Louise by G. Charpentier, from Paris Opera, 2007. Directed by André Engel, conductor Sylvain Cambreling, starring Luca Lombardo, José Van Dam, Mireille Delunsch, Jane Henschel, Marie-paule Dotti, Anne Salvan and Natacha Constantin. Performed in French.

Die Walküre by R. Wagner, from Aix-en-Provence Festival, 2007. Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig, conductor Sir Simon Rattle, starring Andrea Baker, Willard White, Eva-maria Westbroek, Lilli Paasikivi, Eva Johansson, Eva Vogel, Erika Sunnegårdh, Robert Gambill, Heike Grötzinger, Joanna Porackova,...

Ariodante by G.F. Händell, from Spoleto Festival, 2007. Directed by John Pascoe, conductor Alan Curtis, starring Ann Hallenberg, Vittorio Prato, Zachary Stains, Carlo Lepore, Mary-ellen Nesi, Laura Cherici and Marta Vandoni Iorio. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, German, French, Spa...

Madama Butterfly by G .Puccini, from Festival Puccini Torre del Lago, 2007. Directed by Stefano Vizioli, conductor Laurence Gilgore, starring Luca Salsi, Sally Wilson, Manrico Signorini, Carlo Barricelli, Elmira Veda, Annmaria Popescu and Emanuele Giannino. Performed in Italian and subtitled in E...

Don Gregorio by G. Donizetti from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, 2007. Directed by Roberto Recchia, conductor Stefano Montanari, starring Paolo Bordogna, Elizaveta Martirosyan, Giorgio Trucco, Giorgio Valerio, Livio Scarpellini and Alessandra Fratelli. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, ...

Il crociato in Egitto by G. Meyerbeer, from Venezia Teatro La Fenice, 2007. Directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, conductor Emmanuel Villaume, starring Patrizia Ciofi, Michael Maniaci, Laura Polverelli, Fernando Portari, Marco Vinco, Silvia Pasini, Iorio Zennaro, Emanuele Pedrini and Luca Favaron. Perfor...

Il turco in Italia by G.Rossini, from ROF Rossini Opera Festival, 2007. Directed by Guido de Monticelli, conductor Antonello Allemandi, starring Bruno Taddia, Alessandra Marianelli, Andrea Concetti, Marco Vinco, Elena Belfiore, Daniele Zanfardino and Filippo Adami. Performed in Italian and subtit...

La gazza ladra by G.Rossini, from ROF Rossini Opera Festival, 2007. Directed by Damiano Michieletto, conductor Lü Jia, starring Mariola Cantarero, Alex Esposito, Dmitry Korchak, Michele Pertusi, Paolo Bordogna, Manuela Custer, Stefan Cifolelli, Sandhya Nagaraja and Kleopatra Papatheologou. Perfor...

La rondine by G.Puccini, from Festival Puccini Torre del Lago, 2007. Directed by Lorenzo Amato, conductor Alberto Veronesi, starring Fabio Sartori, Svetla Vassileva, Giorgio Berrugi, Andrea Patucelli, Marzio Giossi, Maya Dashuk, Fernando Ciuffo, Alessandra Meozzi, Annunziata Vestri, Emanuele Gia...

Tosca by G.Puccini, from Festival G.Puccini Torre del Lago, 2007. Directed by Mario Corradi, conductor Valerio Galli, starring Riccardo Ferrari, Stefano Secco, Giorgio Surian, Fernando Ciuffo, Antonia Cifrone, Franco Boscolo, Giovanni Caramanna, Massimo La Guardia and Veio Torcigliani. Performed...

Amica by P. Mascagni from Festival della Valle d'Itria, 2007. Directed by Alessio Pizzech, conductor Manlio Benzi, starring Anna Malavasi, David Sotgiu, Pierluigi Dilengite, Francesca De Giorgi and Marcello Rosiello. Performed in French and subtitles in English and French.

Marcella by U.Giordano, from Festival della Valle d'Itria, 2007. Directed by Alessio Pizzech, conductor Manlio Benzi, starring Giovanni Coletta, Danilo Formaggia, Natalizia Carone, Pierluigi Dilengite, Serena Daolio, Angelica Girardi, Graziano De Pace, Mara D'antini, Marcello Rosiello and Maria R...

Oberto by G. Verdi, from Ópera de Bilbao, 2007. Directed by Ignacio García, conductor Yves Abel, starring Ildar Abdrazakov, Evelyn Herlitzius, Marianne Cornetti and Carlo Ventre. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, German, Spanish, French and Italian.

Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehár, from Semperoper, Dresden, 2007. Directed by Don Kent, conductor Manfred Honeck. Starring Gunther Emmerlich, Lydia Teuscher, Bo Skovhus, Petra-Maria Schnitzer. Performed in German.

"In cooperation with the Teatro Communale in Modena and Italian Television RAI, Arthaus presents “Il trittico” (The Triptych) – Puccini’s collection of three one-act operas. With two leading Italian singers in the main roles – soprano Amarilli Nizza sings “Giorgetta”, “Suor Angelica” and “Laurett...

There are no bounds to the longing, the desire, the bliss, and the anguish of love. The world, power, fame, glory, honor, chivalry,loyalty, friendship...all are swept away. Only one thing is left alive...yearning, yearning, insatiable desire....“
Richard Wagner

Of all operas, perhaps the one ...

Manon Lescaut, Puccini‘s first major success, is a work of impassioned emotions based on the 18th-century novel by Abbé Prévost, depicting the doomed infatuation of Chevalier des Grieux for beautiful, fun-loving Manon. Puccini clothes the story in warmly passionate music that makes a direct appea...

Ice and Steel – A unique historical witness!

During the 1920s Vladimir Dechevov (1889 – 1955) was regarded as one of the most promising younger Soviet composers. Darius Milhaud, who made his acquaintance in 1926 during a visit to Leningrad, praised him in the French press as a “genius” and “ex...

"Jules Massenet´s opera Werther belongs to the most favourite works of French repertoire. It is in the first wave of German Romantic literature that Massenet found the source for his doubtless most powerful work – and certainly his most popular ! Might the French musician have detected in his own...

Ted Brandsen, the National Ballet’s new artistic director, was ready to welcome him with open arms and after eighteen years Van Manen returned as their regular choreographer. The first work he created for the company in this capacity were the Frank Bridge Variations, set to nine out of the eleven...

Lucrezia Borgia by G. Donizetti from Donizetti Opera Festival, performed at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 2007. Directed by Francesco Bellotto, conductor Tiziano Severini. Starring Dimitra Theodossiou (Lucrezia Borgia), Roberto de Biasio (Gennaro), Enrico Giuseppe Iori (Don Alfonso), Nidia Palacios ...

Macbeth by G. Verdi from Macerata Opera Festival, performed at Sferisterio di Macerata, 2007. Directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, conductor Daniele Callegari. Starring Giuseppe Altomare (Macbeth), Olha Zhuravel (Lady Macbeth), Pavel Kudinov (Banco), Rubens Pelizzari (Macduff), Marco Voleri (Malcolm), L...

Signor Goldoni by L. Mosca from Gran Teatro La Fenice, performed at La Fenice, 2007. Directed by Davide Livermore, conductor Andrea Molino. Starring Barbara Hannigan (Despina), Alda Caiello (L’anzolo Rafael), Cristina Zavalloni (Mirandolina), Sara Mingardo (Desdemona), Michael Bennett (Arlecchino...

Maria Stuarda by G. Donizetti from Macerata Opera Festival, performed at Arena Sferisterio, 2007. Directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, conductor Riccardo Frizza. Starring Laura Polverelli (Elisabetta), Maria Pia Piscitelli (Maria Stuarda), Giovanna Lanza (Anna Kennedy), Roberto de Biasio (Roberto), Simo...