Luc Robert has a remarkable tenor voice and is one of the rising Canadian artists on the operatic and concert stages. He sang at the opera houses of Frankfurt, Toronto, Dortmund, Helsinki, as well as the Metropolitan Opera in New York. On his debut album for Estonian Record Productions he remains faithful to Verdi and sings arias from La Traviata, Nabucco, Rigoletto et al. Luc Robert’s success began in 2012 when he made his debut as Rodolfo in Verdi’s Luisa Miller at Malmo Opera, Sweden. During the same season he also sang with great success Gounod’s Faust at the Estonian National Opera, Cavaradossi (Tosca) at the Pacific Opera in Victoria, and Nicias (Thais) with the Finnish National Opera. A former firefighter, Luc Robert started his music studies at the “Conservatoire de Musique de Quebec” in Montreal and joined the Canadian Opera Company Studio Ensemble in Toronto in 2002. “Debuting tenor Luc Robert sounded to me like one of the better vocal finds for The Met in recent years. His voice is clear and his delivery passionate yet musical; a touch of huskiness here and there was not a detriment to enjoying his vocalism, and he had the power to pierce through the ensemble at will. His voice ‘spoke’ well in the large space and he had a good top-C to end the Act I trio.” (Oberon’s Grove, 2015)

Verdi: Traviata (La)

La Traviata, one of the world's best-loved romantic operas is performed under the stars on a floating, mirrored stage in Sydney Harbor, with the city, Opera House and Harbor Bridge acting as a stunning backdrop. Giuseppe Verdi's captivating music is performed with the orchestra concealed in a studio beneath the stage to ensure the finest amplified sound combines with the superlative singing of the cast.

Fiery and full-blooded, Verdi's Il Trovatore is a masterpiece of obsession. Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, Dame Joan Sutherland magnificently portrays tragic heroine Leonora, supported by shining performances from Kenneth Collins as troubadour Manrico and Jonathan Summers as the Count Di Luna - the two men who love her.

One of Opera Australia's best-loved productions, Elijah Moshinsky's retelling of Rigoletto draws Verdi's dark melodrama into a modern day mafioso underworld, inspired by Federico Fellini's all-time classic La Dolce Vita. A classic opera for purists and first-timers alike.

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Verdi's masterpiece "Simon Boccanegra" is presented in a "clear and levelheaded" (The New York Times) staging by Andreas Kriegenburg from the Salzburg Festival. The tragedy of the corsair who becomes Doge of Genoa and is poisoned shortly after having found his lost daughter is conducted by Valery Gergiev, "makes for gorgeously beautiful tone colours" (Der Kurier). The excellent cast includes Luca Salsi ("Italy's finest baritone today", Financial Times) in the title role, Ren� Pape ("in sumptuous voice", Financial Times) as his contrahent Fiesco, as well as Marina Rebeka and Charles Castronovo as the loving couple Amelia and Adorno who "together create islands of bliss in duet and action." (Neue Z�rcher Zeitung). Valery Gergiev provides for an excellent musical realization, the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor perform superbly: "The Wiener Philharmoniker seemed to have virtually conspired with the conductor and the work, shining into every hidden sound angle, playing out all their sovereignty and opera experience" (S�ddeutsche Zeitung).

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This 2-disc recording of Verdi’s Requiem is a live version from Berlin in 1960. Ferenc Fricsay, who is noted for his outstanding Verdi interpretations, conducts the RIAS Symphony Orchestra in this recording. In addition to the Requiem, this album also contains Verdi’s 4 Pezzi sacri and Sinfonie e Preludi which features preludes from Nabucco, La Traviata, La forza del destino, and Aida. The 4 Pezzi sacri and the Sinfonie e Preludi presented here are recordings from 1952 and 1953, respectively.

Nabucco is an Italian opera in four acts, composed by Giuseppe Verdi in 1841. The work, featuring libretto by Ternistocle Solera, is based on biblical stories from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Jeremiah, as well as the play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue. This recording features the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI, conducted by Fernando Previtali, as well as soloists Paolo Silveri, Mario Binci, and Caterina Mancini, among other talented vocalists.

Arturo Toscanini was one of the most fabulous conductors of the twentieth century. To experience Toscanini conducting Aida makes this one of the most monumental recordings of Verdi’s discography. The Toscanini recordings of Aida were only done for NBC Broadcasting and with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. For this reason, Urania has remastered the sound quality to release this version. The original recording used for this release comes from New York, 1949.

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