This 2007 production of Verdi’s La Traviata from Milan’s La Scala, with world-class singers and Lorin Maazel on the podium belongs among the best of the many fine DVD versions available. Its prime draw is soprano Angela Gheorghiu, whose 1994 Covent Garden assumption of the role of Violetta catapulted her to stardom. She doesn’t quite match the emotional power and vocal beauties...
大都会歌剧院高清转播系列在2009-08年乐季尾声,直播了普契尼的《波希米亚人》,采用的制作依然是意大利导演泽菲莱利的奢靡豪华版,第二幕场景动用了数百演员,在舞台上营造复原了一个巴黎拉丁区。该录影于2011年年底在上海大剧院作了国内首映。
Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea’s verismo drama explores celebrity, romance, jealousy, and death.
The trio of sublime voices is completed by Russian mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina as Adriana’s jealous rival, the Princess de Bouillon.
David McVicar’s hit production – the f...