"Actor: Giuseppe Taddei"

• Verdi: Falstaff | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £26.89   |  Saving you £-1.90 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This 1956 Falstaff from Radiotelevisione Italiana is one of the finest of the many studio productions that RAI presented in the 1950s. In addition to the presence of the legendary maestro Tullio Serafin there is the elegant physical production and brilliant staging by the renowned opera director Herbert Graf. the top-notch cast includes a number of singers particularly associated with this opera. Anna Moffo scored many of her early successes as Nannetta often opposite Luigi Alva's Fenton. Just a month after appearing in this production the two joined the cast of the studio recording of Falstaff under Karajan also featuring Fedora Barbieri as Mrs Quickly. Giuseppe Taddei Rosanna Carteri and Anna Maria Canali had also taken part in a 1949 Cetra recording of the opera. Taddei Rosanna Carteri and Anna Maria Canali had also taken part in a 1949 Cetra recording of the opera. Taddei who made a specialty of the title role began his long career in the mid-1930s.

• elisir Amore: Gaetano Donizetti | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £17.90   |  Saving you £5.09 (28.44%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The opera L'Elisir D'Amore by the composer Gaetano Donizetti.

• Giordano - Andrea Chenier (Questa, Del Monaco, Stella) | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Verdi - Falstaff / Taddei, Kabaivanska, Panerai, Araiza, Ludwig, Perry, Schmidt, Karajan, Salzburg (1991) | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A Salzburg Festival performance of Verdi's opera Falstaff by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna Konzertvereinigung State Opera Choir, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan. Singers include: Taddei, Panerai, Ludwig, Perry and Kabaivanska.

• L'elisir D'amore (Rossi, Valletti, Noni, Capecchi, Taddei) | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £20.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (24.95%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This 1954 Italian production of Donizetti's great opera L'ELISIR D'AMORE stars tenor Cesare Valletti as the smitten imbibing Nemorino. As the object of his affection the rich Adina soprano Noni gives a gorgeous performance. This all-Italian opera film gives a rendition of the classic romantic opera that ranks with the very best.