Carlo Rizzi conducts Verdi's Il Trovatore with the assistance of the Royal Opera House Orchestra.
Russian Songs From The War Years
Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin performed at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, February 2007.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky In Concert
Il Trovatore
Highlights from the first twenty years of the BBC 'Singer Of The World' competition.
Programme: 1.Bruch: Kol Nidrei op. 47 2.Donizetti: Lucia's cavatina from Lucia di Lammermoor 3.Leoncavallo: Nedda and Silvio Duett from I Pagliacci 4.Puccini: Musette's Waltz from La Boheme 5.Rachmaninov: Fanfare 6.Ravel: Piano concerto in D major (for the left hand) 7.Respighi: Adagio con variazioni 8.Saint-Sans: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso op. 28 9.Shostakovich:Festive Overture op. 96 10.Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin 11.Tchaikovsky: Ya vas liubliu from
SINGER OF THE WORLD began in 1983 to celebrate the opening of St David's Hall in Cardiff. Watched by eight million viewers worldwide it is generally regarded as the world's leading vocal competition having launched a host of stars in their opera career. In 1989 a Lieder Prize (now called the Song Prize) was introduced the same year that featured the legendary 'Battle of the Baritones' with Bryn Terfel winning the Lieder Prize and Dmitri Hvorostovsky taking the overall title. This DVD celebrates the rich harvest of talent in the first 20 years of BBC SINGER OF THE WORLD in Cardiff from the fist winner Karita Mattila to 2001 winner of both prizes Marius Brenciu.DVD1 - Performances of all ten competition winnersDVD 2 - 10 Years BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff - Lieder Prize Winners - The Battle of the Baritones
A video series of epic proportions documenting Russia's illustrious vocal tradition over the course of the 20th century. Hosted by soprano Ljuba Kazarnovskaya the videos feature interviews with Ivan Petrov Irina Arkhipova and Joan Dornemann and extensive performance segments includingIvan petrov - FaustZurab Andzhaparidze - RigolettoIrina Arkhipova - Carmen (with Mario del Monaco)Galina Vishnevskaya - AidaYuri Mazurok - Un Ballo in MascheraBella Rudenko - LakmeEvgeni Nesterenko - Prince IgorElena Obrazrsovas - Carmen; Don CarloVladimir Atlantov - Pagliacci; ToscaMakvala Kasrashvili - Un Ballo in MascheraOlga Borodina - Il Barbiere di SivigliaDmitri Hvorostovsky - Il Barbiere di SivigliaLjuba Kazarnovskaya - Song of Zemphira La Traviata; Salome
Recorded live at the Teatro La Fenice Venice 18 November 2004.When the legendary Venetian Teatro La Fenice which had been completely destroyed by fire in 1996 rose like a phoenix from the ashes again its rebirth was celebrated with Verdi's La Traviata an opera that had seen its premiere more than 150 years earlier in the same theatre. Led by star conductor Lorin Maazel a cast of brilliant singer-actors brought an exact replica of the March 1853 version to the stage giving audiences the opportunity to experience the opera as the world first heard at its premier in Venice. The original score had been found in the archives of La Fenice so that La Traviata could relive its premiere without any revisions. The great Violetta-Germont duet the second act finale and the opera's last two numbers resounded through the theatre in just the way that Verdi initially intended.With Italian soprano Patrizia Ciofi in the title role German-Italian tenor Roberto Sacca as her lover and Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky as his father the live recording features highly eminent singers of the Italian repertoire and stars who are at home in opera houses throughout the world.
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