Leo Nucci

The spectacular production from the 2007 festival at the historic Arena di Verona. Renowned Verdi singers Leo Nucci and Maria Guleghina take on ...

Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore is one of the staples of the comic opera repertory. The plot hinges on whether earnest but ...

This was Domingo’s last set of performances as Otello in La Scala. In spite of his relatively advanced age, he is still in excellent form, ...

Rigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. He has a hunch-back and he’s rather unattractive, but he’s good at his job ...

Nabucco the complex story of Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, who proclaims himself God and is hereon afflicted with madness remains a success ...

La traviata (Italian: [la traˈviaːta], “The Fallen Woman”[1][2]) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian ...

In 2001, the centenary of Verdi’s death was commemorated around the world, especially in the composer’s homeland, Italy, where he died on ...

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro ...

Celebrating a great artist is always a gala occasion, but when the honoree is the legendary Luciano Pavarotti, the event is one to treasure. To ...

Verdi’s opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.

Verdi – Un ballo in maschera / Domingo · Barstow · Quivar · Jo · Nucci · Rydl · Chaignaud · Wiener Phil. · Solti · Schlesinger · Salzburg ...

Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène ...

With its hilarious hijinks and vocal virtuosity, Rossini’s madcap comedy always proves a delightful treat. For this 1988 telecast, the Met ...

This production of Giuseppi Verdi’s opera based on Macbeth, the famed play by William Shakespeare, is a musical succès d’estime but ...

Kraus – Nucci – Serra – Pertusi – Vespasiani … Chour du Théâtre Regio de Parme Orchestre Symphonique ...

Claude D’Anna’s film of Verdi’s Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of the principal villains. ...

I Vespri Siciliani must me Verdi’s most underrated masterpiece. Most people are put off by the fact that it has 5 acts, therefore they ...

The historic 1984 revival performance of Il viaggio a Reims was the first time in over 150 years the opera was performed. Set in a luxurious ...

This first-rate 1982 production of Verdi’s Falstaff marked the great 20th century Italian maestro Carlo Maria Giulini’s return to opera ...