100 Best Opera Classics
Posted by admin on November 15, 2011
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Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1954)
Posted by admin on November 14, 2011
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This DVD of Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi s first opera in the trilogy that includes Il Trovatore and La Traviata, is without a doubt one of the most popular operas of all time. The film features Mario Del Monaco unforgettable vocal performances of famed aria La donna e mobile. The legendary Tito Gobbi and Pina Arnaldi also highlight this dramatic Feature Film version of Verdi’s masterpiece.
The DVD also features accompaniment by The Rome Opera Orchestra, conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis and stars Gerard Landry, Aldo Silvani, and Janet Vidor. A perennial favorite, based on Victor Huro’s play Le Roi s’amuse with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, this drama of intrigue, tragedy, and revenge has been a spectacular success since its premiere performance over 150 years ago. The film also contains some of the world’s best-known music including the aria La donna e mobile, and the characters Rigoletto, Gilda, and the Duke of Mantua. The film’s major-key theme from the Quartet is described by Kobbe s Opera Book as the finest piece of concerted music in Italian Opera.
The lavish costumes and settings for this romantic and melodramatic Feature Film version perfectly recapture the period and style. The film retains the famous arias and duets in the original Italian, with the dialogue painstakingly dubbed into English.
Giuseppe Verdi, the Patriarch of Italian opera, wrote 26 operas during his career. Rarely has an operas drama been so fully realized as in this brilliantly tragic DVD of Verdi’s story about a hunchback jester and his daughter. Dramatically retelling the story of Rigoletto, we witness a showcase of some of the world’s most renowned voices, such as Tito Gobbi and Mario Del Monaco, treating us to the unparalleled operatic genius of Giuseppe Verdi.
DVD BONUS FEATURES:
Over 35 Scene Selections
Instant Access to Arias
Giuseppe Verdi Biography
Rigoletto Story Synopsis
Rigoletto Trivia
Bonus Music: ENRICO CARUSO Sings Three Arias from Rigoletto
Digital Dolby Stereo Audio
Digitally Mastered Audio & Video
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Aria: A Passion for Opera
Posted by admin on November 12, 2011
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If you’ve ever heard an opera excerpt in a film or TV commercial and wondered from whence it came, this compilation will probably provide your answer. The disk is an extensive superstar sampling of opera’s greatest arias, featuring beloved stars from 1958-1987. Newbies will delight in hearing the young Freni’s developing, but not yet perfected, artistry; Corelli’s soaring tenor emoting in “Vesti la guibba” and “Nessun Dorma”; and Callas being Callas in “Habanera” and “Casta Diva.” Megatalents Caballé, Gobbi, Di Stefano, and Domingo round out the mix. It even includes the Lakme duet and the chorus from Nabucco, in case arias aren’t enough. An enjoyable variety. –Barbara Eisner Bayer
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Opera Obsession! – Opera d’Oro’s Greatest Hits
Posted by admin on November 10, 2011
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The Only Opera CD You’ll Ever Need !
Posted by admin on November 8, 2011
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Posted by admin on November 6, 2011
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The cast is an unbeatable line-up – Serafin, CAllas, Gobbi and di Stefano is as good as it gets, and once again the critics ever since have held this recording as the one to measure against all others.
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Tito Gobbi: Opera and Song
Posted by admin on November 4, 2011
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