Great Italian Operas

Rossini, Bellini, Puccini, Verdi, ...

Selection

Photo: Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona) and José Cura (Otello) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, in a production by Willy Decker.

A selection of masterpieces of the genre, caught on film around the world in Zürich, San Francisco, Milan, Paris, Barcelona...

Rossini: La Cenerentola – Peter Hall, Vladimir Jurowski – Glyndebourne
Robin Lough- 2005
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Verdi: Aida – Josep Mestres Cabanes, Miguel Martínez – Gran Teatre del Liceu
Toni Bargalló- 2003
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Robert Wilson, Edo de Waart – De Nederlandse Opera
Misjel Vermeiren- 2003
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Bellini: La Sonnambula – Marco Arturo Marelli, Evelino Pidò – With Natalie Dessay – Opéra national de Paris
Don Kent- 2010
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Verdi: Otello – Willy Decker, Antoni Ros-Marbà – Gran Teatre del Liceu
Angel Luis Ramírez- 2006
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Puccini: La Bohème – Giancarlo del Monaco, Jesús Cobos – With Inva Mula – Teatro Real Madrid
Robin Lough- 2006
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Verdi: Il Trovatore – Hugo de Ana, Riccardo Muti – Teatro alla Scala
Carlo Battistoni- 2000
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Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera – Liliana Cavani, Riccardo Muti – With Salvatore Licitra – Teatro alla Scala
Carlo Battistoni- 2001
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Gobbi, Callas: Puccini's Tosca
Philippe Truffault- 2001
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La Forza del destino (I)
Opéra national de Paris
Dec. 8, 2011, 6 p.m.
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La Forza del destino (II)
Opéra national de Paris
Dec. 8, 2011, 6 p.m.
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La Forza del destino (III)
Opéra national de Paris
Dec. 8, 2011, 6 p.m.
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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Grischa Asagaroff, Nello Santi – Zurich Opera House
Felix Breisach
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The Birth of a Performance
Günter Atteln- 2001
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Puccini: La Bohème – Francesca Zambello, Tiziano Severini – With Mirella Freni et Luciano Pavarotti – San Francisco Opera
Brian Large- 1989
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