OTELLO, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare’s play Othello. From the Arena di Verona.
25 Sunday Sep 2022
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THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Le nozze di Figaro) an opera in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. A live recording from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1973 with Kiri Te Kanawa, Frederica Von Stade, Ileana Cotrubas, Benjamin Luxon & Knut Skram. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Conductor John Pritchard, Stage Director Peter Hall.
02 Friday Sep 2022
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THE MAGIC FLUTE (Die Zauberflöte), an opera in two acts, by Wolfgang Amadeus Motzart. Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder and Karl Giesecke. A performance of the Hamburg State Opera.
26 Friday Aug 2022
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MADAMA BUTTERFLY, an opera in 3 acts, by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. From the Sferisterio Opera Festival Macerata.
15 Monday Aug 2022
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FAUST, an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Performed in Paris (Bastille) from 22 Sept to 25 Oct 2011 with Roberto Alagna as Faust, Inva Mula as Marguerite, and Paul Gay as Méphistophélès, and conducted by Alain Altinoglu.
01 Monday Aug 2022
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FALSTAFF, a comic opera in three acts. Composer: Giuseppe Verdi; Libretto/Text Author: Arrigo Boito; Libretto Source: William Shakespeare; Conductor: Georg Solti; Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Chorus: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Chorus Master: Norbert Balatsch. Date of production: 1979.
28 Thursday Jul 2022
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ELEKTRA, a tragedy in one act, music by Richard Strauss. Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Karl Böhm, staged and directed by Götz Friedrich. English subtitles.
07 Tuesday Jun 2022
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DON GIOVANNI, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera, Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, with English subtitles, from the Opernhaus Zürich. A 2001 production. Don Giovanni – Rodney Gilfry, Leporello – László Polgár, Donna Anna – Isabel Rey, Don Ottavio – Roberto Saccà, Donna Elvira – Cecilia Bartoli, Zerlina – Liliana Nikiteanu, Masetto – Oliver Widmer, Commendatore – Matti Salminen, Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncount, Director – Brian Large
29 Tuesday Mar 2022
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CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA by Pietro Mascagni, performed at the Piazza del Municipio in Naples on August 31, 2013. SANTUZZA: Silvana Froli, TURIDDU: Nicola Simone Mugnaini, ALFIO: Lisandro Guinis, LOLA: Alessandra Meozzi, MAMMA LUCIA: Barbara Marcacci, DIRETTORE: Nahel Al Halabi
06 Sunday Feb 2022
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CARMEN: This was a 2003 performance in the Arena di Verona. Carmen – Marina Domashenko, Micaëla – Maya Dashuk, Frasquita – Cristina Pastorello, Mercédès – Milena Josipovic, Don José – Marco Berti, Escamillo – Raymond Aceto, Le Dancaïre – Marco Camastra, Le Remendado – Antonio Feltracco, Zuñiga – Dario Benini, Moralès – Roberto Accurso. Benjamin Britten Children’s Choir Orchestra, Choir and Corps de Ballet of the Arena di Verona: Alain Lombard, conductor; Franco Zeffirelli, stage director; Giuseppe de Filippi Venezia, set design; Anna Anni, costumi.
15 Saturday Jan 2022
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