they can't be avoided. Every new star evokes memories of the past...Anna Netrebko has frequently been compared to Maria Callas, and I will go ahead and provoke the anger of some by stating up front that Anna is better than Callas was the best day she ever saw. Now, I admit that, early in her career, she saw some good days; she had Style, and a fabulous voice. But, defective ...

Verdi - Macbeth (The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Series)

4 reviews
Zeljko Lucic, Maria Guleghina

Emi Classics, 2008

A Surprise Production
I must admit at the onset that I had no intention of seeing, let alone buying this set, but the local PBS station KCET broadcast it and since I was not planning an outing I stayed in and watched it. I should say at the outset I have only seen this opera twice on stage, with San Francisco,1955 (Borkh and Weede--an under used and utilized singer) and in Vienna in 1972 with Christa LUdwig and Kostas ...

Verdi - Luisa Miller

12 reviews
Placido Domingo, Renata Scotto

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

ANOTHER "LIVE FROM THE MET" GEM
Not to "ditto," Rush-Limbaugh-like, comments other have made, but I too have hoped for a commercial, well-mastered issue of this telecast ever since it was broadcast live on PBS on a Saturday night in January, 1979. I didn't own a video recorder at the time and recorded the audio track on a (barely adequate) cassette. The same cast appeared on the Met's radio matinee exactly a week later, which ...

Verdi - Macbeth / Paskalis, Barstow, Morris, Erwen, Pritchard, Glyndebourne Opera

12 reviews
James Morris, Kostas Paskalis

Arthaus Musik, 2005

If you buy just one opera...
This is my desert island opera. The production is intimate, the acting vicious, the singing glorious. Don't hesitate. Kostas Paskalis and Josiphine Barstow are unbeatable. Satisfaction guarenteed or I'll want to know the reason why. Joyce

Verdi - La Traviata / Levine, Stratas, Domingo

86 reviews
Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo

Universal Studios, 1999

Stratas/Domingo La Traviata
Saw it years ago when it first came out and it seems to have improved over time....as for Stratas: 'Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety'

Verdi - Nabucco / Ramey, Guleghina, Pons, White, Hughes Jones, Deshorties, Levine, Metropolitan Opera

15 reviews
Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

"The show's the thing"
Amazing effect -- the chorus stars but everyone -- even "old" Ramey -- eventually comes through. Oh, and disregard the "critic" who praises the Naples production and criticizes Ms. Guleghina as not singing in the true "early Verdi style" -- the heck with "early" or "late" -- to me, this production and cast achieves a greater Aida-effect than the Met does in the Aida or the Don Carlo available on ...

Verdi - Il Trovatore / Domingo, Kabaivanksa, Cossotto, Cappuccilli, van Dam, Zednik, von Karajan, Vienna Opera

20 reviews
Fiorenza Cossotto, Raina Kabaivanska

Tdk DVD Video, 2004

superb
Fortunately, most of the people agree with me. This performance is superb including Kabaivanska voice. The best I've ever heard. Voices and orchestra are excellent.

Verdi - Falstaff / Muti, Maestri, Frittoli, Florez, Frontali, Antonacci, Busseto Teatro Verdi

8 reviews
Barbara Frittoli, Ambrogio Maestri

Euroarts, 2003

Could it be better?
The only qualification that I could imagine someone making about this miraculous performance is that it takes place in a very small theater on a very small stage. But the singers are all fantastic--just to hear Florez sing Fenton's Act III aria is worth the price of admission. The women are simply delightful, Falstaff rich and characterful; only Ford is a bit mild and reserved. The sets are ...

Verdi Gala / Placido Domingo,Jose Carreras,Jose Cura,Marcelo Alvarez

5 reviews
Marcelo Alvarez, Daniela Dessi

Euroarts, 2005

A Grand Verdi Gala from Italy
In March 2001 a grand Verdi gala commemorating the 100th anniversary of the composer's death and featuring some of the best-known singers in world was presented at the Teatro Padiglione Padacassa in Parma. Zubin Mehta conducted the orchestra and chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and accompanied such singers as Plácido Domingo, José Cura, José Carreras, Marcelo Álvarez (what is it with the ...

Verdi - Stiffelio

3 reviews
Placido Domingo, Sharon Sweet

Deutsche Grammophon, 2007

I was overwhelmed
Stiffelio is a GREAT opera. Lost for close to a century, it has been slow in making its way into the standard repertoire, but productions such as this one should further its cause as well as its reputation. This is frankly one of the best opera productions I've ever seen. Every facet is top of the line, from the orchestra to the singers to the stage production to the video direction. Prepare to ...

La Traviata at La Scala

3 reviews
Angela Gheorghiu, Ramon Vargas

Arthaus Musik, 2008

A Superb Traviata
This new DVD from Arthaus faces formidible competition from Gheorghiu's first Violetta on Decca; this was her "double" debut, both on DVD and CD. It was her first undertaking of the role and clearly she meant to make it her own. The conductor, Solti, allows for the second verses to arias that are either frequently cut (O mio rimorso and Addio del passato) and includes the cabaletta to Di ...

Verdi - Il Trovatore / Levine, Milnes, Marton, Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera

19 reviews
Eva Marton, Dolora Zajick

Deutsche Grammophon, 2000

Il Travatore-Pavarotti-Milnes-Marton-Zakick
I have never seen a better Il Travatore, with exciting singing all round and an emphasis on the role of fate. Pavarotti's duets with Dolora Zajick as the old gypsy are among the most affecting scenes in opera.