GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Lorenzo Regazzo; Fedrico Lepre; Carmen Giannatasio; Maxim Mironov; Anna Rita Gemmabella; Nicola Marchesini; Teatro La Fenice di Venzia/Caludio Scimone; NTSC All Region; dolby Digital; DTS, Linear PCM 2.0; color; 16:9; Aprox. 174 mins. GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Maometto Secondo.

Starring Alfredo Kraus.

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Starring Fabio Armiliato, Juan Pons, Daniela Dessi.

Gioachino Rossini’s one act opera L’inganno Felice is categorized as a farsa, as it is a melodrama with buffo elements. The work, which features libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, was an instant success after its premiere in 1812. This production, directed by Jochen Schonleber, was recorded at the Rossini in Wildbad Opera Festival in the summer of 2015. This particular performance received international acclaims, due to stellar directing by Schoenleber and the stars Lorenzo Regazzo and Silvia Della Benetta.

Picture Format: 16:9
Sound Format: PCM 2.0
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German
Region Code: 0 (Worldwide)
Running Time: 94 mins

Pathos, Passion & Patriotism (3 Operngesamtaufnahmen) - Cinzia Forte, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Saimir Pirgu, Nino Surguladze, Irina Lungu, Alexandra Zabala, Paola Gardina, Fiona McAndrew, Nora Sourouzian, Simone Alberghini, Federica Carnevale, Philippe Do und weitere. Verdi: La Traviata (Cinzia Forte, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Federica Carnevale, Saimir Pirgu, ORW Chorus & Orchestra, Paolo Arrivabeni / 2009; Laufzeit: 139 Min.) Bizet: Carmen (Nino Surguladze, Irina Lungu, Alexandra Zabala, Paola Gardina, Philippe Do, Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche, Carlo Montanaro / 2009; Laufzeit: 156 Min.) Daugherty: Jacki O (Fiona MC Andrew, Nora Sourouzian, Simone Alberghini, Paul Carey Jones, Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra, Christopher Franklin / 2008; Laufzeit: 93 Min.)

Falstaff: Stefano Posda, Ruggero Raimondi, Luca Salsi, Virginia Tola, Sabina Puertolas, Cinzia de Mola, Liliana Mattei, and Tiberius Simu star in this production of the Verdi opera with Paolo Arrivabeni conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera.

Modest Mussorgsky’s music drama Boris Godunov was premiered in front of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, the same location where this 2014 performance takes place. Conceived by Plamen Kartaloff, director of the Sofia Opera, this production took place 90 years after the building’s consecreation, and was dedicated to the centennial anniversary of the birth of Boris Christoff and the 85th anniversary of the birth of Nicolai Ghiaurov, two vocalists who became famous for their performances as Boris. For this performance, the role of Boris is sung by Martin Tsonev.

Picture Format: 16:9
Sound Format: PCM 2.0
Region Code: 0 (Worldwide)

Donizetti: Don Gregorio, L'elisir D'amore / Bordogna, Trucco, Valerio, Benetta, Hernandez, Donizetti / Valerio, Composer: Gaetano Donizetti, Performer: Giorgio Valerio, Livio Scarpellini, Elizaveta Martirosyan, Paolo Bordogna, Conductor: Stefano Montanari, Alessandro de Marchi, Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergamo Musica Festival Orchestra, Bergamo Musica Festival Chorus, Number of Discs: 4. A double-bill of Donizetti operas recorded at the Bergamo Music Festival in 2007. Director Roberto Recchia sets 'Don Gregorio' in the 1920s, a time which mirrors in many ways the political and social conditions prevailing when the piece was originally written. Spoken dialogues in the Neapolitan dialect are used in place of the recitatives, but Donizetti's music remains unchanged. The characters in this comic opera are inspired by the Italian Commedia dell'Arte. In 'L'elisir d'amore', conductor Alessandro de Marchi allows the comedic aspects of the work to be exploited fully by the cast, which includes Silvia Dalla Benetta, Raul Hernandez and Alex Esposito.

SHOSTAKOVICH: Works for 2 Pianos and Piano 4-Hands (Complete

VERDI: String Quartet in E minor / PUCCINI: Crisantemi / ZAN

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The so-called Rossini Renaissance (post-WWII) was an outright revolution, as it led to the rediscovery and staging of a great number of Rossini operas, especially of the serious genre. Otello, one of the finest of Rossini's serious works, marked one of the first encounters in the history of Italian opera between a composer and Shakespeare's theatre. Although Rossini later revised the ending away from it's fateful, tragic outcome, this production, recorded live in 2014 at Antwerp's Vlaanderen Opera, is based on the Rossini Foundation's critical edition and has the first, tragic finale.

Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5

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